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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1968
Page
4
The Athens Messenger from Athens Ohio dated Wednesday October 23 1968 presents local news briefs and notices from the Athens area. Readers learn about community events, public notices and local interests reported by the newspaper staff.
Prices rise yet savers grow scarce as households buy more autos and goods. Economists warn the inflation beaters ride a boom that may curb savings and risk a future slowdown if credit tightens or monetary policy reverses.
The article quotes General Eisenhower urging three million armed forces members and all Americans of voting age to vote on November 5. It notes Census figures that about two-thirds of 120 million eligible voters are registered, warning that a minority president results from low turnout and stressing the duty to register and vote.
At a National Cancer Institute press conference scientists reported complete remissions in six cancer types including Hodgkin's disease and leukemia once deemed fatal. Dr C Gordon Zubrod forecast a lung cancer chemical cure within five years, while vaccine research aims to prevent cancer.
Joseph Alsop analyzes the 1968 U S presidential race noting Nixon's slipping edge per Harris versus Gallup, Humphrey gains from Democratic fundraising surge, and possible impacts of Vietnam. He weighs poll methods, potential House gridlock, and the electoral college hurdle amid shifting state delegations.
The Very Rev. Francis Sayre Jr., once dismissive of Johnson and Goldwater, says voters face a similarly unappealing choice. He urges reform and new leadership, echoing a reformist tone seen in the Woodrow Wilson era.
The roving columnist notes the election daze is felt nationwide as candidates tour. He finds energy in ordinary Americans, cites job shortages and rising Negro participation, and forecasts Humphrey and Wallace fortunes while doubting a Nixon landslide. He praises the country’s vitality and the free election process this autumn.
The Messenger argues American identity centers on pride humility and willingness to critique and defend beliefs It stresses democracy citizen duty and voting while urging moral scrutiny of candidates and continued renewal of citizenship through the Constitution The piece calls for action and determination to uphold democratic ideals despite challenges
The Messenger quotes King George urging complete victory in a joint address to inter-parliamentary delegates from Britain Italy and Belgium. Ohio coal users endure a second war winter with no coal famine risk. A 1944 plan calls for a surge in heavy truck production after a critical domestic shortage is identified. The Hocking County Izaak Walton League presents a twelve item list of immediate and postwar projects.
Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, famed as the so called Mayor of Washington, said he and his wife felt safer on Moscow streets than in some parts of Washington. Byrd, not given to praising communism, made the remark in an interview reflecting his view of city safety.
The nation's awareness of mental retardation as a manageable condition grows with an expanding system of diagnostic treatment centers funded by the US Children's Bureau. More trained professionals are needed to care for the mentally retarded population.
A Plains meeting revealed a panel participant claiming Athens County Commissioners received 1000 calls opposing a Chauncey area children’s home. The speaker asserted the office had few calls, some in favor, and questioned stance on a new high school. The note urged voters to consider party honesty regarding county government.
UNICEF kicks off Trick or Treat for UNICEF on United Nations Day October 24 in Athens. Children collect pennies or dimes to aid global health, including BCG vaccines against tuberculosis and medicine to combat trachoma. Church Women United urges one donation per household as they canvas neighborhoods.
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