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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1968
Page
8
Former HEW secretary John W. Gardner argues fragmentation in cities fuels fear and violence. He leads the Urban Coalition to bridge gaps among business, labor, universities, City Hall, and minority communities, aiming for a more cohesive America through cross‑sector collaboration.
Dr Marshall W Nirenberg chief of the laboratory of biochemical genetics at the National Heart Institute cracked the genetic code and elucidated protein synthesis. Colleagues cite a willingness to ask hard questions and intense thinking as the shared trait of Nobel winners. He works 12 to 14 hours daily and is praised as a creative genius with ideas that may take years to mature.
The article weighs why a housing boom could follow a postwar lull. It notes 400,000 buyers delayed plans due to tight money and high mortgage costs after a trough in starts. World War II babies maturing adds pressure, with money easing briefly then tightening again, fueling housing hopes.
The article argues that the housing market will not improve soon and may worsen, predicting a historic boom driven by the 1968 housing law aimed at 26 million new units in ten years. It contrasts planned production of 2.6 million per year with current output of 1.2 million, suggesting rapid growth will fuel a seller's market.
In a high stakes essay, Joseph Kraft argues that President elect Nixon faces a stark choice in Vietnam between pursuing a political settlement and continuing military deescalation. He warns that delaying concessions risks a resumption of war and places the United States in a worse position, making an exit visa essential for long term national interest.
Age groups over 65 pay an average $41.40 monthly for prescription drugs, five times the amount spent by ages 15 to 24. The elderly are mainly treated for high blood pressure and heart conditions. They favor aspirin and vitamins in non prescription medications as good health boosts their numbers.
The Halloween fundraising event featured high profile liberal figures including Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Michael Harrington and Daniel Patrick Moynihan at the 4000 seat Manhattan Center. Shelley Winters hosted with wit as Galbraith’s speech was interrupted by an onstage prank revealing a pig’s head to the audience.
A false national wire report claimed an armistice ending World War I. Athens trembled with spontaneous demonstrations as bells and whistles rang to mark the supposed victory. The Russian Army retook Kiev and Stalin praised Allied war efforts. Twenty three men from Athens Trimble and Dover townships were inducted into the armed forces.
Henry A. Luce and Briton Hadden, both 29, have been appointed general manager and business manager of Time magazine. The move is framed as a vote of confidence in youth after recent public cynicism about young adults.
The Dallas Fort Worth project plans a new airport on 20,000 acres between Dallas and Fort Worth. It aims to be the first of seven or eight global hubs able to handle planes still on the drawing board with room to grow, safety space, and room to use engineering talent.
Remember the past as a comforting garden of memories while the future remains a gamble. The piece paints a nostalgic collage of midcentury life charms and regrets, from golf fortunes to tin lunch buckets, bedbugs, ROTC rebels, and haunted towns, ending with a wistful call to remember.
Pittsburgh city traffic engineer Anthony Misciмarta argues free public transit could curb cars and curb congestion by 1970. He favors county subsidy for the Port Authority to make buses and rapid transit effectively free, comparing it to essential services like garbage collection and parks.
Well Merited the Nobel Peace Prize honors Prof Rene Cassin a noted defender of human rights and principal author of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Man Cassin led the UN Human Rights Commission from 1946 to 1965 and tirelessly pressed its universal adoption and application.
Arkansas and Mississippi retain bans on evolution in schools. In Arkansas the law is under Supreme Court challenge. The assistant state attorney general says he enforces the law as a duty, not from personal conviction, a defense critics deem weak.
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday newspaper prices, delivery options by carrier, and mail rates for Ohio West Virginia and Elsewhere in the U.S. Prices include daily and Sunday copies, weekly, monthly, and yearly plans, with delivery and subscription terms. The paper is entered at the Athens Post Office as second class matter, address The Messenger Publishing Co. 43 W. Union St. Athens Ohio.
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