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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1958
Page
4
The 1957 American Meat Institute report shows packers' costs and profits declined from 1947 as wages, materials, transport, and depreciation rose with inflation. The public demand for processed foods increased, while livestock accounted for 56.5 percent of farm cash receipts, highlighting meat packing as a key ally of agriculture.
The secretary of the interior, Seaton, condemned a proposed Hell’s Canyon Federal dam as a fraud and warned that reclamation schemes hype socialistic power. He argued public spending falls when government stops projects that private enterprise can fund, citing electric power as the key example.
The article notes broad benefits from foreign trade across all sectors with exports totaling 1.636 billion dollars including aircraft autos machinery fruits chemicals cotton wheat metals rice barley stone rubber and textiles lumber and dairy. It emphasizes ships as lifelines of world trade and calls for reliance on domestic merchant ships. It cites quotes from John Truster Thomas H. Huxley and Justice Brandeis.
The piece reflects on personal prayer as a private conversation with God seen through a child’s wish for a bicycle and a grown man’s broader requests for family health and peace. It cites prayers from leaders like Admiral Radford, Truman, Spellman, Oxnam, Rockefeller Jr., Browning, MacArthur, and Katie Mac, highlighting diverse faith expressions.
Dr George W Crane explains why thumb sucking begins in infancy as relief for hunger and stomach pain and how strong habits persist. He offers two home remedies including a cardboard sleeve and a stretched rubber strip to curb the habit and urges readers to request his booklet by mail.
An aggregation of trivia and quips on health diet habits aging drivers vision faith marriage engagement rings and public fires. It notes cholesterol cuts potential, left handers brain power, St Catherine's Day Parisian matches, typhoid carriers and Ben Gurion forecast.
Comical anecdotes unfold about a loud nuisance on the Florida coast. A bellboy delivered a deck of cards in 52 trips one card at a time while a resident jokes about a horse named in a big race next week. A police court caller seeks an arrest of a belligerent neighbor and a terse officer backfires with a witty exchange.
The reading notes restlessness but urges action now to seize upcoming gains in job and finance for Capricorns born tomorrow. It predicts mid to late 1959 improvements in personal relationships, a possible new contract, and favorable travel in July August with romance potential in June and September for singles. A child born that day may show high intelligence but jealousy to be managed.
Norfolk doctor commends 10 year old Jesse Couch for applying a tourniquet to his mother's arm after an automobile crash. He learned the technique by watching television and may receive a Boy Scout life saving medal.
Ohio's new Democratic controlled Legislature debates a split session proposed by Gov elect DiSalle. Some Democrats back a breather to shape a budget, while Republicans push to stay through all general matters. Veterans warn mid session recess risks delay.
The article notes the 1948 Ann Arbor meeting leading to industry funded Michigan research, followed by varied city ordinances by 1953 and a 1954 Public Health Service code for federal property. It highlights maintenance of proper temperatures, safe packaging, and prompt servicing as key to preventing infection and spoilage in vending foods.
Public notice from The Messenger Publishing Co. Athens Ohio details daily and Sunday editions postal and delivery rates, mailing options, and post office classification. Includes pricing for Ohio West Virginia and other regions with special mail rates and address for correspondence.
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