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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1955
Page
8
A practical overview explains how the stock market functions, the roles of money, judgment, and information, and the unpredictable nature of markets. It discusses risk, the impact of world events, and how records show dividends and long histories, guiding readers on broker advice, diversification, and investment plans.
In Buenos Aires President Juan D. Peron’s months long fight with Catholic leaders culminates as Congress legalizes divorce and he decrees houses of prostitution. Clergy arrests follow, while church authorities urge veto but Peron signs the bill. The Vatican criticizes Peron.
In Cambridge Massachusetts MIT and Columbia University announce two atomic clocks of extraordinary precision. Jerrold R Jacharias clock would drift a half second in a million years while Charlies H Townes clock could vary only one second in three centuries. The devices overcome electronic circuit limits and aid navigation astronomy geophysics and communication.
Ohio lawmakers invite Dr. William C. Menninger of Topeka Kansas to address a joint session on treating mental patients. House Speaker Roger Cloud says the issue is a major problem and cites Kansas efforts to train psychiatrists to treat patients for earlier hospital discharge.
In a landmark move, King Saud reverses a ban on women drivers and allows Christian ministers to preach openly in oil company areas, triggered by pressure from American oil company wives in the conservative state. The change follows long restrictions on foreigners and church activities since Aramco began in 1934.
Yale Divinity School Dean says Catholic and Protestant churches will unite officially, driven by world pressures including communism and the call for social reform. He notes two main sticking points: papal authority and Catholic primacy concerns. Organizations mentioned include the National Conference of Christians and Jews and Church Peace Union. Also brief notes on Aramco lifting bans and toothpaste tube production.
High school student Lillian Dvialak 17 found a ring in a paper bag with some earrings near Hamtramck. The ring proved to be a $1200 diamond missing from a local jewelry store. She returned it and received $50 in costume jewelry from the store owner.
The encyclopedia notes a 194 long combat mission where U S planes flew 3800 miles round trip from Ceylon to Sumatra and dropped 16 mines, sinking or crippling seven Japanese ships.
New York report quotes D Lee Harris of the U S Weather Bureau saying tests do not affect wind temperature or rainfall nationally. Local cloud effects may occur but no significant weather changes are proven. Harris and Lester Machta published findings in Science and noted public myths about TV and bombs.
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