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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1967
Page
4
The piece critiques high public assistance despite low unemployment, noting 8.4 million on aid and 3.5 million children supported. It urges finding missing fathers, funding from them, or a tax pool, and discusses Moynihan’s child allowances as costly. It argues for shrinking dependency via education and training rather than expanding welfare.
Clergymen's Committee on China marks Day of Mourning over half century of Communism in the Soviet Union and worldwide. It cites 85 million deaths from war, famine, purges, deportations, and executions, plus oppression of religion and thought, urging vigilance to preserve freedom.
An international conference in Warrenton Virginia, called by the Citizens Committee for Children, framed a report from Social Security Administration researchers showing 19 million U.S. children live in poverty or near poverty. The findings urged a family or children’s allowance, while noting some provisions exist and arguing for replacement rather than supplement programs to spur self reliance.
Joseph Alsop argues that while some Black Power supporters have legitimate grievances, escalating violence and extremist actions threaten U.S. society. He cites FBI delays, alleged Cuba and Algeria funding, and a push for anti propaganda and armed groups, urging careful legal statutes before further trouble.
James Kilpatrick weighs airline fights over liberty and order sparked by the shoeless hippie passenger issue. He notes discounts for youth fares and proposes standards, while the ACLU defends liberty. airlines and regulators balance rights, cleanliness norms, and public decency amid constitutional questions.
James Marlow surveys Harold Stassen’s lifelong political itch from a 1940s “Boy Wonder” to a 1968 presidential bid. The piece contrasts Stassen with Bryan and Norman Thomas, notes Thomas’s stroke and withdrawal, and recalls Stassen’s 1956 misstep criticizing Nixon’s renomination. It reflects on his motives, evolving positions, and early wins as Minnesota county attorney and governor.
The Messenger notes Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has come back to Washington from a wartime tour of England hosted by King George and Queen Elizabeth, staying nearly two months. Pvt. Albert Bachus of Logan earned a heroism medal for saving two soldiers at a Maryland railroad crossing. Augste Rodin, Paris sculptor, died at 77. Prof. C. F. Dunlap of Ohio University grows rare chrysanthemums in the greenhouse. blooms 25 inches around, selling for $7 wholesale in Columbus.
Sen Eugene J McCarthy a Minnesota Democrat and 14 co sponsors from both parties proposed a bill to convert poor and abandoned farms into public recreation and fish and wildlife areas. The measure would boost nearby recreation facilities for millions.
Cetters Road Beauty Editor argues that Britain’s scenic roadsides prove clean U.S. roadside maintenance is unnecessary wasteful. He condemns cutting and spraying as destructive and costly, noting no accidents abroad and urging beauty over ugliness on narrower American roadsides.
The Athens Messenger details daily and Sunday single-copy prices and mail rates. It lists carrier delivery and mail options in Ohio, West Virginia, and nationwide, with durations and prices, and provides the office address at 43 W Union St, Athens Ohio 45701.
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