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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1955
Page
4
The Athens Messenger lists delivery options including daily and Sunday by carrier or truck route. Rates show $1.55 monthly and $1.55 per month for home delivery, with annual or multi-month terms available.
Critics wearily condemn television as shallow and sensational yet acknowledge improvements. The piece notes many programs remain mediocre, with too many murder mysteries and tear-jerkers, but praises first class dramas, documentaries, and new comic talents. It cites limited serious music and news quality but calls overall progress notable.
Ray Lewis a cruise director with Furness Line travels the world guiding passengers aboard the Ocean Monarch. He offers tips for first time cruisers learn about destinations build adventure and avoid over dependence on home life. He notes romance often arises among single travelers and shares his own varied travel background. He favors Ceylon and Mexico as top places to live.
Dr George W Crane advises rebels against self pity over cosmetic flaws. Case N-333 details shy Dave L. and his big nose, urging laughter at defects, clever comebacks, and building self esteem through psychology to win friends without surgery. Ends with offering a “Compliment Club” booklet.
Johnny Fietcher and Sem Crage chase a quick ten dollar debt from Alice Cummings using a goose bank. A skip tracer Kilkenny pressures them, violence erupts, and the pair realize the coins are mostly old pennies and dimes totaling far less than claimed. The scene ends with the limp goose bank set on the dresser as the cliffhanger.
The United States imposes travel controls on Russians living in the U.S. and contemplates a Soviet photo ban to push Moscow to ease limits on Americans in the USSR. The move aims to bolster diplomacy and goodwill while recalling wartime tensions and atomic submarine Nautilus milestones.
The reading notes a birthday turning point with realization of ambitions possible in five months. It cautions signing documents and notes favorable periods for completing old matters, gaining cooperation from superiors, and enhanced popularity in romance, family, and social life from June to November.
Pottstown Mercury reporter Norman Poirier toured the town disguised as a Russian colonel in a rented uniform. He mingled with residents, shopped in markets and ordered vodka in bars as an off limits area was allegedly designated for Russian nationals by the State Department. One citizen mistook him for a Chinese general celebrating the New Year.
Last Sunday attendance at the Methodist Sunday School reached 106. Weekend guests included Mal Humphrey and family visiting Clarence Summers and Don Humphrey of Elkview West Virginia, and Paul McCormick from Peoples with Orville Landis in Vinton Route 1. Various families hosted and attended dinners, and many residents shared visits across Vinton Route 1 and nearby towns including Rodney, Huntington, Ewington, Gallipolis, and St. Albans with friends and relatives.
Doctor Edwin P. Jordan outlines progress in heart surgery with emphasis on treating blue babies born with congenital heart disease. He notes various malformations and the closing of a patent ductus arteriosus by delicate surgery, stressing case-by-case decisions and the expanding role of surgical treatment beyond birth defects.
Radio programs across Columbus Huntington Cincinnati Athens Gallipolis Marietta Parkersburg and Charleston are listed with station calls and frequencies. The schedule covers weekday hours from morning through late evening featuring news sports drama and variety programs including Dinah Shore Frank Sinatra Groucho Marx Perry Como and more with daily blocks and special Thursday lineup detailed.
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