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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1969

Page

4

The Messenger Publishing Company History Note

A brief note outlines The Messenger Publishing Company history at 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio from 1825 with Frederick W. Bush Gordon K Bush and others listed as publishers and directors including Kenneth Fred W Weber and M W McDargh in various years.

Mhens Lmessenger the Messenger Publishing Company West Union Street Athens Ohio Frederick W. Bush Gordon K. Bush Kenneth Fred W. Weber M. W. McDargh

Fue r Athens Ohio edition editor names and date

The record provides a newsroom byline and date for the FUER Athens Ohio edition with Charles W. Reamer as Managing Editor and Richard R. Paynter as Assistant to the Publisher dated Monday October 20, 1969.

Charles W. Reamer Richard R. Paynter

Nixon urges Congress to roll up sleeves for domestic program

President Nixon calls on Congress to act on his nine month old domestic program proposals including draft reform, tax reform, revenue sharing, manpower reform, anti poverty office reform, a Social Security raise, crime control, and a postal corporation replacing the post office department. He says welfare reform needs more time but should be acted on next year.

Capitol Hill Congress Nixon House Senate Post Office Department McGinniss Hubert Humphrey Roger Ailes William Gavin

Black Mayoral Bids Signal Change Amid Urban Turmoil

Black candidates, including Carl Stokes of Cleveland, campaign for mayors in nine major cities. The era of race as a national issue has faded into yearlong political turmoil as urban challenges and white voter fears shape outcomes.

Robert Millender Detroit Carl Stokes Cleveland Los Angeles Buffalo Houston Atlanta Hartford New Haven Dayton Stokes

Project Sanguine proposes hidden Navy nuke command grid

A vast underground wire network planned by the U S Navy would blanket up to one third of Wisconsin forest to serve as a backup command post for Polaris submarines. The scheme aims to preserve nuclear deterrence if surface communications fail, but faces farm and environmental opposition over fears of electric leakage harming timber streams and wildlife.

Wisconsin U.S. Navy Polaris

Moratorium Lessons For Nixon Vietnam Policy

Washington insight argues Nixon must learn from the Vietnam Moratorium tests. It contends partial troop withdrawals impress critics as cynical, hawks fade, and only a real peace path with Saigon and Paris talks can end the war.

Nixon Vietnam Saigon United States Paris

Letter highlights Ohio governor Rhodes failures and state issues

Lenore Sickels charges Governor Rhodes with aiding a mob linked financial gain and cites rising living costs, higher car insurance, regressive taxes, poor mental hospital conditions, low pay for state workers, weak education funding, and poor industry attraction. She notes school constructions were locally funded, not Rhodes driven.

the Messenger Rhodes Ohio Summit County General Assembly Ohio University Athens Mental Health Center NEA Wall Street Journal U. S Europe

Call for advocacy group for underprivileged citizens

The Messenger urges formation of a representative organization for welfare recipients, the disabled, aged, and poor to ensure full benefits under law. The writer, George Tolliver, invites interested people to contact Box 457, Route Nelsonville for information and involvement.

George Tolliver Nelsonville

The Aura Builders and the Limits of TV Politics

A critique of Joe McGinniss The Selling of the President 1968 argues TV campaign tactics cannot create a lasting political leader from nothing. It questions whether aura making can substitute for genuine leadership and cites McLuhan Kopelman Lincoln and Nixon era figures to illustrate the limits of media manipulation.

Washington Joe McGinniss McGinniss Nixon Marshall McLuhan Arie Kopelman Abraham Lincoln Kopelman Hubert Humphrey Doyle, Dane, Bernbach Lincoln

Shelter Arms Hospital appeal urged in Athens letter

Mrs. Darrell Howe asks Athens residents to meet with Sheltering Arms Hospital trustees and administrator Carl Thielmann to learn facts about the hospital and join the foundation to avert a local disaster. She urges citizens not to seek care outside the city.

H. F. Braley the Messenger Sheltering Arms Hospital Carl Thielmann Athens

Mailbag miscellany offers weighty insights and quirky tips

HAL BOYLE surveys reader questions and snappy notes from New York. He cites overweight executives, looming airport growth, welfare spending growth, and alcohol-related health risks. Tips include memory prep before bed and a warning about low fat diets affecting hearing.

The Athens Messenger Mailing Rates and Address

The Athens Messenger outlines delivery options and prices for daily and Sunday editions by carrier or mail in Ohio and West Virginia and elsewhere in the U.S. It notes the paper is a daily except Saturday, member of the Associated Press, with a postal address at 43 W. Union St., Athens Ohio.

Associated Press D&s Ohio West Virginia U.S. & Possessions Athens Post Office the Messenger Publishing Co W. Union St Athens

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