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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1958
Page
4
The National Review argues slash and burn cuts are needed to shrink Big Government by eliminating entire agencies and activities that do not belong in a free state. It urges privatizing government operations, selling assets, and auctioning off government power plants to reduce debt and taxes while keeping private enterprise regulated.
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah argues for a Western allied, democratic path for Africa in the quarterly essay African Prospect. The Ghanaian leader highlights independent action toward Cairo and Tunis, praising collaboration with Israel while resisting Nasser’s influence. He notes Africa’s evolving leadership and unity potential.
The piece argues the teacher's role defines education quality and calls for more well trained teachers and public support. It discusses lay criticism of teachers, parental involvement, and urges criticism only after understanding teacher challenges. It also notes political snippets about Democratic aspirants and Army nerve gas research with a light closing quote.
Christmas morning in St. John's Leonia features Father Peter Kramer recounting a German childhood. He recalls a cold house, Saint Nicholas gifts, candlelit church processions, and a family ritual that ends with a heartfelt birthday for Jesus.
Dr Crane argues habits corrode health and urges definite planning and shared effort. He cites studies on sales calls and notes tobacco liquor and obesity shorten life, urging readers to quit tobacco and join friends in reform through his booklet offer.
A humor essay catalogs Christmas types from the Grouch to the Ordinary Guy, detailing how each person reacts to the season. It outlines caricatures such as the Fair Trade collector, the Chronic Caroler, the Impassioned Imbiber, and the Solitary Reaper, noting their quirks and how Christmas affects them differently.
A visitor asks Eddie Cantor how poor he was on New York's East Side. Cantor recalls a mother walking up stairs to call the butcher. A Christmas mishap involves a nephew and bubble-blowing set. The Kingfish quips that relatives persist like radishes. 1958 Bennett Cerf.
The Lanning family expresses deep thanks to doctors nurses hospital staff and many community groups for support during Jimmy Lanning's illness and death. They credit acts of kindness with sustaining their Christmas spirit despite loss. A Bristol note recalls an overtime parking ticket remark about friendship.
A reflective meditation on enduring global conflict, the lure of power, and the peril of extremist ideologies. The speaker recalls 1917 wartime values, Bolshevism, Nazism, and the fragile Judaic Christian culture that underpins civil society, arguing for lasting peace through shared ethical foundations.
A period piece poem reflecting on the Christ birth and Christmas peace. The verse invokes Mary Wahl Logan and A W Thorne Rio Grande at December 1958 and celebrates the Nativity as a universal light guiding humanity.
Brain Game questions cover planets nearest to the sun farthest view through glasses Venus Earth proximity of planets to stars smallest planet Mercury or Uranus largest planet Saturn Titan satellite of Jupiter. The Athens Messenger public notices and subscription rates are listed with mailing details.
The reading highlights favorable personal relationships and social emphasis with strong imagination. Watch fatigue late hours under a Full Moon. Birthdays see potential achievements, with two week project starts finishing by May and finance improving in May, March caution, and notable social and romantic upsides in June and September. An October opportunity expands interests.
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