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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1961
Page
4
Washington calls for a defined time limit as East West talks resume March 21 over a nuclear testing ban. Officials note optimism and pessimism, with doubts about Soviet compliance and pressure to threaten resumption of tests if no agreement is reached.
A 72 year old Kuman speaker in Hungary rekindles interest in the western Asian Turkish people once famed for raids and the Codex Cumanicus. Their legacy includes rulers for Hungary Egypt Kiev and Bulgaria and a mystery of language survival across centuries.
The president and the nation’s senior poet laureate discussed poetry and politics on a new TV series Accent. They praised courage as essential to both fields and tied the Augu stan era to a power focused age where poetry and politics share common ground.
The Marquis of Salisbury warned Parliament that large maps reveal Asia’s vast distances and Russian expansion could occur southward without threatening India. The article notes boundary uncertainties between China and Asiatic Russia with lines differing by about 60 miles in several desert or sparsely populated border regions. It argues that such disputes are unlikely to spark war.
Ed and Marion Link pursue ocean and land archaeology with The Sea Diver off Cape Haitien Caicos Jamaica and Israel. They found Columbus anchor at Haiti and Port Royal ruins off Jamaica. last year King Herod Caesarea finds near Haifa. They plan a Link Archaeological Foundation and fund expeditions with tax free dollars.
Advice column covers a bride seeking a big church wedding with parental funds, a salt shaker collecting girlfriend, a hospital patient accused by husband, and a father worried about a feminine son. Abby endorses a lavish wedding if affordable, notes theft risk, suggests medical input for marital suspicions, and advises endocrinology for hormone-related behavior.
Dr George W Crane promotes sea salt and ocean water as beneficial for arthritis psoriasis and other ailments. He urges readers to request his booklet “Ocean's 44 Trace Chemicals” and challenges critics to present verified evidence. He cites JAMA and dental fluorine findings while arguing soil and diet deficiencies exist.
A humorous snippet describes a New York musical star leasing a Sutton Place duplex and paying a painter 36 dollars for four hours of overtime watching the show. It mentions other light anecdotes about small apartments and a lingerie shop fire call, finishing with a playful classified ad pairing a Volkswagen owner with a Vespa rider.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dorst and family of Long Bottom visited Mrs. Dorst's mother Mrs. Ethel Stout. Rev. W. W. Bragg hosted guests including Mrs. Mabel Swartz Athens and Rodney Rhodes Coolville.
George Sokolsky reports Batista accuses American officials of pressuring him to resign and hand Cuba to Fidel Castro. He cites Pawley and Smith testimonies, recalls threats to opposition leaders, and questions State Department authorization. Batista links US policy to accommodating Soviet Russia and internal Cuban turmoil.
Advice for managing a child who sucks their thumb focusing on calm family discipline and encouraging personal interests. Notes that school behavior may differ and gradual self-motivated change is best. Also mentions a study linking high TV viewing with lower reading and math achievement in middle schoolers.
Attendance at Sunday School March 12 was 56. J. P. Miller filled his regular appointment. Girl Scouts and Brownies received special recognition and leader Mrs. Leonard Reed accompanied them. Fourteen Boy Scouts from troop 270 sponsored by Hemlock Grange enjoyed a camping trip at Camp Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shinn with daughter Mary Ella visited relatives. Hemlock Grove plans Saturday night potluck and quarterly birthday supper.
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