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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1969
Page
6
The Athens Journal lists its leadership with Freda W. Weber as Circulation Director and Charles W. Reamer as Managing Editor. M. W. McDargh serves as Advertising Director and Richard R. Paynter as Assistant To The Publisher in Athens Ohio.
At the UPF fifth convention in Pittsburgh Harry D. Sayre president of the 150000 member United Papermakers and Paperworkers union urged merging the five major international paper unions and their 500000 members into a single union. He said he would even sacrifice his own job to achieve this goal.
The article notes about 50,000 refugees flee annually with 28,000 from East Europe. Geneva hosts the Inter Governmental Committee for European Migration. Austria and Italy are preferred entry points while the United States Israel Australia Canada and Sweden are common destinations. Poland plans tighter Jewish emigration rules in September. The US accepts about 10,200 refugees yearly from East Europe and the Middle East under quotas, plus regular immigration and family-based admission. Competition for professionals exists across favored countries.
Prof. Gennadi Zhukov outlines that the moon remains free for all states under the 1967 treaty. No state may annex the moon or establish sovereign territory, and all activities must be peaceful with no military bases or weapons tests on the lunar surface. He cautions against using military personnel to disguise dual use for space aggression.
A conservative columnist tours the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial on Roosevelt Island in the Potomac. The piece contrasts the natural, undisturbed setting with a dated but stirring Roosevelt quotes urging courage, practical ideals, and liberty with order. Roosevelt's enduring vitality is praised amid modern urban contrasts.
The column questions whether the Nixon era has put a lid on public concerns from Vietnam to inflation and urban blacks. It argues troop withdrawals lack a plan, inflation remains uncontained despite actions, and urban aid is eroding while cynicism grows about the administration’s long term strategy.
A 1969 Gallup survey finds 40 percent of adults smoke cigarettes, 60 percent are non smokers, and 64 percent of smokers light a pack daily or more. Seventy one percent link smoking to lung cancer and 60 percent to heart disease.
An Associated Press humorous tale recalls a rainy Tallulah River camping night with a wife, two children, and a dog. The family's leaky tent, failing fire, soaked kids, and a noisy car horn wake the campers at 4 a.m. by dawn they decide to go home.
Dr Philip Blaiberg died after living 594 days post heart transplant making him the longest surviving patient. His death underscores ongoing organ rejection challenges that hinder transplants from becoming reliable life extending procedures.
Athens Messenger advertises its daily and Sunday single copy prices for in town and mail delivery, plus rates for Ohio West Virginia and nationwide mailing. It lists 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio 45701 as the mailing address and notes second class matter status under the 1918 act.
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