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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1973
Page
4
The item lists Fred W. Weber as Circulation Director M. W. McDargh as Advertising Director Charles W. Reamer as Managing Editor and Richard R. Paynter as Assistant to the Publisher with a date of Wednesday June 13 1973.
AP reports President Nixon, increasingly isolated since Watergate, relies on a small circle led by C. G. Rebozo. He works in secrecy from the White House and Executive Office Building, retreats to Camp David, and keeps a regimented routine with daily briefings, pen-signing, and a low fat diet. He prefers private moments, writes in a blue notebook, and oversees staff with a conduit philosophy.
Governor Reagan advocates an 20 percent tax rebate from a large surplus and a constitutional cap on tax take to 7.15 percent by 1989. He argues the plan would return $118 billion to people over time, abolish income tax for low earners, and meet opposition with a signature drive to put the measure before voters.
Ohio researchers at the Ohio Agricultural Research Center explore freezing hay to reduce waste raise protein and boost milk output. Three freezing methods are tested with conduction freezing favored for pilot work, promising barn sized refrigerators and faster harvests though cost and storage remain challenges.
A Hal Boyle humor piece lists annoyances and small miseries to skip in daily life. It lampoons sorry excuses, wrong numbers, rude welcome mats, noisy companions, March colds, dry funerals, late happiness, aging challenges, busy families, sympathetic nurses, and cluttered aftermaths.
Joseph Kraft notes Melvin Laird brings strong clout to the Nixon White House but carries limitations as a political trickster. Kraft evaluates Laird alongside Kissinger Haig and Ziegler amid Watergate fallout and shifts in political influence within the administration.
The piece portrays Melvin Laird as a pivotal yet unstable influence capable of shaping a weakened Nixon administration. It notes his broad access to leaders, talent shifts, and partisan leverage, while warning that his fickleness and lack of deep principle could doom reform and loyalty amid Watergate turmoil.
The Athens Messenger publishes daily except Saturdays with AP service. Rates: single copy 15 cents weekdays, 25 cents Sundays. delivery by carrier or tube routes. mail rates vary by region and duration, with Ohio, West Virginia, and U.S. addresses listed. mail-to address provided. Entered second class matter at Athens, Ohio.
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