Southeastern Ohio towns celebrate federal funds for water sewage and airport projects
The Meigs County water district secures over 3 million in federal funds for a wide area water system. Chauncey receives 160 thousand for a new sewage plant, Burr Oak roads gain 180 thousand, and Hocking County airport gets 100 thousand. Nelsonville breaks ground on a 1.2 million Tri County Vocational School. Projects target Reedsville Coolville Guysville Stewart Canaanville and other communities as growth efforts continue.
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Ohio
James Rhodes
Meigs County
Tuppers Plains-Chester
Economic Development Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Nelsonville
Tri-County
Joint Vocational School and Technical Center
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Tuppers Plains
Chester
Reedsville
Coolville
Guysville
Stewart
Canaanville
Chauncey
Hocking River
Perry County
The
Messenger
Republicans Seek $4 Billion Budget Cut for Debt Limit Support
House Republicans push a plan to trim at least $4 billion from the budget in exchange for backing a modest increase in the national debt limit. They propose a stop-gap measure to extend the current $336 billion debt ceiling to Sept. 30 while targeting further cuts in foreign aid, space, public works, and antipoverty programs within the $136.5 billion overall budget.
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House
Johnson
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Vietnam
George Mahon
Texas
Gerald Ford
Treasury
Architect of Victory Ike credited as architect of unified Allied command
Historian Alfred Chandler argues Eisenhower shaped the Allied unified command system used in World War II. He notes Eisenhower defined joint leadership principles for Southeast Asia and European theaters, balancing services under a single Supreme Commander and reporting structure despite early British bias.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Alfred D. Chandler Jr
Johns Hopkins University
Organization of American Historians
Chicago
Chandler
George C. Marshall
Army
Pearl Harbor
Southeast Asia
Lord Mountbatten
Asia
Douglas MacArthur
Navy
Air Force
Bundy panel highlights gaps in U S Middle East policy
Washington insight discusses McGeorge Bundy returning to coordinate Middle East policy via a special National Security Council panel. It argues the move exposes White House and State Department personnel issues, calls for better coordination, and notes NFL? Rostow and Katzenbach tensions, urging honest reform.
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McGeorge Bundy
Middle East
National Security Council
Security Council
White House
State Department
Kosygin at the UN and Kremlin Power Games
William F. Buckley Jr notes Aleksei Kosygin’s United Nations visit signals Kremlin aims to court Arabs and seeks a potential meeting with the U S president. The essay suggests a possible Brezhnev-Kosygin power dynamic, risk of totalitarian maneuvering, and the UN as a stage for Kremlin signaling rather than open legal debate.
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Aleksei Kosygin
United Nations
Kosygin
United States
New
Isaiah Berlin
Cold War Musings on Middle East Crisis and Oil Power
A commentator argues the Egypt Israel crisis stems from Nasser and Gulf of Aqaba actions. He critiques Soviet and American roles, urges preplanned proposals including Jerusalem's internationalization and permanent Israeli patrol rights with UN oversight, and notes oil as Arab leverage. The piece warns of a strenuous, dangerous week ahead.
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Marx
Lenin
Kosygin
Israel
United States
England
West
Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
U Thant
Egypt
Jerusalem
Europe
Sukarno
Indonesia
Gable Takes Army Air Forces Exam in Washington
The Messenger notes Clark Gable seeks an Army Air Forces commission and completed a physical in Washington. Athens County Fair Board proceeds with the 1942 fair despite wartime orders to discontinue county fairs. NYC police report 700 to 800 girls missing since January 1. President and Mrs Ellison host a reception as Congress Street traffic shrinks due to war.
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Clark Gable
Army Air Forces
Washington
Athens County
New York City
Alston Ellison
Congress St
Athens
Negro star Jimmy Brown finds two paths after football
HAL BOYLE profiles Jimmy Brown the former great full back now an actor and race leader. He earned 40000 for The Dirty Dozen and MGM has him under option for two more films. Brown weighs acting limits and dreams of Emperor Jones while leading the Negro Industrial and Economic Union to advance green power and self help.
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New York
Jimmy Brown
MGM
Jimmy
Hamlet
Brown
The
Negro Industrial and Economic Union
Only Hope Editor Urges Support for United Nations
A letter argues nations face dangerous cycles of mood and nationalism, praising the UN as the world’s peacekeeper. It cites Korea, Cyprus, the Congo, and the Middle East to illustrate UN progress and warns that optimism faded after World War I and the Nazi era.
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the Messenger
League of Nations
United Nations
Henrik Ibsen
Korea
Cyprus
Congo
Vietnam
Africa
Far East
Middle East
Hitler
Rivalry Drives US and Soviet Venus Space Flight
The United States and the Soviet Union launched rockets to Venus. Each mission aims to reach the cloudy planet in about four months and observers hope advancements will keep pace through October.
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Soviet Union
United States
Israel
Venus
The Athens Messenger Rates and Address Notice
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday delivery rates for in town and mail options. It notes subscriptions by week, month, and year with different prices for Ohio and West Virginiaregions and gives the publication address in Athens Ohio.
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Ohio
W.va
Eton
U.S. & Possessions
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Rostow
William F. Buckley, JR
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Hal Boyle
the Athens Messenger
Associated Press
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
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