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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1957
Page
4
The piece argues that Ike’s health concerns weigh on business and government. It warns that a world economy depends on confidence and leadership at the top. It notes no equal successor exists and a crisis could shake free world trust and alter diplomacy.
One way streets arise from parking pressures in towns like Athens due to dense traffic and limited future planning. Cars have grown longer and thin skins mean brush damage costs. Drivers claim curb space as exclusive, while officials struggle to fix the daily irritations of urban traffic.
Denmark loudly rejects Russian warnings that NATO atomic installations on Danish soil invite death. The stance mirrors Norway and other allies, emphasizing NATO as defensive and united against intimidation. The defiant mood signals strong regional resolve and persistence of alliance cohesion.
A family recounts a summer trip with Maggy Dunning living with them. They travel in a car to Newark Airport and Rumson Inn, share jokes, pay for meals with dimes, and cope with crowded luggage, jammed rooms, and the memory of Frank Madden’s inn. The return home brings fatigue and nostalgic reflections on family, finances, and the old ways.
Eli Miller aged 94 lives alone on a farm in Indiana with his dog. His family visits from Chicago every few weeks. He forgets to take vitamins, so a calendar method with capsules was used to prompt him. An aluminum walker aided mobility, while a wheelchair was misused before being lent away.
The piece argues that modern policing requires advanced education in law, languages, and sociology to confront high level crime and narcotics networks. It highlights New York and Chicago as centers, notes many officers are college graduates, and cites FBI and NYPD academies shaping a professional, rights mindful force.
New York based Warren Godenour Jr left investment banking 16 years ago to found World To House toys. He now sells about 80 000 toys yearly through 30 000 retailers, using teacher tested kid juries to select durable affordable items. His low priced plastics era boosted the business.
The tale recounts a Missouri switchman guiding empty freight cars down a spur toward a plant dock. A misaligned switch sends cars toward a Mississippi backwater as the green horn jokes about how many cars the spur can hold.
The reading urges focus on present work and warns against listening to misleading influences. For birthdays tomorrow, a constructive year ahead favors enterprise and seizing job and financial opportunities through October. Gains in relationships and social life are noted with a possible September trip broadening horizons.
The article stresses vaccination’s safety and partial protection, noting Chicago’s 1955 outbreak where none of the fully inoculated group developed paralytic polio. It advises vigilance for early signs, rest in suspected cases, and physician diagnosis, while stressing continued preventive inoculation and awareness.
Public Forum letter urges locating a home for aged residents in Athens County and nearby areas. It notes the strain on families and the need for licensed nursing care, with state aid up to 150 dollars monthly for those under the Ohio Dept. of Aid for the Aged. Mrs. Stanley Kepler, Mentor, Ohio.
Representative Mack proposes a Congressional plan to observe the 150th birthday of former Congressman Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln served from 1847 to 1849 representing the Springfield Illinois area, now within Mack's district, with the milestone set for February 12, 1959.
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday editions with prices for single copies and subscriptions. Rates include daily and Sunday delivery by carrier and mail options for Ohio and West Virginia readers, with monthly, six month, and yearly plans.
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