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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1958
Page
4
The nation debates inter service rivalries and civilian authority at the Pentagon. Some favor stability while others push for sweeping change or a single chief of staff. Experts urge a balanced approach that preserves diverse input without paralyzing decision making.
The author argues against expanding government spending and debt limits, calling out defense costs, subsidies, and education bonuses while criticizing space programs and monetary policy. He warns increased deficits threaten economic laws and urges restraint to let natural market forces work. He notes a $74 billion budget looks bad.
George Feyer, famed High Hat Jazz pianist, performs at New York's Cafe Carlyle while a crowded room of about 100 couples watches his refined style. The piece traces his path from Budapest to Paris and Switzerland, through war service, to America where he now entertains at the Hotel Carlyle.
Doctor George W. Crane discusses Donna P a 27 year old who seeks divorce after five years of marriage. He argues her alleged affairs stem from underlying psychological fears including perceived deformities and sterility shaping her distorted view of love and commitment.
David Selznick warns Hollywood to embrace big epics and pay TV as the next revolution. He predicts rising costs and asserts world markets, especially Tokyo, are essential to a film’s success. He cites Farewell to Arms as a potential financial blockbuster and urges theater owners to prepare for pay TV's impact.
The author cites a 1957 U.S. Government Printing Office memorial volume on Joseph McCarthy and notes 1957 New York Times calls for reexamining distrust in government. A 1955 New Bedford Standard Times account of McCarthy’s Boston speech is referenced, arguing the Sputnik era demands calmer scrutiny of loyalty labels and acknowledging McCarthy’s influence and flaws.
Comic Pernickety TV star Ack Paar jokes about draft boards and war. He riffs that World War II ended only when he stopped appearing on quiz shows. A hospital scene ends with a harried father learning the newborn is a girl, not a boy, prompting a humorous quip.
The brain game asks who founded St Augustine Spain. who discovered Brazil. who first found the Cape of Good Hope. who discovered the St Lawrence River. who founded Quebec. who conquered and claimed Mexico. who discovered the Mississippi. and the Raleigh colony off Virginia.
Dover Delaware a state legislator Rep Charles P West filed a bill to allow local school boards to close any school where National Guard or other US military forces are stationed and transfer pupils elsewhere in an effort to counter federal integration enforcement.
The article urges reducing highway deaths through design, winter driving tips, and six simple safety rules. It highlights snow tires and chains, human driver as key factor, and lists six precautions: alertness, rest, realistic driving schedules, regular coffee breaks, fresh air to prevent drowsiness, and avoiding mixing alcohol with fuel.
The reading advises handling urgent tasks independently with a realistic plan and strong determination. For birthdays, this year favors future planning over immediate gains, with a lucrative but cautionary three month phase and a main money boost in September.
The Athens Messenger announces daily and Sunday editions with carrier and mail delivery options. Rates show weekly and monthly options for Ohio and West Virginia with special mail rates and a public notice of Associated Press membership.
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