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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1960
Page
6
The article critiques Ohio unemployment benefits as an arm chair salary and laments expansion of 13 extra weeks. It notes abuse by those fired for poor performance who stay unemployed, inflate costs for employers, and drain the state fund. Legislative action is praised for resisting further changes. Deer hunters also noted for thinning deer herds.
A humorous look at why wives keep husbands waiting, blaming punctuality shifts after marriage. Office water cooler talk presents theories of revenge, psychological warfare, and showmanship as reasons behind women arriving late for dates and events.
A White House commission proposes broad national aims for the 1960s centered on growth to create jobs and fund major outlays. It calls for education funding, tax overhaul, automation planning, urban renewal, and expanded health coverage to secure U S leadership and freedoms.
A reader asks how to handle a poker loving wife and infidelity suspicions in a 12 year marriage with five kids. Abby suggests counseling, and a separate letter questions parental fairness when a mother locks out the father. Another writer complains about couples necking in theaters.
Doctor Crane targets Lois a 10 year old weighed at 60 pounds discusses TV as a calorie drain and calls for dieting charts and a 10 day weight loss booklet. He cites energy use differences from sitting to walking mowing and dancing urging active play and exercise to curb obesity.
A humorous 1960 Bennett Cerf cartoon panel notes the high cost of a good cook in New York causing a dinner out at the Colony. A Dartmouth senior and Wellesley sweetheart joke about a costly tunnel, while a Catskills hotel crowd enjoys dancing kazatsky as a lorgnette is put aside.
George Sokolsky examines U S gold obligations and the scale of hot money abroad. He discusses hidden funds in Swiss banks, tax evasion, and how a forced 60 day currency switch could expose evaders and flood U S treasuries with recovered revenue.
A Texas mother describes her two year old as a poor sleeper who wakes for bottles and diaper changes, depriving parents of rest. Advice urges letting the child cry it out and limiting night feeds to one bottle, then training the child to stay in bed until morning. The response also stresses early home-based work against juvenile delinquency and promotes firm discipline.
A political verse by Tom McGuffin from Point Pleasant extols American loyalty and defense of the nation. It denounces communism and foreign threats while praising the flag, faith, and readiness to take up arms if honor requires. Hitler and Mussolini are condemned as tyrants.
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