Athens Messenger 1969 May 13 Local News Snapshot
Athens Ohio newspaper page dated Tuesday May 13 1969 lists staff and publication details including Frederick W Bush Gordon K Bush and G Kenner Bush as publishers. Circulation director is M W McDargh and advertising director is Fred W Weber. Managing editor is Charles W Reamer with Richard R Paynter as assistant.
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Fred W. Weber
M. W. McDargh
Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
Athens, Ohio
Public health officer cites medicated survival and age limit idea
Dr Kenneth Vickery of Fastbourne argues for a maximum age beyond which doctors would focus on palliative care rather than life extension. He warns the elderly could face euthanasia as Britain’s aging population strains medical services. He cites Eisenhower’s last months as a dreadful example and questions current survival aims.
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Eisenhower
Royal Society of Health Congress
Kenneth Vickery
Fastbourne
England
Britain
Popu
Supreme Court to Review Wage Garnishment Law
The court will weigh a case testing wage garnishment in Wisconsin and 16 states where creditors can start collecting without notice or hearing. A 1970 truth‑in‑lending law then protects at least 7 percent of after tax pay or $48, with employers barred from firing workers for garnishment. Even if the court rejects the practice, millions could lose wages or face job loss through legal garnishments.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Congress
Supreme Court
Congress faces arson threat to higher education funds
The piece argues that rising campus arson and student unrest could trigger federal penalties cutting billions in aid to universities. It cites Rep. Edith Green and Rep. George Mahon steering a rider to create a federal mediation panel, risking major cuts especially to prestige schools and Howard University.
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Washington
Congress
Vietnam
House Education and Labor Committee
Edith Green
Oregon
Sage
House
Appropriations Committee
George Mahon
Texas
Green
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
City College of New York
Messenger Recall: Page's 1919 Plan to Maintain Wilson Policy
The Messenger notes that 58 years ago Thomas Nelson Page, then ambassador to Italy, submitted a compromise plan to President Wilson to preserve his principles and satisfy Italy. Supt Geoffrey Morgan of Athens is named Athens County chairman for Boy Scout Week in recognition of his program work. Walter Orville Levering, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Levering of 252 Grosvenor St Nelsonville, a Navy Reserve Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class in England, earned the Auf Medal.
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Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Wilson
Page
Supt
Geoffrey Morgan
Athens
Athens County
Boy Scout Week
Earl Wilson
California
GOP
Aviation
C. Walter Orville Levering
Henry Levering
Grosvenor St
Nelsonville
Navy
England
Auf
Mass Tax Protests Sweep States Amid Budget Battles
A sweeping Associated Press survey finds middle class taxpayers across states resisting tax hikes and school levies. Governors Shafer Maddox face pressure over income taxes and budgets while voters reject bond issues from New York suburbs to Minnesota. Local protests, anti tax leagues form in Pennsylvania and California, with varied clashes over education funding and budget cuts.
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Associated Press
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Shafer
Beaver Falls
New York City
Great Neck
Long Island
Milton Kurland
Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association
Mahtomedi
Minn
St. Paul
Edwin Duffield
Uniontown
Fayette County
Jefferson County Taxpayers League
Punxsutawney High School
Brookville
San Diego Unified
Los Angeles
Jack Crowther
Crowther
Board of Education
Milwaukee
James P. Bebling
North Shore
Whitefish Bay
Citizens For Tax Reform
Rehling
Behling
Federal
Internal Revenue Service Office
Honolulu
Frank Fasi
Paradise
Fasi
Students' Grievances Highlight Faculty Teaching Dismissals
William F Buckley Jr discusses student complaints about teaching duties in colleges. He cites critics like John Coyne Jr and Ernest van den Haag noting underpaid teaching assistants and focus on freedom. Buckley argues the crisis centers on order and survival of educational institutions and misalignment of priorities.
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John Coyne Jr
Berkeley
Univer
Columbia
Ernest van den Haag
Amherst
South Vietnam
de Gaulle
House of Commons
Abraham Lincoln
Safety check sought for Volkswagen by Senate panel chair
Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana, head of a Senate surface transportation subcommittee, asked for a federal safety standards review of the Volkswagen. The move comes after critic Ralph Nader called the car the most hazardous on the road, and owners seek clarity on the true safety status.
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Vance Hartke
Indiana
Senate
Ralph Nader
College President under pressure from student strike
Hal Boyle portrays a campus crisis as students demand equal parking, faculty strife, and a call for dialogue. The humor spotlights a dean locked in a washroom and a legislature looming over student revolts, with alumni threats and mixed student factions.
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New York
University
Rutherford Romulus Frothingham
Popinjay U
National Guard
Frothingham
Fireworks to Mark Brasilia Ninth Anniversary
Fireworks will replace cake as Brasilia celebrates the capital’s ninth anniversary. Races and celebrations aim to lift mood after President Arthur de Costa e Silva seized extraordinary powers on December 13 and suspended Congress.
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Brazil
Arthur de Costa E Silva
Congress
Brasillia
Hughes Expands Into Las Vegas Casino Empire
Tycoon Howard Hughes, famed airplane operator and industrialist, has taken over his sixth casino in Las Vegas Nevada. He aims to unify legal gaming under a single control, becoming a national gambling tycoon.
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Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
Nev
Athens Messenger Publishing Co. postal rates and address
The Athens Messenger lists delivery options for daily and Sunday editions with various pricing. The notice provides the mailing address 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701 and classes as a second class matter under the 1918 act.
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Athens
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union
Ohio
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Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Garnishment Review
Joseph Alsop
Howard University
Treasury
William F. Buckley JR
Small Society
Hal Boyle
Tycoon
Athens Llessenger
D&s
Mai
Obana
West Virginia
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