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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1956
Page
4
The piece rails at interservice squabbles among the Army Navy and Air Force over funds and publicity. It argues no single branch should be deemed superior and recalls past mismanagement in wars, stressing defense needs and prudent spending.
In defense of open courts, a judge argues that American trials rely on public reporting to inform citizens. The piece defends media coverage of the Samuel Sheppard retrial appeal, asserting secrecy would invite despotism and that sensational details reflect public interest, not courtroom meddling.
N t c he southern highland heritage. Roby M Buchanan known as the self taught Tiffany of the Blue Ridge Mountains has become the premier master lapidary in his region. He cut and polished gems by hand in a tar paper shack twenty miles up a dead end road drawing about a thousand visitors monthly to watch him work. His rings bracelets and pins number between five and six hundred yearly. He left school after eighth grade, ran away to the West, and returned to study sapphires moonstones amethysts rubies aquamarines and other stones. He learned by reading books and experimenting with simple tools, dedicating over three decades to his craft. He says he does not seek large scale production and is not trying to rival Tiffany, but his reputation as a craftsman is well established.
New York scientists explore atomic irradiation and drugs like automycin to extend shelf life of meat fish milk and vegetables. Army pilot plants study adapting atomic energy to food storage while processors distributors and retailers watch. Effects on color flavor and texture are being addressed. Large goals include reducing losses and expanding markets.
New York reports rising business donations to higher education as a remedy for a growing brain shortage. Corporations gave 39 million dollars to 728 colleges in the 1954-85 fiscal year, 12 percent of total gifts. If gifts equaled 1 percent of taxable income, 340 million would have flowed to schools, aiding scholarships and faculty salaries.
Dr George Crane argues in a Chicago paper that clergy should model gratitude and temper tobacco use, criticizing priests who smoke before youth and urging better moral example. He cites medical and biblical views on the body as a temple and contrasts lay expectations with clerical conduct.
Readers submit health queries to Dr Jordan covering typhoid carrier visits and family precautions, potential eyestrain, beer intake and health risks, indigestion and cancer risk, and caffeine removal from coffee. Answers warn avoid visits when possible, immunization, hygiene, and consulting public health officials. note varied implications of daily beer and the limits of coffee caffeine removal.
In a fragment from W. Edmunds Claussen, Lily flirts with Steve Norring while mask of past favors and vanished yesterdays shivers in their exchange. He muses over forgotten debts and Ed’s memory, while Lily hints at sharp, hidden motives and a name, Frank Ude, surfaces.
A dated horoscope promises ambitious tasks and new ventures with a strong focus on financial gains and social ties through December and early 1957. The narrative shifts to a western tale with characters like Lily, Steve, Rambout, Ed, and Emmett Cash, hinting at tensions, loyalty, and a brewing clash as Frank and companions discuss events and suspects while a cook hums and a fiddle plays.
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