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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1956

Page

4

Holiday driving carnage prompts call for care and charity

A column cites 40 million cars on holiday roads and about 350 serious crashes, urging caution and blaming driver error rather than mechanical failure. It argues for greater sympathy to the needy year round and notes Eisenhower and Nehru’s Gettysburg visit as a model for deep, sustained dialogue.

Suez canal standoff tests UN and Nasser power

James Marlow analyzes UN leverage as Egypt's president Nasser uses conditions to control Suez clearance while world powers press Britain and France to withdraw. The piece compares UN responses to Egypt and Hungary, Warns of a pattern in Nasser's diplomacy and questions how far the UN can act.

James Marlow Washington United Nations Egypt Hungary Nasser United States Russia Suez Canal Raymond A. Wheeler Cairo Mahmoud Yanes Canal Authority Suez Hammarskjold Asmbly Israel Britain France Nasser Ne UN Security Council World Organization Eisenhower

Higher Return Rates Versus Inflation Creep

The First National City Bank points to a point of no return for savers. It shows how the annual rate needed to preserve purchasing power from 1948 to now ranges from 3.4 percent to 17 percent depending on income tax bracket. Government bonds, once yielding 2.19 percent in 1946, have risen to 3.27 percent only recently, leaving savers seeking inflation protection.

Sam Dawson New York First National City Bank of New York

Funeral philosophy on flowers and economy in memorial rites

A columnist discusses Dr George Crane's case and argues that modern funerals, with flowers and dignified rites, uplift the living. He mocks extreme penny pinching, cites biblical anecdotes, and extols cremation debates while praising the moral value of honoring the dead with beauty and ceremony.

Dr. Crane Crane

The Family Doctor Q A On Medical Queries

A newspaper style column presents medical Q A exchanges. Topics include pregnancy linked shoplifting behavior suspicion, myasthenia gravis misdiagnosis risks, trigeminal neuralgia treatment options, naval hernia surgery versus a truss, sleepwalking in the elderly, and a radiographic notch on the gall bladder.

Edwin P. Jordan M.D L. A M. B. Douioureux

Daughters of America Lodge meets with 51 members present

The Chester group held a lodge meeting with 51 members in attendance. Gifts were exchanged and a dinner was served. Weekend visitors included multiple families and guests from East Fultonham Canton Jessup and Columbus. Holiday visits and travel notes follow among local residents and relatives.

Ross Cleland Donna Frecker Holzer Hospital Henry Beaver al Gibson Canton Lowell. Beaver Jyl Middleport Harold Newell Columbus Cecil Nelson Frank Will Jessup Billy Cleland Martin Dorst Stanioned Georgia Charles Massar Clair Newell Larry Norman McCain Victor Bohr Florida Erma Cleland

Apache Shootout on Rim The shack hides a tense confrontation

Final and Jim stalk a mesa rim watching for Apaches. A lookout ambush erupts when a dark rock jumble yields an Apache with a rifle. Shots ring out as Tapp, Kramer, and Final duel with Army rifles and a government commission in a high tension stand off. The outcome hinges on who holds the guns and who acts first.

Bentain Skillet Jim Church Tapp Dank Ross Kramer Territorial Joe Bob Final

Public Forum Letter Cites Middle East and Zionist Claims

A reader criticizes media coverage of Arabs and the Holy Land, drawing a parallel to Genghis Khan. The letter laments lack of radio and press attention, naming local visitors and residents who spent holidays or visits with family, including the Vaughans, Clark, and others.

Genghis Khan Central Asia Europe Holy Land

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