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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1966
Page
4
Fred W. Weber serves as Circulation Director and M. W. McDargh as Advertising Director, highlighting key newspaper management roles.
Pope Paul VI calls October a month of prayer for peace with justice and a halt to Vietnam War. U S officials including Dean Rusk and U Thant urge negotiated settlement while leaders in Asia push for dialogue among nations to end the war. Eisenhower hints at nuclear options to pressure negotiations as South Vietnam votes on its fate.
The piece argues the rumored plan by the Soviet bloc to fund the UN in exchange for a U S halt to bombing North Vietnam is implausible. It asserts U Thant is discouraged by bloc arrears and Viet Nam war, while defending U S fiscal good faith and clarifying motives.
President Johnson proposes War Savings Certificates with higher interest to fund the Viet Nam war. The idea risks politicizing war financing if Great Society programs share the proceeds, potentially undermining wartime support and congressional vetoes.
The Supreme Court begins its 1967 term with three obscenity cases Redrup versus New York Austin versus Kentucky and Gent Swank and others. The decision will shape knowledge standards and prior restraint across bookstores newsstands and magazine sales. The term also includes the appeal of Jimmy Hoffa.
Joseph Alsop argues that enemy headquarters appear to rise in maps while actual fighting power declines. He cites the Ninth VC, the ghostly Fifth and Seventh Divisions, and heavy attrition from jungle warfare and disease, challenging the perception of a growing enemy threat.
Stokely Carmichael’s call for black power sparks national debate as violence and white backlash challenge gains in housing and employment reforms. Moderate leaders like King and Wilkins face derision while political outcomes in Maryland and Georgia reflect shifting attitudes toward civil rights and segregation.
The Messenger recalls a 50 year old crash involving Governor Frank E. Willis his wife and daughter near Delaware with injuries reported. J A Coburns Greater Minstrel Show played at the Athens opera house as the current attraction. Roosevelt signals not seeking total Neutrality Act repeal. Dr Wilbur Stout addressed a labor group describing salt brine test results near Lick Run.
The Messenger invites readers to share opinions on current topics. Letters should be brief signed with the writer’s name and include address and telephone number for publication consideration. The paper reserves the right to select and condense letters for publication.
The Athens Messenger lists publication schedule and rates for daily and Sunday editions. It notes postal delivery options inside Ohio and the US, with pricing for weekly, monthly, and yearly subscriptions and mail delivery terms.
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