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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1969
Page
4
The Athens Messenger dated May 27 1969 reports local news from Athens Ohio with emphasis on community events and brief notices. Names like Gordon K Bush and Richard R Paynter appear in the masthead reflecting staff roles at the newspaper.
The Los Angeles mayoral race heads to a Tuesday runoff between Sam Yorty and Tom Bradley with Obama era style tensions. Bradley holds a 16 to 17 percent lead in polls and both men accuse the other of racial appeals as the city contends with a large Mexican American community and a recent corruption backdrop. Bradley would be the city’s first Black mayor, a milestone viewed as a national challenge by Black Americans.
Gallup places Nixon ahead of Kennedy by 3 to 2 in a 1972 frame. Michigan researchers conclude Wallace did not alter the 1968 result, with many Wallace voters likely aligning to Nixon. Campbell notes 45 percent of Wallace Democrats and 41 percent of independents plus 14 percent of Republicans would have backed Nixon. Time will reveal future shifts.
Senate finance investigators found high Medicare incomes including an osteopath earning 285866 in a year and a half a large dentists office 500000 and two brothers with a six person medical staff at six nursing homes earning 376560. Senator John J Williams said at least 5000 physicians nationwide took 25000 or more last year from Medicare as names continue to arrive. This is not to say they overcharged the elderly.
The text notes that $25 000 benefits are not generous for geriatrics as red tape hinders reimbursement. Elderly signups expected full coverage for doctors' bills but faced exemptions and disallowed services. Congress could adjust these qualifications to improve the system.
Joseph Alsop argues Nixon must lead on ABM with clear terms and strong national defense. The piece notes Nixon’s Vietnam speech, the Laird tie, and Packard’s stance against a limited or experimental shield. It warns of Soviet SS 9 tests and the risk of delaying deployment to meet perceived threats.
A nationwide Gallup survey of 1 030 students on 55 campuses finds a strong leftward tilt among college youths and a shift away from conservatism. Edward Kennedy dominates preferences for Democratic leadership while independents outnumber Republicans and many students favor social reform and peace corps service.
In Cleveland's Hough, journalists examine the Hough Development Corporation run by black nationalists. The program funds Handyman's Maintenance Project with jailed recruits, praising practical idealism over capitalistic rhetoric while noting high costs and mixed outcomes.
The Ohio Liquor License Commission stayed on the job handling cases filed before prohibition. A Grand Theater Athens featured the drama Hugan the Mighty about a flawed but generous man. Governor Bricker urged presidential hopefuls to discuss issues openly. The Lake Hope area set to open its fifth season per Emmett Conway Zaleski State Forest ranger.
The North Carolina House approved by a wide margin a plan to undo a call for a national convention on one man one vote. If the Senate agrees, two more states must pass the resolution, potentially sparking a movement wary of an open convention that could rewrite the Constitution.
A psychologist reports construction and factory workers pronounce a profane word in every five words and students utter profanity in every fourteen words. The study notes most profane terms are among the hundred most common words.
Pilots of hijacked planes can trigger a silent alarm to alert ground stations without using the microphone. The system enables discreet signaling of ongoing hijack events to authorities.
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