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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1950
Page
4
The Ohio sales tax reaches its fifteenth year as a major funding source for schools and local governments. Since 1935 it has provided over a billion dollars in revenue, with the use tax contributing also, while changes cut items under 40 cents and push new costs for stamps and redemption.
Hal Boyle reflects on the New York Sun’s end after 116 years as it merges with the World Telegram and The Sun. Staff recall the paper’s tradition and wake at a bar, with pride in service and nostalgia for the era Dana shaped.
A narrator recalls turning a damaged painting into a decorative feature for a new home and a fledgling medical practice. The piece contrasts hopeful homemaking with the uncertainties of starting a physician’s career and ends with Mrs. A’s missing presence as a cautionary thread.
Washington reports Western European nations receiving Marshall Plan aid were warned of a 25 percent cut next year unless they follow American recovery recommendations. Richard M. Bissell, assistant deputy administrator of ECA, said the 16 recipient nations have been notified.
A car believed stolen from A T Lawhead was recovered in Columbus by police. Thirteen year old Will McGee fractured two bones in a left forearm at school during recess. Mr and Mrs Harry Williams of Carbon Hill were visited by daughter Mrs Cleo Petty. Loring Tewksbury of Albany was hit by a car and is in critical condition with head injuries and a broken leg. A E Barton was reelected Rutland fire chief and S L Bryant J B Giles Homer Forest and A C Grimes became heads of component companies.
Canfield former mayor Hugh M. Dickson repaid a 10268 deficit and surrendered missing records after a village hall fire. His attorney David C. Haynes reported the return to state examiners upon Dickson's August comeback. Justice Weygandt confirms bid for re election to a third six year term.
The Nation Today argues Congress will pass parts of Truman's 1950 program while leaving much unfinished. It says voters in 1950 and 1952 can choose parties by granting overwhelming control to push or block programs. Civil rights and health insurance appear as campaign pillars but are unlikely to pass this year.
Middleport mourns as Dr. T. Jesse Jones, brother of two local residents, dies in New York City after a long illness. He had retired from the Phelps Stokes Fund and is survived by Mrs. T. H. Davis of Middleport and Miss Sara Jones, of Middleport and New York.
A mixed questions and answers quiz page lists multiple choice items for men women and teens with scoring scales and an encodedAnswers section showing garbled placeholders and symbols rather than legible solutions. The piece resembles a period contest feature with no clear outcome.
Cleveland report lists three priority goals for 1950 by District Director William F. Donovan political action pensions and social insurance for fabricating plant employees and unionizing unorganized workers Political action is singled out as the prime task for the year
Dr. Edwin P. Jordan notes heart disease causes more deaths among ages 5 to 19 than any other condition and rheumatic fever accounts for about half of pediatric heart trouble. Early detection via annual school physicals aids treatment. most congenital cases are rarer but serious. Untreated syphilis during pregnancy risks the child if not managed. with proper treatment and negative child tests, insanity risk is not certain.
A newly chartered CIO union plans a national walkout of about 100000 Communications Workers of America members against Bell Telephone System demands for a substantial wage increase shorter apprentice periods and a 35 hour week. Britain sends troops and a warship to Eritrea to quell violence in the former Italian colony.
A detailed schedule lists NBC WLW Cincinnati ABC WCOL Columbus CBS WBNS Columbus WCHS Charleston and more. Programs span news, music, dramas, comedies, and variety across Friday and Saturday with a wide array of show titles and time slots from morning to late night.
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