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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1969
Page
6
Charles W. Reamer is editor with Richard R. Paynter as assistant in Athens Ohio for the Friday September 26 1969 issue. The paper lists newsroom roles and local coverage plans for Athens and surrounding areas.
The administration trims the draft call by about 50 000, spreading 29 000 over October to December and delaying November and December quotas. Laird says a lottery system may be allowed if Congress repeals a 1967 ban. Nixon threatens unilateral action. Outcomes hinge on Vietnam war progress.
A task force led by Walter J. McNerney, head of the group formed to curb Medicaid and Medicare costs, is to report soon on long term financing for national health. The AMA backs voluntary insurance with government premiums for the poor, while labor leaders push for a compulsory system tied to Social Security.
The House sided 339 to 70 for direct presidential election, with state legislator polls showing nine states opposed and six evenly divided. Senator Bayh urges President Nixon to back the plan, hoping a Senate majority and presidential support push ratification before the 1972 election.
Washington Insight reports Harvard confronts a fractured faculty and rising student unrest. President Nathan Pusey resists liberal revolts while conservatives and radicals clash, with Vietnam and a planned Oct 15 moratorium shaping a tense campus.
The piece recalls a deadly 10 below zero night in a railroad boxcar turned nursing home and contrasts past conditions with today's improving care. Federal funding projections, Medicaid and Medicare growth, and stock-market booms in chains like Four Seasons and Extendicare drive a large expansion while critics warn of risk and conflicts of interest.
Members of Potomac Cave No. One Fraternal Order of Troglodytes met to discuss the conservative view of the No-Era Movement. Debates covered economic impact on brassiere industry and broader freedom versus restraint, with no firm policy adopted.
Japan seeks return of four northern territories held by the Soviet Union since World War II as a potential windfall amid Sino Soviet tensions. Moscow could offer them to win Japanese sympathy against China, aiding Tokyo's bargaining during Okinawa talks.
Spain barred its nationals from working in British Gibraltar and Portuguese workers moved in to fill the gap. Sixty workers recently rowed about 150 miles to reach assignments, with most securing employment and more expected to follow.
The Athens Messenger describes its daily schedule with Saturday exclusions and Associated Press membership. It lists weekday and Sunday single-copy prices, carrier delivery rates, and mail subscription rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and other U S areas. The notice notes entry as second class and provides mailing address in Athens.
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