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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1973
Page
4
The Athens Messenger records its long history with founders and publishers from 1825 to 1965. It lists Frederick W. Bush Jordon K. Bush G Kenner Bush and Fred W Weber among leadership, with M W McDargh as advertising director and Charles W Reamer as managing editor.
In Paris Joseph Kraft critiques Western Europe for sidelining itself in the Middle East crisis. He cites the nine EU oil actions against the Dutch, NATO overflight refusals, and a Europe divided by de Gaulle’s legacy. Kraft urges renewed U.S. effort to foster European unity and accountability.
In Brussels the state of Ohio may still own furniture rented to Umbra S A for a former trade office. Officials doubt the value and whether rent was ever collected. The piece notes 3500 workers will move to a new 41 story building in Columbus with limited parking and local political news.
Washington essay notes Oct 15 Supreme Court order denying certiorari in Dickinson v U S escalates concerns over judicial supremacy and press censorship. It recounts Judge West’s gag on reporting in Baton Rouge, the Fifth Circuit rebuke, and warns of potential tyranny if courts stifle open proceedings.
In Newark's Central Ward, residents report no dramatic price spikes, saying they are accustomed to high costs. Welfare recipients discuss budgets, rent hikes, and meat limits while supermarket officials defend uniform pricing across 110 Foodtown Co-op stores in New Jersey and New York.
London reports that despite early gains from Britain's peace blueprint, crucial decisions on a powersharing government in the Northern Ireland province loom in three weeks. The 900 plus dead conflict pits Catholic nationalists against Protestant Unionists, with tensions over a cross-border Council of Ireland and future governance.
Today in history notes multiple events on November 16 across years including U S Soviet relations 1933 the capture of Ft Washington in 1776 and 2 000 prisoners Oklahoma statehood 1907 Toscanini debut 1908 Allied offensives 1944 Eisenhower merger proposal 1945 Truman rebuttal 1953 Barghoorn case 1963 Barghoorn release noted, plus notable birthdays Burgess Meredith and Robert Bennett and a Polish proverb thought for today.
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The Athens Messenger lists pricing for daily and Sunday single copies, carrier delivery, and mail rates. It notes delivery by tube route and by mail to Ohio, West Virginia, and other U S locations, with second class matter status and mailing address in Athens Ohio.
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