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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1969
Page
4
The Athens Ohio edition dated Tuesday May 6 1969 lists Fred W. Weber as Circulation Director M W McDargh Advertising Director Charles W Reamer Managing Editor Richard R Paynter Assistant To The Publisher in the masthead. The city is Athens Ohio with ZIP 45701.
John H. Fischer of Teachers College argues school boards have taken on a fourth branch role by controlling education. He urges open meetings and broader school use to serve community needs amid rising demands for municipal and professional programs and services.
The Boston Globe commends Melvin Laird for proposing a study of the defense establishment but argues a blue ribbon panel within the Defense Department falls short. It favors an independent commission, such as the Golberg anti Sentinel group or a high level congressional or MIT Killian style panel, to avoid self investigation as Pentagon scrutiny grows.
Joseph Alsop reviews rising white backlash in Minneapolis and New York City amid mayoral races. He notes gun-advocate Charles Stenvig in Minneapolis and a tough New York race touching on race, crime, and public safety. The piece links ghetto violence in schools and shifts in Jewish voting with the broader national trend.
Sen. Alan Cranston leads opposition to closing 57 Job Corps centers and urges Nixon to publish all confidential files on center problems. Reports cite narcotics at Kilmer Center Edison New Jersey and homosexuality at Poland Spring Maine, with officials denying use of these files to justify closures.
A few thousand college students gather in a spring campus amphitheater as a ten day injunction bars occupancy of buildings. Widening divisions split the crowd between black militants and white SDS while the speaker delivers an analysis of student disorders amid interruptions and heated exchanges.
A Messenger reader from Athens defends public display by the strippers and their friends on Court Street. He mocks critics and argues for common sense over legal dress codes, noting the voyeuristic nature of the audience and the need for tolerance.
Editor lauds Dr Harry Chovnick superintendent of the Athens Mental Health Center for supporting employee wage increases. He argues higher pay boosts morale attracts skilled staff and improves patient care benefiting patients employees and taxpayers alike.
Athens County Chairman Alderman reports 57 percent of the Victory Loan Campaign goal reached with one week left. Mohandas Gandhi released from the Aga Khan's Poona summer palace where he had been detained since August 1942. Plans announced for a Boy Scout camp near the Millet field by the city reservoir in Nelsonville.
The Athens Messenger details daily and Sunday single copies and mail delivery rates for Ohio and West Virginia, plus US addresses. It lists subscription terms from one week to one year and notes the newspaper is entered as second class matter at the Athens post office.
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