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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1968
Page
1
The 56,000 ton battleship New Jersey fired 2,700 pound shells for 30 minutes, wiping out an anti aircraft battery and carving a large slice from Hon Mat island off the North Vietnamese coast. B52s dropped 3,000 tons around four provincial capitals to pressure enemy forces as Minh promotes defections and a new propaganda drive.
Washington AP Nixon presses for a debate on TV while Humphrey demands a three way showdown with Wallace. Cromley says a National Press Club Nixon Humphrey debate could be televised as news. Wallace agrees conditionally, Nixon rejects any format with equal time for Wallace. Nixon calls for Latin American reform and Pan American Highway progress.
The nation’s soft coal miners gain a $7 daily pay raise and Christmas bonuses for avoiding wildcat strikes. UMWA president W A Boyle calls the contract the best negotiated. In Washington the 90th Congress ends a short adjournment session described as good but not great. Moscow reports near agreement on a treaty legalizing Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia and a staged troop withdrawal. Panama’s junta holds control after Arias call for total war fails. Ohio Senator Lausche switches to Nixon, citing past GOP votes. Washington unrest in Northeast with windows smashed and tear gas used. no arrests.
At Cummins Prison Farm Arkansas 24 inmates were wounded when guards fired eight shotgun blasts into a group of 75 who refused to work unless policies changed. Governor Rockefeller called for a full investigation while Supt Urban defended the action as a reasonable tactic. Most wounded were treated in the infirmary. one man, Herman Goad, was hospitalized. Leaders of the strike were moved to isolation or transfer to Tucker Prison Farm.
Mrs Pearl Tippie of Lower Plains touts a Messenger Action Ad for an oil heating stove. She reports 12 or more calls and selling to the first buyer who came out. She urges others to use fast acting ads to unload stoves quickly.
Democrat John Gilligan accuses Republican William B. Saxbe of a poor record as Ohio attorney general and chief law enforcer. Gilligan says Saxbe fuels fear with ads. Saxbe counters with a call for federal programs to boost youth job qualification and vocational training. eight election slates filed for presidential race including Wallace and Dick Gregory factions.
Apollo 7 astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham report colds as they pass the one third mark of the mission. The crew prepared a space-to-earth telecast and faced concerns about stuffy sinuses complicating reentry.
In a continuing dispute, non academic employees and the Ohio University administration hold firm positions with no resolution in sight. Meanwhile, parcel post and catalog rates rise by an average 10.5 cents this Saturday, and Nelsonville council approves higher water service rates. Abby obituaries appear on page 5.
AP reports Johnny Pot, a nomadic hippie planter, seeds marijuana across rural Ohio and other states. He wears a derby hat and madras coat, travels on foot, accepts rides from long distance truckers, and mails seed maps to comrades. Authorities intensify search as seed replenishment season arrives.
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