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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1958
Page
4
The column denounces Sherman Adams amid a widening Adams-Goldfine case, arguing it erodes Republican credibility and hints of corruption behind the scenes. It urges Adams to resign, blaming increased unease within the administration and predicting lasting political damage for the party.
President Eisenhower visits Canada for talks with Prime Minister Diefenbaker as friction grows between neighboring nations. The piece notes a shift from a casual to a serious relationship, urging friendship and mutual goodwill to influence world perception.
Elfrida Von Nordroff the former quiz queen who beat 17 challengers was defeated 21 10 by Robret Leicester, an assistant director of a New York private school. She earned 220 500 on the show becoming the all time top money winner. The piece notes future prospects and taxes and includes quotes on youth and wisdom.
The narrator recounts Aunt Fanny Schulein born in Nuremberg, a once famous German film writer who fled Hitler era, later a California charity worker and Dawn Society benefactor. Once close with the family, she now lives in a Los Angeles bungalow, spends years writing to shut-ins, and visits Romanoff’s with a sense of humor despite aging and poverty.
Jim T aged 16 used Houdini style breathing to extend underwater time. Dr Crane explains stress raises heart rate and oxygen use, warns against sink or swim teaching, and guides readers through a breath holding method to improve performance.
Banks report continuing net operating gains of 2 to 6 percent as easy money raises bond values and securities profits. But year over year profits lag 1956 levels as demand for loans wanes and costs stay high.
In a 1930s tale recounted by James Michener and Grove Day, a learned man, after consulting top military minds, seeks escape from looming war. He flees in 1939, just before Poland’s invasion, to a South Pacific island named Guadalcanal, choosing isolation over the world’s chaos.
The Public Forum laments nonpayment by welfare aided customers and asserts merchants cannot garnish welfare checks. The writer criticizes ministers widows and welfare cases, calling for cooperation from welfare agencies to help collect debts. The note ends with mention of Elgin Baylor and Seattle University drawing 60,150 fans for 12 home games at Civic Auditorium last season.
The article argues the Senate Judiciary Committee study on Soviet minorities reveals genocide and systematic abuse. It traces Stalin's early defense of minority rights to later pro-Russian chauvinism, mass deportations in Ukraine, and the disappearance of millions of Jews, criticizing Khrushchev and the revival of czarist Russification.
A health column cautions that hand held power tools and DIY projects pose serious risks. It cites possible electric shocks, deep cuts, and tripping hazards from tools like drills and saws and notes incidents from personal experience. The piece ends with a lighter note about a junior high science fair moonshine still exhibit.
The Athens Messenger details subscription rates and delivery options for daily and Sunday editions. It lists mail rates to Ohio and West Virginia, special Ohio and West Virginia mail rate, and post office entry as a second class matter under the Associated Press.
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