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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1960
Page
4
Local notices and brief news items reported in The Athens Messenger from Athens Ohio dated Monday April 4 1960. Summary includes regional happenings and community updates from the Athens Messenger staff.
The piece argues Khrushchev sought to wreck the Franco German alliance seen as key to European peace. It notes rising sympathy toward the Soviet Union in Britain and the US, and warns negotiators to recognize the strength of open conflict with Soviet aims.
John Lardner, son of Ring Lardner, died at age 47 from a heart attack. The Newsweek sports columnist, noted for lively, biting wit, carried on his father's legacy of skeptical sports criticism and humane humor. He provided readers with laughter and relief from the drab, leaving a lasting imprint on contemporaries.
A British Men's Wear Guild chairman announced at a press conference that the 1960 London Line will feature a lived in appearance. He says the new line will make men look more masculine and younger, though one observer jokes it would require a miracle to gain such effects.
Jim Bishop paints a coastal town awakening with sea winds and bright hats. Atlantic landmarks, yachts, and daily scenes unfold from shore to river, rooting memory in spring rituals and small miracles of renewal.
Readers seek help on dating mystery roses from an unknown admirer and child birth timing. Abby suggests patience and caution. Other columns advise handling nosy landlady spying on tenants and a personal note to a reader in Korea.
Dr Crane advises readers to gift elderly parents with daily use items such as eyeglasses dentures and hearing aids to improve comfort and quality of life. The column emphasizes practical care over mere sentiment urging kin to finance sight and hearing aids and other aids to independence. A Moscow note follows about a BEA Comet jet service launch into Vnukovo Airport.
Health column reviews two new devices not drugs eye and ear aids. A hearing aid claims 98 percent better range by amplifying whispers while reducing background noise. A floor lamp provides directed light with shields and three wattage levels to reduce eyestrain and improve reading ease.
A humorous anecdote about a mother fearing her son Timothy steals then finding a Vienna analyst who declares the boy a thief after one session. Includes a banquet note about speakers delivering planned jokes.
George Sokolsky reflects on biblical warnings about kings and argues that clergy have long influenced politics in American history. He cites figures from Puritan New England to Henry Ward Beecher, urging a constructive, positive moral voice from ministers in current political life.
Forty four families in Horseshoe Glen Willoughby Hills formed Glen Area Flood Control Inc to dredge a 90 foot channel through a bottleneck on the Chagrin River. They raised 13100 to start flood relief work, funding from 150 to 500 dollars per family.
The text lists daily and Sunday editions with prices for delivery by carrier and mail in Ohio, West Virginia, and U S possessions. It mentions locations Athens Ohio and a post office entry and the paper’s association with the Associated Press.
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