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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1959
Page
4
In March 1959 the United States produced about 11 million metric tons of steel, more than twice the Soviet Union's roughly five million. The gap marks a rebound from a year earlier and underscores America's expanding economy and its role against communism.
In spring, the piece questions human superiority as people busy themselves with work, bills, and schemes while animals enjoy renewal and harmony with nature, suggesting the wiser beings may be the nonhuman. The reflection contrasts human striving with animal ease and wonder.
The article reviews Franco's twenty year rule in Spain noting peaceful times under his regime, conservative politics, and limited economic improvement despite over a billion dollars in U.S. aid. It cites the grand mountain cathedral enshrining civil war dead and asks what may follow Franco's death.
The Texas senators Lyndon B. Johnson and Ralph Yarborough join the Western Democrats caucus, cutting two from the solid Southern bloc. Defections from Tennessee, Florida, and North Carolina further erode segregationist strength while Alaska and Hawaii gains tilt the Northern majority, signaling notable but uncertain consequences for congressional behavior.
A profile recalls Simon Baruch born 1840 in Schwersen now Poland who arrived in New York after the Civil War and became a pioneering surgeon. He advocated immediate surgery for suspected appendicitis, promoted hydrotherapy and emotional fever treatment, and founded free public baths in 1901. He led Columbia University as a professor, aided Saratoga springs purchases, raised a family, and died June 3, 1921 at nearly 81.
The piece notes how Stella and Della burst into hysterical giggles at a faux pas and compares it to a boss telling a joke. It suggests the employer may nearly split their sides in response to similar humor.
Monday aspects urge emotional control and cautious dealings with a note that mild aggression may help in business. For Taurus, romance and travel prospects rise mid year with caution in September and November. The Crane column adds a panther of psychology on teenage giggling as a social outlet and invites reader replies.
An American in Italy finds the lira worth more than the official dollar rate. Italy’s gold and dollar reserves rose to 2.6 billion, with January bringing inflows of dollars pounds and francs. Banks quote about 620 lira per dollar, after charges. Opinions in Italy vary on whether the dollar's value will erode further.
New York offers a miscellany of curious notes from a columnist’s mail bag. Facts span government jobs numbers, golf course area, composers, pawn shops, loud party talk, dieting tips, ancient gluttony, and quirky quotes on manners and science.
Seer up in Cambridge unveils a pocket size gadget a plain black box with a single switch. On switches lights a green bulb a wax hand extends then retracts when switched off. The device priced at 30 dollars provokes comic critique from poet Barrister Newman Levy and other figures.
The author contrasts early US enthusiasm for Fidel Castro with later views of him as a revolutionary front. He cites mass violence, US military options, and Castro’s US visit mishap, then notes anti-Communist fears and probable Communist influence behind the Cuban regime.
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