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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1972
Page
6
The piece argues that Democratic disarray over a national primary reflects a healthy process with 20-plus primaries to go. It contends state contests should not mirror national races, warns that a national primary would boost money and media influence, and emphasizes the 1968 reforms as shaping a true national party based on local roots.
Meredith the black Republican candidate for the Senate plans to run his Mississippi campaign only in communities with prominent black populations. He faces a hurdle in obtaining sufficient black voter support while contending Eastland. The passage notes Republicans and Democrats are both unsettled amid a broader party decline and political realignment.
Athens residents can bring newspapers and glass to a new collection center at the old airport on E State Street Fridays 9 am to 2 30 pm. The Athens Ecology Club and Mary Taylor led the effort with university and town cooperation including support from the National Guard and local officials to start a volunteer recycling program.
A listing shows key newsroom personnel including publisher G Kenner Bush and Fred W Weber as publisher, Charles W Reamer as circulation director, M W McDargh as managing editor, Richard R Paynter as advertising director, and an assistant to the publisher.
A New Jersey fisherman warns that foreign fleets offshore threaten East Coast fish stocks. Cpt Howard Bogan cites a 32 vessel fleet 12 to 16 miles offshore and urges a one year moratorium within the 200 mile limit, with gradual quotas thereafter to protect seafood resources.
The column rails at Bella Abzug and Ken Hechler as targets of redistricting and political purge. It highlights Kee and Rivers era politics, nepotism claims, and the Florida primary drift toward celebrity candidates and fractured parties.
A messenger recounts a 25 year old claim that President Truman ordered a loyalty purge of government employees with reasonable grounds. Plans for Mount St Mary Hospital near Nelsonville were announced as part of a building project.
The Athens Messenger lists currency for daily and Sunday single copies, delivery by carrier and tube route, and mail subscription rates for Ohio West Virginia and elsewhere. Rates include weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly options with postal service details and address for subscription inquiries.
In Florida Wallace won 42 percent of the Democratic primary as voters backed him over Humphrey and Muskie. The ballot also asked about school prayer with 1,139,000 voting yes. The piece frames Wallace as a vehicle for protest against busing, taxes, crime, and foreign aid, portraying a wider middle American backlash.
Muskie denounced Wallace supporters as embodying the worst instincts of humanity and said he hates what Wallace stands for. He urged that Florida voters, diverse in its make up, deserve to be heard and will likely be heard again as the campaign continues through God or Wallace.
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