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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1958
Page
4
A Prentice Hall guide highlights Hoover Commission ideas to trim federal waste and bureaucracy. It cites per capita debt rising from 194 to 1611 and family tax costs leaping to 442 yearly, with potential savings in paperwork, reports, medical, transport, and records across government.
Commentary argues federal excise taxes on communication services are discriminatory and inflationary. It cites the 10 percent phone tax as unjust and notes calls for repeal, alongside a snowstorm critique of federal bureaucracy and a claim that most agencies were not essential after a severe East Coast blizzard.
Jim Bishop defends his medical writings while sparring with doctors over ethics and money. He recalls his own hospital encounters and contrasts old and young physicians, noting inflated fees, factorylike offices, and the cost of medical education, while honoring doctors who saved his family.
Dr. George W. Crane analyzes Marjorie M a 47 year old wife whose husband a successful professional man seeks a divorce amid infidelity. He discusses middle age sexual concerns and advises wives to use bolder tactics, criticizing excessive bridge playing and urging readers to study his psychology of love column. Tomorrow follows a related case and a pitch for a booklet.
A four quarter review shows 1957 profits near 1956 levels amid mixed results. 679 firms reported total net income of 10.30 billion dollars, up 0.4 percent from 1956, with declines in airlines meat packers mining and steel offset by gains in autos chemicals and utilities. Dividends fall as demand costs and materials rise weigh on many companies.
Eminent critic Fadiman champions authentic eccentrics with examples. He cites a French dandy dragging a lobster on the Champs Elysees to reveal sea secrets and Greenwich Village figure Joe Gould who bought a big radio and smashed it on Sixth Avenue. He recalls a Brussels based math professor who climbed Belgium’s highest point in a ski vacation.
A large crowd attended the Blue and Gold banquet for Cub Scout Pack 260 at the Grange hall Saturday night. Weekend visits included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vance of Columbus with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Curtis. Sunday guests were many locals and relatives including Ziba Midkiff, R. V. Heilman, Carol and Guy Sargent, Howard Gilkey, and Ernest Saunders. Bernice Hawk visited her parents, and a Scout roundtable was attended by Ziba Midkiff, Sam Curtis, and Darsel Biggs in Cheshire. Bernard Paulsen of Columbus visited his mother Mrs. Clara Paulsen.
The piece marks the upcoming centennial of Theodore Roosevelt born in 1858 and portrays him as a nationalist with a dynamic legacy. It chronicles his rise from New York politics to Civil Service, the Rough Riders, governorship, White House leadership, Panama Canal push, labor stance, and later Bull Moose split, framing him as a constructive president.
The Public Forum Editor quotes a teacher praising hard work in humane slaughter laws. The message notes bills in the Senate and encourages contact with John Bricker Frank Lausche Lyndon Johnson Senate Majority Leader and Allen J Ellender at the Senate Office Building Washington DC. Signatory Bessie M Gorsline Athens.
The horoscope advises practical goals and steady tempo, warns against dawdling and overreaching, and predicts six months of favorable completion and new ventures if tomorrow is a birthday. It notes major gains from personal effort with aid, a September social pause, fatigue risk in October, and December business news. A child born today is described as intelligent and meticulous. The text also cites 54 million annual U.S. national park visitors.
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