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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1958

Page

4

Remedial Impasse Highlights Inflation Growth Dilemma

A Senate House economic committee report shows labor and business economists clash on price stability. Labor voices blame price hikes on corporate pricing and wage adjustments, while business economists favor monetary controls and fiscal restraint. The debate signals Congress faces a nonpartisan task to sustain growth without inflation.

Congressional Committee Senate House Economic Committee Congress 86Th Congress Organized

Labor Racketeering Reform Hopes Face 86th Congress

Senator McClellan signals a broader bill to curb labor racketeering amid anti labor majorities in the 86th Congress. While Kennedy Ives style reforms seem unlikely to pass, moderate reform is possible due to public sentiment from the McClellan committee findings and signals from top union leaders. Hoffa's Teamsters remain a key hurdle.

McClellan Senate House Mitchell Kennedy Ives Congress 86Th Kennedy-Ives McClellan Committee James R. Hoffa Teamsters Union Afl-Cio

Wake Up Americans Over Federal Aid Education Debt Bucket

A critical editorial argues that $887 million federal education funding is a drop in a bucket toward a looming $300 billion debt. It quotes Ruth Stout and Walter Heller criticizing deficits as constructive and warns of further requests for $4.5 billion, urging against expansion of federal control.

Ruth Stout National Education Association Walter W. Heller University of Minnesota NEA

Eisenhower Aims to Curb Spending in New Budget Push

President Eisenhower vows to fight excess spending during his final two years as the 1959 budget looms. The Defense Department remains the largest spender, with plans to trim 30,000 Army and 25,000 Marines, while deficits widen from 1948 to 1959 amid rising debt and inflation.

Eisenhower White House Congress Defense Department Pentagon Truman United States Korea

Doctor Crane Proposes Hospital Insurance Deductible Plan

Doctor George W. Crane discusses Dr. Albert M. Donato's idea of adding a 50 to 100 dollar deductible to hospital insurance. He argues hospital bills inflate costs, urges patients to self pay minor visits, and calls for a return to private practice with hospitals as support.

Donato Crane

American Students Shy From Language Studies

Soviet statistics show about 12 million students in grades five through ten study a foreign language in the USSR during 1956 57, compared with roughly 1.4 million pupils in all U S grades in 1954 55. In Soviet schools a language is compulsory and German is the most popular foreign language.

Soviet Union Ussr United States

Horoscope and language study trends noted in 1950s report

The horoscope offers advice on finances and travel with a June to August positive for romance and social life. It also cites 1950s language study data: 7,651,000 pupils in German in 1956-57, 3,306,000 studying Russian in 19,300 schools, and a rise in foreign language courses in the U.S. due to Sputnik.

United States Sputnik U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare U. S. Health, Education and Welfare Department

Try and Stop Me SECTION FOREMAN Hears Friendly Protest

A Erie Railroad foreman snarls at a veteran worker over lifting a pick. The worker replies he is protecting him from harm. In Brooklyn a sixth grade teacher learns kids hoard pennies after a shop signs offering 25 dollars for 1900 pennies. A magnate near death learns the graph behind his desk is upside down.

Erie Railroad Brooklyn Bennett Cerf King Features Syndicate

Rutland PTA Plans Fund Drive and Scout Troop

Rutland PTA met in the grade school gym to report cafeteria purchases and raise money for school equipment. Committees will contact parents for donations. The program featured piano solos by Kathy Thomas and Jean Siders, a Cub Scout skit, and the organization of a Boy Scout troop for boys 11 to 14. A panel on homework and discipline was led by Rutland High principal Mr Parson with teachers Miss Montgomery and Mrs Duane.

Rutland Rutland Pta PTA Recorder Kathy Thomas Jean Siders Harold Rice Parson Rutland High School

Inflation and gold as bonds gauge US future

The piece argues that government bonds reflect national finances better than stocks, with inflation risking distorted views. It depicts Eisenhower as having broad freedom to curb inflation, possibly via a gold standard, to protect the American economy in 1958.

United States

Health for Today Q and A on Diabetes Canker Sores and More

This column covers diabetes detection, possible causes of canker sores, ovulation pain and premenstrual tension, choking emergencies needing windpipe access, and remedies for bad breath. It urges medical consultation and cautions against overreliance on newspaper advice.

Chauncey Dover schools win two mill levy renewal

Chauncey Dover Exempted Village System thanks voters for passage of the two mill levy renewal with 78.9 percent approval. Levy funds will support current operating expenses, per Superintendent S. L. Darst. Chauncey, Nov. 14.

the Messenger Chauncey- Dover S. L. Darst Chauncey

The Messenger Publishing Co Athens Ohio Notice

The Athens Messenger and Sunday Messenger rate card outlines daily, Sunday, and mail delivery options. It lists subscription prices for Ohio and West Virginia and details post office handling and address.

Athens Messsenger Sunday Messenger Ohio & W.va The Messenger Publishing Co W. Union St Athens Ohio

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