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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1968
Page
10
AP writer Cynthia Lowry reports CBS launched a three part series on Americas large cities. It surveys pollutions transportation and housing, noting flight to the suburbs and calls for regional government. The first program highlights slums and racial integration and hints at a future city show.
A dense station listing appears with a wide slate of morning to late afternoon programs. It includes cartoons, news headlines, game shows, dramas, and children's fare from CBS, NBC, and ABC, noting anchors such as Joe Bentie Edwin Newman and program blocks like Captain Kangaroo, Bozo, and The Today Show.
A dense schedule listing multiple TV programs with times and network designations across stations in Huntington Columbus Parkersburg and surrounding markets. It notes color programs marked by (C) and vague disclaimer about errors in listings and stations not providing correct schedules.
A string of classic film times lists titles and stars including Irene Dunne and Barbara Bel Geddes in I Remember Mama 1948 Jock and the Bean 9 30 am They Died With Their Boots On 1942 Private War Major Benson 1955 Leave Her to Heaven Part 1 Gene Tierney Two Rivers Across The 9 30 am Morning listings continue with Down Among the Sheltering Palms and Lady for Night among others showing through late night in Cincinnati venues. The note also mentions local visits and a wedding in progress.
A Methodist Church Vacation Bible School program Sunday evening featured Bible verses characters and a space skit by youths ages five to teens. The theme was Gods World Todays Hope. A social hour followed. Pastor Joe Walburn replaces Charles Imhoff who was transferred to Chesterhill.
Chauncey village council voted to close the town dump indefinitely until smoke problems from burning trash are corrected. The vote followed a prior 3 to 2 decision and a later 4 to 1 vote as officials seek to halt fires, extinguish flames, and prevent reoccurrence while considering alternate trash removal options.
Mrs. Kay Bennett of Gallup, a Navajo singer, doll maker and author, is New Mexico's 1968 Mother of the Year. She takes corn pollen, an eagle feather, a ceremonial basket and a drum to New York to open the Wonderful World of Mothers pageant with a Navajo blessing. She was born on the Navajo Reservation in a hogan and is the first Indian named to the state honor.
The Loyal Berean Class of the Church of Christ meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in Mrs Beatrice Vaughn s Main Street home. Marcellite Rebekah Lodge meets Friday at 7 30 p.m. A potluck lunch will be served.
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