Registration deadline hits voters in Ohio and Athens county
Voters miss September 25 registration deadline affecting eligibility for October campaigns. About 85 percent of Ohioans live where registration is required plus Athens City and Township residents must register. County board of elections in Athens County courthouse offers late hours Sept 23 24 25 and re registration for those who have not voted in two years.
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County Board of Elections
Athens County
Integration or separation in civil rights fight debate
E J H Jackson, president of the National Baptist Convention U S A Inc, argues that integration was the original goal under the Constitution while lamenting a shift toward separatism among some African Americans. He cites distrust in the nation's will for full citizenship, notes gains of the last thirteen years, and warns against internal forces seeking to divide the country.
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U. S
National Baptist Convention
Jackson
Ku Klux Klan
Farms Fever Sparks Debate Over Land Use
The Department of Agriculture reports U S farms cover about one third to half of the nation’s land, totaling roughly one billion acres of arable land. Farm land value reached 193.7 billion dollars in 1958 with an average of 178 dollars per acre, higher in Iowa Kansas California and Florida as small farms exit and larger operations dominate.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Iowa
Kansas
California
Florida
Rural anti poverty drive shifts toward rural poor care
The anti poverty drive is blamed for focusing on urban poverty and especially Negro ghettos, while rural poverty receives concern. Orville Freeman, Secretary of Agriculture, announces that the Farmers Home Administration has issued 53,924 economic opportunity loans totaling 91,620,029 dollars to individual income earners.
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Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Farmers Home Administration
Rural loans aid small farms and cooperatives nationwide
Freeman touts 1,145 loans totaling 12.9 million to fund cooperatives owned by low income tenants and small farm operators. The program benefits over 339,000 rural residents with an aggregate of 104.5 million in benefits, framed as an investment in rural America’s future.
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Freeman
America
If It Goes To The House The Wallace Clause
Joseph Alsop analyzes a split election scenario where George Wallace could force a House of Representatives decision. He outlines how electoral and House delegations, party majorities, and possible Nixon victory via Wallace electors could reshape the presidency, warning that the House outcome could be decisive and urging constitutional reform.
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George Wallace
House of Representatives
Wallace
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Nixon
White House
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
New York
Wyoming
Oregon
Montana
Miami Beach
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Deep South
The Crumbling Of Power In Washington
Washington insight argues that the Johnson administration shows crumbling power as it fails to form clear policy lines on Fortas and Vietnam. It predicts filibusters, partisan tactics, and a brittle stance toward Czechoslovakia and nonproliferation, warning that lack of power risks corruption and poor governance.
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Washington
Johnson
Abe Fortas
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Warren
Nixon
Thurmond
Senate
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Humphrey
White House
American Legion
New Orleans
American
Czechoslovakia
Kosy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Peace note from Austria to belligerents seeks talks
The Messenger recalls a 1918 note from Austria via neutral Sweden inviting all belligerents to non binding discussions at a neutral meeting place. Mr and Mrs C W Conrath of Richland Avenue Athens mourn their son Pvt Lawrence Conrath killed in France.
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Austria
London
Sweden
C. W. Conrath
Richland Avenue
Athens
Pvt
Lawrence Conrath
France
Hotel Workers Walkout Targets Labor Day Parade
Some 10 000 hotel workers including chambermaids bellhops chefs and waiters marched in New York on Labor Day in colorful uniforms. They demanded higher wages, warning travelers may face higher hotel rates if concessions are granted.
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New York
American resolve deepens over Vietnam war effort
The Czech affair strengthens American determination in Vietnam as the public resists camouflaged surrender, seeking some return for sacrifices already made and opposing further involvement.
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Vietnam
Bitter Sweet Alan Arkin Finds Fulfillment Beyond Fame
HAL BOYLE profiles Alan Arkin as an inwardly haunted yet thriving talent. Critics hail him as the era’s best young actor while producers line up for major roles. Arkin says success robs illusions yet expands choice, and that fulfillment lies in work and love not money. He recalls a seven decade path from poverty to Oscar buzz, driven by a need to reach and own his art. He describes acting as a basic necessity and an emotional stretch, a bittersweet quest for artistic perfection. He notes life’s paradoxes and his lifelong affinity for hurt, dislocated dreamers.
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Alan Arkin
Alan
Arkin
National Student Association Enters Politics With Five Lobby Goals
After 21 years of debate the National Student Association selects five lobbying topics for the year voting rights for 18 year olds drug law reform opposition to the draft educational reform and civil rights. It calls for strict penalties for drug possession first two convictions treated as traffic violations third arrest falls under criminal laws. Convention in Manhattan Kansas State University draws 940 student delegates from 366 colleges. The move passes 284 to 24 as a sign of student political involvement.
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National Student Association
Democratic Party Platform Committee
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Longshoreman philosopher Hoffer vivid on Chicago riots
Eric Hoffer sees Chicago rioting as furrowing the ground for Southern political ideas to move north and boost former Alabama governor George Wallace’s presidential bid. He is no Wallace fan and calls the forecast a long shot.
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Longshoreman
Eric Hoffer
Chicago
Alabama
George Wallace
Hoffer
Wallace
The Athens Messenger Publishing Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger, a daily except Saturday paper, lists prices for single copies, carrier delivery, and mail rates. Rates cover daily and Sunday editions with regional pricing for Ohio and West Virginia, plus elsewhere in the U.S. Possessions. Subscription options include weekly, biweekly, monthly, and yearly plans with varying costs.
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Maiwin
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