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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1957
Page
4
A New York Times summary cites geologists saying America holds enough coal oil and gas to meet needs for the next millennium. Advances in mining and shifting to waterways cut costs, while shale lignite and future atomic and solar energy offer long term insurance against shortages.
A London disarmament dialogue frames a UN population report showing 2.777 billion people in 1950s estimates, with rapid growth to 5.4 billion by 2000. The piece argues for global planning to feed, house, and stabilize expanding populations and reduce future conflicts, urging accommodation among nations and peoples. The essay closes with a quip on English critics and a note on perpetual retirement.
In East Los Angeles, Patrolmen Martin Schwartz and Eugene Laxson patrol Fifth Street from 6:30 p m to 2:30 a m. They frisk three men including a jailed suspect with a gold tooth. They investigate a car burglary, question a Mexican man, and arrest a rooming-house theft suspect while stressing a quiet night.
Case history follows Tom T aged 3 to gay concerns. Dr Crane urges dating and courtship as therapy, arguing heterosexual habits can be learned and transformed. Tom dates, kisses, and gains confidence, leading to marriage and three children. Booklet offers more on sex problems with a stamped return envelope for 20 cents.
In a humorous reminiscence a New York writer recounts resisting and then surrendering to a dentist’s plan to remove his four upper front teeth. His wife supports the procedure while their daughter Tracy Ann watches the dramatic moment as a real life event in a family dental battle.
A collage of humorous anecdotes from universities and camps, including Ben Fairless on timeless advice and a home economics professor from Arkansas. The 1936 Princeton class reunion tallies unusual stats, and Reed economics students hear cautions about living within means. An angry camp note hints at cookie cravings.
List of questions about Civil War, Gettysburg, Crispus Attucks, Fort Ticonderoga, Savannah, Santa Fe, Vera Cruz, Mexico City, and the War of 1812 treaty. Includes garbled strings and a note on a glass snake.
A column contrasts McCarthy era tactics with current Eastland Committee actions involving Dave Beck and Walter Reuther. It notes multiple UAW leaders at Ford plants invoking the Fifth Amendment, questions double standards, and predicts ongoing turbulence in American labor politics.
The reading urges focused mental work and planning for future security with caution around strangers. For a birthday tomorrow, business and financial opportunities rise through late October with recognition possible in 1957. Maintain harmony at home, enjoy travel before September, and avoid fatigue late month into November. A child born today is described as intelligent and versatile.
The article discusses poison ivy oak and sumac care including recognizing exposure preventing contact and washing exposed skin promptly. It notes 350 000 people yearly face trouble and suggests wearing clothing to protect skin and using gloves and cautions that some home remedies are unsafe.
Cheshire Mrs America Clark and family returned from Kentucky after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Isaac Gabbard. Mr and Mrs Robert Thompson and children from Charleston W Va were guests of Mr and Mrs Jimmy Thompson. Mrs Paul Martin hosted a birthday dinner for Mr Martin with his mother Luther Martin and sister Lucie as guests. Gary and Larry Shamblin of Rio Grande visited relatives. Eugene Watson returned home after visiting daughter and family in Newark. Miss Katie Lou Martin became secretary at the Philip Sporn plant. WSCS meeting at Mrs Anna Thompsons. Weekend visitors included Blain Haskins and family from London and Byron Haskins from Marion. Robert Cornelius visited his family for a weekend. Diane, ill with whooping cough, is improving. Dennis Burns of Florefte Pa called on Mr and Mrs Bert Hern. Mr and Mrs Clinton Abshire announce the birth of their first child, a son. Guy Lee and family of Columbus visited Mrs Mary Lee and Mr and Mrs Harold Hood of Addison.
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