Rural housing ignored by national programs and rural families left behind
A 1965 report criticizes the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs for urban focus, noting rural America faced widespread substandard homes. Data show millions lack plumbing water or toilets, with 60–70 percent in rural areas, and most new homes built for higher income families. The piece argues rural homeowners are a forgotten political force amid federal conditions.
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Department of Housing and Urban Affairs
America
Department of Agriculture
Wheeler on third party drift in 1924 echoes Wallace tale
Montana liberal Republican Burton K Wheeler recalls 1924 La Follette Wheeler ticket, noting still little difference among major candidates. He predicts Nixon triumph, sees race issue as Wallace’s key contrast, and doubts any third party surge this year.
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Hubert Humphrey
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Wheeler
la Follette
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt-La Follette
LaFollette
John W. Davis
LaFollette- Wheeler
Davis
Calvin Coolidge
George C. Wallace
Humphrey
Nixon
Coolidge
Wallace
Richard Nixon
Government Executive Institute opens in Charlottesville
Fifty two high level executives began an eight week course at the new Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville Virginia. The program, backed by the University of Virginia, aims to provide continuing education for top government leaders and envisions broader career mobility across public and private sectors.
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Federal Executive Institute
Charlottesville
Thomas Jefferson Inn
University of Virginia
John W. Macy
U. S. Civil Service
Macy
Washington Insight on Vietnam War Negotiations
Joseph Kraft outlines that Hanoi and Washington show no major leadership change as Ho Chi Minh and Johnson retain control. He argues a long, slow negotiation path with limited impact on the war’s end or the 1968 election, noting potential deal leverage but unlikely rapid resolution or electoral effect.
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Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Ho Chi Minh
North
Lyndon Johnson
Dean Rusk
Creighton Abrams
South Vietnam
United States
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tran van Huong
Duong van Minh
Diem
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Johnson
Liberation Front
Humphrey
Notes On Bronze October Buckley mocks Humphrey and Nixon debate stance
William F. Buckley Jr. skewers Hubert Humphrey’s shifting bombing positions on North Vietnam and pokes at George Wallace Curtis LeMay and Nixon. He recalls past debates, praises Nixon’s strategic choices, and cites Nelson Rockefeller and William Scranton in foreign policy talk. Buckley notes Europe’s riots and racial tensions, suggesting U.S. domestic unity affects defense posture.
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Hubert Humphrey
North Vietnam
Nixon
Humphrey
George Wallace
Curtis LeMay
Bombsey
New York Times
Barbara Ward
Bombsey Twins
Mr. Johnson
Europe
Congress
Wallace
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon Johnson
William Scranton
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson
Scranton
United States
Madrid
Rome
Berlin
France
Great Britain
War era flu ban reshapes Ohio University game
In 1918 a flu ban canceled the Ohio University versus Marietta football game and a Thanksgiving reschedule followed. Court and Union corner served as a Red Cross tire collection point as citizens were urged to aid war needs. Wendell Willkie predicted GOP unity would win the November election.
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Ohio University
Marietta
Court
Union
Red Cross
Wendell Willkie
Northwestern University segregates housing over civil rights fears
About 200 of Northwestern University’s 8,000 students are black. White upperclassmen asked to reassign if they objected to living with black roommates. The university created separate quarters for black men and women. Authorities fear federal punishment for potential civil rights violations.
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Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Law and order fear drives calls for action
A Gallup poll found exactly one half of American women, about 32 million, fear walking alone at night within a mile of home. The statistic underlines public demand for stronger law and order measures to restore safety in communities.
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Gallup
Open letter to Ohio Univ student body president grows heated
The Messenger prints an impassioned open letter urging David Stimson to act with maturity. The writer accuses the student body of organized disruption and social anarchy, blaming younger generations for threats of protests and urging trustees to stop such actions.
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David Stimson
Ohio University
Athens
New Right backs liberal senators to curb nuclear threat
The Council for a Livable World unites former atom bomb minds to curb nuclear danger by backing liberal lawmakers. They fault a military labor complex for large defense funding and support Nixon and Wallace to preserve jobs and defense ties, appealing to union fears of job loss and Communist influence.
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Council For A
Nixon
Wallace
Humphrey
Muskie
Penn Plan backs arbitration to curb public worker strikes
Governor Shaffer of Pennsylvania pushes a plan granting public employees the right to negotiate without striking and to use compulsory arbitration. Endorsement by the Pennsylvania State Employees Council boosts its chances for passage and may serve as a model for other states facing civil service demands.
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Raymond P. Shaffer
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Employes Council
Juvenile confinement numbers remain hard to pin down
Many juvenile offenses are not booked as crimes making it unclear how many youths are held across training schools detention facilities and adult jails on any day. The National Congress of Parents and Teachers with the National Juvenile Court foundation push for reliable statistics amid protective taboos limiting data.
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers
National Juvenile Court Foundation
Sitr
Unruh Targets Democrats to Elect California Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly, pushes for Democratic gains while criticizing President Johnson for not telling the truth about the war. He seeks to dissociate the California Democratic party from the national administration amid polls showing Hubert Humphrey trailing Richard Nixon.
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Jesse M. Unruh
California Assembly
Assembly
President Johnson
Democratic Party
California
Hubert Humphrey
Richard Nixon
The Athens Messenger Subscription Rates Notice
The Messenger Publishing Co announces circulation details for daily and Sunday editions with carrier and mail delivery options. Rates listed include daily and Sunday copies, weekly, monthly, and yearly plans for Ohio West Virginia and other U S locations, along with mailing address and post office classification.
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D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
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