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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1967
Page
4
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare forms a panel led by Dr. Philip R. Lee to assess drug purchasing options for seniors and the potential impact on costs and care. Recommendations are due in six months, likely delaying relief for elderly drug costs this year.
The first published writing of Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva, in The Atlantic, reflects her passion for liberty sparked by reading Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. She mourns Russia, condemns Soviet repression, and questions the system’s dehumanizing force while noting recent dissident cases.
In a Matter of Fact column Joseph Alsop analyzes two major questions for the President's Middle East team led by McGeorge Bundy. He weighs charismatic Arab leadership led by Nasser, shifts toward practical nation-building, and whether the Soviet Union might pivot to cooperate or escalate tensions with the West amid ongoing crisis.
Moscow trade officials offer California canners vodka and caviar in exchange for specialized American agricultural machinery. They suggest California respond with its fine wines and fruits as a fair trade.
A rural essay in Scrabble Virginia celebrates a family haying day on a sunlit ridge. The narrator contrasts city life with land labor, marveling at birds, rabbits, bees, nests, and crops while pondering creation, wonder, and faith. A lamplit cottage ends the contemplative scene.
Bruce Humphrey urges The Messenger to publish dog pound facts not glossed over by tearful visits. He cites a past Licking County Pound study showing only one of 100 dogs finds a home, four are reclaimed, while 95 die, and accuses local pounds of hidden disposal practices.
The term shaped policing and rights, expanding protections for suspects and defendants, advancing civil rights, restricting obscenity prosecutions, and adding a lineup right. It limited eavesdropping, upheld MLK and demonstrators, and extended Bill of Rights to state proceedings. Major rulings touched juveniles, interracial marriage, libel damages, and public figures.
The Messenger recalls motorists urged to drive less and slower in summer noting tires wore four times faster at 100 degrees than at 40 degrees. Veteran golfer Butch Grover missed the Southeastern District Golf Tournament due to ill health. The Liberty Bell rang in Philadelphia for Liberty Bonds. The Luhiig Coal Co to be sold July 14 by Athens County Sheriff Lowry. the property would include 3,500 acres.
The Athens Messenger lists delivery by carrier and mail options with weekly and long-term rates. It notes daily and Sunday editions, pricing for within Ohio and the U S, and subscription terms including three months six months and one year.
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