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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1957
Page
3
The article argues Americans praise material wealth at home while resisting funding for education and public services. It notes a public demand for better schools and trained teachers contrasts with personal consumption, suggesting a nationwide double standard in priorities and investment. It highlights inadequate school and hospital resources, then asserts the nation could do better if desired.
Dr. Stanley Hanley, head of the Power Equipment Company, and his wife donated one million dollars in unrestricted funds to Wittenberg College Ohio. His gifts trace back to a physics professor who helped him borrow 200 dollars to finish college and earn a diploma. Earlier he gave 167000 including endowments honoring the professor and another teacher and a Tennessee minister who guided him to the school. The story centers on the spirit of giving rather than the amount as a life enriching act.
The government cuts transport expenses on Armed Forces shipments by about one third by using Railway Express instead of government facilities. The company reports fewer handlings and single-carrier responsibility, boosting morale and speed for military personnel. A new phase expands international handling of U S funded aid shipments, moving goods from Western Europe to Laos with charges lower than alternative options.
The column recounts Louis Armstrong's clash over a planned Soviet goodwill tour, his criticism of President Eisenhower, and the fallout as Armstrong pivoted from opposition to saying he may go. It notes European reaction, State Department implications, and questions what he has done for his people beyond controversy.
Case notes Donna a 17 year old, her father’s infidelity and fear-driven male panic threaten the family. The psychiatrist urges wives to act, restore marital intimacy, and curb husbands who turn to other women. He sells a booklet on preventing impotence to mothers seeking family stability.
A collection of light quiz style observations and trivia from a columnist and various thinkers. It notes odds about hair color and aging, daylight air collisions near airfields, a joke about fraganosia, Bernard Shaw’s writing goal, elephants and drunken grapes, Japanese sneeze meanings, Madison Avenue boss ideas, Sputnik panic term areelodophobia, and Harriet Beecher Stowe on peril and perseverance.
The Messenger defends its stance as a for newspaper not anti intellectuals or anti science. It states editors publish opinions but not to tranquilize readers and chides the unsigned critic for a lack of signature and for his anonymous Christmas Eve postmark.
A humorous anecdote recalls Billy Rose reacting with a roar when a job applicant two inches taller asked to be hired as a midget. The piece also notes Boyce House recounting a Texas politician’s razzing by Dallas papers and a reporter’s quip about the speaker’s remarks.
The year 1957 brought chaos and revolutions abroad but limited domestic upheaval. Sputnik I and II sparked global shock while Eisenhower faced illness and rising living costs. A NATO Paris conference touched on disarmament terms as Khrushchev sought a summit. Calls grow for clear rules on presidential disability.
The article outlines four major blood groups O A B and AB with their prevalence and notes universal donor concepts. It explains the Rh factor its distribution 87 percent Rh positive and 13 percent Rh negative and the risks during pregnancy and transfusion when Rh status mismatches occur.
A public forum describes a lite white church near Oak Grove where a steeple bell rings across the countryside. Light from the church windows shines like beacons to guide those drifting away, offering help and lifelines to Annie McIntyre Bartoe of Nelsonville.
A reader quiz tests knowledge about the West Indies. Questions cover geographic facts including water borders largest islands independent nations official languages and major ports in the region.
Public notice lists daily and Sunday editions of The Athens Messenger and The Sunday Messenger with carrier and mail delivery options. Rates include 45 cents weekly, 1.75 for a month in Ohio and West Virginia, and annual charges of 12.00 to 20.00 depending on location, under Associated Press affiliation.
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