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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
4
Dr. William Haddon Jr leads U S automotive safety efforts highlighting side impact danger. Proposals include metal framework inside doors and reinforced panels to deflect crashes. Government requests standards and industry ideas to cut deaths and injuries from side collisions.
The Diocese of Rochester led by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen donated a $680,000 parish property to the federal government for homes for the poor. Made on Ash Wednesday, the gift highlights a shift toward charitable acts as meaningful penance within the church and reaffirms Ash Wednesday and Good Friday as fasting and abstinence days.
Population Reference Bureau analysis shows a daily net global population gain of about 191000, roughly Sacramento's size, driven by high births and rising deaths in have not nations. If trends persist, world population could reach 3.5 billion by next year and 7 billion by 2000, demanding shared know how from developed nations to curb growth.
Joseph Alsop argues the riot commission report shows an American nightmare of urban black ghettos and white suburbs. He criticizes cost inefficiencies, warns of future riots, and urges bold education investments to lift 400000 youth yearly by finishing high school and achieving in a technical society.
A conservative column notes George Wallace sitting at 14 percent in polls, rising quietly amid Kennedy and McCarthy splits. It warns Wallace could swing enough votes to complicate Nixon and Johnson paths, possibly even pushing the election to the House. Wallace’s appeal is described as glib and persuasive, like a carnival hawker.
HAL BOYLE laments telephones as a modern ordeal showing how the device moved from servant to tyrant. He recalls Bell, notes intrusive calls from ads and private life, and jokes about 365 volume encyclopedia pitches and ubiquitous ring sounds that invade every moment.
The Messenger reports Adolf Hitler spoke after 133 days of silence claiming the crisis on the Russian front was resolved. Floods cause about 11 000 dollars in Athens County roads damage and ruin 70 feet of Richland Avenue pavement. The House approves a permanent postal pay rise from five to 25 percent. Albert Fould Jennings travels to Athens to buy coal lands in Bern e Township. President Johnson seeks 500 million for American Indian health education and well being.
Ranking defector Maj. Gen Jan Sejna, once the top party official in Czechoslovakia's defense department, switched allegiance to the United States. The move marks the highest ranking official to defect from a Communist country, raising expectations of valuable military intelligence.
A youth led revolt against long skirts and midis spreads from Scholastic Magazines in New York. Dana Fowler Kaminsky gathered 66 signatures to oppose the new summer and fall hems, with a petition sent to department stores and a mailbox for letters of support marked Down With Dirnels. The movement, though welcomed by some, faces fashion leaders and a wary public as it unfolds.
The Athens Messenger lists daily except Saturdays publication, Associated Press membership, and pricing for single copies and mailed subscriptions. Rates cover in state Ohio West Virginia and nationwide delivery with weekly, monthly, and yearly options, plus postal classifications and mailing address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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