Defense Chief Expands Role to Tackle Domestic Ills
Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford proposes using the Defense Department to address social ills at home. Plans include a $6 million low cost housing prototype in California, automated hospitals to cut costs, and programs to educate veterans and aid civilian schools. He urges industry to expand defense work in labor surplus and slum areas, arguing national security includes social strength. The piece questions if this is proper defense business and stresses prioritizing victory in Vietnam to bring soldiers home.
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Clark M. Clifford
Defense Department
Clifford
Department of Defense
Cali
Fornia
Vietnam
New York Votes Politics Split After Conservative Endorsement Denied
New York holds 43 electoral votes, pivotal in a national race. Nixon declines Conservative party ballot bid to protect Javits, risking 500000 votes and inviting Wallace to gain. Upstate Democrats back Bulkley over Paul O Dwyer amid McCarthy ties, shaping an unsettled Senate contest.
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California
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Jacob Javits
James L. Bulkley
Javits
Bulkley
Senate
Paul O’dwyer
McCarthy
Humphrey
Empire State
Wallace
Hong Kong Flu Seen as New Virulent Strain A-2 Hong Kong-68
The Hong Kong flu variant A-2 Hong Kong-68 has caused widespread Far East outbreaks since June. Nine cases are reported to the National Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta, with more likely unreported. No serious U.S. outbreaks yet. most cases linked to an Atlanta couple and personnel at San Diego’s Marine Recruit Depot. The virus appears more virulent and vaccines may be limited in effectiveness. Vaccine production continues with a target in early December after safety tests. In the meantime, avoidance is advised amid high travel between the U.S. and the Far East.
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Atlanta
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Hong Kong
Division of Biologic Standards
National Institutes of Health
Wallace
Germany
Moliere
Georges Dandin
Embryo Fascist Movement in Wallace rally critique
Joseph Alsop argues George Wallace’s campaign signals an embryo fascist movement rather than a mere third party phenomenon. He cites Wallace crowds, hecklers, and the speaker’s appeal to fear and anti liberal sentiment, warning that respectability matters little to a rising authoritarian current.
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George C. Wallace
Alabama
Lansing
Mich
Wallace
George Wallace
Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo
Flint
Ho Chi Minh
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Bolling Book Sparks Debate on House Leadership and Reform
Richard Bolling of Kansas City critiques the House's seniority system and Speaker John McCormack in Power in the House. He argues for a strong Speaker with autocratic powers over key committees and even hints at replacing leadership with program Democrats, while acknowledging some sound points in his conservative view.
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Richard Bolling
Kansas City
Joe Namath
Jets
Dick Bolling
Bolling
Chamber
Dutton
Joe Cannon
House of Representatives
House
John McCormack
McCormack
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Washington
Rayburn
Reed
Emanuel Celler
Rivers
Influenza Measures Tighten in Athens After Board Resolution
The Athens County board of health passes a resolution closing public meeting places including churches and schools to curb influenza. In other news a submarine attack near Japan sinks a Japanese freighter with over 500 deaths, while Austro German forces retreat in Serbia and Ohio faces a lagging mental health program per an Ohio Welfare Conference spokesman.
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Serbia
Athens County Board of Health
Athens
Japan
Ohio Welfare Conference
Columbus
Ohio
Arbitration Affects Pittsburgh Area Municipal Pacts
A dozen communities in the Pittsburgh area choose binding arbitration to settle wage and benefit contracts with municipal officials. They believe presenting their case to impartial arbitrators will avoid funding disputes and ensure money becomes available if the arbitrator rules in their favor.
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Pittsburgh Area
Wallace directly pushes direct election of presidents
George C Wallace has helped sell the idea of direct presidential election in Congress. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield has a bill to end the electoral college and establish direct election. If Wallace wins enough electoral votes to tilt the election to the House, the measure could pass.
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George C. Wallace
Alabama
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Wallace
Pet Phobias and Fearful Follies in Everyday Life
HAL BOYLE surveys a playful catalog of fears, naming phobias for common habits and social anxieties. From aero phobia to photangiophobia and androphobia, the piece lampoons how fear shapes behavior and even labels our everyday quirks.
Student vote worries as youth content to sit out election
The National Student Society leader Robert Powell warns college students may skip the fall race. He notes youths backed McCarthy and Kennedy in primaries but doubt the current campaign will engage them. NSA plans to press issues like the war and lowering the voting age while urging members to participate.
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Kennedy
Arthur Goldberg
Cairo
Humphrey
Nixon
Robert Powell
National Student Society
Powell
NSA
Asia
U.S.A
Labor chiefs split as Wallace gains union defections
I W Abel, president of the steel workers, campaigns against George C. Wallace highlighting an anti worker philosophy. Abel’s predecessor, David McDonald, backs Richard Nixon to win and steer labor away from Wallace. The scene is a chaotic five week political contest with shifting loyalties.
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George C. Wallace
I. W. Abel
Steelworkers
Wallace
Alabama
Abel
David McDonald
Richard M. Nixon
Athens Messenger Publishing Co. address and mail rates
Notice lists newspaper delivery options for The Athens Messenger including daily and Sunday grades by carrier or mail, with weekly and monthly pricing, and a post office registration. It specifies editions, locations served in Ohio and West Virginia, and the publisher’s mailing address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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U.S. & Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
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