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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1956
Page
4
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The article discusses shifting from rigid price supports to flexible measures aimed at reducing production. It highlights the Soil Bank plan to compensate farmers for taking land out of production or reforest marginal lands, with payments in cash or government feed stocks. It notes uncertainty over effectiveness but views the plan as a new inventive approach beyond past policy.
A historical note on the 1953 55 business cycle, highlighting 1955 gains but noting uncertain momentum. It cites auto and steel boosts fading, home building softness, farm income lag, and a slight dip in factory new orders, while predicting higher 1956 plant spending and ongoing public outlays amid mixed momentum and a rolling adjustment pattern.
Secretary of State Dulles faced a crowded room of newsmen as he answered questions about Life magazine’s contested quotes on brinkmanship. He avoided definitive clarifications, saying the transcript exists but he will not release it, while casting doubt on Life’s accuracy.
A columnist laments the white collar class as overlooked by government and lobbyists. He argues they face heavy debt from installment plans, shrinking job security, and tech-driven displacement, contrasting them with other favored groups and calling for relief.
Dr. George W Crane quotes Judge Marion W Gooding of Jacksonville Juvenile Court urging stricter moral standards. He criticizes social elites and debutante parties as bad examples, warns against permissive attitudes toward alcohol, and calls for clear moral leadership in society.
Jordan's Comments discusses tuberculosis decline and continuing case numbers, noting Trudeau Sanatorium's closure as a symbol of progress. It reviews prevention through poverty reduction and nutrition, vaccines like BCG, and early detection via chest X rays, plus treatment advances from rest and collapse therapy to chemical drugs and surgery, with optimism for the disease's future rarity.
Daily radio listing details the Beebe area program lineup with talk commentary broadcasts and drama features. Includes time slots and program names such as News Broadcast, Daily Commentary, and theater fare.
Jered, torn between his anger and fate, confronts Captain Proctor and his father about race, power, and opportunity in Salem's cutthroat trade. They hint at a Boston clipper, a shipmaster’s berth, and the perilous politics of merchants and Kaul, a foreign ally or rival, amid looming choices.
Washington accuses Soviet jets of shooting down a Neptune bomber near St. Lawrence Island last June 22. U.S. claims 11 crew injured and seeks $1497 in damages from Russia. Georgi Zarubin is cited as repeating charges.
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