24 May 1967
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1967
Page
4
Justice Fortas writes for the court as it limits juvenile court discretion, saying the system fails to protect minors and replaces protections with the Bill of Rights. Justice Stewart dissents, calling the approach a backward step that treats youths as adults while urging education and training over court action.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports Rev. Dennis G. Kuby urges shifting tactics in the civil rights movement. Instead of sit-ins and pickets, focus on electing a receptive mayor, pursuing fair housing, and using courts to challenge union and hiring discrimination. Street confrontations should give way to steady, lawful progress.
President Johnson announced the first major steps toward a nationwide disaster warning system. The Environmental Science Services Administration will implement improved river forecasting and warnings for tornadoes, floods, and hurricanes with radars. Initial work covers Delaware and Susquehanna basins and expands to Midwest belts and Gulf and Atlantic coasts. An Alaska seismic observatory is planned to aid rapid detection of waves. The system aims to cut lives and damages significantly as it expands nationwide.
Joseph Alsop argues New York shows the ghetto schools can educate if funded properly. He notes MES program costs and Title One scatteration, urging federal and city action to prevent失 progress and to expand effective schooling in junior and senior high years.
At a National Forest Products Association luncheon in the Statler Hilton, Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington warned the timber sector that land use concepts are shifting. He said industries relying on land must embrace a public interest and retreat from staunch opposition to land acquisition proposals, signaling broader policy pressure on the sector.
The Messenger notes that state officials said pre flight instruction would be offered to Ohio high school students in the fall. Rome High School’s track team placed third in the state Class B meet in Columbus.
James Marlow surveys the era as U S bombings in North Vietnam push toward the border and Red China looms over Hong Kong and the volatile Middle East tenses Israel and Arab states mobilize. Uncertainty rises as U Thant withdraws UN troops at Nasser’s demand and Javits questions the move.
A reader to The Messenger criticizes Jon Webb's daily picture feature for focusing on poverty welfare and warped faces, arguing there is much beauty in southeastern Ohio worth photographing and space should highlight that instead.
The Athens Messenger announces daily and Sunday delivery by carrier at 1.95 for daily with a 15 discount for subscriptions, and mail rates for Ohio and West Virginia, plus U S territories. It lists annual, half year, and three month options and identifies the office in Athens Ohio for mail.
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