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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1963
Page
6
The Wall Street Journal questions Kennedy's new sweeping civil rights recommendations aimed at strengthening voting rights and public accommodations. It argues federal action may be unnecessary given state and local progress and warns that haste could trample private property rights and provoke further injustices.
The article argues civil rights pressure could redraw party lines as Republicans and Democrats face Southern filibusters and unease over Cuba. Sen. Hugh Scott calls the trend a great leap backward while Sen. Barry Goldwater resists new civil rights legislation. The Senate clash may decide the presidential race.
The column defends Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut as an independent thinker who pursues strong foreign policy with restraint on domestic programs. It notes bipartisan opposition and support, cites Dodd’s early warnings on Khrushchev and nuclear tests, and argues for evaluating him by policy quality over simple ratings.
Dear Abby presents three reader questions on blended families and wedding seating, a hospital romance with a nurse, and a mother lamenting a strict gift from her husband. The column advises attending the son's wedding, clarifying romance intentions, and reframing advice about financial kindness within marriage.
Personal cases describe George W. Bailey of Freeport Pennsylvania as a superb mentalist who accurately named 118 of 120 people he had met hours earlier. The excerpt profiles his banquet performances at national events and highlights his skill in rapid personal questions and audience interaction.
The article discusses George Bailey and other memory specialists who recall names at banquets with pegging techniques rooted in Gestalt psychology. It notes Bailey correctly identified 118 of 120 names, claims no tricks, and suggests paying non remembered names would boost memory practice. It ends by offering a booklet on memory improvement.
Mrs Erma Nelson and her grandson Joe visit her sister near Julius Frankhauser who is in Wheeling Hospital with a broken hip. They were taken there by Mrs Doris Nelson who returned home. Mrs Anna E Turner and Mrs Hutchinson Langsville attend summer school at Rio Grande. Jarret Bobo family visited parents recently. Mrs Zelia Weyand and family visited her mother Geneva Foster. Connie will remain with grandmother for a visit.
Enoch Light rose to fame as a young bandleader in the 1930s but later faced declining demand for dance bands. After a serious auto crash and financial strain he pivoted to record selling then started his own label at 48 with backers, eventually building a top stereo recording company. He credits persistence and age as assets and vows to keep working.
Charles E. Holzer Jr protests an editorial on Wallace and integration, arguing that the nationwide civil rights demand requires true constitutional equality. He asserts law and order depend on universal rights, not state supremacy, urging equal protection for all Americans. Gallipolis, June 19.
The Taylor Ridge Church of Christ Ladies Aid met in Athens at the anniversary gathering hosted by Mrs Edna Holland with Miss Marie Houdashelt and Mrs Stella Chesser assisting. They planned a family picnic for Aug 6 at Glouster Park and awarded gifts and prizes to several members.
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