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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1963
Page
4
Athens pauses to honor policemen and firemen at the annual Police Fire Appreciation Dinner co sponsored by Royal McBee Corp and local civic groups. The event recognizes dedicated service, presents needed equipment, and highlights community gratitude amid calls for better pay and recognition.
About 33 000 illiterates in Washington will start a 20 week basic reading and writing course by television beginning July 15. The program, called Operation Alphabet, will be shown twice daily from 6 30 and 7 30 am and 7 30 pm, five days a week for 100 hours. It aims to help participants qualify for work and exit relief rolls, with churches and halls hosting groups lacking TV sets. Chicago pioneered similar relief client schooling.
The Washington meeting seeks to boost food production and distribute surpluses to end hunger. It notes transport and payment hurdles, stressing American farm surpluses could help. The NEA reports 91,556 teachers hold emergency certificates in public schools.
The piece argues the Democratic Party faces a mounting dilemma as northern Negro workers demand skilled jobs and real pay. It notes union apprenticeship barriers, racial prejudice in trades, and the political risk for Democrats to address integration without losing labor support.
A collection of Dear Abby letters about schooling mishaps with a fifth grade repeat, a reader joke about a book titled Dear Abby, office gossip exaggeration, and a note about a frigid husband. The exchanges reveal misunderstandings about teachers, humility, and domestic complaints with Abby's guidance.
A professor argues politics now favors brand names over experience. He compares political campaigns to a two platoon football system, urging nominators to field a recognizable offensive slate paired with strong defensive advisers to sustain impulsive, emotionally resonant voter support.
Laurel Cliff residents host and visit relatives with multiple family gatherings. The Laurel Cliff Health Club met at Mrs. Ernest Powell’s home with Mrs. Clarence Curtis as co host. Guests included Mr and Mrs Perry Davis and Mr and Mrs Sy Atherson of Columbus and several local families.
Irving Rosenthal founder of Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey credits his policy of employing staff past 60 with low absenteeism and high loyalty. He notes 400 workers mostly in their 60s to 80s perform ride operations and clerical tasks, earning about 200 a month in season and 50 weekly unemployment in off months. He urges other firms to hire mature workers and offers a booklet through The Messenger.
President Kennedy, busy with the race problem, signals a re examination of Cold War attitudes as nuclear talks resume in July. Khrushchev keeps silent while Pravda and Izvestia publish his speech, and Russian Chinese tensions loom ahead of the July discussions.
Washington reports a rising balance of payments deficit with Undersecretary Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr stating the shortfall will reach about 3.4 billion dollars this year. The admission marks a sharp reversal from 1961 declines and surpasses prior administration estimates.
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