Athens Messenger May 19 1969 front page overview
The Athens Messenger issue date May 19 1969 lists staff including Fred W. Weber circulation director and M W McDargh advertising director. Publisher line traces the Bush family from 1896 to 1965 with Charles W. Reamer as managing editor and Richard R. Paynter as assistant.
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Fred W. Weber
M. W. McDargh
the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
Athens, Ohio
Price-Fixing Convictions Hit Plumbing Firms in Landmark Case
Federal courts convict 15 corporations and eight executives on price fixing in a four year scheme covering bathtubs sinks and toilets. The scheme planned to drop regular tub lines and push expensive acid resistant tubs to inflate profits. Treble damages and massive civil suits loom as states and cities pursue billions.
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General Electric
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
John ©. Fricano
Fricano
United States
Congress Faces First Public Disclosure of Members Finances
Congress begins required annual disclosures of members personal financial holdings and outside interests. Reports show links to federally regulated enterprises, national banks, and oil and coal interests. Ethics chair Melvin Price notes broad taxpaying impact while standards limits reporting in this initial rollout.
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Congress
Melvin Price
House Committee On Standards of
Ethics Committee
President moves to Paris talks route for Vietnam exit
Washington analysis notes Nixon aims to pursue negotiations in Paris rather than unilateral withdrawal. It highlights Lodge’s Paris briefing, Tho’s encouraging comment, and the ten point plan. Officials hope for Saigon reform and a fade in fighting while placing faith in a negotiated settlement.
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Washington
Vietnam
Paris
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
William Rogers
Creighton Abrams
Ambassador Lodge
National Security Council
Cabinet
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
South Vietnam
White House
Pentagon
U.S
Seaplane NC3 Sighted Near Ponta Delgada As Allies Advance
The missing NC3 seaplane was seen seven miles off Ponta Delgada breaking water and moving under its own power. Athens plans a citywide war service honor with a Methodist Church banquet and an armory dance. Allied troops push the Adolf Hitler Line in Central Italy with gains up to 17 miles. Gallia Academy students prepare a seven scene pageant titled America, My Country.
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NC3
Ponta Delgada
Athens
Methodist Church
Adolph Hitler
Italy
Gallia Academy High School
Gallipolis
America
Country
Loving Physician Sees Children Die Yet Drives Chemotherapy Breakthroughs
AP profile of Dr. Sidney Farber, director of the Children's Cancer Research Foundation, detailing decades of leukemia battles, early chemotherapy trials with aminopterin and methotrexate, and his push for regional cancer centers, team-based care, and hope for cures.
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Sidney Farber
Farber
Children's Cancer Research Foundation
American Cancer Society
Fifteen Years Since Brown Shaped School Desegregation
A columnist recalls Brown v Board of Education, its 1954 ruling that segregation violates equal protection, and the people involved from Thurgood Marshall to Oliver Brown. It notes the court’s composition shifts, key figures, and Linda Brown’s life after the landmark decision.
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Thurgood Marshal
Marshal
Warren
Black
Douglas
Reed and Clark
Vinson
Jackson
Frankfurter
Burton
Minton
T. Justin Moore
John W. Davis
Thurgood Marshall
Spottswood W. Robinson
US Circuit Cour of Appeals
Washington
Oliver Brown
St. John’s A.M.E
West Topeka
Kans
Linda
Monroe
Sumner
Brown
Charles P. Smith
Topeka
Segregation Holds Back Desegregation in Southern Schools
The article notes a mother barred from a school now 4 per cent black, her husband with National Cash Register, and two children. It cites that 20 percent of Mississippi Louisiana Albania Negro children attend integrated classrooms after 15 years, yet nationwide cities show rising segregation. The Civil Rights Commission observes no progress toward integration, with Washington and other cities becoming more segregated. The legal framework exists, but social change remains slow.
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Washington
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Gary
Detroit
Oakland
St. Louis
Civil Rights Commission
Athens City Schools Support Letter Praises System Progress
A longtime Athens teacher commends the Athens City Schools for 16 years of service. The writer praises Superintendent Henderson and the school board for balanced funding and prudent austerity to maintain quality education for The Plains Chauncey and Athens students.
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Cleveland
Athens
Ohio University
Henderson
the Plains
Chauncey
Board of Education
Athens City
State Victims? Athens questions progress and loss of beauty
Editor voices concern over Appalachian Highway plans and a new hospital harming riverbanks and hillside landscapes. The author asks who benefits as trees are cleared, debt rises, and residents fear loss of identity and joy for future generations. Mrs. Carola Gura, Pacific St., Athens.
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the Messenger
America
Athens
Athens County
Carola Gura
Pacific
Messenger Publishing Co. Subscription Rates and Address
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Gauly
The
Associated Press
Malwin Chioano
West Virginia
US & Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens
Ohio
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