Stand Up for the United States Says Porter McKeever
Porter McKeever executive vice president of the United Nations Association of the United States stood against global denunciation at a Pacem in Terris conference in Geneva. He defended U S aid and wartime measures, arguing the United States built peace and prosperity and deserves international gratitude rather than ingratitude.
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Geneva
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
Santa Barbara
John XXIII
Porter McKeever
United Nations Association of the
McKeever
France
Egypt
Soviet Union
China
The 150 Day Wage Quest Hits Auto World
Walter P. Reuther predicts a future where the $150 day becomes common, yielding annual earnings of 35 000 to 40 000 in 20 years as automation reshapes auto plants. Today hourly GM production workers earn about 26 70 a day, and Reuther’s vision hinges on productivity gains and union wage demands.
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Henry Ford
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Reuther
Auto Workers Union
Million For The Draft Amid Lowered Mental Standards
Army Surgeon General released last year’s draft screening results showing 1,610,000 examined with 605,199 rejected and 1,004,801 qualified for service. Of 176,033 rejected for mental criteria, 108,259 were white and 67,774 were Negro youths.
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Army Surgeon General
Middle East calm shifts Washington mood on Vietnam policy
The piece argues a postcrisis Washington mood favors flexibility over hard lines in Vietnam, with the Middle East crisis easing criticism of the administration. It notes Rostows pressed for blockade plans, Rusk and McNamara opposing, and a new Soviet American duopoly approach to avoid wider war. Local-deployment nuance follows broader global implications.
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Vietnam
Washington
United States
Aqaba
Walt Rostow
White House
Eugene Rostow
Congress
Dean Rusk
Robert McNamara
Soviet Union
Buckley on US Soviet cooperation and Middle East crisis
In a column on the Middle East crisis, William F Buckley Jr argues that the United States and the Soviet Union may permanently align, citing the hot line, UN cooperation, and shared interests in avoiding nuclear escalation. He critiques Soviet hardware, notes diplomatic ceasefire moves, and questions joint resolutions on Vietnam and Cuba as self-interested.
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Soviet Union
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Western Union
Kremlin
Israel
Tucker
Nasser
Mideast Revolution, Inc
United Nations
Vietnam
Cuba
Zanzibar
Roosevelt names Elmer Davis head wartime info office
The Messenger recalls 25 years ago when President Roosevelt appointed Elmer Davis as head of the Office of War Information. The piece notes other historical items and comments on postwar Middle East tensions, Soviet behavior, and calls for peace and justice. It also mentions local items like a sale at Henry W. Conner's Athens drug store and Boys' State Camp attendance.
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Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Jack Linscot
the Plains
Francis Lavelle
Athens
Ohio Wesleyan University
John J. Pershing
Henry W. Conner
Metropolitan Magazine
Bret Harte
Agriculture Forecasts Record Wheat Crop and Reserves
The Department of Agriculture projects a 1.5 billion bushel wheat harvest to satisfy exports and domestic use while boosting wheat reserves by 75 million bushels. Analysts had previously mourned a winter wheat shortage.
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Department of Agriculture
Trustee board reform urged for Ohio University
William A Lavelle of Athens urges readers to contact Senator Oakley Collins and Governor Rhodes about Senate Bill 359 to delete the five alumni requirement for the Ohio University Board of Trustees. He argues the board should reflect diverse labor, education, clergy, science, minority, local, and political groups to better represent Ohio citizens.
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Senate
Oakley Collins
Ohio University
Ohio
Collins
Rhodes
Board of Trustees
William A. Lavelle
Cable Lane
Athens
Conspiracy Against Athens Children’s Home Raises Tax Concerns
In Athens County a long standing effort funded the county children’s home at its current site. John Fowler led appeals for donations, enabling purchase of the farm and ongoing building upgrades. The 1955 cottages cost 200000, with 96000 still owed. The Athens East Bypass is alleged to threaten the home, prompting calls to ask county commissioners about plans and costs.
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Athens
Athens County
Athens State Hospital
State of
Ohio
John Fowler
Athens East
Imaginative praise for Jon Webb’s newspaper work
A reader commends Jon Webb for imaginative writing, stating they read Peanuts first, then Webb, and finally the front page each evening, asserting the newspaper’s quality without discrediting it.
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the Messenger
Jon Webb
Upward Bound Program Shows Strong First-Year Results
The Upward Bound program salvages at risk youth by placing 6,000 graduates from poor backgrounds into college prep. In year one, 4,830 students or 80 percent were launched toward college, with 3,450 admitted and 1,380 awaiting applications. The six to eight week summer on campus is followed by year-long support.
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Upward Bound
The Athens Messenger Delivery and Subscription Rates
The Athens Messenger lists pricing for daily and Sunday editions, including single-copy costs and mail rates. It notes weekday price 10 cents, Sunday 18 cents, weekly and monthly mail options, and addresses for subscription mail to The Messenger Publishing Co. at 43 W Union St, Athens Ohio 45701.
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Athens
the Messenger Publishing Co
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