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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1973
Page
4
The item lists staff positions for the June 12 1973 edition including Fred W. Weber Circulation Director M W McDargh Advertising Director Charles W Reamer Managing Editor and Richard R Paynter Assistant to The Publisher.
The piece notes that price ceilings keep meat costs from rising further but shoppers remain unhappy. Households cut purchases or switch to cheaper options while optimism grows for corn and soybean harvests after floods ease. Farmers plan late night plantings to recover, with expectations of sufficient livestock supply to keep prices near the ceiling.
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan examines Tito's enduring grip on Yugoslavia amid shifting East West ties. He notes Tito's age and fear of losing socialist course, warns of potential leadership changes, and details openness versus party control shaping Yugoslavia's future.
The columnist attacks Clark Clifford's Times analysis proposing a Nixon resignation path and a congressional selection of a successor. He mocks minority schemes, warns against bipartisan narratives, and argues Nixon’s enemies may yet save him amid Watergate fallout.
In Columbus the 110th General Assembly debates major measures. Gov Gilligan’s 9.9 billion budget moves toward a Senate floor vote as Republicans plan committee tinkering. Other items include a lottery commission bill in conference, ethics rules in Senate committee, abortion regulations in Rules, a 314 million capital improvements bill in subcommittee, and eminent domain reform for urban blight facing House scrutiny.
The first concept for Skylab came 11 years ago from Douglas Aircraft Co proposing a hole in the Saturn 5 upper stage for astronaut entry. Developments shifted to using the empty stage as a space station with labs along walls and a telescope workshop linked to the command module.
Space officials explain that using a dry workshop in the Saturn V upper stage freed Skylab from hydrogen constraints. The change allows 56 day missions and expanded life support, with more water oxygen and food tanks. Names and project history show Apollo X to Spacelab evolving into Skylab weathered with name changes and a sense of final fit.
In Columbus the Ohio Senate delays approval of Gov. Gilligan's plan to merge Personnel Public Works and Finance into the Department of Administrative Services. Director-designate Joseph J. Sommer says the pause poses no problem and outlines amendments to satisfy Senate Republicans while keeping fiscal oversight with the Office of Budget and Management.
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle shares a mailbag round of quirky facts and health notes. He compares insect bites, cites cold illness absenteeism, flags alcoholism as a major national issue, and notes U S health access varies by county with 133 counties lacking a resident physician.
The Messenger Publishing Co announces pricing for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include daily or Sunday singles 15 and 25 cents, weekly by mail options, and monthly to yearly mail plans for Ohio West Virginia and other states. Subscriptions enter as second class matter under 1918 act.
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