Athens Messenger headline April 6 1961 edition
Athens Ohio newspaper page from April 6 1961 featuring local news and listings.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1961
Page
4
Guerilla Training Plan Aims to Train Foreign Forces
A proposed U S Army strategy uses special services forces to train foreign troops in guerilla warfare to counter Soviet and communist rivals. The plan envisions deploying paratrooper experts to invaded lands to teach natives through weapons, demolition, medical, communications, and intelligence skills.
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United States
Special Services
Moscow
Red
Laos
Army Special Services
China
Mao Tse-tung
Cuba
Che Guevera
In Defense Of Coyotes Across North America A Shift In View
An opinion piece argues coyotes are misunderstood allies rather than pests. It notes their range from Alaska to Ontario and Central America, their limited impact on deer and livestock, and that dogs pose a greater threat to agriculture. Conservationists shift toward seeing the coyote as a useful animal.
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Alaska
Ontario
Rockies
Central America
The PTA Election Above All Lessons in Democracy
A casual PTA race exposes the brutal dynamics of local politics. An ordinary parent enters a campaign with simple aims, faces rival slates, rumors, and factional shifts, and ends defeated yet wiser about his community and democracy.
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PTA
Off the Record: Kennedy Averts Direct TV Briefings
The piece questions Kennedy and Dean Rusk using off the record sessions with 500 radio TV executives and newsmen, arguing direct nationwide TV talks would better inform the public on national security and foreign policy. It notes Eisenhower and Dulles used early TV briefings and calls for Kennedy to adopt open broadcasts.
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Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Dear Abby Readers Share Dilemmas on Pride and Proposals
Dear Abby column excerpt discusses family lending disputes leading to junk gift boxes, a daughter’s marriage inquiry with a request for parental blessing, a wife seeking approval from a husband, and advice on style and dating expectations. The note includes Abby's suggested responses and guidance.
Doctor Crane's C ase H-458 Ocean's 44 Trace Chemicals
Dr Crane defends freedom of press and speech against a bureaucrat's attempt to embargo his newspaper booklet on Ocean's 44 Trace Chemicals. He cites 44 water soluble chemicals in blood and urges readers to test sea salt and ocean water while warning of creeping socialism and dictatorship. He invites readers to request the booklet with a stamped reply envelope.
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Vivian
Crane
H. S. Zim
Republic
Frank E. Gannett
Indiana Academy of General Practice
Indianapolis
James H. Shaw
Harvard
Hitler
Ohio
America
Ocean
Try and Stop Me: Billy Wilder and Hollywood Humour
A satirical collection notes a comedian actor tearfully praising his dead wife who never acknowledged him, and a Wilder moment about their anniversary. A bar patron laments science and aging after a failed facial surgery, with Bennett Cerf’s 1961 quip collection.
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Metropolitan
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Toledo couple’s son sentenced to life for Powder River murder
Edward M. Brewer Jr., 20, a Navy deserter, received a life term after pleading guilty to first degree murder in the bludgeon death of an elderly Powder River man. Prosecutors said the death penalty would be hardship on his family as jurors handed down the sentence. The defendants’ parents testified as character witnesses.
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Casper, Wyo
Toledo
Ohio
Powder River
Edward M. Brewer Jr
Brewer
Cincinnati Names Three Academic Leaders in New Roles
Dr. James Doolittle of Ohio State University was named department chairman of romance languages at the University of Cincinnati. The directors also chose Dr. Gustav Carlson of Cincinnati for sociology and anthropology chair, and promoted Dr. H. D. Lipsich to full professor and mathematics chair.
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Cincinnati
James Doolittle
Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
Gustav Carlson
H. D. Lipsich
The Great Cost of Korea and Red China’s Push into Laos
George Sokolsky argues the US loses leadership if it avoids military force and warns that China’s population, famine, and communist strategy threaten Laos. He cites French Indo China’s history, the Sino-Vietnamese border, and Soviet tactics to press a broader western defeat.
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United States
Laos
de Gaulle
France
Saigon
Hongkong
Great Britain
Southeast Asia
Asia
Africa
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand
Siam
China
Red China
East Asia
Indonesia
Kuantung
Kuangsi
Kweichow
Yunnan
Canton
Kunangsi
Peking
Burma
Warsaw
Germany
Kindergarten Arts Play Encourages Drawing and Cutting
The article explains how young children learn by coloring and drawing using crayons scissors and paper. It notes the value of craft for hand eye coordination and early phonics while warning against overuse of coloring books and suggesting guided sorting and grouping activities. It ends with a parental Q and A about stopping unkind remarks and a note on Lake Agassiz as a prehistoric large lake.
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