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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1965
Page
4
The pope frames the second Vatican Council as a call to lasting peace through universal love. He laments restricted bishops behind the Iron Curtain and urges observers of diverse faiths to note the church’s mission to embrace all peoples while remaining firm on doctrine. He prays that love and peace prevail, and war ends.
The piece notes the dollar has been losing value at about half a cent yearly, accelerating to nearly a full cent. It compares today’s dollar to a 44 cent value in 1939 and projects about 40 cents by 1970 with inflation potentially quickening this erosion.
Southern governors at Sea Island warn that federal examiners boost Negro registration while unregistered whites near 491000 could tilt Alabama politics. They criticize federal involvement as state rights infringement even as higher education expands with 13 million students and 836 million spent in the region.
In Hamburg and across mid Europe observers view Charles de Gaulle as playing a clever guessing game about NATO and American protection. They say he distrusts the United States and seeks a stronger European voice, while some Germans see continental thinking overriding nationalist aims.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that a White House leak about canceling the 50 per cent wheat shipment rule to Russia sparked farm bloc pressure in Congress. Senate moves to end the 50 per cent provision faced farm and labor lobbying, with Johnson delaying a final stance as Meany and AFL CIO weigh in.
James Marlow assesses Lyndon B Johnson as embattled by little opposition in Congress this year. He highlights Johnson's political skill, reliance on public opinion polls, and the supportive Senate leadership of Everett Dirksen while noting limited clashes with House opposition under Gerald Ford.
Louis ville JP reports veteran real estate man C. Robert Peter, age 77, notes the repeated appearance of seven in his life. His birthday falls on the seventh day of the seventh month and a recent dinner honoring him included fourteen guests, seven grandchildren and great grandchildren. He graduated high school in 1907, and says the pattern began a generation earlier when his father was the seventh child in his family.
Dear Abby advises the husband to hire a lawyer and stay with his wife, facing the alleged paternity and potential court action. A pastor clarifies second ceremonies and civil marriages. A wedding gift etiquette note explains why a $100 check was displayed without a donor name. A barbershop note offers blunt price advice.
HAL BOYLE reflects that recalling the past can dull present noise and fear. He notes 1925 life: boys’ hair, balloon rides, penny candy, a $260 roadster, pizza nearly unknown, Charleston dance risks, and common school habits as marks of near-adulthood.
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