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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1969
Page
4
Athens Ohio editors Charles W. Reamer and Richard R. Paynter are listed as managing editor and assistant to the publisher respectively in a Tuesday October 21 1969 edition detail. The notice appears in the Athens Ohio newsroom credits.
Across 15 cities in three weeks the Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged business leaders to tackle crime housing education and manpower. The educational sessions stress the value of business school partnerships for 21st century tech and programs to recruit train and retrain hard core unemployed.
Prof Dwight M Baumann of MIT leads research on dual-mode vehicles and automatic guideways. Commuters would drive to toll stations, tap their exit number with a card, and let the guideway control travel into the city. A demo system could appear in under three years with a consortium of auto steel rubber computer construction and electric power companies.
Washington Insight analyzes Atlanta's runoff between Sam Massell Jr. and Rodney Cook. It notes a changing coalition of white business leaders and a rising middle class black voters, the 1961 coalition fallout, and how a Democratic vs Republican dynamic may redefine city politics without forcing a racial realignment. The piece argues urban growth can reduce tension and that nationwide swing to the right is not universal.
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay navigates a dense web of ethnic, religious, labor, and civic groups as he campaigns for re election. The daily schedule features dinners parades and courtesy calls at major faiths. opponents vie for support among diverse communities and interest groups.
The Messenger invites brief signed letters on public interest topics. Include the writer’s address and telephone number. only signed letters may be published. Editors reserve the right to condense any submitted letter.
The all Navy crew of Apollo 12 christens two space crafts. The return craft is named The Yankee Clipper and the lander is In trepid. Natch. Anchors Aweigh.
U S District Judge John Lewis Smith Jr. overruled the Middle States Association of Colleges decision denying accreditation to Marjorie Webster Junior College of Washington D C. The ruling held the denial violated antitrust laws and allowed accreditation to proceed.
Ernest Bryer, longtime Capitol basement clock and watchkeeper, died at 87 last week. Congress honored him as a Father Time figure, a tribute to a passing breed of skilled craftsman.
James Kilpatrick argues Ohio voters have rejected school levies amid a nationwide tax revolt. Fremont and other communities show stretched budgets and looming school closures, reflecting broad frustration with taxes, inflation, and government growth beyond local control. Nationally, Nixon’s revenue plan stalls in Congress as states struggle to respond.
The National Democrats push for a repeat national selection after obstructed rallies and refused ads. Police barricades and an anti party speech by the Bundestag president followed a narrow loss by 0.7 percent, narrowly missing parliamentary seats.
A former Japanese officer says he dumped 3,000 gas shells into Bangkok's Chaophya river. Officials fear mustard gas phosgene Lewisite and cyanic acid could leak and pollute the water, though shells have held deadly load for 25 years.
Edward Heath told cheering Tories they would run on their record and "wrap that record around them" night after night. He signaled a hard campaign against Harold Wilson's Labour Party as the electoral clash shapes up across the water.
The Athens Messenger is a daily newspaper except Saturdays with Sunday edition. Rates include 10 cents daily, 20 cents Sunday, and mail delivery options across Ohio West Virginia and nationwide with weekly and yearly prices listed. The paper is a second class matter and mail addressed to 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio.
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