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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1950
Page
4
The Nation Today notes war footing is shaping up with extended defense spending and a possible tax rise. President Truman asks Congress for 10 billion dollars to start, signaling years of higher costs. If prices rise unchecked, rationing could follow to protect the economy.
Doctor Edwin P. Jordan explains stroke causes including brain hemorrhage and clots, resulting paralysis on the opposite side and potential personality changes. Recovery depends on damage size and brain area, with early starts and varying outcomes. a police/fictional narrative follows in a crime plot snippet.
Radio listings for July 21 22 show a wide schedule across NBC CBS and ABC networks with multiple local stations in Cincinnati Columbus Huntington Parkersburg and Charleston. The grid runs 6 pm to 11 pm weekdays and afternoon through night blocks on Saturday featuring newscasts sports reports dramas music and variety shows.
The piece argues Congress should approve the additional 10 billion dollars for armed services and equipment. It attacks World War II–era aid, criticizes Acheson and Johnson, laments taxation, and warns that global policy risks erosion of national strength while the Fair Deal fails to stop drawing resources from the military.
Heavy traffic on Route 689 in Meigs County to Wilkesville and nearby roads blunts surfacing efforts. Repeated wear from fast trucks worsens dust and road damage, with Route 143 and a flood-escape shortcut between Athens and Gallipolis also deteriorating. farm wives briefly enjoy respite from dirt along several miles of rural travel.
The piece notes a postwar migration to cities across Ohio and beyond as workers move to war plants or seek relief, leaving rural counties and reshaping demographics. It cites growing urban centers, farm modernization, and ongoing population shifts, closing with a Mary Baker Eddy invocation of Divine Love as hope.
Jim Pasell a 21 year old from Superior Wisconsin travels to rejoin the 24th Infantry in Korea after 11 months there and 17 in Japan. He values self discipline saving money and plans a post army restaurant career while hoping to rejoin his old unit and noting the hardship others face.
Karl W. Kumiler, district director of the Columbus Insuring Office, said the Federal Housing Administration has four main actions to conserve materials and curb inflation. Eligibility ratios on mortgage insurance are cut 5 percent, lowering owner occupants to 90 percent, builders to 80 percent, and existing properties to 75 percent. The single family dwelling loan cap drops from 16 000 to 14 000, effective for applications after July 19, with a further rule requiring a 19 percent down payment for Title I property improvement loans, effective for applications after Aug 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Nor wood Saunders visited relatives in Cincinnati and were hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Grover Saunders. Several others including J. L. Hineman, Bill McBride, Hal Shoemaker, Ellis Carter, and the Andersons spent weekends or evenings with family in Gallipolis, Shardar, Vinton, and nearby communities.
Radio and television schedule notes list WLW C Channel 3 and WTVN Channel 6 and WENS Channel 10 programs. Shows include Quiz Kids Get On the Line Sports Review Trotting Races Opera Preview Cartoon Theater Wrestling and World News with various time slots.
A listing of programs from 5:00 to 10:45 PM features crime drama Detective's Wife, musical Odds and Ends, western Two Gun Playhouse, children's Kukla Fran & Ollie, boxing, wrestling, and classic films including Film Feature and Teletips on WSAZ TV Channel 6.
A reader friendly quiz with sections for men women and teens. It lists questions about coffee consumption geography similes cotton fabrics and a biblical family question plus a garbled answer key at the end.
The three day Ohio Air Tour sponsored by the Cleveland Junior Chamber of Commerce begins Friday. About forty private planes with roughly ten passengers each will stop in Columbus and Cincinnati before heading to Louisville for the Friday night layover. On Saturday the fleet lands in Lexington and Portsmouth in Kentucky, Marietta in Ohio, Parkersburg in West Virginia, then New Philadelphia for the Saturday night stop.
Weather Bureau records show Miami Beach enjoys mild temperatures averaging 70.3 degrees across December January and February while much of the nation endures snow.
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