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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1969
Page
6
Athens Ohio edition dated Friday May 30 1969 features local society and brief notices. Notes include staff credits and publishing lineage with geographic emphasis on Athens and surrounding areas.
Washington cabbie Robert B. Chapman says he invented survival driving to stay alive and earn a living. He identifies four hazard types including pipe smokers, the long time old drivers, nun drivers, and chauffeurs with their hats as a badge of courage. He avoids all four types while driving ten hours a day.
Washington Insight reports a dramatic clash at the University of California Berkeley as National Guard units, local police, and heavy force confront protesters who created a Peoples Park. The piece notes massive arrests, lethal danger, and a widening rift between campus authorities and both leftist student groups and conservative state leadership.
New York column mocks affluent air travelers as pampered by hostesses and luxuries. It imagines future flights with private ambulances, multiple stewardesses, in-flight perks, and even dangers of passengers taking over planes.
The Messenger reported the Austrian treaty was set for presentation to the enemy delegates in St Germain after a recent peace conference session. Athens Masonic groups honored returning servicemen with a banquet reception and dance. American artillery fire darkened the Alban Hills as U S tanks pressed toward German positions near Rome. Rev Harold F Kelleg named minister of the First Methodist Church in Athens.
Aved Retreat in Manatee County near Tampa Bay aims to house 50 000 affluent residents with a 1000 bed hospital and genetic treatment and research facilities designed to extend life for those who can afford access.
Emily Hahn notes ancient China and Egypt hosted royal menageries and that Alexander the Great and Hannibal favored elephants. Romans staged man versus beast contests, and modern bullrings echo that history as a last vestige of such spectacles.
William Hall a London bookmaker laid a 1000 to land a man on the moon by January 1, 1971 and now faces a potential 10 000 pounds 24000 dollars loss as astronauts advance with no hedging. He closed the book.
The antiwar movement grows in the military as GI newspapers multiply including Fatigue Press at Fort Hood and Counterpoint at Fort Lewis. Coffeehouses near bases host listening sessions and bull sessions, drawing servicemen with murals, music, and discussions while facing occasional police scrutiny.
Washington reports a power struggle within the National Youth Alliance amid allegations of Nazi overtones. Willis Carto leads the group with Louis Byers and former Birch Society staffers amid expulsions and reorganization attempts.
The article reflects on space travel as a noble but costly pursuit. It honors three American heroes lost in pursuit of knowledge and asserts humanity will seek the heavens without self destruction. It compares explorers of space to those who set sail for new lands seeking a better life.
Publishes daily except Saturdays member of the Associated Press weekdays single copy ten cents Sunday single copy one cent delivered by carrier daily and Sunday one week two weeks six weeks two dollars per three months six months ten dollars. mailed rates for U S possessions three months six months twelve dollars. mail to The Messenger Publishing Co 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701. second class matter under act of 1918.
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