National party leaders react to mid term trends and gains
Republican National Chairman Ray C. Bliss sees a continuing rise in GOP strength from the 1966 mid term results while Democratic chair John M. Bailey downplays setbacks as local. Notable wins include Kentucky Governor Louis B. Nunn and New Jersey legislature control, with Cleveland and Gary electing Black mayors. The era marks growing Black political savvy shaping future elections.
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Ray C. Bliss
John M. Bailey
Louis B. Nunn
Kentucky
Nunn
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
Johnson
Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
Cleveland
Gary
Indiana
Carl B. Stokes
Seth C. Taft
Richard G. Hatcher
Joseph B. Radigan
Redistricting showdown reaffirms one man one vote ruling
Congress faces a clash over delaying redistricting while courts enforce the 1964 one man one vote standard. Senate junior members vote down a four year moratorium, forcing ongoing court supervised redistricting as states adjust after New Jersey’s reapportionment. The House accepted the compromise. the Senate rejected it, shaping the 1968 election landscape nationwide.
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New Jersey
California
Indiana
Texas
Missouri
Ohio
New York
Florida
Colorado
Connecticut
Georgia
Iowa
Louisiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Washington
West Virginia
Trade With Cuba Highlights Non Communist Links
Figures from the House Foreign Relations subcommittee show that in 1966, Cuba’s trade included 116.8 million with Spain, 62.4 million with Canada, 35.7 million with Britain, 29 million with Japan, 25 million with France, and 23.2 million with the United Arab Republic. The United States and Venezuela deny fuel to ships calling at Cuban ports as Western Hemisphere ministers seek to broaden the blockade and deter Castro’s regime. Latin American nations push back against Castro’s intervention in Venezuela and Bolivia, coordinating resistance and surveillance to curb subversion.
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House
Latin America
Spain
Cuba
Canada
Soviet Union
Britain
Japan
France
United Arab Republic
Venezuela
Washington
Caribbean
Atlantic
Fidel Castro
Bolivia
Washington Insight Joseph Kraft The McCarthy Puzzle
Washington insight profiles Senator Eugene McCarthy as a sharp, witty Catholic intellectual challenging President Johnson. It traces his fear of being expendable, his past positions on Kennedy and Humphrey, his view of Vietnam, and his appeal to younger voters while noting his independence and potential as a formidable candidate.
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Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota Democrat
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McCarthy
Senator McCarthy
Washington
Gene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Wisconsin
Humphrey
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Landrum-Griffin
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Vietnam
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Joe
Bobby Kennedy
Yale and Reagan visit sparks at Chubb Fellows program
In a Yale campus row over inviting Ronald Reagan to be a Chubb Fellow, Adam Parry objects citing odious politics and honor money. Professor Bergin defends the program as exposure to leaders whose views students should study. Yale Daily News counters that retracting invitation would spark a national scandal.
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Arnold Lunn
Vietnam
Yale University
Ronald Reagan
Yale
Chubb
Thomas Bergin
Dante Alighieri
Bergin
Soapy Williams
Clement Attlee
Adlai Stevenson
Jesse Unruh
Stephen Young
Barry Goldwater
California
Adam Parry
Reagan
Parry
Rome
Texas
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
Greece
America
Rommel's Army Cut Down in Libyan Desert Retreat
The Messenger reports Rommel's shattered forces retreating westward in the Libyan Desert, with 75 000 casualties and captives noted. Rep Thomas A Jenkins helps inaugurate Gallipolis winter Community Victory Sings tracing war song history. Red Cross appeals for knitted sweaters socks and wristlets for soldiers and sailors. Judge J M Wood names five man committee to control Athens County fuel.
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Marshal Rommel
Thomas A. Jenkins
Gallipolis
American Red Cross
Common Pleas
J. M. Wood
Athens County
Image of U S benevolence under fire by AP piece
Editor cites AP and Sunday Messenger controversy over a published account showing a GI with an old woman, arguing such images harm America’s peacekeeping image. He questions right and wrong in wartime propaganda, blaming ignorance and Communist triumphalism. James Hill, Nelsonville.
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Associated Press
Sunday Messenger
Gestapo
Russia
Obscene Front Page Photo Stirs Editor's Protest
The Messenger editor condemns a Sunday front page image as obscene and pornographic, arguing it vulgarizes war’s violence and obscures moral conscience amid calls for freedom. The writer laments deafening silence before God as both sides justify cruel means.
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Sunday Messenger
Far Reaching Water Conservancy Districts in Ohio
Ohio water conservancy district law grew from the 1913 Dayton flood on the Miami River. A committee led by John A. McMahon drafted a bill empowering taxation within a watershed to fund dyke and levee rebuilding, enacted in 1914. Formation requires petitions with at least 500 property owners, court review, hearings, and, if unopposed, appointment of three directors and three appraisers.
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the Messenger
Common Pleas
Water Conservancy
Ohio
Athens Messenger Advertisement and Mail Rates Notice
The Athens Messenger lists delivery options and subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, with rates by mail for Ohio, West Virginia, and U.S. possessions. It notes six-month and yearly terms, addresses, and that the paper is entered as second class matter at the Athens, Ohio post office.
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Athens
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens Ohlo
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