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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1973
Page
6
Patricia Roberts Harris defends middle-class pride amid class struggle. The column notes timing, debt, and status symbols as markers of middle-class identity and questions guilt over taxes, education costs, and consumption.
A self described middle class woman reflects on television profiling and societal expectations. She argues the middle class enjoys urban life and security, while divisions between classes shape perceptions of hardship. The piece satirically notes comfort, mobility, and the illusion of struggle.
Abigail Van Buren explains her CBS radio tribute to Harry Truman aired the day he died. The piece was taped in advance at the Hollywood station and read from a script written months earlier. She confirms no ESP and shares personal connections to Truman.
Birth notices include Joseph Raymond Jr. January 26 at Holzer Medical Center to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R Edwards Cheshire Route 1 with four generations on the paternal side. Chad Allen born January 23 to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Everett Glouster. Shannon Nicole Counts born February 8 at Holzer Medical Center to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Counts Syracuse. The Plains PTA hosts a Square Dance February 17 at The Plains Elementary with Frog Stack and The Greenhorns performing.
The article notes the Chinese Year of the Ox lasts until 1974 and lists birth years in the Ox cycle. It provides a recipe for Chinese Noodles With Shrimp and Vegetables with noodles, shrimp, vegetables, and a Sherry glaze, yielding about four to five servings, to be served with Mandarin Orange Salad.
A reader shares ironing routines dividing tasks into touch ups needed items and those that can wait. She outlines a wall map for quick learning, patching pants with bright iron on tape and a Harlem Globetrotters transfer, and notes kids want patches after seeing it.
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