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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1960
Page
4
Opinion notes the United States finances the UN Africa mission amid mounting costs and unpayable loans. The piece critiques U.S. subsidies, Soviet nonpayment, and Af rican members’ inability to contribute, arguing for tighter controls and questioning leadership.
Vance Packard argues holiday stress and nerves are rising as health authorities note the Christmas toll. He cites widespread Christmas blues and social pressures, noting the ritual excesses of shopping and office parties distort the season's sacred meaning and brotherhood.
The President's Commission on National Goals urges heavier armament and foreign aid in the 1960s while seeking peaceful solutions. It calls for higher foreign aid, gradual tariff reductions, and correcting international payments deficits, with emphasis on Berlin and global defense costs.
Jim Bishop recounts a plan to hire temporary Santa Clauses at Snevers Markets from November 25 to December 24 at 1.00 per hour. He argues genuine Santa is scarce and dangerous, suggesting instead overweight impostors and real Santas with a cautionary tale about craft and sobriety.
A reader laments being called Mama by her husband and fears it undermines marriage. Abby counters that the term is a loving title and suggests embracing it. Other notes cover a teen’s list of past lovers, privacy concerns, office perfume complaints, and a guidance on name adoption for a stepson.
A columnist urges families to gift elderly relatives updated eye glasses, hearing aids, and dentures. By improving vision hearing and teeth, seniors gain a fuller life, more conversation, and renewed energy, framed as both filial and religious duty.
A 1960 Bennett Cerf piece cites sociology professor La win H. Sutherland reporting women face greater danger from husbands than from criminals. It notes hospitalizations for spouse violence outpacing gang and burglar injuries and includes Churchill quips about an English friend.
Mrs Margaret Edwards and Mrs Amy Lanning with Dean Collison family of Logan spent Thanksgiving in Akron and Cuyahoga Falls. Ralph and children from Columbus visited relatives here. Margaret Call returned from Cincinnati and Columbus. More families from Columbus Norwalk Murray City Logan and Shawnee attended gatherings or funerals.
George Sokolsky notes educators fear a drop in students pursuing college for the next decade as prestige fades and skilled labor rises. He argues many A B degrees lack depth, European universities emphasize learning, and future success hinges on disciplined minds and strong academics over mere attendance.
A reader recounts a mother’s struggle with a seven year old who resists morning school routines and bus rides. The reply urges structured home guidance, limits, and preparatory reading and social skill work to ease the child into independence. It also gives safety advice for a younger child’s restless play and warns against reasoning for dangerous acts, advocating firm boundaries.
The Athens Messenger lists multiple Thanksgiving visitations including Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Swett hosted by Walter Swett, and guests at the Chapman and Radekin households in Upper Salem and Athens. Other visitors include Harvey Bratton of Logan and Mrs. Ginevra Foster, with attendance by A. D. Morrison's relatives.
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