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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1969
Page
6
The Athens Messenger of June 19 1969 published in Athens Ohio features local news items from the Athens area. The page highlights community events and notices typical of a mid century Ohio newspaper with regional updates and public notices.
The article notes Neil Armstrong as commander of Apollo 11 and the first civilian to captain a major space project. It explains his travel pay would be 18 cents a mile, with potential $48,000 mileage if claimed, plus a $16 daily per diem, while NASA rules allot $2 per day and no mileage due to government subsidies.
In Boston researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School report amantadine chloride provided sustained improvement in about two thirds of 163 patients with Parkinson's disease. The drug, while not as effective as L-dopa, may aid many sufferers and could be combined with L-dopa for enhanced effect.
President Nixon and top commanders test the world's first tactical military satellite enabling direct contact with individual soldiers worldwide. The Army envisions long range patrols and saturation broadcasts, the Navy links ships and aircraft, and the Air Force foresees instant control of bombers reconnaissance flights and C 5A cargo planes.
Joseph Alsop analyzes Avon Connecticut showing population growth from 1200 to 9000 and 2500 students. He notes Italian heritage families prospering, a strong high school, and a shift from old settlers to a dormitory town. The Farmington Valley Herald reflects local politics, tax debates, and rising national political pressure in 1970.
The piece details the expanding radical movement across universities and communities, noting FBI concerns and congressional hearings. It cites off campus confrontations in Mifflin and Berkeley, shifts toward working class and high school organizing, and rising underground papers. It covers funding sources, resist groups, and ties to SDS and Black Panthers amid debates on violence as a tactic.
William F Buckley Jr reflects on a 1960s campus commencement scene marked by protest and decorum clashes at Roosevelt Stadium. Dissenters confront established ceremony as students turn backs and salute protests unfold amid speeches by Rockefeller Kissinger and Nixon advisors.
A reader letter criticizes graduation speakers for railing against U S policy while arguing for global citizenship. It praises free inquiry, notes historic wrongs such as treatment of American Indians and African Americans, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and calls for recognizing past mistakes. The letter supports dissent as essential to America's greatness.
Daily newspaper notice detailing subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, carrier and mail delivery options, regions served including Ohio and West Virginia, and annual rates. It notes Athens Ohio post office entry and mailing address for The Messenger Publishing Co. in Athens.
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