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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1964
Page
8
Morgan Guarantee Survey for May notes consumer hesitancy despite overall strength. March and April trends mislead on tax cut effects while retail, business investment, earnings, and employment show resilience. Unemployment at 5.4 percent dampens demand as reliance on transfers limits spending room.
The nation’s second largest sugar concern closes its 64 year old Long Island City plant on June 30 due to uneconomical beet refining and competition. Philadelphia operations continue. Workers question poverty and unemployment amid long service and low wages. The piece urges poverty war actions beyond post hoc fixes.
Four British Parliament by-elections last week produced three Conservative wins and one Labour gain in Scotland. The result steadies the Tories amid national optimism and suggests Labour’s county and municipal gains may not translate to fall elections. The piece urges vigilance in November and cautions against overconfidence.
The Maryland primaries hinge on whether Supreme Court rules on voluntary prayers in schools can be overturned. The piece argues federal overreach is unlikely to change local school practices and defends the long history of prayers not establishing a religion, citing Jefferson and Ingersoll and criticizing McCarthyism and straw-man tactics.
A reader asks who should give Mother’s Day corsages, husband or children, after a blended family incident. Abby advises genuine love and understanding over gestures and urges a 26 year old to end an affair with a married man. A letter reprint recalls naming unusual daughters and a prior warning about returning to an unfaithful, abusive husband.
Alan D aged 52 reports new diabetes after age 50 with high blood sugar controlled by pills. He questions why onset is in middle age and discusses a biochemical deficiency theory linking diabetes and other conditions to trace chemicals. He urges readers to write to Dr Crane for information.
Lawrence County Republicans elected State Sen. Oakley Collins as chairman of the county Republican executive committee and his father E. P. Collins as chairman of the central committee. Sen. Collins succeeds Homer Edwards who retired after 15 years in the post. E. P. Collins has chaired the central committee for 45 years.
A humorous collage argues that people and dogs share boredom and cleverness, then riffs on common stereotypes. It surveys executives, wives, pickpockets, wardens, murderers, churchgoers, and other figures to lampoon attitudes toward wealth, fame, and daily foibles.
Wallace’s Wisconsin Indiana and Maryland primary show a strong anti civil rights sentiment. He framed the bill as socialist an invasion of states rights appealing to conservatives and racists while opponents in Maryland faced related court cases and local unrest.
Personal income rose in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 483.1 billion dollars, up 2.2 billion from March and about 25 billion above April 1963. Farm income fell slightly to 12.2 billion, down 0.6 billion from last year.
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