National Health Insurance: Kilpatrick Endorses Nixon Plan
A conservative view argues Congress can regulate health care but warns against full nationalization. It favors President Nixon's National Health Insurance Standards Act over the Kennedy Reuther plan, preserving a largely private system with employer mandates and a federal safety net for the poor and unemployed.
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Congress
Nixon
Kennedy- Reuther
Senate
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
No-Fault Auto Insurance Proposed By Hart Magnuson
Congress considers nationwide no fault auto insurance. Sen. Hart and Sen. Magnuson push a plan guaranteeing medical and rehabilitation expenses, partial wage replacement for 30 months, and protection from policy cancellation while premiums paid. They argue the reform would reduce overhead and court costs, improving victim compensation.
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Nixon
Congress
Sen
Philip Hart
Michigan
Warren Magnuson
Washington
Hart
Transportation Department
County Schools Firing Sparks Call for Fair Hearing
Letters to The Messenger urge Athens County School Board to provide Supt. Robert Weinfurther a fair hearing after a sudden firing and hiring, accusing three board members of personal vendetta and urging legal or public action to protect the school system and seek a qualified replacement if needed.
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the Messenger
Athens
The
Messenger
Athens County School Board
Robert Weinfurther
George Christman
Alexander Township
Weinfurther
Leslie Rollins
Athens Ohio Daily News Briefs March 3 1971
Local Athens newspaper page from March 3 1971 highlights community notices and brief items. Historical staff list includes publisher offices at 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio with dated leadership profiles.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
Ford cites Harding on disarmament in Versailles critique
Auto magnate Henry Ford says President Harding’s unilateral disarmament plan could achieve in one stroke what the Versailles pact failed to accomplish. Athens County deputies sweep Glouster for Columbus police killer suspect. CIO UAW offers to end 102 day GM strike if dispute goes to arbitrator named by Truman. Harmonica virtuoso John Sebastian to appear in Athens as part of community concert series.
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Henry Ford
Harding
Athens County
Pete McKinley
Bolin
Glouster
Columbus
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Truman
John Sebastian
Athens
Black Americans face risk when we ignore racism says Raspberry
The William Raspberry column argues that black Americans cannot afford color blindness in 1971. He defends Brooke and Nevins, explains King’s impact came from action, and warns that acting as if racism is dead would aid slave masters and mute demands for justice.
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Brooke
John Nevins
District of Columbia
Nevius
Crabgrass
King’s strategy for justice forces national reckoning
The piece argues that Dr. King aimed to compel legal and moral justice by highlighting racism in American institutions and hearts. It rejects claims that blacks should merely act with dignity while blaming victims, labeling such Moynihanism as ignoring white racism that sustains second class citizenship.
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Armed Services
Women gain vote in Switzerland despite opposition
Swiss voters approve national women suffrage by a two to one margin last week in a historic step. The measure, despite opposition from traditionalists, grants women full participation in national affairs alongside men. The piece notes publication and mailing details of The Messenger in Athens Ohio.
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Switzerland
Ohio Delegation Attendance and Cloture Vote Highlight Week
Rep. Clarence E. Miller posted a perfect attendance record in the first five weeks of the 92nd Congress, present for all six House roll calls from Jan 21 to Feb 26. Rep. William H. Harsha showed the highest absenteeism. In the Senate, Taft and Saxbe each voted on cloture to end a filibuster. the motion failed.
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Senate
William B. Saxbe
Saxbe
Taft
Miller
Athens
Ohio
Cannon House
Washington, D. C
Nixon’s World State: A Sad Impression and Self-Bound Prometheus
Washington report critiques President Nixon’s second State of the World address as self-promoting yet pessimistic about policy success. It cites ambiguity in the Nixon Doctrine, Vietnamization limits, detente tensions, Middle East shifts, and ABM talks, concluding the regime closes itself to peace by ideological rigidity.
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Nixon
Promethus
Washington
Richard
Vietnam
Melvin Laird
Saigon
Paris
Europe
Willy Brandt
Herr Brandt
Edward Heath
Bonn
Middle East
Israel
Soviet Union
Sile
Germany
Chile
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Teddy
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M. W. McDargh
William Raspberry
Washington Post
Edward W. Brooke
Dr. King
Dr.King
Montgomery
Small Society
DOLLA
Brickman
the Athens Messenger
Associated Press
D&s Ahebidianbaank
D&s
Mesiemaannenens
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Joseph Kraft
America
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