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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1964
Page
4
The piece notes Goldwater funding to 4.6 million for TV ads as Congress stalls equal time. Goldwater launches a series of 30 minute paid programs across 200 cities while Johnson touts White House appearances and press briefings as superior for reaching voters.
Rev Harold A Bosley argues 800 million self described Christians worldwide show lax practice. He warns if all church members suddenly felt at home in the church, the world could change. He presses for loyal backing from members to combat broader misrepresentation of church life.
The piece notes that over half of Americans fear street safety more than any other domestic issue and that crime, rising faster than population, reaches suburbs and rural areas. It marks public safety as a central municipal election issue and cites Barry Goldwater framing it in a national campaign.
David Lawrence discusses two major political trends behind the Johnson and Goldwater campaigns. He weighs economic policies, civil rights, foreign policy, and the risks of deficit spending versus solvent government. The piece asks voters which trend and which philosophy of government they will support, quoting Wilson on conviction and noting financial and international peril.
Inside the missing eight page pamphlet About Civil Rights and Barry Goldwater the contrast between Goldwater’s civil rights stance and Johnson’s record is laid bare. The DC Republican committee halted distribution fearing reverse circulation hurting Goldwater in the South and Johnson in the North.
An advice column features Phyllis P. asking about sex education before marriage. Dr Crane explains differences in sexual appetite, compares dietary and erotic calories, and urges honesty with rhythm methods and planning. He offers a booklet titled Sex Problems in Marriage for 20 cents.
DEAR ABBY letters discuss a neighbor with many children and propose a law to compel mothers to stay home. experts caution that hours with children matter more than hours worked, suggesting no Congressional action. A teenage reader asks about body image and later a couple questions godparent obligations and gifts.
Mrs Minna Lind a Georgia widow aged seventy found purpose in ceramics a class fees and later Emory University workshops. She won twenty blue ribbons in five years and taught ceramics to support her $70 monthly Social Security with $1 weekly lessons.
Hal Boyle argues that overweight individuals have virtues such as calmness, patience, lawfulness, stable relationships, and deeper thinking. He notes fat is unfairly mocked in the US while some admire weight elsewhere and contrasts minor drawbacks like tying shoelaces. He ends urging restraint and self-reflection.
Fragmentary OCR shows a notice referencing publication, address, and time spans from one week to one year. The readable elements include Af fice tutoring, Seon ula Act, EMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED, and Ohio postal hints.
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