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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1967
Page
8
A National Safety Council report cites 112 000 deaths from accidents in 1966, including 52 000 highway deaths. Falls, fires, drownings and miscellaneous household and industrial accidents contributed heavily. The piece urges care and caution to prevent needless loss of life.
The Pentagon will release about 55 000 unwilling or unable reservists to draft boards for case by case review. Those who defaulted on their reserve contracts face potential induction by June or July while 120 000 enlisted reservists await active duty training.
A man narrates a life story from public housing to military service and higher education, aided by FHA and G I loans, farm purchase with soil and land programs, and government insured savings. He later writes his congressman protesting excessive spending and taxes while affirming rugged individualism.
Washington insight reviews the U S Army and McNamara clash over deploying an anti ballistic missile system. It details Soviet responses and White House diplomacy as ABM advocates face internal and international pushback. The piece notes ongoing cabinet level talks as a barrier to early deployment and suggests the charade buys time.
The piece surveys Kennan and Lippmann views on Communism and U S foreign policy, noting the varied strains of capitalist and communist ideologies, Vietnam support, and a Ford Foundation effort to aid Harlem dropouts, alongside a Moscow protest harshly punished.
The article traces timing between Robert F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson over Vietnam moves. Kennedy's planned major speech followed Johnson's press conference and a Kosygin arms talks reveal, with Johnson replying via a March 1 letter as Kennedy spoke.
Rev. David A. Works, an Episcopal priest and founder of the North Conway New Hampshire Institute on alcoholism, says both the social drinker and the teetotaler must promote responsible use as part of the idea that we are all our brother's keeper.
London sources say Prime Minister Winston Churchill could be replaced within three months by Sir Stafford Cripps, former ambassador to Russia. In sports, a Great Lakes Naval Training Station team including Frank Baumholtz defeated Ohio University 54 35 in Athens. Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated for the second time at 12 47 p.m. amid a nation strained between peace and war. A 21 year old dope addict completed two months of voluntary treatment at Athens State Hospital under Dr Fordyca and staff.
The Messenger publishes daily except Saturdays with UK AP byline. Rates shown: daily and Sunday one week 50 cents, three months 6.00, six months 10.00, one year 18.00. Delivery by mall in Ohio and West Virginia, elsewhere by mail. Office: 43 W Union St, Athens, Ohio 45701.
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