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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1961
Page
6
The piece quotes judge Philip P. Gilliam urging teens to grow up and contribute. It urges responsibilities at home and in the community, from chores to work and helping others, ending with a call to seize time and act as mature individuals.
In a Midwestern city the county attorney moved to dismiss two indictments of former aldermen after juries acquitted in two similar cases. He claimed the people’s mandate favored acquittal in all similar cases, a view critics called a dangerous distortion of justice. The article stresses trial by jury and the public’s right to see indictments pursued.
An alumni president warned that obligations must be kept by believers in our lifestyle or democracy will be eroded by creeping apathy. He claimed the average life of a democracy is 200 years and only about 20 years remain on our lease, urging greater alumni turnout at meetings.
A playful poll lists the 12 inventions and discoveries believed to have hindered civilization. Items include the atom bomb, carbon paper, income tax, alimony, catsup, the dry martini, Virus X, installment plan, girdle, lipstick, falsies, and the attache case. Readers are invited to share their own entries.
The article notes tensions between President Kennedy and Indian Prime Minister Nehru after four days of talks. It highlights Nehru's complex stance, his longevity in politics, and strain with both the United States and Soviet Union as they navigate issues from Kashmir to East Germany. It cites Nehru's view on self determination and his role in global affairs amid India’s slow economic pace.
A reader questions punished politeness with threats, a mother in law clinging to old clothes, and a widow delaying marriage claiming her daughter blocks it. Abby urges courtesy, advises passing clothes to charity, and suggests the widowed man move on after a brief waiting period.
In a column by Dr. George W. Crane, Case K-454 Lon J., 42, a bank executive, is advised to revive romance with his wife after years of distance. The piece links emotional calisthenics to marital happiness and even prostate health, urging renewed affection and offering a booklet on impotence prevention.
A jealous wife lures her husband to a river bridge and stabs him with a hatpin. After he vanishes, a flood washes his body onto the wife’s lawn, making the crime’s scene return to the murderer for the first time in murder yarns. The indictment mirrors a quirky classroom essay on Quakerism.
George Sokolsky argues for a public hearing on General Walker's resignation from the armed services. He claims Walker was treated unfairly, condemns suppression of speech, and links the issue to anti Communist sentiment and possible political interference. He urges Senate Armed Services Committee scrutiny and names figures and motives involved.
The piece argues that enduring character comes from early moral guidance. It urges parents to teach limits and deliberate right choices before misbehavior, using calm, benevolent conversations when both parent and child feel good. It also answers a reader question about politeness at bedtime, discouraging forced goodbyes.
Readers respond to editorials in The Messenger with extreme proposals for handling delinquency. The letter mentions labeling convulsions as D Ts, jailing fathers for care needs, abducting children, labeling protests as delinquency, sending youths to centers, restricting family contact, school surveillance, and using youths as hostages. The piece also notes a Columbus Ohio motorist license suspension opinion by Atty. Gen. Mark Jonal issued Thursday.
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