Athens Gazette Names Editorial Leadership Team
The Athens Ohio newspaper announces key staff appointments for the newsroom and advertising division led by Managing Editor Charles W. Reamer and Advertising Director M. W. McDargh. Circulation Director Freda W. Weber and Assistant To The Publisher Richard R. Paynter also figure in the leadership lineup.
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Freda W. Weber
M. W. McDargh
Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
Athens, Ohio
Alaska Oil Rights Auction Could Transform Frontier
Alaska auctions oil rights on 450000 acres along the Arctic North Slope facing the Bering Sea. With reserves estimated in the billions, the bid nears one billion dollars, signaling a major economic shift for a state dependent on a 154 million dollar budget.
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Arctic
Alaska
U. S
Stock market signals loss of faith amid high employment
The article says new buyers have quit as stock values fall and wealth evaporates. Despite full employment and rising GNP, experts warn the market overstates reality with tight money damping business and profits. Brokers see potential bottom yet ordinary investors remain immobilized by losses.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Jack Markowite
Inflation in Dining Costs Outpace Groceries
The National Consumer Finance Association notes dining out and medical services drive cost of living gains over the past two and a half years. Food at home and durables briefly eased in early 1967 but then rose again, with overall inflation at 14.5 percent. The piece cites medical services up 21.3 percent and home ownership up 16.9 percent, while one reader praises frugal shopping by the homemaker.
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National Consumer Finance Association
Association
Finance Facts
Brooklyn
Iowa City
Dorothy
Maynard Lang
Langs
Lang
Smokey
Roots
Vietnamization math shows ARVN outnumbered by Hanoi forces
Joseph Alsop argues that the six northern provinces reveal a failing Vietnamization plan as ARVN has 32 maneuver battalions while North Vietnamese forces total 78. He warns the strategy risks American defeat and urges Hanoi to pull its men home.
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DA Nang
Nixon
Thieu
PSDF
Thua Thien
Quang Tri
Small Town Brooklyn Iowa Faces Change and Hope
In Brooklyn Iowa life centers on roots and resilience amid change. Residents discuss crime, youth, and drift while pubs, utilities, and a new Interstate draw commuters. Local stories feature Blair Barclay and the Lang family as they balance tradition with progress.
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Brooklyn
Iowa
U.S.A
Sid Moody
America
Blair Barclay
Gene Bush
Midwest
Des Moines
Iowa City
Burt Gilette
Iowa Southern
Junie Mannatt
Robert Carney
Larry Anderson
Vietnam
About Sex At School and the Birch Society Debate
William F Buckley Jr argues against ideologized sex education in public schools noting the John Birch Society and SIECUS shape the debate. He cites Ernest van den Haag and raises concerns that programs may be treated as how to do it, with religious sanctions eroded by secular framing.
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John Birch Society
Robert Welch
Eisenhower
America
Welch
Ernest van den Haag
New York University
Sex Information and Education Council of the
United States
Siecus
Albatross
Supreme Court
Kinsey
Earl Warren
Anti scientific small society opposes modern sex education
The excerpt argues that a small society is anti scientific and anti modernist and thus wrong. It notes knowledge about sex is necessary for youth, cites figures about venereal disease and pregnancy, and rejects the idea that education alone prevents sexual activity. It cites Dr James Parsons warning against arousing pre pubescent interest and critiques school time spent on sex knowledge.
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van den Haag
Miami
James Parsons
Letters United States Killers Editor The Messenger 1942
A reader compares Nazi and Vietnam War atrocities to American actions, arguing against patriotism for criticizing war crimes. The letter condemns killings by Hitler's SS and Gestapo, and questions why Americans cannot condemn similar tactics by U S soldiers. James Hill from Nelsonville signs off.
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Poland
Hitler
Geheime-Staats-Polizei
Gestapo
Schutzstaffeln
Death’s Head
Resistance
Vietnam
Green Berets
America
Mao
Kosygin
James Hill
Nelsonville
What Every Woman Knows Reinterpreted by Sherman
Margot Sherman of McCann-Erickson redefines the line behind every successful woman there is a man. Her remark gains weight in an era where eight of ten women work long hours in their lives.
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James M. Barrie
Margot Sherman
McCann-Erickson, Inc
National Advertising Agency
Miss Sherman
Postal Managers Dispersed to Run Post Offices
Post office managers are stationed at offices lacking postmasters to oversee operations until merit appointments are ready. Postmaster General Winton M Blount has announced a firm shift away from political appointments in the postal service.
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Winton M. Blount
The Athens Messenger Publishing Details and Pricing
The Athens Messenger announces daily publication except Saturdays with single copies at 10 cents on weekdays and 15 cents on Sundays. Home delivery options include daily and Sunday carrier service in Ohio and West Virginia. Subscription rates vary by region and duration with mail delivery nationwide. Address changes and mail should be sent to The Messenger Publishing Co. at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
The
Associated Press
D&s
West Virginia
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
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