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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1958
Page
4
Harvard Law Dean Dean Griswold urges reducing the appellate caseload to free justices for major issues. He argues the court now spends time on ordinary tax and administrative cases that should not reach the high tribunal, to protect the court’s prestige amid criticism.
The 1958 Transportation Act is praised as major reform with two notable by-products. First, hearings on the transport economy broke public apathy toward rail issues. Second, Senate plans to study public transport policy will address charges for using public facilities by highways, waterways, and air industries.
Attorney General William P. Rogers outlines a long term plan to concentrate all federal agencies on the top criminals who operate across state lines. He says the drive aims to cripple big racketeers by identifying and surveilling them, not for quick results, but to disrupt their operations over time.
Jim Bishop recounts a journey to Frederick Maryland from Knoxville Tennessee. The piece blends memory and history showing Civil War scenes and Lincoln's 1864 visit alongside a Confederate flag moment and Ward Lamon's song. The narrator laments towns seen as they were not as they are.
Dr Crane urges clergymen to visit three parishioners on Monday then craft a narrative sermon that includes their experiences. He cites Jesus method of narrative anecdote and asks readers to end with a uplifting quotation. Send for his booklet Surefire Public Platform Strategy.
A collection of quirky facts and quotes from reader letters and public musings. Notable items include hunger for salt, pepper as wealth superstition, auction origins, beef surpassing pork since 1953, and odd opinions from actor Walter Slezak and others.
The Stars Say forecast advises facing unusual situations calmly and realistically. For a birthday, concentrate on reasonable goals this year, expect some mid December recognition, and pursue conservative finances, travel, and romance with steady effort through mid 1959. A birthday child will be resourceful and dependable.
Dorothy Starrett’s friend attends a play where a man steps on her foot then a sly exchange with Vincent Starrett’s associate Dunninger unfolds. The gag includes brand captions and a dated 1958 Bennett Cerf line, reflecting syndicated humor.
A rural Virginia vale near a mountain is described as a home for happy fairies whose tears cried after the world’s Calvary death. The tears turned to gleaming gems shaped by nature and refined by human hands, promising good fortune to wearers and their circles. Bessie M. Gorslene Athens, 0.
The quiz asks for the ship of Henry Hudson’s last voyage the ship Benedict Arnold escaped on Dewey’s Manila Bay flagship the locomotive Casey Jones rode and the plane in
A reader condemns a circulated impeachment poster accusing Chief Justice Earl Warren of communism and racial coercion. The piece argues the accusation is baseless, notes the dangers of labeling a Supreme Court member dangerous, and questions whether hate material is a profitable enterprise.
A District of Columbia report outlines 10 key points for boosting youth fitness at home school and community levels. It urges parental responsibility youth participation and improved home environments while backing a 73 million school and recreation center borrowing plan and expanded male PE staff.
The Athens Messenger notes Wiley Post completed a solo circumnavigation and hints at his future aviation feats. Details on route and dates remain sparse in the excerpt.
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