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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1953
Page
4
In print from 1825 to 1929 the Le Messenger Publishing Co. issued weekday editions with Sunday morning gaps. Leaders included Gordon K. Bush as publisher and John W. Webb as managing editor, with Charles W. Reamer as city editor.
A reflective column weighs Eisenhower's peace push against Soviet restraint. It notes 684 UN prisoners released, including 149 Americans, arguing the move is small amid broader Cold War tensions. The piece questions prospects for Serbia style disarmament and a unified Germany while citing religious and literary quotes to illustrate prudence.
A dusk walk along Second Ave reveals a grim portrait of urban life. The narrator notes red and green lights amid crowded streets, a United Nations building, a lifelike crowd, a fallen boy, deaf men arguing, a girl clinging to her father, a hospital with 100 daily crises, and a dog taunted by urchins. The city shifts from red to green as a lilac-scented air returns home.
President Eisenhower criticized the Truman era defense program as a crazy-quilt approach and outlined a long-range policy aimed at maximum preparedness without all-out mobilization. He argued for core economic and military planning tied together, with a proposed 8 percent reduction in next year’s defense appropriation, noting timing and backlog affect actual spending.
In Nelsonville community letters debate a proposed school bond, criticizing local leadership and cautioning against higher taxes while urging industrial growth. Editors urge calm, warn of ghost-town outcomes, and note broader regional comparisons and sewage disposal concerns.
Mannering scales a window at Lithom Hall, disables a guard, pockets keys, and binds a watchman before fleeing into a moonlit corridor. He finds Fenner asleep, pockets valuables, then confronts a sleeping night watchman as the scene ends with a threat to move.
Dr Edwin P Jordan summarizes hepatitis types, including infectious and serum-induced forms, noting contagion risk in schools. He describes jaundice variability, fever, and prolonged recovery, plus bed rest and high-protein diet as effective during illness and convalescence. Further research needed.
TV listings detail station WLWC Channel 4 and others with evening and daytime blocks for News Caravan Eye Witness and many serials. Program times include talk shows, dramas, movies, games, and children's segments across multiple stations with names like Lyn Ballard Ruth Lyons and Maida's Kitchen.
A detailed listing of Cincinnati and Ohio area stations NBC WLW CBS WBNS WCHS WPAR WIJEH WMUA WATH and WOU FM with daily noon to 1 PM and evening time blocks through 4 PM May schedule. Programs include News and Commentary Beulah Sketch Lone Ranger Dinner Date Jo Stafford Nighttime Concert Dinah Shore and Bob Hope Show plus serials contests and game shows.
Wilkesville graduates will hold their alumni banquet at Wilkesville High School on May 30 with serving starting at 7 p.m. Kent Campbell serves as alumni association president. Banquet chairmen include Gertrude Straushaugh program Leona Penn decorations Shirley Peters menu Ruth Barber publicity Harley Strong promotion and Ralph Wiseren equipment.
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