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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1949
Page
4
A Collier's essay questions defining normal behavior and urges clinical, professional, and businesslike handling of abnormality. It envisions an objective normality measure, compares it to lie detectors, and suggests dangers of stigma in courts, offices, and public life.
A persuasive critique of tax policy argues federal taxes rose 200 percent in seven years and last year accounted for nearly a quarter of income. It claims big corporations and farmers were heavily taxed while consumer prices rose, reducing purchasing power and farm holdings.
The Rockefeller Foundation funds a study on normal people as researchers note society treats absence of quirks as dullness. Abnormalities like neurose and allergies compete with sinus issues as fashion and entertainment push amateur psychoanalysis.
County officials face high costs and broad scope in upgrading miles of rural roads and bridges. Traffic from private cars trucks milk vendors mail routes and school buses relies on year round maintenance. While funding limits slow full rehabilitation appreciation is due for progress already made and planned.
Hal Boyle jokes about a new air conditioning unit nicknamed Little Blowhard that cools the home during a heat wave. Frances pushes for the device, guests linger at dusk enjoying the draft and blue haze while the narrator quarrels with the idea but concedes its cooling power.
The article outlines that hundreds of thousands of married couples face involuntary infertility due to structural, hormonal, or sperm and egg issues, with diagnosis via tests like the Rubin test and possible surgical or medical remedies. It notes some cases are temporary and linked to anemia, vitamin deficiency, or weight issues, and stresses thorough joint evaluation of both spouses. It also discusses possible causes of bath itch and suggests soap sensitivity or cold weather as factors, plus a Jerseyville homecoming note inviting the public with a picnic warning.
The Nation Today article notes retirees from police work struggle with identity and purpose as aging Americans face employment shifts. It highlights a Moosehaven Park project hiring a psychology professor and staff to study how to integrate older people into society and work.
Quiz hall by Wilton Be Hall presents a scoring guide for men women and teens with ten multiple choice items. Answers are listed with point values and result ranges. The page includes a garbled answer key and scattered encoded lettering.
Mrs Don Watson and Mrs Jessie Braley visited Wellston and Gallipolis guests. Dottie McCantey accompanied them home. Mrs Julia Wiggenbotham of Charleston spent days with the Poling family. Lena Wallace and Esther Metcalf visited local households. OSU student Esther Metcalf plans to reenroll. Mr and Mrs Bob Point visited Baker and Strong. WSCS members of the Methodist Church hosted refreshments at the Cloud residence. Florence Quickle birthday gathering included several friends and relatives.
The Athens offices closed to allow officials and clerks to attend the county fair. Twenty Athens Boy Scouts departed for a ten day camp on the Muskingum River area. News includes local road work delays due to gravel delivery and church conference at Chauncey.
Miss Mildred Barber of Columbus spent a week end at her Carbondale home. Mr and Mrs Allison Cox and son Leo traveled to Philo Ohio to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Ralph Williams visited with Rodger Williams family in Indianapolis. Mrs Juanita Johnson and Mrs Rose Teft of Athens visited Nora Beckler. Mr and Mrs Walter Marsh of Barberton and daughter Alma visited Silas Dunlap and Mrs George Barber.
A tense confrontation resolves when Uncle Jake and Trask are knocked unconscious by a falling boulder and Cory Parnell helps subdue allies. Mike and Cory prepare for Johnny and reflect on their dangerous world in a quiet Bun Galow scene.
The record lists area radio stations with their networks and frequencies including NBC WLW in Cincinnati at 700 KC ABC WCOL in Columbus 1230 KC WSAZ Huntington 980 KC CBS WBNS Columbus 1460 KC WCHS Charleston 580 KC WPAR Parkersburg 1450 KC MBS WNKC Columbus 610 KC WMOA Marietta 1490 KC.
The schedule lists weekday radio and network programs from 6:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. including News Report, Newscasts, Sports Music Time, The Lone Ranger, Archie Andrews, Henry Morgan Show, District Attorney, Welk Music, Capitol Cloakroom, and Dance programs. It shows the sequence of headlines, dramas, variety shows, musical acts, serials, and kiddies hours across stations Abe CBS MBS and others with repeats and time blocks.
The Senate confirmed General Omar Bradley as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and General Joseph S Collins as Army Chief of Staff. Archibald S Alexander and Tracy S Vorhees were approved as Assistant Secretary and Undersecretary of the Army respectively.
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