Athens Messenger 1966 Athens Ohio Monday Oct 10
The Athens Messenger issue from Athens Ohio dated Monday October 10 1966 features staff credits and masthead details for the publishing company The Messenger Publishing Company with key personnel including Frederick W Bush Gordon K Bush Fred W Weber M W McDargh G Kenner Bush Charles W Reamer and Robert L Powers.
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The
Athens Messenger
the Messenger
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
Radical Left Rebirth in Los Angeles Draws 3000 Activists
A New Left conference in Los Angeles drew about 3,000 participants from liberal, Black Power, civil rights, peace, and Communist circles. Speakers urged liberal reform and warned against liberal establishment control, while forecasting broader national reach and the potential boycott of Gov. Edmund Brown.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Farrel Broslawsky
Harvey Wheeler
Eugene Burdick
Radical Left
New Left
Edmund Brown
California
Social Security Extends Benefits to 72 and Over
The Social Security Administration will pay benefits to all 72 year olds and older whether they paid taxes. About 370,000 people become eligible this month with $35 monthly for single individuals and $52.50 for married couples. Medicare applicants auto enroll. others should contact Social Security offices. The change provokes questions of fairness for long-time tax payers.
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Social Security Administration
Social Security Office
Europe defense burden stirs US UK and West Germany talk
West Germany, the United States and Britain weigh burdens of European defense after France leaves NATO. Chancellor Erhard tours Cape Kennedy and seeks to cut American armament payments by half while maintaining strength. A three nation committee will set minimum and desirable troop levels amid Viet Nam pressures.
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United States
West Germany
Britain
Fance
NATO
Ludwig Erhard
Washington
Cape Kennedy
Erhard
Germany
Senate
Viet Nam
Europe
France
Mao and Lin Piao Use Red Guards In China Coup
Joseph Alsop says Mao Tse tung and Lin Piao are using Red Guards to purge the Chinese Communist leadership in a slow motion coup. Top figures like Peng Chen and Gen Lo Jui ching were removed as factions fight for control amid the Cultural Revolution.
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Hong Kong
China
Peking
Red Guards
All China
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Mao
Lin
John Buchan
Red Guard
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Sun Yat-sen
Chungking
Peng Chen
Beria
Lo Jui-ching
Gaul
Marshal Lin
Soviet Union
U. S
Viet Nam
Chiang Ch’ing
Chen Po-ta
Army
Fulbright and the Press Defend editorial independence over servility claim
A columnist rebuts Senator Fulbright’s charge that the American press is servile to Johnson and argues that today’s editors show strong independence. The piece notes vibrant debate at the Editorial Writers Conference, contrasts past partisan excess with current diverse oversight, and urges dialogue rather than silence among editorial pages.
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Sen
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Johnson
New York
National Conference of Editorial Writers
Fulbright
American Republic
Editorial Writers Conference
Dana
The
Sun
Godkin
Post
Bennett
Herald
Greeley
Tribune
Garrison
Boston
Liberator
Viet Nam
LBJ
Hot Facts from HAL BOYLE Aims at Odd Jokes and Trivia
A collection of one liners and curiosities on diverse topics from food to travel to psychology. Macaroni from Marco Polo, dog bites on mail carriers, driving growth after 1970, cocoa bean weddings in Honduras, suicide attempts statistics, Viet Nam soldier ages, Greek MPs free phone calls, tea popularity, prescribing ps for poor patients, folklore superstitions, ants lifting strength, and a Shaw quote.
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U. S
Viet Nam
Eleanor Roosevelt
Greece
Pedestrian Polo Aims To Enter Ath ens Streets
A playful but dangerous activity described at Congress and West Union in Ath ens, where drivers from both directions use green lights to push a pedestrian across and engage in contact play. The piece warns of risks, safety signals, and the odd rules of pedestrian right of way with a satirical tone.
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the Messenger
Athens
Congress
West Union Streets
Nantucket destroyers shadow German sub threat reported
The Messenger dated fifty years ago notes eleven American destroyers patrolling near Nantucket after five ships were sunk by a German submarine. Postmaster E R Lash of Athens named chief recruiting officer for the Army in Athens County. WPA pay rose by 5.20 monthly for workers with 30 hours or less earning 90 dollars. Living costs cited as reason. Izaak Walton League begins its membership drive led by Francis P Bundy as chapter president.
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Nantucket
E. R. Lash
Athens
Athens County
WPA
Izaak Walton League
Francis P. Bundy
The Messenger publication pricing and mailing details
Published daily except Saturday a Messenger of the Associated Press Weekday single copy ten cents Sunday fifteen cents Delivered by carrier state Daily and Sunday rates listed for Ohio and West Virginia. Mail rates for the US and possessions shown with weekly, quarterly, semiannual and annual options. Entered at Athens Post Office as second class matter under act of 1918.
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Membe of the
Assoc Cted Press
US & Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
Ohio
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Fred W. Weber
M. W. McDargh
Radical Left Reborn
Joseph Alsop
James Kilpatrick
Fulbright and the Press
Brickman
Small Society
Bobby
Brickmans
Hal Boyle
Marco Polo
Italy
Sam
Honduras
Hercules
George Bernard Shaw
the Athens Messenger
Sae Haart
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