The Economic Illness: Nixon's Cautious Therapy Examined
A conservative view argues Nixon's executive order suspending the Davis Bacon Act offers limited immediate effect yet may boost morale and long term demand. The piece cautions against overestimating impact while endorsing psychological therapy to spur investment, jobs, and a possible recovery. It adds a critique of partisan framing and warns against drug abuse risks linking to public health commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Doctors of Economics
Wall Street
White House
Davis-Bacon
Dole Wins New GOP National Chair Amid Fight Image
David Dole the 47 year old Kansas senator becomes Republican national chairman after a career defined by partisan battles. He has fought over Supreme Court picks ABM and Vietnam resolutions while clashing with liberals and even Nixon allies. Dole outlined as combat eager leader with strong debate skills and a long legislative record including farm aid and foreign assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Dole
House
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Muskie
McGovern
White House
Cambodia
Vietnam
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Nixon
Congressional Quarterly
Robert Joseph Dole
Bob
Italy
Washburn Municipal University Law School
Doles
Kansas
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Letters Ecology A call for thoughtful environmental stewardship
The piece argues ecology has grown popular yet warns individuals and industry alike bear responsibility for pollution. It stresses that law alone cannot curb damage if demand fuels production and calls for knowledge driven action rather than reckless changes. Ecology offers insight, not a cure, and urges careful progress.
Athens 1971 front page highlights and staff note
The Athens Messenger edition from Monday March 1 1971 reports local news items in Athens Ohio with staff credits including publishers Frederick W Bush Gordon K Bush and editor Charles W Reamer. Additional bylines show circulation director G Kenner Fred W Weber and advertising director M W McDargh.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner
Fred W. Weber
M. W. McDargh
Anorexia Nervosa: Treatment Focus Shifts From Starvation
A Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital study shows a humane approach to anorexia nervosa. Doctors avoid fixing on Emaciation and instead engage patients to accept feeding as their responsibility, guiding recovery. Of 35 patients over 15 years, none died and five of six live reasonably normal lives.
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Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital
John Reinhart
Children’s
Disgruntled workers trigger violence in Soviet unions reports
W. K. Andrews of Athens announces Athens Soap and Chemical Co is to build a plant on West Union Street. President Truman urges Americans to share homes with homeless veterans to ease the housing shortage. Jackie Robinson set for spring training with the Montreal Royals, Dodgers’ IL affiliate.
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Soviet Union
W. K. Andrews
Athens
Athens Soap and Chemical Co
West Union St
Truman
United States
Jackie Robinson
Montreal Royals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Democrats Back McGovern Vote on Vietnam Withdrawal Plan
All Democrats named supported the presidential nomination while only Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington opposed the resolution calling for total withdrawal from Vietnam by 1973.
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Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Vietnam
Athens Messenger Publication and subscription rates
The Athens Messenger operates daily except Saturdays with weekend and carrier delivery options. It lists subscription prices by mail for Ohio West Virginia and U.S. with weekly, monthly, and yearly rates and notes second class matter status at Athens Post Office.
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Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Complaint Over Secondary Route 50 Conditions
A Putnam Mine employer and Mason County residents complain about the poor state of Secondary Route 50 from Route 87 to Elmwood. The eight mile road serves about 60 homes and 250 mine employees who rely on it daily, especially when Tribble Road floods, prompting calls to the State Road Commission for upgrades.
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Putnam Mine
Elmwood
Mason County
SRC
Tribble Road
Staite Road Commission
Nixon's ideological hang ups slow incomes policy on inflation
The column argues stagflation worsens as Nixon pursues expansionary steps while resisting price and wage controls. It notes 6 percent unemployment, 75 percent capacity use, and modest inflation relief, urging careful move toward incomes policy with boards, freezes, and reviews amid mixed expert proposals.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Nixon
J. Kenneth Galbraith
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Robert Roosa
Henry Wallich
Sidney Weintraub
United States
Britain
Canada
Secretary of the Treasury
John Connally
Conally
Richard Musgrave
Harvard
Charles Schultze
Arthur Okun
Brookings Institution
Secretary of Labor
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Galler Landers
Construction Unions
David S. Broder
New Republican National
Phyllis Holden
Ussr
Poland
Ecology
the Messenger
The
Small Society
Brickman
Che Athens Messenger
Associated Press
D&s
Chicago
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