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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1962
Page
4
A House subcommittee scrapped the 460 million dollar Defense Department request for a nationwide fall-out shelter program and approved 235 million for training, communications and surveys. The plan starts July 1 but there is no funding to build shelters, a delay blamed on crisis timing and leave-the-survey approach.
Senator Olin D Johnston wins the Democratic renomination in South Carolina for a fourth term after an across-the-board sweep of industrial workers farmers Negroes and others despite attack by opponent Governor Ernest Hollings. His victory sets up a fall contest against a Republican slate led by Goldwater conservative William D Workman Jr.
Rev Kenneth B Murphy founder of Rescue Inc in Boston shifts focus from suicide prevention to social uplift. He and parish youths form the Hawks converting an old fire station into a mechanics shop to train youths for skilled trades. Murphy aims to reduce crime risk by steady employment and community support.
Total personal savings across bank deposits insurance savings bonds and other forms stood at 345.981 billion dollars. Commercial banks held 79.6 billion, savings and loan associations 72.9 billion, mutual savings banks 39.1 billion, life insurance 101.4 billion, credit unions 5.7 billion, U S savings bonds 44.5 billion and postal savings 32.8 billion. Averaged across the population this would yield a 1 900 dollar per person account.
Miss Flynn argues clothing is personal taste, while the writer defends the public interest in dress. He contrasts autonomy with social standards and questions rigid thrift of fashion, noting broader human nature and historical development through culture.
A reader asks how to trigger a marriage proposal from a bashful partner and whether to ask him directly. Abby advises easing him into the topic so he initiates or believes he did. Another letter complains a friend takes credit for a dessert, and Abby labels the dessert tirade as petty and ungrateful.
Abigail Van Buren answers readers about marital strife and child welfare. Letters discuss staying together for children, widowhood, and reducing quarrels, urging peaceful homes and self-help, with readers seeking personal replies.
Florence B aged 26 recounts an early unwanted sexual experience and asks if marriage will worsen her frigid feelings. Dr Crane explains conditioned reflexes from duress and emphasizes waiting until marriage to avoid aversions, noting six months to a year for full adjustment to marital relations.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Van Meter of Lancaster visited Mrs. Rhoda Yeager in Mason. Mrs. Robert Goforth and John and Mrs. A. C. Rader of Melborne Florida and Mrs. John Sivar and Pam of Parkersburg were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warner and family. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Young of Wellston, former Mason residents, moved back recently and bought the Charles Haley residence.
News notes report multiple visits by residents including Helen Smith Anna Lillico Betty Orndorf Nellie Dixon Edna Rawlins and Sherri Smith to Columbus Ohio. Other travelers listed include Mrs Edward Friel Mr and Mrs Merle Kokensparger Rhode Island and many with Logan Mansfield Steubenville or Newark ties.
Navy lore recounts humorous misreads and close calls from WWII era ships. Tales span destroyers stuck by hulls to tanked turnovers and winged Corsairs, with cadences of orders misinterpreted and crews improvising under pressure.
A writer describes how mothers often use shrieking to enforce obedience and the cycle it creates. Parents rush to punish with anger, teaching no clear limits, which trains the child to respond only to loud voices and fear.
One week four weeks three months six months one year appears in the notice with address for mail to The Messenger Publishing Co 43 W Union St Athens Ohio. It references Second Class mailing under the act of 1918 and indicates the location.
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