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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1950
Page
4
The labor lobby pushes for a broader Social Security program including permanent and temporary disability pay. It argues pensions could rise toward 100 dollars monthly with combined employer and worker contributions, amid a budget where a large share funds welfare and veterans benefits.
Britain’s 1950 general election looms as a test of continued socialist policy under Labour. The party nationalized coal, electricity, civil aviation, steel groundwork, and created the health service. Conservatives promise to roll back nationalizations, cut taxes, and uphold welfare services, making the outcome a tight battle over extending socialism.
The article notes a likely mid year expansion of Social Security doubling benefit payments and broadening coverage to ten million more workers including farm hands cooks and domestics while disability protections for under 65 are discussed as part of the administration and labor push ahead of the elections.
Cincinnati Post urges sweeping government cuts across all departments and programs. It argues taxpayers should unite to reduce subsidies, military spending, aid, and payrolls, then trim the public debt by eliminating waste and excess.
The University of Illinois uses a home coal furnace that burns its own smoke. A U shaped draft causes gases formed by heated coal to be drawn downward and then upward, igniting as they leave the coal bed. Fresh air entering the furnace allows the smoke to burn completely.
Hal Boyle profiles General Hap Arnold 63, a West Point graduate and cavalry fan who shaped U S airpower from dawn patrols to the atomic era. He notes Arnold's stubborn humor a knack for bold moves including delivering airmail and guiding daylight precision bombing.
A newlywed couple navigates a budding medical practice in a four room apartment. The wife serves as receptionist and nurse while attending law school. Their park lunches reveal shared humor, then a strain appears as the doctor guards professional dignity at home. Connie recovers, challenging the surgeon’s masking of emotion.
The article explains public debt as money the government borrows to cover expenses when income from taxes falls short. It traces debt levels from 1790 to recent times, noting peaks during wartime and declines in peacetime, with projections showing a further $10 billion borrow for the current and next year to cover a deficit.
About 700 people toured the new gymnasium and rooms added to Athens High School during a PTA open house. Other notes include families traveling for visits and local officials advancing storm sewer construction in East Athens.
The writer defends John L Lewis and union power, blasts Taft Hartley, and urges every worker to vote on election day to back labor allies. Cites past coal shortages and low wages at Mine 255, arguing for five day work weeks and national ideals under unity and brotherhood.
In Lille France four year old Jean Du monchel of Mericourt sous Lens drank a pint of rum while his parents were away. He died shortly after the ingestion.
Quiz Hall by Wilton E Hall presents a mixed set of ten questions across men women and teen categories with ten point scoring and a cryptic garbled answer line at the end. The piece resembles a classroom or newspaper puzzle feature from mid century periodicals.
Washington report notes Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden, pastor of the Baptist Church, rejects Pope Pius XII’s call for Christians to return to the one true church to fight atheistic communism. The minister says the invitation reinforces the Roman Catholic claim and leaks Catholic dominance in religious unity. President Truman attends here.
A new 4 inch URC F air sea rescue radio replaces the bulky 40 pound Gibson Girl transmitter receiver. Tested at Eglin Field and Seal Beach, the unit fits in one hand and needs no long antenna. A mercury battery connects by a rubberized cable and can be pocketed during use.
Radio grid lists stations NBC WLW Cincinnati ABC WCOL Columbus WSAZ Huntington CBS WBNS Columbus WCHS Parkersburg WPAR MBS WHKC Columbus WMOA Marietta and WOUT FM Ohio University 88.1. Programs run Monday to Friday noon to 1 pm and 6 pm to 9 pm with varied shows from News Reports to Frank Sinatra, Beulah, Jack Smith, Cavalcade of America, Fibber and Molly, Bob Hope, Georgia Jamboree and more across CBS ABC MBS networks with local morning and afternoon time blocks on multiple stations.
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