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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1969
Page
6
Fred W. Weber serves as Circulation Director alongside M. W. McDargh Advertising Director and Saul Fas in an editorial advertising leadership lineup, highlighting management roles within the publication.
The Athens County dispute over Route 33 bypass construction threatens the County Children’s Home. The Messenger urges temporary housing for 60 children, a joint study by commissioners staff and the public, and exploring a new site near the airport to improve child welfare and plan for future needs.
The Republican National Committee predicted Virginia will show a true two party state this fall. It sent a task force to aid gubernatorial candidate A. Linwood Holton and his ticket, marking the first use of a political task force anywhere.
Joseph Alsop surveys Tom Lowell and a Carlson shaped uproar at Cornell. Sowell details programs for black students and urges self reliance while criticizing paternalism. He links the Lowell episode to broader debates on black studies and university policy.
Ohio Baptist Convention Executive Minister Joseph Irvine Chapman states the American Baptist Convention does not fund black or any militants. He cites the gospel as guiding a ministry of reconciliation and urges concern for racism poverty and social injustices as part of the gospel duties.
Harold S. Cunningham reports from Point Pleasant W Va on the May 23 ecumenical dialogue between Catholics and Southern Baptists led by Willam McDonald and Brooks Hays. The piece explains the Baptist Convention cannot bind speakers and emphasizes local church autonomy.
In a sharp debate about Vietnam and neoisolationism, Buckley defends Nixon against Fulbright's charges, arguing that opposing intervention reflects a defensible stall against costly war and that rhetoric frames the core fault lines. The piece notes Nixon's stance on consequences and Chamberlain analogies, with legal and political figures cited.
A Messenger reader memorializes late Senator Robert Francis Kennedy describing his 1968 murder as jealousy and crime. The note lauds his legacy and cites his brother’s call to service, vowing eternal remembrance and dedication to truth, honor, and justice.
A Waterloo High School alumni banquet received high praise from Mary Guthrie who praised the PTO and the well behaved, well dressed student servers. She notes her New Marshfield roots and hopes for more events like this nationwide.
A letter from James Hill in Nelsonville criticizes indecency probes and the public dress of Athens residents. It defends decency and contrasts a young man’s nude swimming arrest with calls for cleaner streets and manners in the community.
A University of California research center study shows one in three Americans are virtually free of anti Semitic beliefs another third holds a negative image of Jews and the remaining third is indifferent to the problem. Prejudice dies hard and can threaten the country.
The Athens Messenger lists delivery and mail rates for daily and Sunday editions. It notes carrier and mail pricing for Ohio, West Virginia, and U.S. addresses, and provides the publisher's mailing address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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