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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1955
Page
4
The notice outlines daily and Sunday delivery options with carrier and mail rates. It lists prices such as 10 cents for daily, 41.88 per month for mail delivery, and notes varying rates by location and delivery method. Entered at Athens Ohio as second class matter under acts of 1918.
The author argues U S actions in China and Formosa reflect a pattern of errors dating to backing Chiang Kai-shek and defending Formosa for strategic reasons. Dulles visit shows Chiang resents limits, while Philippines under Magaysay faced Senate friction as U S stance proved inconsistent and costly. The piece concludes such recoveries echo past missteps and fail to guide future policy.
The piece argues for and against Right to Work laws across states, contending compulsory union membership and fees infringe on constitutional rights. It questions whether historical leaders would support forced association and notes labor leaders vow to repeal laws while public opinion may shift.
HAL BOYLE profiles Gisele MacKenzie, praising her natural talent in singing and dancing. He notes the public fixation on stars, his personal admiration, and her candid background from Canada, detailing a meeting at a celebrity cafe and her career hopes in light comedy and Broadway.
James Marlow reports that the Eisenhower administration remains undecided on defending the offshore Chiang Kai-shek islands Quemoy and Matsu. Dulles and Wilson offer guarded replies, stressing policy clarity and signaling possible restraint while warning against appearing to bargain with Communist forces.
A college class tested which chapter from a psychology text most appealed to students. Chapter XVII How Psychology Promotes Happy Homes drew the most votes, outstripping all other chapters combined.
Dr Jordan outlines common tapeworms affecting humans including beef pork fish dwarf rat and dog types. He notes long lives in intestines with few early symptoms and stresses diagnosis by worm eggs or segments, treatment to expel the worm, and prevention via thorough cooking sanitation hygiene and deworming pets.
The passage urges relying on personal judgment in business, improving efficiency at home, and finishing chores early to allow rest. It notes travel and budget planning for the future, with a potential four month window of unexpected activity around birthdays. It mentions 1959 as a favorable year for social life and creative work.
Chesterhill area notices recount visits by Bumgardner and Frazier families to Fred and Grace Smith in Columbus and Mantua relatives at their Cart Woodyard property. Grace Pratt visited Beverly relatives. Clarence Berry and family stayed with Clara Hainel. Mary Pickering returned from Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville with improving health. Lena Whitacre visiting Columbus while caring for her grandson born March 3 to Wenfell Whitacre.
Fragmentary radio listing shows morning programs, news segments, and callers tied to a Friday schedule. Partial times, show titles, and host names appear with missing portions and garbled text across items from 10:20 to 11:00.
The Servey'stuervatory scene centers on the discovery of Professor LeNormand's charred body and the two young men Lister and Jones who narrate a dramatic account. Doctor Prowning questions them as an investigation looms, while they insist they were not drunk and vowed to tell the truth.
In a tense room the narrator and Jerry deny involvement in a murder they suspect is real. They fear police inquiry, discuss motives and past enemies, and note a fierce fire possibly caused by a chemical such as thermite. The scene ends with a final hint that the case will unfold next.
In a letter from Athens dated March 8 and signed T. S. Roe, the writer urges a legislative plan to replace current school funding with a state equal foundation of 225 dollars per pupil and county wide taxes. The proposal includes county wide 4 mill levies, a matching 4 mill addition, and transportation safeguards to reduce travel and costs while allowing parental school transfers across counties. The writer also argues state intervention to correct injustices when counties bear unequal burdens.
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