Athens Ohio daily newspaper header from 1969 issue
The records show the Messenger Publishing Company based at 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio with leaders Gordon K. Bush Frederick W Bush and M W McDargh. The issue is dated Friday May 2 1969 and lists staff including Charles W Reamer Richard R Paynter and G Kenner Bush.
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the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Fred W. Weber
Gordon K. Bush
Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
Women as presidential timber. Who has supreme qualifications
Observers scout female leaders likely to become president within 50 years. Names mentioned include Shirley Chisholm Betty Furness Ethel Kennedy Margaret Chase Smith Florence Allen and others as potential candidates. Ted Lewis praised Bernadette Devlin as a political prototype from Ulster. The piece notes parties select candidates similar in temperament and calls for a list of women with supreme political qualifications.
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Nixon
Thct
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Betty Furness
Consumer Advocate
Ethel Kennedy
Ted Lewis
New York Daily News
Bernadette Devlin
Ulster
House of Commons
Joans of Arc
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
US Court of Appeals
Florence Allen
Democratic State Organization
Ohio Supreme Court
Banks expand with one bank holding groups across industries
The House banking committee reports that over a third of large banks have converted to one bank holding companies in 18 months, moving into transportation, mining, petroleum, insurance, real estate and 114 other sectors. Chairman Patman seeks immediate change to limit this banking expansion and prevent a new monopoly.
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House Banking Committee
Wright Patman
William McChesney Martin
The
Federal Reserve
Military peace terms due in 15 days Paris announces
An Paris press note says Germany must decide on acceptance or rejection of the peace treaty within 15 days of its presentation. Sloane, a leading Athens County mail carrier, surpassed 5000 dollars in War Savings Stamps sales two years ago. The air war continues with 400 US planes bombing Northern France after a night of 1000 heavy bombers striking across France Belgium Italy and Germany. The Civil Aeronautics Board grants All American Aviation Inc a permit to offer Athens air mail and air express pickup services.
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Germany
Paris 40
Sloane
Athens County
Europe
France
Belgium
Italy
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
All-American Aviation, Inc
Athens
de Gaulle falls as France shifts to practical policy
Washington insight analyzes de Gaulle's departure as a return to routine in France. Pompidou emerges as leader potential with Giscard D Estaing, European cohesion improves, and U S policy shifts toward Vietnam peace and arms talks as Nixon era distractions fade.
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Washington
Napoleon
de Gaulle
France
Western
Europe
United
Nixon
Algeria
Gaullist
Georges Pompidou
General de Gaulle
M. Pompidou
Valery Giscard D
Britain
United States
Near East
Paris
Korea
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Ernest Hemingway Biography Strips Myths in New Life Story
Robert J Powers reviews Carlos Bakers Ernest Hemingway A Life Story, noting 697 pages of exhaustive detail. The work draws on diaries letters and interviews, revealing Hemingway’s embellishments, a death by his own hand, and a humane critical separation of author from work.
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Ernest Hemingway
Carlos Baker
Scribner's
Idaho
Baker
Hemingway
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Police Inconsistencies Draw Citizen Frustration
A letter from Philip A. Chute criticizes local police and taxpayers for failing to support law enforcement. He cites inconsistent enforcement of a 24 hour parking rule on Franklin Avenue, noting a snowbound night and a car with 1968 plates left unreprimanded, reflecting wider rapport issues.
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Franklin Avenue
Philip A
Who's On Strike The Grapes Of Delano Merits Review
An author questions the 1969 grape strike in Kern and Tulare counties. It centers on Pandol & Sons of Delano, the UFWOC organizing committee, and border patrol enforcement under Public Law 414. The piece contrasts union rhetoric with Pandol’s wage and camp practices.
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Bakersfield
Calif
San Joaquin Valley
Delano
U. S. Border Patrol
California
Pando & Sons
Jack Pandol
Pando
Golly
U. S. Labor Department
Pandol & Sons
Border Patrol
Herbert J. Miller
Kern
Tulare
Fred Moreno
Anton Caratan & Son
Miller
Cesar Chavez
United’ Farm’ Workers Organizing Committee
Afl-Cto
Pandol
Chavez
UFWOC
FWOC
Afl-Cio
Men in Blue Editor Voices Support for Police Action
In a sympathy letter to The Messenger the writer backs two officers who arrested two men for indecent exposure and condemns rapid releases of a OU sophomore jailed for marijuana. She thanks Bob and DeWitt for standing up for teens and urges harsher accountability to stop crime. Shirly Tribe.
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Bob
DeWitt
Shirly Tribe
Prime Furred Poiiter in Athens City Notice
A resident comments on city police charging two individuals with indecent exposure. The writer suggests the Wildlife Department, noting furred specimens at Dow Lake and praising police for city cleanliness efforts.
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Athens
Te Wildlife Department
Dow Lake
Questioning Mrs Graham's church choice prompts gospel focus
Letters echo a debate over church affiliation and faith versus politics. Alice Sprouse of Whitesville WV urges Mrs Naomi Graham to attend solid churches in Rutland or Dayton Ohio, asserting Christ as comfort and ruler over all.
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Naomi Graham
Meigs County
Ohio
Tam
Whitesville
W. Va
Christ
Mrs. Graham
Rutland
Dayton
Alice Sprouse
The Athens Messenger Subscription Rates and Address
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday single-copy prices and mail rates for Ohio and West Virginia, with extensive subscription options. It notes delivery by carrier and by mail, states the Athens address for the Messenger Publishing Co at 43 W Union St, Athens Ohio 45701, and includes post office classification details.
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West Ae
Athens
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Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens Ohio
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