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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1969
Page
4
The Athens Messenger reports local Athens Ohio news dated Thursday May 29 1969. The issue lists publisher and staff credits and includes regional notices and summaries of upcoming events in Athens and surrounding areas.
Dr. Matthew Ross of Harvard Medical School reports campus distress, with nearly 100000 college students threatening self harm in 1966. One in ten attempted suicide, one in hundred succeeded, claiming about 1000 young lives. Levels of isolation and rejection accompany the observed crisis.
The New Politics movement led by Sen. Eugene McCarthy becomes a formal Pennsylvania coalition. The newly named New Democratic Coalition opens ties with black groups labor unions and dissidents. It sets its anti ballistic missile Vietnam era platform and begins party organization with a state chair and officers.
In this column Joseph Alsop argues for shifting from social to hard sciences after Apollo 10 and critiques the failure of social science in addressing urban education and desegregation. He cites Berkeley, ghetto schools, Title Six funds, and proposes reassigning Talent to NASA to apply rigorous, data driven methods. He mentions Moynihan as open to the idea.
The Brotherhood of Railway Engineers in Winnipeg offered to mediate the general strike gripping Canada. In Athens Ohio, Rev. C. B. Plummer was set to deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Ohio University auditorium. Michigan faced two labor headaches as Chrysler day shift workers returned to Highland Park and a Saginaw Chevrolet strike neared an end. Cpl William Venable 29 of Pomeroy was one of two soldiers killed in a truck crash near Lockbourne Air Base.
An alliance of disgruntled GIs and civilian antiwar groups expands across bases as activists push for officer elections collective bargaining and rank and file control. Federal court actions and base commander restrictions spark clashes over on base meetings publications and discipline amid a nationwide peace movement.
Reporter William F. Buckley Jr. visits the San Francisco State College Black Students Union HQ as journalists confront hostile students. The scene features provocative posters, shouted accusations, and claims that media and Life Magazine distort racism and capitalism. A tense exchange ends with a delayed interview and plans to meet Ron Karenga in Los Angeles.
Editor notes that fifty years ago men mocked women voting yet now both sexes seek Athens League of Women Voters for government facts on water pollution school bonds charters taxes and laws. The league marks its 50th anniversary with a fundraising drive and public support urged to improve Athens and civic life.
The Virginia Tech authorities lowered the Confederate flag at university functions after student requests including Black students press for ending symbols. The University Council allowed private judgment and did not ban playing Dixie.
Arthur Gold berg seeks ABA guidance on taking a lifetime $25 000 annual pension from the United Steel workers after resigning as their counsel when he became secretary of labor. He aims to avoid an embarrassing situation.
Athens Ohio notices detail the Messenger Publishing Co location at 43 W Union St and postal terms. Rates listed include daily and Sunday single copies, delivery options by carrier and mail, and subscription prices for various periods.
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