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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1967
Page
1
George Romney indicated he may declare for the Republican presidential nomination in a November 15 prime time telecast. CBS announced the half hour report to the nation from his urban tour at 10 p.m. with possible costs up to seventy thousand dollars if all stations carry.
A 20 foot blue spruce grown by Howard M. Cowan on his Portage County farm near Ravenna has been selected as the official Christmas tree for President Johnson and family. The Ohio Christmas Tree Growers Association supplied the tree for the White House Blue Room after winning the right in a competition.
State officials say the Ferguson Act is ineffective but remain firm on policy. A meeting in Nelsonville gathers GOP candidates to discuss their qualifications. Athletics relocate to Oakland as the American League plans an expansion to twelve teams.
U S pilots downed a MIG for the first time in a month as Haiphong raids pressed, while 706th US planes were lost over North Vietnam. Ten Marines died southwest of Quang Tri as casualty totals climbed with 7 263 US KIA since January and 1 260 enemy deaths reported last week.
NASA’s Mariner 5 completed a Venus flyby to measure atmosphere density and temperature and detect a magnetic field. Data will be analyzed over days, with early checks showing instruments functioning. The mission serves as a check against Soviet Venus 4 reports of high temp and dense CO2 atmosphere.
The Army may deploy troops to guard the Pentagon during a large weekend antiwar demonstration near Washington. Officials prefer civilian guards but may bring up to four battalions from Ft. Bragg if talks fail. Pentagon entrances will be pass‑restricted from Friday evening to Monday morning.
Washington AP report notes a 238 to 164 House vote to cut spending by about 7 billion. The bill imposes two strict spending limits, with Senate Appropriations Committee hearings set as the current month to month funding for 1967-68 programs nears Monday's deadline. President Johnson’s allies hope the Senate will modify or delete the restrictions, while some lawmakers urge tax cuts first.
Lancaster public schools resumed normal operations after a two day walkout by 346 teachers. The Lancaster Classroom Teachers Association agreed to return to work following a court injunction and ongoing negotiations with the board. The district serves 8,000 students across 14 schools. The board had offered a $400 across the board raise. teachers sought higher pay for advanced degrees.
Stockholm awards the 1967 Nobel Prize in literature to Miguel Angel Asturias of Guatemala, ambassador to France. His epic writings highlight indigenous life and critique U.S. interference and dictatorship, with exile years in Argentina Italy and France.
A federal jury in Meridian Mississippi considered charges that 18 men conspired in a Ku Klux Klan strike to kill three civil rights workers in 1964. After six hours of deliberation the all white jury of seven women and five men was ordered to resume at 8:30 a.m. Judge Harold Cox halted proceedings after a jury note.
Birmingham Alabama AP contends contempt charges from 1963 against Dr Martin Luther King Jr and seven ministers move toward enforcement as circuit Judge William Barber orders arrest warrants to sheriffs in Alabama If any defendants step into Alabama they face arrest The charge is a misdemeanor so extradition is not possible Ralph Abernathy comments on surrender and unity of the group
A White House cable to Texas official Price Daniel triggered GOP governors to resist endorsing Johnson's Vietnam war policy. Governors Rhodes Chaffee Reagan faced questions about voting on a resolution as Romney urged openness and warned against politics before an election year.
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