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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1953
Page
4
A district writer argues for building farm ponds and extended piping to supply water for fires in small communities. With hills aiding pond creation and leveled areas needing pumps, the plan could reduce losses from fires like the New Marshfield disaster and lower insurance costs. Residents should fund and implement the improvements.
HAL BOYLE questions whether 25 years of marriage warrants a pin or medal for wives. He surveys couples. wives oppose a universal badge, preferring cash or other honors, while husbands favor a wife medal with quirky designs, but cost and practicality doom the idea.
Tito's London visit greets British leaders and the Duke of Edinburgh while recalling his 1945 dethronement of Peter II. Churchill's WWII role links Tito to the West, but the meeting signals only cautious, temporary cooperation. The piece contrasts co existence with Soviet expansion and urges wary engagement.
Rep Emanuel Celler questions government intervention after the American League blocks the St. Louis Browns move to Baltimore. The piece notes Celler’s passion on issues and suggests government should not complicate sports or broaden its action to college conference alignments.
Secretary of State Dulles testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Charles E. Bohlen's background after the FBI reviewed derogatory material. McCarthy and allies charged Dulles with misrepresenting the case, while Bohlen's unanimous approval followed a careful briefing and internal disagreement between Dulles and State security chief McLeod.
Ish studies faded road maps to chart a southward route toward Los Angeles and Denver Chicago and Washington. He explains blocks and detours while expecting deserts and rivers to shape travel. At school the nut lesson turns tense as children fear the mantelpiece hammer.
Dr Crane argues charm is a psychological skill, not a perfect body. Alice K describes how dental and plastic surgery improved looks but did not guarantee dates, urging readers to study psychology and cultivate social graces to become popular. Enrollment in his Compliment Club offers a 30 day personality change.
Letter from Gloucester notes a Black soldier saving lives and receiving the Silver Star for extraordinary heroism on Little Gibraltar Hill. The writer praises his courage, laments segregation, and urges a new vision of love and unity despite racial prejudice.
A dense listing of day by day TV programming across WLW WSAZ WTVN WHNS and other channels. Highlights include Dinah Shore News Caravan Fireside Theatre Howdy Doody and sport and variety shows with times spanning morning through late night with numerous local names and programs.
A detailed weekday timetable lists many radio stations including WHS Charleston and WHKC Columbus with frequencies 610 and 580 kHz. It catalogs noon to 1 pm and 4 pm to 10 pm blocks, program titles, hosts, commercials, and network affiliations across stations in Parkersburg Gallipolis Marietta Athens and nearby areas.
President Eisenhower and GOP leaders said the Reconstruction Finance Corp. would die on June 30 1954 under current law. Some congressmen favor abolishing the RFC at the end of this year while others seek a shorter life for the agency.
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