Athens Messenger front page update October 31 1969
The Athens Messenger reports Athens Ohio news with local events and notices for Friday October 31 1969. Publisher and editor credits are listed along with circulation and advertising staff at The Messenger Publishing Company in Athens Ohio.
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the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
Rail Safety Control Seeks Federal Authority
The Department of Transportation seeks sweeping power over rail safety in track and roadbeds equipment failures and employee factors to reduce a 65 percent rise in accidents since 1963. The plan includes a 24 hour hazardous materials control center in Washington and aims to protect the public amid a history of train derailments and chemical explosions.
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Department of Transportation
Illinois Central
Black Bayou
Miss
Washington
Three Americans win Nobel Prize in Medicine
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Max Delbrück Alfred Hershey and Salvador Luria for work with bacteriophages. Their studies on viral replication laid the foundations of molecular biology and virus related disease research. The prize honors discoveries made 1940 to 1952, seen as long overdue by scientists.
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Max Delbruck
California Institute of Technology
Alfred D. Hershey
Carnegie Institute
Salvadore E. Luria
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phage
Nobel Committee
New Jersey Governor Race Seen Reflecting Suburban Swing
Washington Insight examines New Jersey's 1966 governor race as a suburban shift away from party machines. Meyner and Cahill present reformist images, with independent voters shaping a close contest and potential change after 16 years of Democratic rule.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Suburbia
Cahill
Beacon School Levy Sought to Preserve Athens County Program
The Athens League of Women Voters urges a one half mill levy vote on November 4 to sustain Beacon School serving mentally retarded children. Enrollment has grown to about one hundred by 1971. without the levy the program will be cut and 78 percent of funding comes from local support.
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the Messenger
Beacon School
Athens County
Ohio
AAUW Urges Yes Vote for Beacon School Levy in Athens County
The Athens Branch of AAUW promotes go see tours to showcase Beacon School and AtCo programs for mentally retarded youth. The 14 mill levy on November 4 funds education and supervision, with 78 percent of budget from local sources and state aid plus tuition.
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the Messenger
Athens
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Athens County
Beacon School
AtCo
Parkinsons Law And Pornography In Congress
A satirical column links C Northcote Parkinsons essays to U S government growth. It notes the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography has an 18 member panel and slow output, while Senate committees vary in size and efficiency, highlighting Dirksens subcommittee on federal charters holidays and celebrations.
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Washington
Kansas City
St. Louis
Sedalia
Commission
C. Northcote Parkinson
Keats
Chapman
Homer
Stout Cortez
Darien
Parkinson
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Republic
Departments of War and Navy
Department of Defense
Congress
District of Columbia
D. C
House
Internal Security
Committee On un-American Activities
Dirksen
Kinois
McClellan
Arkansas
Support for Athens County Education Program for the Retarded
A letter urges voters to pass the one half mill levy funding the R tarded education program in Athens County. The note highlights Beacon School the Good Shepherd Church preschool class and the Adult Activities Center as parts of the expanded facilities aiding development and meaningful lives.
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Beacon School
Church of the Good Shepherd
McBee
Athens County
Bus service woes in Shade area alarm community
Letter from Mrs. Jane Wingett of Guysville criticizes Alexander School district for eight days without bus service on Shade route since school started. She notes prior wreck after a three week gap and questions a proposed ten mill levy, urging voters to reconsider funding.
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Alexander
Shade
Jane Wingett Guysville
Power Of Have-Nots And The 1787 Landownership Vote
The article reflects on the 1787 ordinance tying territorial representation to land ownership, noting 5 000 free male inhabitants required and voting restricted to 50 acres. It argues against expanding suffrage to 19 year olds, citing class power shifts and public charge concerns, with a concluding signoff.
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G. C. Sutton
Athens
Classified Rates for Daily and Sunday Subscriptions
Delivered by carrier in Ohio and West Virginia prices listed for daily and Sunday papers. Mail rates shown for Daily and Sunday across the U S possessions with weekly, quarterly, semiannual and yearly options. Address for mail is The Messenger Publishing Co Athens Ohio.
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D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
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