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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1957
Page
4
The Athens Ohio newspaper lists pricing for daily and Sunday issues and carrier, truck route, and mail delivery options. It notes rates for daily and Sunday editions, weekly and monthly charges, and states it is entered as second class matter in Athens Ohio.
The piece critiques U S policy in the Middle East centering on Saudi Arabia and oil influence. It notes Netanyahu? No, it mentions Saud's anti Soviet stance, Israel’s state power, Egypt's poor showing, and liberal hypocrisy over Asiatics First. It questions consistency in inviting Asian leaders and calls for logical policy alignment.
A visiting journalist recaps life on the SIU campus in Carbondale in 1960s terms, contrasting today’s married students and upbeat outlook with the 1932 “unemployables” era. He notes optimistic, practical youths who pursue early marriage, and reflects on whether this security means real happiness or complacency. The piece ends with a wish to enroll as a freshman again.
Psychiatrist Dr George W Crane argues adoption creates kinship beyond血blood ties. He urges accepting foster children, compares adoption to marriage, and urges grandparents to welcome Dottie M. He offers a 200 point Tests for Good Parents and urges teachers as foster parents.
The story follows Joe Jagger and Artie Puffpaff amid Pawnee City’s birth scene. Morgan and Jagger negotiate land sales to immigrant Axel Turnboom while tension rises with Tom Alder and Cass Simcoe arriving. Morgan plans to marry as the town begins.
Cass Simcoe jokes about marrying soon as Morgan notes her Texas men and cattle talk. They discuss selling 1,500 head of cattle for hard money with steers fetching up to 30 dollars each, possibly 20 if poor. The scene ends with the line To Be Continued.
The text describes a favorable Friday for originality and imagination in work and personal life. It notes that a 1957 birthday signals a peak year for career and finances if opportunities are seized, cooperation with superiors and colleagues is strong, and ideas are presented convincingly. It warns September delays from overbearing behavior, and cites good family, social, and late November news, plus a lively energetic child born that day.
About 55 men broke into the Dillonvale exchange of the Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co. Tuesday night and smashed windows doors switchboards and fixtures. The exchange was knocked out of operation with Steubenville operators reporting it out of service for the day.
A U S News and World Report feature notes a broad buyers strike is unlikely but consumer resentment over prices is rising. Merchants face mounting costs and higher wages. profit margins remain slim as overhead and supplier costs push prices higher.
Publicized highway deaths reached 40,000 in 1956 while total American fatalities in all accidents neared 95,000. Home accidents killed 27,500 and workplace incidents claimed 14,300, underscoring widespread risk beyond the roads.
A New Jersey Taxpayers Association study challenges the view that federal aid mainly helps poorer states. It finds 77 percent of aid is returned to the origin states, with 23 percent actually flowing to others. The survey notes varying per-state gains and taxes, arguing aid benefits come with mixed outcomes for wealthy and poorer states.
The text notes that severe hazards in industrial processes permeate daily life. It asserts that modern industrial society is inherently risky and that no setting, including the home, offers escape from these dangers.
The Family Doctor explains that some people are prone to fractures due to clumsiness or bone conditions. Diseases weakening bone structure include tumors and infections like osteomyelitis. Rare conditions such as steitis fibrosa cystica reduce bone strength, causing calcium loss and cysts.
The Public Forum Editor urges readers not to despair during hard times. He recalls past depressions, counsels prayer and faith in God, and encourages families to seek strength through church, Sunday school, and Bible reading in Murray City. He restates the promise of rest to the burdened.
Local residents from Laurel Cliff Caldwell Columbus Gallipolis and St Albans attend visits and dinners with relatives and friends. The item notes several households hosting guests including the Jacobs Schaefer Renshaw Diehl Hoffner Parker and others. A separate Soviet Aviation report from Moscow notes plans to harness Earth's heat for electricity with few details.
In Memphis Tennessee an attempted robbery at a drive it yourself auto firm ended quickly when attendant James McKenzie splashed a pan of water into the robber’s face as he demanded "Let me have the stuff." The intruder fled the scene as the water was near boiling.
In Chambersburg Pennsylvania a former school superintendent addressed a PTA meeting. Dr R G Mowery urged adults to focus more on child rearing, comparing attention given to children with care for pigs chickens fruit trees and vegetables. He advised against dogmatic autocratic methods and urged democratic firmness.
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