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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1965
Page
4
A night march by Bravo company of the 101st Airborne near An Khe ends in a chaotic jungle trek. The abortive raid and lost movement expose inexperience, while brave rescue efforts save a helicopter crew member after a crash.
The Athens Messenger reports local news from Athens Ohio dated Thursday September 16 1965. Staff include publisher Gordon K Bush and editors Charles W Reamer and Robert L Powers. The issue details community happenings and notices for the Athens area.
A warning urges heightened caution for Christmas and New Year holidays amid driving risks. Historical three-day holiday weekends have killed 1589 in traffic crashes with future weekends predicting over a thousand more deaths. Public transit, sober drivers, and limiting travel are proposed to reduce casualties.
Politicians increasingly view conservation as a voter backed issue. Henry T. Diamond, Co-Director of the White House Conference on Natural Beauty, notes the topic resonates with the public and shapes political appeal.
At Stresa Italy a panel of economists clash over free floating rates versus a gold standard and a global Collect ive Reserve Unit. Friedman favors unrestricted exchange while Heilperin backs a fixed gold price. The case for a CRU hinges on trust in national policies and the dollar’s role in NATO and Viet Nam.
Hal Boyle humorously chronicles autumn cocktail parties as rituals with overlong guest lists and strained conversations. The piece lampoons social norms where hosts chase clever reasons to gather, while attendees stagger from 5 to 7 pm into a midnight melee, ending with exhausted, vowful regrets.
Dear Abby replies favor kindness to a grandmother who cared for three grandchildren and a dog while the parents were away. She praises the mother and warns against hiring help to spare anger. In the second letter a woman regrets leaving her husband over a married lover who turned out not to be married, and Abby says the woman bears no protection against such deceit.
A confidential message to a professor at Ann Arbor counsels that marriage should be with someone who arouses him, arguing that mind alone is not enough and urging consideration of the partner as a whole.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report a tentative federal push via the Community Relations Service to pressure publishers and boards to revise history texts to emphasize Negro contributions. Critics warn of government editing books and Orwellian overreach while noting the service lacks clear statutory authority and a broad mission.
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