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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1973
Page
6
The Athens Messenger page lists staff roles including publisher editors and department heads with routing details for Athens Ohio, noting the 1973 date September 6. It names Frederick W. Bush Gordon K. Bush G Kenner Bush and others as publishers and editors.
Ohio’s rural counties show growing shares of residents 65 and older from the 1970 census. In southeastern Ohio the elderly share runs around 15 percent, while Greene County near Dayton sits at 5 percent. Larger counties also exceed the state 1 in 10 ratio, yet many rural areas lose population and services strain grows. A multicounty coordinating approach is suggested to help provide health, recreation and occupational services for the elderly.
In a July 15 Messenger piece Homer Byrd’s omission is noted. Byrd helped keep the airport alive in the 1940s and 1950s, trained pilots, and died at the airport while doing work he loved. The letter urges due recognition from community members Robert and Dorothy Cone, Janet Ashbaugh, Isaac Ashbaugh, R. Denny Shanklin, Kenneth Ervin, and Francis Fuller.
Buckley humorously recalls a chaotic Italian journey from Capri to Porto Ercole detailing porter fees of 2000 lira for a two minute bag run and a Naples taxi chase. The piece juxtaposes Italian labor with capitalist life and includes vivid taxi antics and train misadventures.
The piece portrays an imagined match where a male fan challenges Bobby Riggs, beating him 6 5 with varied serves and clever shots. Billie Jean King embraces the winner as Howard Cosell hails the feat, and the $100,000 prize is donated to the Women’s Lib Movement.
The column lists major events on September 6 across years, including McKinley’s 1901 shooting death, Pilgrims voyage in 1920, Oberlin’s coeducation in 1837, Peary at the North Pole in 1909, Marne battle start in 1914, King Carol abdication in 1940, Verwoerd’s 1966 death, a 1973 Brazil forest fire impact, Vietnam paratrooper losses in 1968, and a 2003 Virgin Islands clubhouse robbery with fatalities and injuries.
The Messenger notes that 50 years ago the Motor Co offered the new 1924 Studebaker light six five passenger touring car for 995 dollars. Twenty five years ago funeral plans were completed in Athens for O C Bird who died in Columbus at age 60. Bird had served as Ohio University physical welfare director and earlier athletic director.
San Francisco businessman Alvin Duskin unveils a tale of Paul Maris also known as Gerald Martin Zelmanowitz a man whose past includes a government granted immunity in loan sharking cases and a second Newark securities transport conviction. Duskin suggests the Justice Department created Maris West Coast identity to shield him while pursuing Washington led protection.
Athens Ohio newspaper notice lists daily and Sunday single copy prices, delivery options by carrier or tube route, and mail rates for Ohio West Virginia and U.S. elsewhere. It notes second class matter status and provides mailing address Route 33 North and Johnson Road Athens Ohio 45701.
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