Social Security law may expand coverage this year
Congress is likely to revise Social Security this year to widen coverage and raise old age pensions. The Senate and House contend with different bills, aiming to reach a single, compromise measure. Altmeyer and a Senate advisory council push broader inclusion to bring millions more under the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Truman
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Advisory Council On Social Security
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Altmeyer
I Love My Doctor Z and Our Spouse’s Office Life
A wife recalls eloping with a doctor who ran his practice from their apartment, detailing the early chaos, jokes about language barriers in medicine, and humorous battles over roles. She describes adjustments, neighborly diplomacy, and the odd culture shift as she joins him at conferences and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Jon
Wen
Conservation program signals focus on national resources
The nation edges toward protecting land water minerals and forests. Yale announces a new conservation graduate program funded by the Conservation Foundation led by Fairfield Osborn. Aimed at training personnel, the plan cites water shortages and calls for broad resource surveys and substitutes alongside a revived federal role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale University
The
Conservation Foundation
Fairfield Osborn
Con
National Resources Board
Learning Young Earns Character Through Family Training
The piece argues responsible youth grows from parental guidance and home training. It notes maladjusted traits stem in youth and contrasts busy or indifferent parents with loving households. A farm family in a nearby community illustrates how children pitched in, learned duties, and felt like a family team.
Weather survives as mild winters fade in scientific view
The article argues that winter 1948-49 is not remarkable and that climate cycles show variability across centuries. It notes patience for future cold winters, cites tree evidence, and warns severe cold remains possible even as Southeastern Ohio enjoys replenished water from sustained rainfall rather than snow.
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North American
Ohio
Gaffer Johnny Janson Keeps Hand Made Steuben Glass Alive
In Corning New York James E Janson known as Johnny is a master gaffer at Corning Glass Works where hand made Steuben glass remains prized. The Swedish born 69 year old has 55 years in glassblowing and mentors a small workshop of old time techniques while planning retirement and continuing to create in his basement furnace gallery.
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Hal Boyle Corning
N.Y
America
James E. Janson
Corning Glass Works
Janson
Johnny
West Virginia
Planning for the 1960s boom in Athens
On the eve of the 1950 census economists forecast a population rise to 165 million and a GNP of 350 billion, with sizable gains in food, meat, clothing, recreation, medical care, and car ownership. They urge planning for traffic and other trends as the decade begins.
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Athens
Weil's disease and rat exposure dangers explained
Dr Edwin P Jordan outlines Weil's disease caused by a spirochete linked to rats. He notes occupational risks for sewer workers miners and swimmers, symptoms including sudden chills fever and jaundice, diagnostic challenges, limited treatments, and the need for rat control to prevent spread.
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Weil
Quiz Hall By WILTON E HALL
The page presents a quiz with ten questions for men women and teens, assigning points per correct answer and scoring bands from Genius to Fair. It lists multiple choice options on incubation periods city observances ink bands band leaders and biblical figures with a final answers line garbled.
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Wilton E. Hall
City payroll raises slow in first half of 1949 study
The International City Managers Association and the Civil Service Assembly report pay raises fell in 100 cities. Forty percent raised wages in the first half of 1949, compared with 47 percent in 1947 and 61 percent in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International City Managers Association
The
Civil Service Assembly
Jacksonville avenges early loss with 45 26 victory
The Jacksonville team overturned an early season defeat to Chauncey-Dover High School with a 45 to 26 win. John E Evans Jr and Blaine Mohr of Gallipolis planned a month long Florida vacation. The report also notes unrelated local incidents and a 25 year ago recap of events including a Syracuse loss and a shoe retailers’ convention in Boston.
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Jacksonville
Chauncey-Dover High School
John E. Evans
Blaine Mohr
Gallipolis
Florida
Graveyard Alley
Kevin Watkins
Logan
Nerricks Corner
Nelsonville
Edward Bainter
Rockbridge
Route 1
Jasper Beegle
Racine
William Phillips
Pomeroy
Oklahoma
Albany High School
Syracuse
Frank
Charles Seidenfeld
Murray City
Shoe Retailers
Boston
Athens County Automobile Club
C. H. Bryson
Arch Weekly
Greendale
Youth Rally and PTA News From Hartford Community
Hartford Youth Rally drew about 50 young people at the Hartford Methodist Church with games and a worship service. The January Hartford PTA meeting at the school was led by the vice president with discussions on reading progress and PTA relations to children.
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Hartford
Hartford Methodist Church
J. W. Kell
T. M. Johnson
Virgil Hudson
Hartford Pta
Harry Grimm
John Turley
Charles Gibbs
A. K. McClung
PTA
Esther McKnight
Harriett Rockwell
Stanley Duncan
James Holt
George Goodnite
N. O. Wein
W. T. Stone
Huntington
Lewis Graham
Graham
Frank McMillin
Gerald Arnold
Luanna
Pomeroy
Mary Aumiller
William Duncan
Steubenville
Ohio
H. Juhling
John Sayre
Athens
Ralph Boice
Dorothy Deem
Harold Cline
Parkersburg
W. I. Fiber
J. W. Heslop
Point Pleasant
K. Pigpale
Harry Sayre
D. A. Smith
Doris McMillin
Barbara Knight
Radio Program Schedule Across Ohio and West Virginia Stations
A listing of radio stations NBC WLW CBS WBNS WCHS WPAR and others with frequencies and daily time blocks from noon to late evening. The schedule includes news, music, comedies, dramas, and variety shows such as Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Cavalcade of America, and Say It With Music, detailing weekday and Wednesday January 25 listings.
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NBC
WLW
Cincinnati
ABC
WCOL
Columbus
WSAZ
Huntington
CBS
WBNS
WCHS
Charleston
WPAR
Parkersburg
MBS
WHKC
WMOA
Ohio University
Abce
Cbs Network
Abc-Eaat
Abc-Weat
Mbs-East
Mbs-West
Abe
Frank Sinatra
Abe Beulah
Cbs News
Abe Jack Smith
Cbs Daily
Cba
Monte Cristo
Fanny Brice
Aba
Mrs. North
Bovero
Bob Hope
Abo
Luigi
Cbs Town Meeting
Abe John Steele
Molly
Cbs Time For Defense
News & Variety
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Doctor Z
Boyle
Edwin P. Jordan, M. D
Dick Turner
Centerw
Roachdale
Spain
Washington, D. C
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Supreme Court
India
Edward Arnold
Paul Kelly
Ray Noble
Victor Jory
Indianapolis
Eliphaz
Bildad
Zophar
Job
Luke
Solomon
Matthew
Eddie Albert
Clevelandaires
Arthur Godfrey
Bob Poole
Hollywood
Abe Ladies Fair
Abe Queen
Abe Bob Poole
Hannibal Cobb
Garry Moore
West
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Svarniné
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