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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1962
Page
4
Athenians favor a city income tax tied to better services and growth. They want improved water, streets, hospital, fire protection, and parking with Urban Renewal, while supporting a city manager to ensure funds are used efficiently despite costs. The sentiment favors trying the manager system.
Senator Dirksen urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to summon Walt Rostow to explain his survey of U S foreign policy and its recommendations to the White House. Rostow argued the aim was a coordinated program reflecting all U S interests abroad, while critics fear a shift in nuclear policy and appeasement toward the Soviet Union. Lincoln White defended Rostow as seeking clarity, not radical change, with Rostow ready to testify.
The piece argues that terms left and right are vague and defines conservatism versus anti-Communist stances. It discusses the FBI, Huey Long, McCarthy, Schlesinger, and contrasts responses within American politics including Roosevelt era debates.
Three weeks after a marriage, a wife fears romantic thoughts for her brother in law while her husband is overseas for a year. An old violin claimed as a Stradivarius prompts action to verify its value. A grandmother worries a cat endangers a four month old baby and ringworm exposure, with Abby advising medical consultation.
A 1960s commentary notes economists and officials, including Raymond J. Crowley substituting for James Marlow, discussing the possibility of a recession. It cites Ewan Clague and Arthur Goldberg statements, and recalls 1929–1930 warnings by Fisher, Mitchell, Hoover, Ford, Lamont, showing the volatility of economic predictions and uncertainty about a downturn.
A reader letter by Bert L. argues for a political housecleaning in both parties. He recounts a professor's Es kimo village visit and a government agent’s alleged fishing subsidies used to fuel a bootlegging operation. He claims Wasteful bureaucracy drains taxpayer funds and calls for reform.
The Get-To-Gether 4 H Club members and advisers are thanked by Hocking Valley Hospital Logan Ohio for dresser scarves donated for the maternity floor. A Mogavero RNA Mogavero RN June 25.
Mason Strunk and family visit Emma Ryan and Edward Ryan in Conn while Claudia Zerkle and Daniel Artes head to Camp Horseshack YMCA leadership week in Parsons West Virginia. Haley family moves to New Haven and Mich residents visit father John McDaniel in Clifton. Ohio news notes Frank Converse reelected head of the OSU chapter of the International Union of Operating Engineers amid a bloc challenge.
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