Advertising Leaders Named in March 6 1968 Listing
M W McDargh serves as Advertising Director and Charles W Reamer is Managing Editor in the March 6 1968 newspaper issue.
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M. W McDargh
Charles W Reamer
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1968
Page
4
Hangover From Alcoholism Hits Industry Costs
The National Council on Alcoholism estimates more than five workers per hundred are alcoholics, costing industry four billion dollars yearly in absenteeism accidents and lost performance. Aimed at reduction, the National Industrial Conference Board with a $40,000 grant updates a decade-old study to guide business plans. Efforts involve labor management in handling hard-drinking workers, with identification via performance issues, while firms resist diagnosing or treating. Early medical intervention can help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Council On Alcoholism
National Industrial Conference Board
Canadian Liberal Party to Pick New Leader in Ottawa
Prime Minister Lester Pearson plans retirement citing age and his Liberal Party meets in Ottawa on April 4 to choose a successor. Eleven candidates enter, notably Pierre Elliott Trudeau, a bilingual Justice Minister. Trudeau, 46, bachelor, known for informal dress and sharp wit, is compared to Roosevelt and Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Pearson
Liberal Party
Ottawa
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
University of Montreal
Harvard
Vecole Des Science Politiques
Paris
Pearson
Roosevelts
Theodore
Franklin
John F. Kennedy
Adalr E. Stevenson
Urban Mass Transit Futures in Johnson Plan
The piece argues for upgrading the federal mass transit agency to the Urban Mass Transportation Administration within a new Department of Transportation. It notes HUD would still plan for growth urban areas, calls this duplication waste, and cites a $200 million budget aim to relieve congestion in metropolitan centers. It criticizes bureaucratic confusion and urges efficient, single‑roof planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Johnson
Federal Mass Transit Agency
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Department of Transportation
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Gobbeedegook
Farm bill data shows farmer gets 37 cents of food dollar
Rep W R Poage notes farm prices have fallen 10 percent in 20 years while wages and dividends soar. He cites corn at about $1 a bushel and wheat at $1.87, arguing housewives face higher food costs paid mostly to processors, not farmers, and that farmer share must rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Poage
House Agricultural Committee
Poage
United States
Nixon beats Romney in NH polls shaping GOP race
Gov Romney's withdrawal followed a poll showing Nixon leading Romney seven to one. The piece notes Nixon sought to inflate primary trials, Rockefeller's noncandidacy, and how polls across Iowa Connecticut South Dakota and Minnesota shape Rockefeller and Nixon standings and Johnson's prospects in 1960s party dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Romney
New Hampshire
Richard M. Nixon
Romney
Michigan
Nixon
Harold Stassen
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Tom McCall
Oregon
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
New York
Rockefeller
Johnson
Iowa
Connecticut
South Dakota
George McGovern
McGovern
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Minnesota
Hal Levander
Levander
Sugar Grove Debacle Drives Navy Waste Debate
The piece criticizes defense spending and accuses the Navy of wasteful public funding, focusing on the Sugar Grove Big Dish project and subsequent expenditures. Rep H R Gross accuses the Navy of pouring money after bad, highlighting $64 million already spent on the failed dish and related Cheltenham operations near Andrews AFB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
H. R. Gross
Waterloo Republican
Navy
Sugar Grove
W. Va
Appalachian Mountains
Dish
Secretary of Defense
Massachusetts
Bureau of Ships
Cheltenham
From Yankee Doodle Dandy to Sugar Grove Relocation Controversy
A retrospective notes 25 years since Oscar wins for James Cagney and Greer Garson, recalls the Athens blackout and defense corps, and traces the costly Cheltenham to Sugar Grove receiver relocation plan. It details official reviews, mounting costs, and growing taxpayer criticism leading to a projected 16 million wasted by 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cagney
Greer Garson
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Cheltenham
Chief of Naval Material
Chief of Naval Operations
Sugar Grove
RCA
Status and Image in a Status-Driven World
HAL BOYLE pokes fun at how status symbols shape self image. The piece jabs top executives with gold gifts, private clubs, honorary degrees, and chauffeured parking as markers of success. It satirizes vanity and social climbing through exaggerated scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Governors
White House
United States
Rickenbacker Autobiography Highlights American Heroism
The review praises Captain Eddie Rickenbacker as a symbol of national pride and achievement. The book chronicles his life from the rise of the automobile and airplane to two world wars and the jet era, emphasizing confidence in self and country and a timely message about purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
The Athens Messenger Publication Details
The Athens Messenger notes daily publication except Saturdays and delivery options. It lists Associated Press membership and per copy prices for daily and Sunday editions, both by carrier and mail, with rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and nationwide mail. Address: The Messenger Publishing Co, 43 W Union St, Athens, Ohio 45701.
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Associated Press
D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
Athens
Pus
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
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