Catch the Falling Flag Memoir on Nixon by Whalen
Richard J. Whalen joined the Nixon campaign as a foreign affairs writer in 1967 and quit after the Miami Beach nomination. His nine month experience becomes Catch the Falling Flag, a vivid memoir published by Houghton Mifflin, framed by Whalen's blunt critique of Nixon and politics.
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Washington
Richard J. Whalen
Nixon
Miami Beach
Houghton Mifflin
Richard Nixon
Whelan
The Athens Messenger Publisher and Staff
The Athens Messenger shows its publishing lineage with G. Kenner Bush and Fred W. Weber, noting long serving editors and managers. It lists address at 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio and historic leadership from 1825 through 1965.
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the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
Training Of A Policeman Statement Cited
A quoted remark highlights concern that the police department acts as a single bureaucracy where the lowest ranking beat officer makes life and death decisions with little guidance.
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Police Department
Police
Mass escape at Acre Prison sparked international manhunt
The Messenger recalls a 25 year old British chase for 227 prisoners after a mass Acre Prison escape by Jewish underground. Ohio University hosted a spring concert with 70 musicians led by Mishel Piastro. The piece also notes a 50 year old call to convert factories for transatlantic cables and a new Athens church pastor appointment.
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Palestine
Acre
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University Symphony Orchestra
Mishel Piastro
New York City
Longines Symphonette
C. A. Seaone
Army Signal Corps
U.S
Daniel McGurk
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Athens
Stroke survivor recalls sudden mild attack and recovery
Hall of Fame columnist Hal Boyle details his abrupt experience with a stroke on March 16. He describes no obvious warning signs, a slurred voice, high blood pressure, and a hospital stay followed by gratitude to well wishers as he returns to life and work.
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Dick Whalen
Richmond News Leader
Time
Wall Street Journal
Fortune Magazine
Joseph Kennedy
Center For Strategic Studies
Georgetown University
Whalen
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Far Right Wing Outrages and a Taxpayers Union Advocate
In Nicholas von Hoffman’s column, Jim Davidson—a far right libertarian and National Taxpayers Union activist—pursues government outrages, critiques HEW, and promotes private property and low taxes. He faces media exclusion but persists through newsletters and small radio spots. He argues lawmakers bend rules and favors limited government.
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Nicholas von Hoffman
Washington
Jim Davidson
America
HEW
Jim
Nevada
Pentagon
National Taxpayers Union
Fifth St. SE
Washington, D. C
Nixon
Minnesota loan case used to test federal reserve notes rule
Jim cites an unusual litigation where a Minnesota man refused to repay a loan claiming only federal reserve notes were lent, winning the case. He then notes his own act of refusing Social Security tax, facing IRS seizure, and warns against frequent use of such tactics. He emphasizes avoiding broad ideology and pursuing specific legislation despite repeated losses.
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Minnesota
Federal Reserve
Jim
IRS
Malawi
Lady Chatterley
Athens MessengerPublishing details and mailing rates
The Messenger publishes daily except Saturdays with Carrier and Tube route delivery options and rates. By mail prices shown for Ohio West Virginia and other U S locations include weekly and yearly options. Entered at Athens Ohio Post Office as Second Class Matter under 1918 act.
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Associated Press
D &S
D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S
Possessions
Athens
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Brezhnev Holds Key Role in Nuclear Talks and Vietnam
The piece argues Brezhnev dominates Moscow’s stance in the Nixon summit, shaping arms control progress in Vienna and Helsinki while Vietnam policy tests the pace of any accord. It warns U S pressure on Vietnam could derail an arms deal, risking a breakdown of summit progress.
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Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Russia
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Brezhnev
Henry Kissinger
Plitburo
Alexei Kosygin
Peking
Moscow
Vienna
Helsinki
North Dakota
Montana
Hanoi
Haiphong
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Kissinger
Asia
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Alexandria
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Mission Bay
Bob Haldeman
Bob
the Athens Messenger
Hal Boyle
L. A. Times
Washington Post News Service
McGovern
Acapulco
Fort Knox
The
Small Society
Brickman
Were
Che Athens Messenger
Joseph Kraft
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