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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1971
Page
4
A NEA staff union NEASO faced a major bargaining clash with the national association. The proposed contract included sweeping pay scales, sabbaticals, travel perks, extended leave, agency shop, and education benefits, highlighting evolving tensions between teachers and school boards.
The Athens Messenger imprint lists The Messenger Publishing Company at 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio with staff including Frederick W Bush Gordon K Bush G Kenner Fred W Weber M W McDargh Charles W Reamer and Richard R Paynter. The June 18 1971 issue date is shown.
The Gallup poll shows Richard Nixon leading rivals Muskie Kennedy and Humphrey by small margins. Muskie and Kennedy tie Nixon at 41 42 percent while Humphrey trails Nixon 39 42. George Wallace holds 12 percent with Muskie and Humphrey and 10 with Kennedy.
Dr. Helen G. Edmonds blasts the Black Caucus for not publicizing Nixon minority programs and calls for renaming it the Black Democratic Caucus. The statement comes amid debate over political involvement.
A Johnson cable to Lodge from Saigon shows the president ordering further covert and overt pressure against North Vietnam. McNamara notes weak Saigon support for neutralist solutions and rejects any political settlement. The text reflects a spring 1964 shift toward intensified action amid Goldwater criticism.
David S. Broder reviews a stance to stall negotiations and mine ports along with a proposed congressional declaration authorizing the President to use all measures to safeguard South Vietnam. Johnson then moved to send the measure to Congress as two U S destroyers were attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin in August following South Vietnamese naval raids.
The passage notes that Congress and the public were kept in the dark about covert South Vietnamese raids and related patrols. McNamara denied links between patrols and raids, later contradicted by Pentagon history. Hearings revealed assurances followed by continued escalation and casualties, prompting calls of deception and betrayal.
David N. Keller argues that Tom Price misreads Mena Lowenstein’s Decade of the University by cherry picking sections and accusing inconsistencies without full context. He notes Price once chaired the OU Post and dismisses claims of inaccuracies as unfounded.
50 Years Ago a meeting of nation’s steel workers unions in Denver outlines strategy to oppose wage reductions. Ohio University Registrar W R Cable forecasts a record 400 students to enroll for OU summer session. 25 Years Ago a reliable informant says four British officers were kidnapped from a Tel Aviv club by Jewish extremists armed with tommy guns. Messenger Publisher Gordon K Bush spoke to the Athens Kiwanis about starting an FM radio station.
Washington insight notes Bonn and Washington nearing a broad settlement with the Soviet Union after Berlin talks. Chancellor Brandt seeks expanded Europe and lasting U S ties through a permanent high level Common Market representation in Washington. He urges flexible NATO presence and warns against European protectionism.
A reflective piece recalling midcentury upbringing and memory. The narrator contrasts small joys and social quirks with hardship, noting family pride in diplomas, lighting by pull chains, and the social rituals of youth, childhood meals, and everyday fear and wonder.
Daily publication notice from The Messenger Publishing Co. lists pricing for daily and Sunday editions by carrier tube mail and mail delivery. Rates include weekly, monthly, and yearly options for Ohio West Virginia and other U S regions.
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