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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1969

Page

8

Local Press Names Athens Staff and Address Details

The Messenger Publishing Company in Athens Ohio lists its 1969 staff and offices including Frederick W Bush publisher Gordon K Bush successor G Kenner Bush and G W Weber circulation director along with Charles W Reamer managing editor and Richard R Paynter assistant publisher.

the Messenger Publishing Company West Union Street Athens Ohio Frederick W. Bush Gordon K. Bush Fred W. Weber Charles W. Reamer M. W. McDargh Richard R. Paynter Athens, Ohio

Democrats Consider Annual Conventions to Strengthen Party

Sen Harris chairs a McGovern led commission on party structure to democratize delegate selection. Early meetings reveal support for annual or biannual conventions to keep the party energized, with Muskie and McCarthy endorsing biannual summer conventions before midterm elections to boost campaigns.

Fred R. Harris Oklahoma George S. McGovern South Dakota Edmund S. Muskie Maine Eugene J. McCarthy Minnesota Muskie Europe

Volpe Calls Mass Transit Upgrade to Save Cities

Secretary Volpe warns private cars may be banned from metropolitan areas as mass transit must catch up with highway expansion. He urges underground subways and high speed commuter trains to move people from ghettos to work, with buses for short trips, within a few years in major cities.

New York John A. Volpe Volpe U. S. Bureau of Public Roads

Washington Insight Groping in the Academic Civil War

A nuanced critique of universities amid postwar front end growth and Sputnik era funding. The piece contrasts elite scholarly front end America with the lagging sectors including Negro and Spanish speaking communities and low income whites. It notes radical student pressure on admissions and support and hints at university responses.

Washington America State Department Pentagon Treasury Harvard Columbia University of California

Universities struggle with minority programs and backlash

Forward set up urban institutes and recruited minority students but programs fail. Black studies are often unused gut courses, with faculties split between meeting student demands and pursuing pure academics. The essay argues universities are trapped, unsure how to recruit, design courses, hire faculty, or fund efforts, urging cautious, gradual reform toward new institutions.

America

The Messenger Said YEARS AGO 1919 pledge AnglOAmerican alliance

A 1919 note discusses President Wilson offering to present to the U S Senate a plan for an Anglo American alliance to aid France against Germany. In Stratton's Nelsonville store sugar sold for 10 cents a pound apple butter 25 cents and rolled outs 10 cents a package. 25 years ago in 1944 Japanese advances in Asia contrasted with a successful Allied air raid on a Nipponese convoy. 113 Athens County Selective Service registrants left for Columbus for induction.

Wilson United Sates Senate France Stratton’s Nelsonville India China Dutch East Indies Athens County Selective Service Board Columbus

Sino Soviet border tensions flare as 1967 crackdowns loom

The article traces long standing Sino Soviet border frictions from Outer Mongolia through Sinkiang Uighur unrest to renewed clashes on the Ussuri river. It notes Mao Zedong and Khrushchev era polemics, border deployments, and Moscow’s push for a communists meeting amid growing war talk ahead of late May and early June conferences.

Outer Mongolia Mongolian People’s Republic Russia China Moscow Red China Stalin Sinkiang Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region Texas U.S.S.R Inner Mongolia Amur River Amur Peking Mao Tsetung Mao Baikal Vladisvistok Khabarovsk Kamchatka Soviet Union Soviet Far East Central Asia France Eastern Turkestan Nikita S. Khrushchev Taklamakan Kremlin Us.s.r

Why Aren't They Expelled Why Aren't They Expelled

James Kilpatrick critiques university officials over student riots at Columbia and City University campuses. He questions why identified rioters and non students avoid expulsion and arrest, noting incidents at Cornell Queens College City College and Brooklyn College and criticizing President Cordier.

New York Columbia City University of New York Cornell Willard Straight Hall Queens College City College Brooklyn College Harry Albaum James A. Perkins Cornell University Students For A Democratic Society Barton Hall Army Reserve Officer Training Corps R.O.T.C Charles S Chip) Marshall Chip

Cetters Oppose ABM System in Public Letter

A letter questions ABM viability and cost urging Congress to reject $5 billion for a nuclear shield. It quotes Harvard professor George Wald criticizing deployment, defense myths, and MIRV as a counter to ABMs, urging mass protest to lawmakers and the president.

George Wald Harvard U.S Russia Congress

The Athens Messenger Delivery Rates and Contact Address

The Athens Messenger lists delivery by carrier and mail with daily and Sunday editions. Rates cover one week to one year, with prices for U.S. and possessions and the publisher's Athens Ohio address 43 W Union St.

D&s Mai Ohio Westly OS & Possessions Athens Post Office the Messenger Publishing Co Union St Athens

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