Athens Messenger Publisher History and Staff
The Athens Messenger lineage notes Frederick W. Bush as founder and long-time publisher with Gordon K. Bush G. Kenner Bush and Charles W. Reamer among past leadership. Managing Editor was Charles W. Reamer with Richard R. Paynter as assistant. Fred W. Weber directed circulation. M. W. McDargh led advertising.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger Publishing CO
Johnson Road
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
Fred W. Weber
M. W. McDargh
Ohio Legislature Grants Widespread Pay Raises
Ohio lawmakers and state officials receive a salary boost as the session ends. The omnibus measure raises pay for governor, legislators, judges, and more than 70,000 state workers, plus pages on a separate $2.75 to $3.00 per hour increase for pages. One omission left assistant majority floor leader William Mallory out, with Democrats planning a fix next year.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
Charles F. Kurfess
Kurfess
William L. Mallory
Cincinnati
Kissinger Confirmed Or Not A Chess Game In US Policy
Buckley surveys Henry Kissinger’s Senate confirmation prospects and the rival views of Fulbright and Whalen. The column weighs Kissinger’s schematics versus real‑world restraint, noting dollar weakness and Indochina reverberations as signs of shifting prestige and risk for US policy.
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Whalen
United States
Nixon-Kissinger
Indochina
Japan
Mr. Kissinger
Nixon taps brother's phone sparks civil libertarian worry
Washington report notes a presidential tap on F. Donald Nixon prompting concerns that if a president can wiretap a close relative without a court order no one is safe. The piece cites a controversial legal view from Prof. Sam Clemente linking such taps to national security and historical cases. Clemente alleges past presidents used similar justifications while arguing privacy limits.
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Washington
Nixon
F. Donald Nixon
Prof. Clemente
Supreme Court
Fillmore
Dillard
South
Secret Service
Clemente
Today in History September 11 highlights and notes
On this date in history Henry Hudson found Manhattan in 1609. Washington routed Brandywine in 1777. U S ships triumphed at Lake Champlain in 1814. Jenny Lind sang in New York in 1850. Pentagon began in 1941. Tojo’s death plea and trial reported. Segregation ended at USC ten years ago. Birth of Ferdinand Marcos. Twain quote closes.
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Henry Hudson
Island
Manhattan
George Washington
America
Castle Garden
New York
German New Guinea
Pentagon
Washington
Hideki Tojo
University of South Carolina
Mediterranean
Bernard Barker
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Mark Twain
Back to School Suit Deals and League Playoff Plans
The Messenger notes Preston's Store in Athens offered boys two-pants suits from $8.50 to $20 and corduroy sets with two pants for $10 as a back to school offer. It also reports plans for a best-of-three series between the Nelsonville Eagles and the Pomeroy Merchants in regional league play.
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Preston
Athens
Nelsonville Eagles
Hocking Valley League
Pomeroy Merchants
Ohio Valley Association
Letters Strike View Editor The Messenger
A reader condemns General Telephone Co for using supervisory staff during a strike and calls for binding arbitration by state and federal lawmakers. He questions where a strike ends and a lockout begins and urges action to protect workers and customers, ending with a rallying call to write.
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the Messenger
General Telephone Co
General Telephone
Cheating spreads to minicycle races in national soap box derby
Washington The National Soap Box Derby winner lost title and $7 500 scholarship after legal motorless racer was deemed rigged. Uncle admitted no wrongdoing but took responsibility and said others did the same. Opinion argues the culture rewards winning over fairness and notes broader cheating in minicycle racing and society.
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Washington
Akron
Ohio
America
Television
Boulder
Colo
Sports Illustrated
A. J. Foyt
Pop
Nixon
Jove
Freckler
The Messenger Publishing Co Postal Rates Notice
Daily and Sunday newspaper pricing details list carrier and mail rates for Ohio West Virginia and distant locations. It notes distribution by carrier and tube route with various single copy prices and annual mail subscriptions. Rates reflect 1910s era pricing and note Second Class Matter status.
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Associated Press
D&s
D&s CO WE Oe
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S
Possessions
Athens
The
Messenger Publishing Co
Johnson Road
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Richard Whalen
Joe Kennedy
Nixon- Kissinger
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Russia
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Churchill
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Millard Fillmore
Washington Post
Fillmore-Dillard
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
White House
U.S. Senate
Sen
William B. Saxbe
Washington, D.C
Federal Office
Sen. Robert Taft Jr
U.S. House
Clarence E. Miller
Cannon
Harry L. Armstrong
State House
E. State
E. Main
Lancaster
Logan
Claire M
Buzz) Ball Jr
Virginia Lane
Oakley C. Collins
Kemp Lane
Ironton
Nicholas von Hoffman
Small Society
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