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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1961
Page
4
The article stresses that savings fuel national growth, noting 13 million new jobs in the next decade require about 200 billion dollars redirected from income. It warns against tax measures that discourage savings and investments by insurance companies and other institutions, risking long term industrial growth.
Dear Abby advises a 13 year old seeking a transfer from pediatrician to adult doctor, suggests graduating with her clinician's support. The column also covers a woman torn by faith in marriage and a wife told not to worry about her husband’s early work schedule after medical reassurance.
The article notes Nikita Khrushchev pressing for a German peace treaty this year or a separate pact with East Germany. It warns against overreacting to threats of force to access West Berlin and argues the core aim is keeping the West Berlin supply line open without triggering war. It also mentions Kennedy's Vienna talk and Khrushchev's agricultural woes and China pressures.
The piece contrasts US and Soviet governance, noting Russia’s insecurity under Stalinism. It cites Harry Hopkins on Molotov’s overnight visit, with a gun and black bread found in his luggage. The author argues fear of liquidation shapes policy, unlike in stable democracies.
June marks an anniversary of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty beginning their world record flight in 1931. They returned July 2 at Roosevelt Field in eight days, 15 hours, 51 minutes, and Post later soloed the world in seven days, 18 hours, 45 minutes. The Graf Zeppelin held the prior circumnavigation record at 12.5 days. Will Rogers perished with Post in 1935 Alaska. The first American transcontinental flight began Sept 17 to Nov 4 with 84 hours 2 minutes flying time, illustrating half a century of aviation progress.
The piece depicts Jim Bishop describing boating as a major pastime for millions and offers detailed safety rules for handling boats. He shares personal experiences with his Richardson sedan boat and stresses respect for water, discouraging alcohol and reckoning risk through a thorough pre voyage checklist and ongoing vigilance.
In a Dr. George W. Crane column a wife asks about her husband Tom T. who wears her lingerie. The doctor discusses tranvestism origins in childhood, urges open communication, and offers a booklet on impotence with a stamped envelope.
A sheriff doubles as a vet in a Maine town and handles a dog emergency. Harvard undergraduates and Cambridge police clash in long running feuds with biannual riots and jail visits. Abbott Lowell faced protests from police amid student blockades in Harvard history.
The Washington Report outlines a halted Chinese economy driven by natural disasters and government mismanagement. It cites failed farm quotas, reduced land cultivation, hog die-offs, and deliberate sabotage, alongside purges of writers and officials. It also notes anti-Communist resistance and international wheat talks, with debt deferrals from the Soviets and pressured tax extension in the US Congress.
The article argues early grammar instruction aids language learning and suggests calm correction by parents rather than anger. It notes reading and writing reinforce correct forms and cites shifting teaching trends, plus data on prior marriages and teen births as context.
John Hitch of Garfield Heights Ohio withdrew from Peace Corps contingent training at Rutgers University after a hometown newspaper reported his two arrests. Peace Corps director Dr Ralph W Greenlaw said Hitch admitted withholding juvenile arrest details and a second arrest from his Peace Corps application.
Federal agents seized over two tons of chickens after testing showed the fowl was foul. On a court order the birds will be burned at the city dump in Tampa, Florida this week according to the U S marshal's office.
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