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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1961
Page
4
The government admits the Consumer Price Index is obsolete and does not reflect living costs. Starting 1962 the index will base on 1957-59 prices with a new market basket to better show cost of living and living standards, affecting wage talks and fiscal policy.
The piece mocks Khrushchev’s six hour plus speeches at the 22nd Soviet Communist party congress in Moscow. It questions how Russian leaders and citizens endure long addresses and ponders hidden devices to stay awake during the premier’s lengthy rostrum oratory.
Jim Bishop recalls late night reading from The Great Ideas Today and recalls notes on Freud Dement and Kleitman experiments on dreams. He mentions Anna Aslan novocaine therapy for aging, virus theory in cancer, and the effect of smoking and polluted air on lung cancer. He notes porpoises speed, bird calendars, hamsters rhythms, rattlesnakes sensing heat, Sahara moths with radioactivity, space station concepts, and Einstein gravity equivalence. Sleep ends with a 72 hour dreamless void and loss of memory.
Readers share memories of祖 ancestors and bottles found along Main Street and riverbanks. The note recalls how record keeping was scarce in early settlements and how names changed, with ministers recording marriages and births. Discussion covers songs, funerals, and early fiction authors and the changing nature of publishing.
In College Park Maryland two University of Maryland students were asked to withdraw after a prank letter to Radio Havana asserted the campus served as a staging area for an invasion of Cuba.
A reader asks how to curb a husband who fixes neighbors’ electronics for free. Abby replies charity begins at home and he may be a sucker if he insists on helping everyone. The column also covers a sitter who stayed out all night and a lodge member debating posthumous wedding anniversaries.
Dr. George W. Crane discusses how a paper's distinct features beyond front-page news attract readers. He cites the Chicago American and similar family papers balancing humor, health and home content with sports, local interest and broader news to form a paper’s unique personality.
Bennett Cerf recalls a Boston Braves game where Dizzy Dean struck out Vince DiMaggio three times in a late at bat and collected ten dollars. The tale includes Fields quips about dogs and kids at his California home.
Mrs. Elsie Six argues higher female dog licenses and enforcement to curb stray and roaming dogs. She cites licensing costs and pet movement as sources of trouble in rural areas. Paris reports riot police redeployed, five thousand officers prepared for possible demonstrations by Algerians.
A reflective account recalls Roosevelt's distaste for Herbert Hoover and the contrasting fates of their administrations. It cites Roosevelt's 1920 letter praising Hoover, Hoover's defense against smear campaigns, and later cooperation as Hoover neared the presidency, ending with a suggestive White House scene and the idea of an enduring historical page.
A Texas mother writes on handling teen argumentativeness and promoting calm reason over heated debate. She advises reporting verifiable facts, avoiding anger, and encouraging civil discussion, citing Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography as an example of measured view. The piece includes brief notes on babysitting experience and a local incident in Baltimore.
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