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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1966
Page
4
Athens Ohio newspaper page date October 7 1966 lists staff G Reéetiner Bush publisher Charles W Reamer editor Robert Powers news editor and details the Athens address and publication line with founding and publisher history.
The ADA and ACA report a rightward shift in both houses. Four Senate liberals score 100 percent. Case and Javits high among Republicans. In the House, 20 Democrats rated 100 percent liberal while 120 were zero. The ACA notes conservatives rising, signaling potential trouble for Johnson's Great Society in 1967.
The 19th New York Congressional District spans from the Lower East Side to Lincoln Center and Riverside. Farbstein, a five term incumbent, backed President Johnson's Vietnam policy in a runoff decided after 1500 invalidated votes prompted a court-ordered fresh election.
Farbstein defeated Theodore S Weiss by over 900 votes and pledged to campaign for the President in November. The district, strongly Democratic, signals broad support for a firm war stance, with Paul Della Rossa as the Republican challenger and the primary shaping voters' view.
The French government led by Charles de Gaulle escalates the rift with the United States, accusing Washington of causing a global inflationary spiral. Michel Debre defends gold as currency anchor at IMF World Bank talks, while Henry Fowler condemns gold hoarding that widens the U S payment deficit.
In Saigon, Gen Thieu and Prime Minister Ky discuss avenues to end the war. They favor invasion of the North as fastest but foresee a long political war after a military victory. Alsop notes mixed prospects for pacification and the challenge of replacing South Vietnamese authority with U.S. and local cooperation.
The piece rails at U. S. Commissioner of Education James Howe for revised Title VI desegregation guidelines. It argues the rules compel color conscious schooling, threaten federal funding, and extend to school operations from attendance zones to athletics, backed by large federal sums and oversight.
President Johnson shows restless use of news conferences as a tool to reveal key appointments. He blends formats from ambula tory to televised, often using a surprise announcement to anchor the event. The Katzenbach selection and other posts dominated the sessions, with Johnson delivering few direct assurances on questions.
The Messenger recalls 50 years past when War Secretary Newton Baker allowed commanders to stop recruiting in the National Guard as numbers fell short of expectations. Residents of Amesville Sharpsburg Lathrop and Broadwell face mail disruption after the Marietta Columbus and Cleveland Railroad ends mail delivery. Ford Motor Co plans 26000 layoffs at its Rogue plant due to reduced production. A Pomeroy group forms Magnesium Metal and Power Corp to make chemicals from salt brine.
Public notice lists daily and Sunday subscription prices for The Messenger in Athens Ohio and mail handling details. It shows delivery by carrier and mail, with rates for daily and Sunday editions, three month, six month, and yearly plans, and provides the publisher's address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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