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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1965
Page
6
Dr Clair Patterson at Caltech warns lead from motor gasoline raises blood lead levels. The average U S level is 0.25 parts per million, with symptoms at 0.5 to 0.8. He cites Greenland snow studies and plans Pole analysis to confirm global reach of contamination.
U S Public Health Service warns that over 50 million Americans drink second hand water and some may consume fourth or fifth hand water. Water systems reuse and treat wastes from other communities with processes designed for outdated waste standards from 40 years ago.
About 1300 statisticians and economists in Philadelphia survey business and expect a 4.1 percent gain in output next year. A minority predicts 3 percent growth, with only 5 percent pessimistic for 1970 to 1975. The group foresees the longest expansion yet, with the sixties persisting at a strong pace.
The piece notes Governor George C. Wallace challenging Senator John J. Sparkman in Alabama for a sixth term. It highlights Wallace’s rise as a Southern statesman opposed to civil rights and the primary as a test of the state’s reaction to Johnson’s social revolution.
The article weighs factors in West Germany's imminent election between Ludwig Erhard and Willy Brandt. It notes middle class ambivalence toward Erhard's deregulatory policies, lingering unease about Nazism, left dominated internal publicity, Adenauer’s anti American stance, and how side issues might tip the race between socialism and a free society with Erhard-led coalition potential.
In a city already tangled in primary tensions Rep. John V. Lindsay faces shocks from Gov. Rockefeller as a separate Republican City Campaign Committee forms with Rockefeller honorary chair. Price drives a campaign that distances Lindsay from party regulars and lines up a split that could affect his mayoral bid and later GOP support.
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan examines why the Soviet Union fears Red China's moves in Asia. He notes Moscow seeks a cease-fire in the India Pakistan war to limit Chinese actions that could disrupt Soviet world policy and provoke chaos across the region.
A reader asks if pet cats threaten a newborn. Abby reassures that cats rarely harm infants but advises keeping cats away from the baby during the early months. The column also includes a witty exchange about etiquette and a family wedding funding dilemma.
James Pennethorne Hughes’s new book Is Thy Name Wart? The Origins of Some Curious and Other Surnames surveys how surnames arise from medieval spellings dialects and occupations. He notes many names reflect ancestry parish records or old trades and cites examples like Shacklady from Shakerley and Calvert from calf-herding while debunking myths about grotesque names.
Sterling Kansas report describes farmer Clyde Murphy who dusted two orphan calves with talcum powder to mask scent. The mother cow accepted both calves without hesitation, solving a feeding problem after a cow died during birth.
The Messenger invites brief letters from readers on current topics. Sign with full name, address, and telephone. submission may be condensed. The paper reserves the right to edit and select letters for publication.
A Baltimore line reflects on wisdom from a dying man, offering stark counsel on how to live. It frames mortality as a guide to choosing what truly matters, urging authenticity, priority of loved ones, and avoidance of false priorities.
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