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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1952
Page
8
The Navy tested a new rubber lifeboat at New York’s Floyd Bennett Field with a Coast Guard helicopter dropping the canister. The package inflates in 30 seconds, deploys a 70 degree shelter for 15 survivors, and airboats ashore after inflation and deployment.
The piece notes Britain’s debt, higher taxes, and partial de nationalization under the Conservatives while Labor vows to re nationalize later. It cites unemployment exceeding 590 000 and textile layoffs rising to 150 000 as defense spending tempers the economy. It highlights Churchill’s waning trust and Britain’s heavy NATO and Korea commitments.
The Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad asks the Ohio utilities commission to abandon passenger service on two trains between Springfield in Clark County and Jackson in Jackson County, near the new billion-dollar atomic plant site in Pike County. A previous similar request was denied years ago.
The Manchester Guardian, founded 131 years ago, will begin printing news on its front page like other British papers. It will carry advertising on page one until a decision is made on where to place the ads.
Centuries of copying shaped the Bible and a pudding recipe alike. The Revised Standard Version, launching Sept. 30, reflects discoveries from Chester Beatty manuscripts and Dead Sea scrolls, correcting ancient copyist errors toward closer original meanings.
Austrian refugees receive interest free loans averaging about 500 dollars from the American Friends Service Committee. The program helps buy pigs, farm equipment, and a bicycle, enabling several families to gain self sufficiency and dignity. Borrows include Ferdinand Dienar from Yugoslavia and Herman Roth from Romania, whose loan funds sustained a small vegetable farm and hired labor.
The Ohio Water Pollution Control Board issued ninety one more sewage discharge permits Tuesday, bringing the total to 248 municipalities under the Sept 27 requirement. Discharges without permit face fines up to 500 dollars daily. Athens, Glouster, Murray City and Corning were ordered to prepare general plans.
Arch deacon W. E. Twigg of Griffith New South Wales says he prefers weddings without confetti and ballads. He notes confetti creates extra work while ballads detract from the solemnity of the service and flower girls often look bewildered and upset the bride.
Churchill at 75 remains Britain’s war leader but faces a faltering postwar economy. Britain struggles with inflation, shortages, and controls to curb prices and imports, while debt and a shrinking living standard press the Conservative government.
The Messenger prints reader submissions with names and addresses of service personnel. Knight James C. from Shade is listed at Naval Hospital Pensacola Florida. Neal Jack from Athena appears with US 243rd Medical Clearing Co Headquarters 1st Pit APO 59. Postmaster San Francisco California handles the mailing.
Plastic surgeons in Munich offer nose reshaping for as little as 60 dollars. Advertisements in beauty salons lure clients with promises of transforming looks to resemble stars like Gary Cooper or Ingrid Bergman, suggesting a high demand from dissatisfied noses.
In San Pedro California Dorothy Vander Pol says her giant Bouvier des Flandres was shot dead. The 150 pound dog valued at $1500 was part of a brood she kept to feed three large dogs. Vander Pol notes the breed is used by police and is rare in the United States.
In Fernandina Beach along Buccaneer Trail a giant silver king tarpon hooked by W. J. Richards leaped into another fisherman's boat. The other man fled back to sea. Richards kept the 85 pound tarpon.
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