A Cultural Awakening in Athens Ohio Town History
The piece recalls Athens in the Northwest Territory era as a growing community with faded historic homes and little civic preservation. It contrasts nearby towns’ pride in heritage with Athens neglect, urging residents to value past sites and downtown landmarks for cultural awakening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Territory
Ohio University
Main
Athens
Lancaster
Marietta
Logan
Gallipolis
Freeman to head agriculture as surplus debate rises
The text previews Gov. Orville Freeman of Minnesota joining the Kennedy administration as secretary of agriculture. It notes the surplus disposal challenge, the deal with food for peace led by Rep. George McGovern, and the aim to align farm production with real markets while aiding allies. It contrasts with the political commentary on NATO and Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Freeman
Kennedy
George McGovern
South Dakota
United States
McGovern
Benson
Dear Abby Advice Columns On Love And Family Secrets
A reader asks about an affair with her husband’s brother and divorce. Abby advises ending the romance to protect two families and suggests separation. Other letters discuss pipe smoking etiquette at events, and a family secret about parentage with a plea for transparency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Whooping Cranes Survive Outlook Amid Migration
Twenty nine cranes, over half the likely world total, finished fall migration from Wood Buffalo Alberta to a Texas refuge. The rest are in zoos, underscoring a species long on the edge of extinction. The piece links crane fate to human survival and calls for luck in preserving life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Wood Buffalo National Park
Texas
Doctor urges flirting over smoking for health
An English physicist Dr. Alastair McKinnon told middle aged men with heart or bronchial trouble to give up smoking and take up flirting instead. Though his claim may not win a Nobel prize it could earn him credit for bravery or foolhardiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinnon
Alastair McKinnon
Little Miss Nobody and the Magi of Christmas
In a cold Christmas Eve tale, Sister Evelyn warns of a dying girl named Little Miss Nobody in Holy Name Hospital. Three Jews, a candy store owner, a florist, and a furrier bring gifts from Santa to the child, who thanks them as the reporter leaves with a quiet feature idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Lane
Holy Name Hospital
M. Evelyn
Evelyn
Santa
City Desk
Little Miss Nobody
Charlie Pearl
David Musicant
Queen Anne Road
Little Miss No
Miss
Charlie
Doctor Crane's Personal Cases CASE 6-461
Richard H Amberg a 45 year old newspaper publisher is praised as a dynamic educational leader. The piece portrays a “University in Print” concept with Amberg as Chancellor and outlines how newspapers educate readers for 52 adult years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Amberg
Amberg
Globe Democrat University
St. Louis
Improvised Prayers and Parental Guidance
Parents discuss allowing children to improvise prayers to deepen meaning while stressing respectful listening. A mother from Indiana shares a seven year old's unique talking prayers and guidance suggests private, gentle coaching to encourage gratitude and restraint. A separate note answers questions on early marriage prep, plus a missile test at Vandenberg and leadership at Iowa State University.
Go to hell three word telegram from pollster stir
A telegram from a famed pollster asking for an eight month business forecast yielded a garbled three word reply Read Go to hell The anecdote sparks office consternation and showcases the perils of terse wires A Greenwich Village author dwells in a tiny house named Writer's Cramp while a California bar sign offers a wry quip about paying in advance and cannibal lore is recounted by Bennett Cerf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich Village
Herb Stein
California
Herb
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Powers and U-2 spy flights 1950s era debate
George Sokolsky praises and critiques the Powers espionage case and U-2 flights. The article cites Soviet claims about CIA espionage, notes ongoing American air missions over the Soviet Union, and condemns Khrushchev’s threats while honoring Nathan Hale as a spy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
United States
Soviet Russia
U.S.S.R Supreme Court
United States Central Intelligence Agency
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
Norway
Francis G. Powers
Eisenhower
U. S
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.H.H
Baruch Spinoza
NATO
Nixon
Bigdome
Kenny Jason
Cohasset, Mass
Dear Abby
Garden of Eden
Abigail van Buren
Michael R
Techni
Cal
Linda
Jim Bishop
The
Magi
Musicant
Doctor Crane
Globe-Democrat
America
Athens County
Samuel Kleinman
Glouster
Richard Keith
Juliette Carr
Gillian Mayle
Stewart
Marion
Bern
Eldred Parsons Et al
Eldridge Hanning
Nelsonville
York
Alice Gossage
Ralph Hartman
the Plains
Dover
Frances Stanley
Marcia Johnson
Mary Kleinbreil
Columbus
Harold Mourn
Robert Foughty
Wilma Foughty
William Brooks
Ralph Maxwell
Waterloo
Garry C. Myers
Indiana
Robert
Mike Anthony
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
West Coast
Eniwetok Lagoon
Chicago
Frank A. Piersol
Iowa State University
College Band Directors National Association
Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Ohio
Athens, Ohio
Associated
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Agee
George Sokolsky
Jefferson Book
New York City
U.S.S.R
Sian
Powers
Kremlin
Nathan Hale
Connecticut
New York
Khrushchev
Paris
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