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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1962
Page
4
Marcus Cato argues Athens needs more industry and population to support growth and city services while criticizing street maintenance and traffic. Nietzsche notes close with a contrasting quote about action and consequence.
The Madison Square Garden gathering drew about 19 000 youths united against Communism. George E. Sokolsky recalls Attorney General Robert F Kennedy delivering blunt anti Communist remarks in Berlin, praising free inquiry and diverse paths to political independence while denouncing rigidity. The piece urges young conservatives to embrace unprejudiced pursuit of truth.
France plans a 125 mile high flight for a rat and a cat this year joining the space race. Last year a rat named Hector reached 66 miles and was recovered. The program costs $18 million about 1.4 percent of France's $1.3 billion space budget. de Gaulle has not yet a voice at the test table.
The narrator details his cat Lady Dottie becoming affectionate and showy, bringing a catnip mouse and purring as he reads. The family grows jealous, while a joke about a rich cat inheriting money foreshadows the cat’s interest in wills. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek remark on trust and money.
The piece laments minimal House action on increasing membership and curbing districting tricks. It recalls 1913 fixed 435 seats, 1842 districting law, and ongoing gerrymandering fights. Massachusetts and New York examples illustrate partisan redistricting clashes and stale Congress attitudes.
The Messenger recalls Athens Ohio University trustees selling 27 lots on November 4 1804 for 1140 with Lot 16 bought by Sylvanus Ames for 51. A second sale on November 25 1806 saw 40 lots generating 797 with Ames repurchasing Lot 16 for 15. It then notes Athens flood memories from March 14 1907 and major riverbank damage including bridges and railroad embankments.
Rob ert Chery’s film La Belle Americaine features a giant mastiff famed for a comically lazy performance. The dog’s endless yawns and disinterest thwarted a dramatic scene and, after being starved, resisted training. The canine now becomes a worldwide celebrity and possible future star.
Dear Abby advises on handling noisy children in beauty shops and the limits of disciplining other people's kids. She notes you cannot speed up a divorce, and she warns against unannounced visits, urging readers to consider etiquette and personal boundaries with friends and family.
In Case L-462 Bill and Bob, aged 12 and 10 when their father died, confront a widowed mother who becomes an overprotective, jealous “only” parent. Her double investment of love leads to thwarted romances, eventual elopement, and a bitter divorce after she sows suspicion about Bill’s wife. The piece ends with a tease for a follow up on Bill’s brother Bob and a note requesting readers to contact Dr. Crane for literature. Also noted: Dr Theodore Ludwig, longtime New Lexington dentist, will leave local offices to join Ohio State Dental College as spring quarter instructor starting March 26.
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