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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1957

Page

4

Wisconsin Senate Race Upset Signals GOP Fracture

Proxmire's upset over Walter Kohler in Wisconsin shocks Republicans and hints at farmer price dissatisfaction and urban inflation concerns. Analysts warn against national trend conclusions from one off year race, noting intra party splits and forecasting reelections and 1960 aims.

William Proxmire Wisconsin Eisenhower Walter Kohler Kohler Proxmire Congress White House Joseph R. McCarthy

IRS presses tax case against Dave Beck in new indictments

The Internal Revenue Service broadens its pursuit of alleged tax evasion by Dave Beck the retiring Teamsters president. New indictments claim $184000 due for 1951 to 1953, following earlier charges of $56000 for 1950. The agency targets those who conceal income, leaving ordinary taxpayers pleased IRS watches the tax laws.

U.S. Internal Revenue Service Internal Revenue Dave Beck Teamsters Union Senate Beck

Salute to a Great Plane DC-3’s remarkable service and decline

The DC-3, once dominant with 90 percent of the U.S. fleet and a vital wartime workhorse as the C-47 Jeep of the skies, nears obsolescence as Congress funds modernization. Its 21 passenger cabin and tail-down landings mark a storied era in commercial and military aviation history.

Douglas Aircraft Company Congress

Times Change The Reporter Plans A European Voyage

The narrator recounts proposing a six week trip with family aboard ships United States and Constitution to visit London Paris and the Riviera. His wife daughters decline for life reasons while he plans to travel alone to gather material and meet critics, friends, and a bridge expert in Monte Carlo, hoping to return by Cherbourg or New York.

United States Elinor London Paris Riviera Cannes Europe Ginny Charles Frechette Claire Pierce Gayle Peggy Friady Churchill Eden Adenauer Savoy Hotel William Holden Crillon Hotel Germany The Marseilles Otto Preminger Italy Rome San Francisco la Jolla Carabinieri Castel Gondolfo Ciampini Monte Carlo Alphonse Moyse Jr New York Cherbourg Asbury

Case History of a Psychiatrist gan

A reader recalls a psychiatrist's advice on paying children for music practice on a piecework basis. The method dampened nagging and spurred the children to want to practice, with fathers sharing the idea as practical and sensible family guidance.

Dole

Civil Rights Bill Passes After Long Deliberation in Congress

Congress finally acts on civil rights with both parties pushing a limited voting rights measure after years of contention. The move follows Supreme Court rulings ending school segregation and rising pressure from northern black voters and civil rights groups.

Congress Senate Franklin D. Roosevelt Supreme Court South National Assn. For Advancement of Colored People Eisenhower

Try and Stop Me and the Dantomime Quiz

A summer TV show features two teams playing charades with audience input reaching about 30000 letters weekly. The piece notes a quirky gag line about a roundhouse and a brakeman and mentions recurring participants and rumors about baseball franchises.

Letart Falls Church Names Guest for Sept Services

The Rev. Robert Learned of Letart Falls EUB Church scheduled quarterly services for September with the Rev. E. H. Martin of Chillicothe to lead. Mr and Mrs Lewis Miller learned their son A 2C Donald Miller was improving in Tokyo and to be evacuated within a week.

Letart Falls Robert Learned E. H. Martin Chillicathe Lewis Miller Tokyo Donald Miller

The Go-Getter Is Forgotten by Moonlighting Critics

The author confronts readers who condemn moonlighting and argues that many families suffer from overbearing fathers with little time for children. Personal letters from a 52 year old woman and others challenge the idea, noting long commutes and limited family time. The piece ends noting there are no universal rules for all families.

E. J. Sebold Syracuse New York Papa Develish New Jersey Brooklyn

The Family Doctor on Immunizations and Boosters

The article discusses the historical toll of contagious diseases and how vaccines and booster shots expanded life expectancy. It explains childhood inoculations for diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, and smallpox, notes the polio vaccine, and covers typhoid and other optional vaccines. It stresses consulting a physician for personalized protection.

North America

Public Forum Poem on Mercy and Peace by Bessie M Gorslene

A poetic plea urging mercy and universal peace. The piece envisions legislative halls as closed walls and calls for divine mercy to lift suffering of livestock and people. Sent from Athens by Bessie M Gorslene.

Brain Game Quiz Answers From Classical Tales and Legends

Brain Game Here is a weapons quiz from The Athens Messenger. It tests myths and legends with questions about Telephus dragons teeth Achilles courage Beowulf and Arthur. The page also includes delivery rates and newspaper masthead details.

Arthur

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