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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1954
Page
4
Stock car racers rely on a simple safety belt to stay fixed in their seat during crashes, a practice Cornell University researchers find essential for motorist safety too. While belts may be unpopular, experts argue their use could dramatically cut fatalities and injuries on open highways.
Nearly a decade after the Battle of the Bulge, a German war veteran now sells postcards at the Malmedy crossroads where on December 17, 1944, German SS troops killed American artillery observers. Time reporter Jack Belden witnessed the scene, describing stunned survivors and the atrocity that drew global attention.
In Washington veteran columnist James Marlow argues Senator McCarthy will press anti communist probes even if censured. He notes McCarthy’s past four years attacking executive branch officials and predicts the senator will likely keep targeting the Eisenhower administration for years, influencing a tight 1956 election.
Dr George W Crane analyzes Mary W a 38 year old East St Louis woman whose longing for more children stems from fear of being deemed not normal rather than maternal love. He links menopausal anxiety to neurotic drives and urges adoption suspicion, urging readers to face 40 with reduced alarm and request his bulletin on Menopausal Complexes.
The listing details ABC Woul WBOU and affiliates across Columbus Huntington Cincinnati Athens Gallipolis Parkersburg and Marietta with frequencies and a dense weekday programming slate. It includes morning to late night shows such as News Sports Dance orchestras theater serials and variety programs.
The fragment follows Greg as he helps a woman deserted by a fiancé amid a rural town mystery. They encounter Rupert Sandusky an alien and face danger while plotting to locate a thief and secure the woman’s safety and future. The scene centers on trust, money lending, and town scrutiny.
In Meigs County a string of Sunday visits ties families and neighbors as Hannah Ankly travels with Greg to Daggett at a trailer. Greg contemplates aiding an illegal immigrant while Daggett plots a cautious approach to money and guardianship in a continuing soap opera scene.
Mrs Claude Burnett and her infant visit her parents Mr and Mrs Dale Allensworth in Cheshire while Master Sgt George Robert Noble returns from Korea to his Columbus family. Ada Thompson is ill with a heart condition. Rosa Shamblin and Gary Reynolds of Columbus wed at the Shamblin home. Ralph Rife serves as best man. Mrs Walter White of Pomeroy is a medical patient at Schaeckel Clinic Mason West Virginia stays at the Barnett home with Mrs Bert Hern.
Tomorrow calls for good judgment and a pleasant disposition to gain the day’s aims. Mixed influences suggest dis tension and possible rifts with family or business associates, so avoid controversy and seek elder or superior favor. The rest of the period promises friendly evenings, group activities, romance, and opportunities arising in 1955 as past efforts bear fruit.
Clashes between French security forces and Nationalist guerrillas in Tunisia and Algeria over the weekend killed at least 31. In Tunisia at Djebe Garbou one encounter left 20 rebels dead and 30 wounded with two captured. French forces lost one soldier. In Algeria’s Aures Mountains near Djebel Achmoul French paratroopers killed five guerrillas and lost two men.
A fragmented TV guide listing various programs and times, naming hosts and stations such as CBS NBC and ABC. Entries include Breakfast, My Story Drama, News Story Time, Strike It Rich, Queen for a Day, Ted Steele Show, Lopez Music, Martin Black, House Party, Mike and Buff, Bandstand and Variety Time with multiple midwestern repeats.
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