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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1955

Page

4

Plans to boost corporate spending may curb dividend gains

A study by the New York Stock Exchange warns that postwar expansion plans and rising competition push firms to invest in new mills and equipment. While some stocks soared, others that paid large dividends saw mixed or declining prices, underscoring complex factors behind returns.

Sam Dawson New York New York Stock Exchange the Exchange Bethlehem Steel California Standard Oil Goodyear Jersey Standard Oil Exchange Leon's American Telephone & Telegraph Woolworth

Opera of Power Unfolds in Vietnam Chaos

The piece portrays Bao Dai distracted by tranquil pleasures on the Riviera as Saigon endures mortar fire and political chaos. Diem’s faction fights rebel sects and the Binh Xuyen while a bizarre palace coup unfolds with Le Van Ty and Nguyen Van Vy entangled in shifting loyalties. The tale reads like a farcical political opera.

Indochina Bao Dai French Riviera Saigon Premier Diem Diem Riviera Binh Xuyen America le van Ty Nguyen van Vy van Vy Revolutionary Committee Palace van Wy Rossini

Open Your Home to God National Family Week Theme

Observance May 8 15 1955 promotes religion in the home with the slogan Open Your Home to God. Protes tants Catholics and Jews advocate a new home life approach to match modern social changes.

America Yesteryear

Polio vaccine halted as links to Cutter cases investigated

Dr. Leonard Scheele urges indefinite pause on anti polio vaccines while top experts review safety. Among five million vaccinated since mid April forty four of fifty two polio cases followed Cutter vaccine, with four other manufacturers deemed safe. Salk findings from 1954 cited amid questions on earlier testing and distribution.

Leonard Scheele U.S. Public Health Service Scheele Jonas Salk Cutter Laboratories Berkeley Calif Dr. Salk National Foundation For The Public Health Service

Edith M Crane finds busy path for housewives enthusiasm

Dr Crane imagines Edith M 29 wife of a funeral director in a small town using spare time to boost community life. He suggests telephone outreach to 30 50 families weekly and visiting chronic invalids, plus writing for a local paper and leading a weekly compliment and Golden Pen leagues as constructive hobbies.

Edith George W. Crane Edith M PDITH Karl T. Waugh League of the Golden Pen Dr. Waugh

Tomorrow’s Stars Favor Social Fun and Romance

The text notes a day of social programs, entertainment, and romance with good cooperation for occupational progress. It warns financial judgment may falter, and highlights possible domestic friction in October and November. It forecasts six months of occupational change and financial improvement for birthdays, with active cash flow from decorating, artistic, and medical fields.

Let There Be Light Morning Meditations

Public Forum poem by Bessie M. Gorslene from Athens dated May 9. describes a daily dawn awakening as memory and light emerge from gloom. The speaker notes the room forming from shadows as morning truth is confirmed by matin songs.

Bessie M. Gorslene Athens

Meat Supply Is Seen High This Year

The Agriculture Department predicts a record meat supply for 1955, 3 to 4 percent above 1954. Pork leads the gain with higher slaughter. hogs were 17 percent up in January-April, and slaughter may stay high. Cattle production appears flat, though cow slaughter rose 10 percent early in the year, with a record feedlot volume and prices expected to ease in spring and summer.

Washington Agriculture Department

Funeral set Wednesday for Ohio state Rep Howard Faught

Funeral services are planned Wednesday for State Rep. Howard E. Faught a former Ohio Supreme Court and common pleas judge who died at his Cambridge home yesterday from a heart attack. He was 47 and in his first term as a Democrat legislator from Guernsey.

Cambridge Ohio Howard E. Faught Guernsey Ohio Supreme Court and Common Pleas

Death of a Legend: Jesse James and the Pinkerton Pursuit

Pinkerton agents trace Jesse James and his gang across Arkansas and Oklahoma after a failed Mopac robbery plan. Zerelda Mimms, Jesse’s wife, travels under an alias to avoid detection while the band tightens its circle around a May 27 rendezvous. Zerelda returns to Clinton, Missouri, on June 1 after a seven day disappearance.

Jesse Pinkertons Jd-Bar Coleman Dallas Texas Cole Frank James Bob Jim Younger Roaring River Siloam Springs Ark Frank Spavinaw Oklahoma Territory Clinton Kansas City Zerelda Missouri John Mimms Tom Thomas Howard Hibb Woodson Clay County Liberty Hibb Hibbs Zerelda Mimms

Hidden Passage of Jesse James Family and Outlaw Trail

Zerelda James drives 159 miles to Roaring River seeking help as Pinkerton agents close in on the Barry County cabin where Jesse James has vanished. The tale recounts the Howard family and their infant son Jesse Edward James amid outlaw lore and peril, with the couple's fate left unresolved.

Bob Younger Jess Bob Jim Zerelda James Clinton Roaring River Pinkerton Arkansas Missouri Peace Barry County Jesse James Big Creek Nashvile Tenn Tom Howards Tim Eddie Thomas Edward Howard Tennessee Jesse Edward James Jesse Zerelda

Understanding Prognosis in Illnesses and Recovery

Dr. Jordan explains prognosis as the forecast of recovery duration and future activity limits. He notes many factors affect outcomes, including disease severity, patient age, heart condition, family history, and mental attitude, with doctors often hedging early predictions.

Edwin P. Jordan M.D

Radio Schedule Highlights Columbus and Nearby Markets

A detailed listing of radio stations and daily program blocks across Columbus Huntington Cincinnati Athens Gallipolis Parkersburg Marietta and Charleston. The schedule runs Monday through Friday with morning to late evening lineups featuring news, music, dramas, and variety shows including titles such as The Breakfast Club Fibber Molly and Dragnet along with sport and news commentaries from multiple networks.

ABC WCOL Columbus WSAZ Huntington NBC WLW Cincinnati CBS WBNS MBS WHKC WATH Athens WJEH Gallipolis WCHS Charleston WPAR Parkersburg Other WMOA Marietta WOUI

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