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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1959
Page
4
Critics say TV often noses into bad taste with ads interrupting serious drama. The piece questions timing and content of commercials, noting sponsors’ messages can irk rather than entice viewers while acknowledging ads as TV’s lifeblood.
Senator Humphrey of Minnesota urged President Eisenhower to order an immediate investigation and halt mismanagement in the foreign aid program. He warned the waste and misuse could draw serious trouble before Congress and emphasized the need to sustain the program's vigor.
A March 5 effective amendment to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requires testing of all food additives before sale and shifts proof of safety from the FDA to manufacturers. The change aims to remove unnecessary chemical restrictions while guiding industry with clear standards, benefiting both industry and the public.
Jim Bishop describes seven month old twins Pamela and Robin. They share three teeth two dogs watch over them. They eat strained vegetables beef eggs and fruit. Ginny and Charlie Frechette raise them in New York area with a calm routine and plans for another baby in August.
Doctor Crane offers personal notes on Arthur describing emotional berserk fits around age forty. He warns wives not to take caustic remarks personally as men in feverish delirium act like children. He urges reviving love with specific remedies.
This Brain Game piece asks for six famous first names linked to design, printing, exploration, and chemistry. It lists questions about a cabinet maker for Chippendale furniture Currier of Currier and Ives Yale University Gutenberg Lewis and Clark and Bunsen burner Wedgwood Mason and Dixon.
The article outlines two cases of gains from stock market participation. GE gave 191 GE shares to GE employees' children born Oct 15, 1953, now worth about 1200 dollars per child after splits and dividends totaling 148.50 dollars per child. The Ford Foundation sold part of Ford stock in 1956 to diversify and invested 2,290,900 dollars in 40 common stocks, rising to a market value of 2,655,218 dollars for a 16 percent return.
A magazine editor uses a new tactic to lift readers by sending subscription forms with rejection slips. An English journalist reports brief, sanitized views on juvenile delinquency in the United States after eight days there. A Purdue bookshop lists two titles under Non-Friction. 1969 Bennett Cerf. King Features Syndicate.
The Stars Say patience and optimism are needed with possible delays and plan changes. A realistic program with restrained spending is advised. For birthdays tomorrow, expect happiness in personal life, stimulating domestic and social matters in July October December, and travel opportunities for new friends.
The Antietam National Battlefield at Sharpsburg Maryland now 138 acres will gain 1800 acres bringing total area closer to the 1862 size when 23110 men were killed or wounded Interior Department supports a larger memorial park and the House Interior Committee approved the purchase.
State Rep. James V. Adams of Mount Pleasant urged an open season on mink after arguing the fur animals are fine in coats but problematic when running loose in east Texas.
A prominent essay argues Great Britain lies exposed to air, sea, and missile threats from Germany, France, and the Soviet Union. It contends modern weapons would overwhelm Britain, warns of a potential third world war, and questions Western leaders' ability to prevent catastrophe.
Doctors emphasize early cancer detection via rectal or sigmoid polyps found during checkups. Adenomas may be benign or become malignant, so thorough proctoscope or sigmoidoscope exams are advised, with removal by fulguration or excision to prevent progression.
New York actress Dolores Wilson collapse in her Metropolitan Opera dressing room after finishing the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor. She had earlier been in an automobile accident in Concord Ohio on January 16 during a Mozart Opera Group tour.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Scott spent part of last week in Levittstown Pennsylvania as guests of relatives. Miss Linda Zimmerman and John Dyer of Charleston were Saturday guests of Mr. Dyer's mother Mrs. H. L. Dyer.
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