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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1954

Page

10

Reds Seek to Split U.S. Allies Europewide

Berlin dispatch reports Soviet aim to isolate the United States in Europe as Indo-China victory shifts Western policy. East German Premier Grotewohl cites Malenkov and indicate talks hint a European Security Pact excluding the U.S. Bonn government faces pressure as Adenauer ages and advocates rearming to strengthen West European ties.

Berlin NEA Indo-China U. S Asia Europe Free World West Germany U.S Pravda Kremlin America Russia Otto Grotewoh anti-Communiste Information Bureau West Berlin Grotewohl Moscow Georg M. Malenkov Malenov Amre London Paris European Defense Community Mos Free Democrats Adenauer EDC Bonn Republic

Co-Ed Adopts 20 Grandmothers in Civic Study

Illinois senior Jane Hayes from DuQuoin led a Campus Foster Daughters effort with 60 volunteers visiting shut-ins. Hayes adopted 20 grandmothers at Champaign County Home and later taught sociology as a Evanston home parent. The program, started by sorority women under Rev. Edward W. O Rourke, aims to provide companionship and meaningful activity to the elderly.

Jane S. Hayes Illinois DuQuoin Champaign County Jane Evanston Hlllnois Edward W. O'Rourke Newman Foundation Father O'Rourke Jane Hayes Father ‘O'Rourke St John’s Jane S&s. Hayes Champagne University of Ilinois

Social Visits Reported Across Ohio and Nearby States

Mr and Mrs Ralph Fitzer hosted guests from West Virginia and Columbus. Emma Thornton and Mary Whipps visited B O Fitzer in Lancaster. Guy Richards and Ralph Harmon traveled from Newark and Columbus respectively to visit friends. The Hodgson and Randall groups attended Main Street Church of Christ. Walter Dennis Ida Dennis and Jessie Lehman called on W C Berry in Somerset. The Fitzer and Lehman families visited relatives in Lancaster. Glenna Williams.

Emma Thornton Mary Whipps Columbus B. O Fitzer Lancaster Guy Richards Newark Ralph Harmon Fouts Homer ‘Randall Bernard Hodgson Main Street Church of Christ Walter Ida Dennis Jessie Lehman W. C. Berry Somerset B. O. Fitzer Glenna Williams

New Marshfield Visitors Return Home From Southern Trip

Mr and Mrs Rufus Carter and son Bob of Blackstone Virginia and Glen Wingett of Frederickstown Maryland have returned home after visiting Mrs Olive Herron and Mr and Mrs John Hyperon in New Marshfield.

Rufus Carter Bob Blackstone, Va Glen Wingett Frederickstown Olive Herron John Hyperon

Actor Says New York Is Not Center Of Theater Growth

Clarence Derwent, veteran stage actor and ANTA president, says real vigor of American theater lies outside New York in colleges and universities. He praises Antioch College Area Theater and urges Ohio to charter and subsidize state theater, arguing national theater should be built through state funding. Derwent, 60, praises Shylock roles and notes Broadway has merit but is not the sole source of innovation.

Yellow Springs Ohio New York American National Theatre Academy Clarence Derwent Broadway Derwent Actors’ Equity Association Shylock Antioch College Area Theater Shakespeare Stratford-on-Avon Antonio Stratford Europe Actors’ Union Antioch ANTA Virginia Conrese Antioch Theater

Car thieves shift into high gear on 1954 models

FBI figures show 1953 thefts at a record 226,530 cars valued at 130 million dollars with 13,000 unrecovered. Hoover warns owners to lock cars, avoid dark parking, and not leave valuables or keys visible as juveniles and organized rings drive thefts.

Washington NEA FBI General Motors J. Edgar Hoover American Automobile Association Nolice Department AAA

Ismailia base eyed in plan to evacuate British forces

Ismailia in the Suez Canal Zone emerges as the focal point of a new British Egyptian agreement seeking eventual British troop withdrawal. The vast network spans over 50 camps and air fields across a 50 mile by 25 mile area west of the canal, with facilities to support a million men and 10,000 pound bombs.

Ismailia Suez Canal Zone Nea Middle East Suez Canal Royal Air Force Churchill J. B. Churcher Egypt Tel el Kebir National Guard Ismailia Complex Trans-Jordan Cyprus Mediterranean

Boxer Method Rewrites Bayonet Fight Training

University of Illinois research proposes a new bayonet system dubbed the Boxer method. It mimics boxing motions and outperforms the traditional 1905 standard in speed balance and power, with Marines like Pfe Mark Kavanaugh at Quantico cited among testers.

University of Illinois U.S. Army Marine Corps U.S Pfe Mark Kavanaugh Marine Base Quantico

Rita Kopis Weds Richard Sayre in Philo Church Parsonage

Miss Rita Kopis and Richard Sayre wed Aug 30 at 7 p.m. in a ceremony at the Philo Methodist parsonage officiated by Rev. Frank McColm. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Opperman Jr. Post ceremony reception followed at the Sayre home. Sayre, a Claycraft Brick sprees? graduate of New Straitsville High. couple to reside in Kenneth Richards apartment after a Chattanooga, Tenn. trip.

Shee Rita Kopis Richard Sayre Helen Sayre New Straitsville Frank McColm Philo Methodist Church Robert Opperman, Jr New Straitsville High School

Hasty Road Breaks Foreleg During Training at Hialeah

1954 Preakness winner Hasty Road bucked during a training session at Hialeah causing two exercise youths to be thrown but not injured. The horse sustained a foreleg wrench in the incident.

Hialeah

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Germany Konrad Adenaurt The France West East Malenkov Urbana-Champaign, Il University of Minois Tocal Council of Social Agencies Illinois Public Aid Commission Hemlock Ralph Fitzer Mrs. Ryan West Virginia New Marshfield N.Y. State Charles EF. Frankel Hoover Suez Sible Turkey Iran Lebanon Syria Israel Arabia Africa Subz Vacuun Hawnee Kenneth Richards Chattanooga Tenn
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