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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1968
Page
4
The Athens Daily announces M. W McDargh advertising director Charles W Reamer appointed managing editor in a May 28, 1968 release. The change signals a shift in leadership for the Ohio paper.
The piece notes 19 states plus DC deny aid to children of promiscuous mothers and 40 states plus DC deny aid to children of recent arrivals. Supreme Court rulings could overturn these criteria, altering federal and state welfare costs. Estimated added federal cost tops 100 million first year, rising to 160 million, with state costs 75 million then 120 million.
The Supreme Court rules that the Sixth Amendment jury trial requirement binds states via the Fourteenth Amendment. In a 7 to 2 decision, Justice White holds jury trials are fundamental to justice, even in state criminal cases, though it leaves unclear which offenses mandate juries. The ruling affects petty offenses and misdemeanor trials, potentially increasing state court jury trials and slowing justice.
President Johnson signed a law removing the 6 per cent ceiling on government backed mortgages, but the rate rose to 6 3 4 per cent and the national average now tops 7 per cent. A survey by the National Association of Home Builders shows tight money hurting building trades while states like New York and New Jersey consider flexible controls to fix rates between 5 and 8 per cent, with three year renegotiation if markets fall.
Washington insight argues General de Gaulle’s fall shows one man rule fails in modern states. It cites economic abundance, rising taxes, and a new middle class unsettled by inflation and living costs. Student unrest and unease over foreign policy contributed to Gaullist decline, with broad lessons for American leadership.
After Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's assassination in April, 35,890 regular soldiers and Marines were deployed to quell riots with federalized guardsmen in Washington, Baltimore and Chicago. An additional 22,074 stood by, costing the federal government 5 375 400. This underscores the hope that the Poor People’s March stays peaceful.
In Cleveland, Buckley visits to probe Mayor Stokes and the Taft grandson candidate while reflecting on urban renewal, hotel service strikes, and a city anxious over unemployment in Hough. He notes Cleveland’s unrest, Chamber spirit, and the city’s image amid a looming convention hunger.
The Supreme Court holds illegitimate children entitled to equal protection, overturning Louisiana and other states’ laws. Justice Douglas writes that illegitimate children are persons with rights under the 14th Amendment, while Justice Harlan dissents, arguing states defined suits by legal ties rather than biology.
Hal Boyle muses on cooking trends and gender quirks in a humorous column. He jokes that many men pursue cooking with risky spice habits while wryly praising dandelions as useful, laments garlic bans, and wryly notes quirks from marriages, wardrobes, and daily life.
State Liquor Director Don Fisher announced a four week ration of one quart or fifth or two pints per person from June 1 to June 26. Edward Buffington of The Plains was killed in a mine accident at Hocking Mine as he began his shift. A plague outbreak in Spain was reported affecting about 40 percent of the population with King Alphonso believed ill. Virgene Mackenzie Putnam earned a dentistry degree from Ohio State University College of Dentistry as one of two women entering the Ohio dental profession that year.
In Marks Mississippi someone cut the fence around 30 mules corraled for the mule train that is bringing more Poor People marchers to Washington. The animals wandered back for feed but the procession remained intact.
The Swiss plan a third Alpine tunnel the 11 mile St Gotthard to become the world’s longest vehicular route surpassing Mont Blanc’s 7 mile link and the 314 mile St Bernard tunnel linking Italy and Switzerland.
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