Public viewing urged before Athens County Children’s Home move
The Messenger urges commissioners to hire an experienced architect to study location options for a new county Children’s Home. The plan seeks input from staff and boards, evaluate the Route 33 bypass impact, estimate construction costs, and inform negotiations with the State Highway Department for land sale. The goal is to secure funding and a sound site.
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Child Welfare Board
Children’s Home
Athens County
State Department of Highways
Women in Congress Balanced by Family Duties and Support
Seven of ten women entering the 91st Congress are married, yet family responsibilities limit growth in numbers. Husbands’ support is crucial, with compromises including living apart, wives traveling home, and children coping with absence. Margaret Chase Smith will be joined by another senator, raising Senate distaff members to two.
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Margaret Heckler
Massachusetts
Washington
Congress
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate
McCarthy weighs third party bid for Minnesota Senate
McCarthy says he will not seek the Democratic nomination for U S senator from Minnesota when his term ends prompting debate on a possible third party run to push his campaign course. Backer Allard Lowenstein argues a third party would fail without a major party and notes the Democratic Party may adopt his ideas.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
U. S
Minnesota
Allard K. Lowenstein
New York
McCarthy
Lowenstein
Democratic Party
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
George C. Wallace
American Independent Party
Democratic
Split in Hanoi over big unit versus small unit war in Vietnam
Joseph Alsop notes a 1965 Hanoi policy clash between Gen Thanh and Gen Giap over whether to pursue large scale operations or retreat to guerrilla warfare. Thanh won, sustaining the big unit approach despite mounting North Vietnamese costs.
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Saigon
Nguyen Chi Thanh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Hanoi
United States
Giap
U. S
South Vietnam
South
North Vietnam
Thanh
Politburo
William Westmoreland
Tet
Creighton Abrams
A Conservative View James Kilpatrick And The Black Capitalist
The Rev. Leon Howard Sullivan, six feet five, spoke in San Juan to the New York Savings Banks Association about black capitalism Sullivan style. He received a standing ovation for his plans to advance economic progress for African Americans. Sullivan remains a preacher at Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia and is described as an innovator, builder, dreamer, and organizer shaping a major program of economic advancement for the Negro.
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Leon Howard Sullivan
San Juan
New York State Savings Banks Association
San Geronimo Hilton
Sullivan
Philadelphia
Zion Baptist Church
Richard Nixon
Sullivan and the rise of black capitalism in cities
The piece profiles Andre Sullivan who built the Opportu nities Industrialization Centers OIC starting with 100000 seed capital and 40000 church loan. It notes 7000 graduates 90 percent employed 80 percent retained for a year plus OIC spread to 75 cities with 35000 trainees enrolled and 10000 waiting.
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Sullivan
OIC
Church
Philadelphia Oic
Oklahoma City
West Virginia
New York
Temple University
Progress Plaza
Progress Aerospace Enterprises
Progress Garment Manufacturers
Progress
Zion Garden
Jim Brown
Negro Industrial and Economic Union
Small Business Administration
Nixon
Wilson signs bone dry measure marks national prohibition
The Messenger notes 50 years past since President Wilson signed the bone dry measure as the initial step in national prohibition. Athens County men who fought in the final battles were congratulated by Col. P. Lincoln of Cincinnati. American forces landed on Tarawa and Makin to start the Pacific offensive amid a wartime welfare worker shortage.
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Wilson
Athens County
Col. P. Lincoln
Cincinnati
Tarawa
Makin
Pacific
Sihanouk Offers Release If Johnson Stops Allied Attacks
Cambodian chief of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk says he will free 11 Americans charged with violating Cambodian waters if President Johnson acts to prevent allied attacks on Cambodian border villages. He rejects a diplomatic note and seeks direct word from Johnson.
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Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Johnson
Sihanouk
East
Abernathy Pledges Cooperation With Nixon on Reform
Rev Ralph David Abernathy pledges cooperation with President elect Nixon only if major programs are proposed to end poverty fight racism and push world peace. He adds these terms contrast with Nixon aims to lower taxes curb inflation and balance the economy.
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Ralph David Abernathy
Washington
Nixon
Small Voice Suggests Different Organ Gift
Homer Bradshaw of Athens writes to The Messenger praising Ohio University drama class interpretation It proposes the organ symbolism could be seen differently if the organ had benefited a deserving group such as the Beacon School or County Home The note acknowledges the thrill for participants observers and the instructor and references the recent College Green organ destruction.
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the Messenger
Eva Rickert
Ohio University
Beacon
Homer Bradshaw
Athens
College Green
No Choice to Vote for Nelsonville Levy Says Readers
A letter from Verna Lower Margaret Green and June Watkins argues against changing districts and supports the Nelsonville York School levy. They defend the current school board, challenge mismanagement claims without specifics, and warn consolidation with Athens or Logan would raise taxes. They urge passage of the levy to keep millage lower than neighboring districts.
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the Messenger
Mender
Athens Messenger
Nelsonville-York
Athens
Logan
Verna Lower
Margaret Green
June Watkins
Nelsonville
Daydreams by HAL BOYLE
Busy people begin mornings writing memos of things to do though dull. Daydreams offer bolder goals such as swimming the English Channel or inventing a new currency. The piece suggests prioritizing these unachieved daydreams to make life feel more exciting.
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Hal Boyle
Myrtle
Joe
Jim
Minnesota
America
The Athens Messenger Mailing Rates and Address
The Athens messenger publishes daily except Saturdays with 10 cent weekday copies and 15 cent Sundays. Mail rates vary by region and duration with weekly, monthly, and yearly options. Address all mail to Messenger Publishing Co at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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Associated Press
D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
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