Mass psychology approach to reduce traffic deaths proposed
New York City to abandon ineffective safety slogans and use psychology to address underlying emotional conflicts behind driving errors. Dr. Richard Firestone will lead the program linking personality traits to accidents and study hostility redirected from people to cars. The effort aims to find environmental causes of accidents for national benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Richard Firestone
Postgraduate Center For Mental Health
Enduring marriages in a divorce prone era
The piece argues most marriages endure despite high divorce visibility. Census data show 85 percent stay with the same spouse, and three fourths of divorced people remarry within five years. Early marriage correlates with higher failure. more schooling lowers divorce rates.
What Causes Accidents Study Hints at Root Causes
A Columbia University study costing about half a million dollars tested safety programs to reduce traffic accidents. Movies meant to scare drivers were ineffective and radar speed devices did not prevent crashes. Experts suggest on‑road observation to identify driver behaviors that cause mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
American Automobile Association Foundation of Traffic Safety
United States Public Health Service
Culture In Industry Forms National Foundation for the Arts
The National Foundation for the Arts in Industry was announced at the American Symphony Orchestra League convention in San Francisco. In Cleveland four concerts are held for White Motors stockholders and employees, two by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra and two by notable artists. Costs may be shared or borne by one party, with aim to bring culture to industry without government subsidy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For the Arts In Industry
American Symphony Orchestra League
San Francisco
Cleveland
White Motors
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
New York World's Fair Plans Show Early Solvency
The 1964 65 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadow progresses with hall design by the American Economic Foundation. Robert Moses leads a pay as you go plan renting ground space to corporations while municipal support totals 24.5 million dollars and promises park improvements and tax gains for New York City.
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Flushing Meadow
Long Island
American Economic Foundation
New York City
Robert Moses
Grover Whalen
S Fair
Kansas
General Motors
Coca Cola
IBM
Moses
New York
Wagner
Dear Abby Columns on Minor Drinking and Marriage Frictions
A brief Dear Abby collection discusses a 16 year old party with alcohol in a private home and the law against minor drinking, a wife criticizing her husband’s relatives, a wife frustrated by his childish behavior, and a grandmother upset by loudspeaker embarrassment at stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Welfare critique by Jim X on charity and work ethic
City Manager "Dr Crane" argues welfare sustains unemployment by reducing incentives to work. He claims Medicare and social relief remove stigma, turning aid into government support and eroding self reliance. He urges a return to individual effort and self-sufficiency amid urban welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Uncle Sam
Jim X
Feeding birds and welfarism warned by conservation expert
Dr Georgge W Crane urges keeping bird feeding curbed as birds become dependent and may starve during shortages. The piece argues against welfare expansion, calling for personal responsibility and less government charity while criticizing social programs as parasitic. A separate Tass report notes Moscow will trade automobiles and tractors to Nigeria for cocoa beans cotton and rubber.
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Jim
Uncle Sam
America
Moscow
Soviet Union
Nigeria
Tass
Farewell Dinner for Rev Van Gilden in New Straitsville
In New Straitsville the Methodist Church hosted a family farewell for Rev. Robert Van Gilden and his relatives with a dinner and communion service. Gifts were presented by Robert Denny and W. J. Davis, followed by WSCS devotions and a lunch. Delegates visited Columbus, and a Nelsonville birth was noted at Mount St Mary Hospital.
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New Straitsville
Methodist Church
Robert van Gilden
Baltimore
Robert Denny
W. J. Davis
van Gildens
WSCS
Myrtle Wallace
Bess Davis
Delores van Gilden
Gladys Lines
van Gilden
Wallace
Gertrude Mills
Jean Williams
Mabel Ambrose
Dot Denny
Anna James
Laura Warner
Erma Pierce
Columbus
Charles Evans
Robert Lloyd
Margaret Lloyd
Nina Eayle
Bernice Linscott
Drakes
Richard Mitchell
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Life Begins At 40 Says Retired Teacher In Athens
A 71 year old retired teacher in a modest three room city apartment shares her views on aging and pensions. She outlines six practical steps to stretch retirement income including part time work learning new skills profitable hobbies reducing expenses moving to smaller quarters and seeking better areas. The columnist invites readers to request a booklet titled Tips on Stretching Retirement Income by sending a stamped self addressed envelope and 10 cents to The Athens Messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
Churches
Salvation Army
Lake Louise
Canada
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone Park
Athens Messenger
Pleasures In Reminiscing A Nostalgia Montage
A reflective piece recalls childhood pleasures and social norms of earlier decades. It notes abundant memories of cream soda, Lon Chaney film fame, old coin designs, street gambling, views on Dillinger and J. Edgar Hoover, and simple pleasures from spool whistles to outdoor cooking, ending with a girl who makes fudge attracting admirers.
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Lon Chaney
Boris Karloff
Hunchback
Notre Dame
America
John Dillinger
Robin Hood
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
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Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
John Chamberlain
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Beverly Hills
Calif
Wellare Still Charity
Georgge W. Crane
N. Straitsville
Sanctuary
Hal Boyle
Chio & W
Els
Ss and Possessions Daily
Sunaay
Vas Athens, Ohio
Mutter
Associated
the Messenger Publishing Co
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