Athens Messenger 1961 Athens Ohio Edition Highlights
Athens Ohio newspaper page dated Thursday April 13 1961 lists staff titles and office address for The Messenger Publishing Co. It announces establishment in 1825 and shows Frederick W. Bush as publisher with Chas W Reamer as managing editor and Jack Gilbert as news editor.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger Publishing CO
Frederick W. Bush
W. Union St
Athens
Ohio
Chas. W. Reamer
Jack Gilbert
J. Sylvester
Business Optimism Rises as 1961 Prospects Improve
Businessmen show growing optimism for 1961 as manufacturing output stabilizes after an eight month decline. February saw higher sales and orders, with autos and steel showing improving demand. Barometers and defense orders hint at a broader upturn, despite unemployment soft spots.
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National Bureau of Economic Research
Federal Reserve Index
The Cost Of Running For Public Office
Public concern over campaign financing peaks in election years then fades. The piece critiques current spending and fundraising, notes difficulty in reform except during high interest periods, and mentions the Republican plan “Pyramiding for 62” as a potential catalyst. It cites Shakespeare on gifts and ends with a cautionary aphorism.
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Republican Party
Measuring success by everyday signs of life
A satirical list explains how to spot success through modest life signs. It notes low income, good credit, a crabgrass free lawn, honest bosses, frank barbers, respectable in-laws, and a balanced family life. The piece ends by suggesting even absence would be felt.
Ball Heads Quiet Drive to Build Long Range Aid
George W. Ball, 51, assistant secretary of state for economic affairs, oversees unglamorous but vital work. He aims to fuse foreign aid into long term plans, coordinate with allied nations, and push for broader European economic cooperation amid Kennedy era debates. The task relies on congressional patience and political timing.
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Kennedy
George W. Ball
Husky Ball
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Soviet Union
Congress
Senate
House
Ball
Germany
Britain
Dear Abby letters reveal personal advice and pregnancies
The column presents multiple readers asking about pregnancy with a 41 year old mother-to-be and reluctant marriage, gifts causing suspicion, party invites for a minor, and a high school senior seeking medical guidance. Abby counsels responsibility, boundaries, and practical actions.
Improve memory with simple psychology rules from Dr Crane
Doctor Crane offers memory-improvement rules via the Executives Club Phoenix talk. He urges staying socially active, focusing outward, getting a clear impression, using immediate repetition, cross indexing names, and engaging in a small incentive contest to recall faces and names. He invites requests for his booklet with a stamped return envelope.
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Harry S
Dr. Crane
Phoenix
Executives Club
Orion Fifer
Try and Stop Me R The Fifty States Hawaii Jokes
A miscellany of quips about Hawaii language customs and attire cites aloha meaning hello and goodbye and Ti leaf skirts lasting a week, plus a Sears Roebuck joke about synthetic grass. A Scots retiree questions a son in law about supporting a family of seven and an upstate resort quip about a doctor son.
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Hawaii
America
Sears Roebuck
Porter visitors and local travels noted in region
Portland residents Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Price and children visited Mrs. Price’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Ray Larkins of Paw Paw West Virginia. Mrs. Harry Swan and Mrs. Clarence Price and Patsy were in Parkersburg on business. John Cornell of East Liverpool visited Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wells. Agnes Price weekended in Hamilton with Mr. and Mrs. Warren LaMay family. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hilton visited Leona Shaeffer of Vienna West Virginia. Marvin Allen and Bill Cornell of East Liverpool visited Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wells and Charles DeLong.
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Hubert Price
Ray Larkins
Paw Paw
W. Va
Harry Swan
Clarence Price
Patsy
Parkersburg
John Cornell
East Liverpool
Mrs
Earl Wells
Agnes Price
Hamilton
Warren LaMay
Charles Hilton
Leona Shaeffer
Vienna
Marvin Allen
Bill Cornell
Liverpool
and Charles DeLong
Local residents visit across Ohio towns
N Straitsville Erma Pierce Ann Cheetham Elizabeth Mills and Ona Dell Wilson were in Zanesville. Hazel Miller and Betty Duffy visited in Logan. Mr. and Mrs Wayne Lines from Columbus visited Mrs Minnie Bachus on the weekend.
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Erma Pierce
Ann Cheetham
Elizabeth Mills
Ona Dell Wilson
Zanesville
Hazel Miller
Betty Duffy
Logan
Wayne Lines
Columbus
Minnie Bachus
Debating tax reform and national debt policy
George Sokolsky argues against income tax excesses and considers replacing the tax with other methods. He questions abolishing government costs, critiques monetary system swindle claims, explains private versus public debt, and warns against drastic debt repudiation or dollar devaluation as shortcuts.
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Department of Defense
State of Washington
Safe use of weapons and child discipline guidance
A guidance piece urges parents to supervise children making bows and arrows or handling guns. It warns that without supervision or rules, accidents or injuries can occur and recommends locking up firearms and strict supervision. It also advises stopping rough play and explains a parental approach to consistent, firm discipline with a crying or laughing child.
Vinton Notes Share Weekend Visits and Local Events
Mr and Mrs Clinton Lambert and family of Grove City visited Mrs Anna Higgins over the weekend. Lambert Jr returned home to finish the school year after a week with his parents. Mrs James Snyder spends a week with her sister Mrs Junior Scott in Toledo. Rev and Mrs Floyd Graves and Billy of Londonderry called on Mr and Mrs Frank Markins. Mr and Mrs Chester White stay with the Snyder children as their mother is away. A hot dog sale sponsored by the local MYF was a success.
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Eleanor White Vinton
Clinton Lambert
Grove City
Anna Higgins
Clinton Lambert Jr
James Snyder
Junior Scott
Toledo
Floyd Graves
Billy
Londonderry
Frank Markins
Chester White
Snyder
MYF
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Hal Boyle
Internal Revenue Service
James Marlow
Austria
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Sweden
Switzerland
France
West Germany
Belgium
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Luxembourg
United States
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Hatlo
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Abby
Pete
Experience
Beverly Hills
Calif
Doctor Crane
Cross
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Portland
Wilma Wells
N. Straitsville
George Sokolsky
Washington
Garry C. Myers
Jen
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Nts
U. S and Possessions
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