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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1957
Page
4
Walter Locke criticizes city blocking a north south by pass while merchants fear loss of through traffic. column discusses traffic patterns on U S 33 and U S 50, cost, feasibility, and common by pass practice.
Dr. George W. Crane reviews Charley G. entering state university facing tougher academics. He warns that high IQ alone fails in college without study skills, cites weed-out first semester, and suggests speed reading and self quizzes. Also notes reading testing in schools and urges obtaining an efficient study booklet.
The reading warns contention may arise tomorrow and advises avoiding involvement and petty irritations. It suggests sticking to routine in business and notes planetary aspects aren’t favorable for new ventures now. If tomorrow is your birthday, the year ahead shows excellent prospects.
A reader asks why county commissioners fund a Mechanicsburg sewer plan. They question 10 percent county cost coverage, legality and ethics, and whether similar county support could recur for other municipalities’ sewer projects.
The puzzle lists eight personas real and fictional with varying accuracy in a quiz style. It also contains a wedding report for Judy Mae Webb and Okey Raymond Killingsworth in Hartford, Connecticut, with ceremony details, attire, and family roles. The Athens Messenger advertises its postal rates and notes association with the Associated Press.
A humorous column argues inflation needs personal frugality. It lists comic tips like carrying $2 bills, home popcorn, free hotel toiletries, skipping stamps on bills, borrowing pills, hitchhiking, stealing condiments, and laundering others’ clothes, ending with a money shredder for hoarded cash.
The piece argues that American Russian disarmament talks since March 18 have failed to produce real progress after over a decade. It warns both sides race to build weapons like ICBMs, fear mutual destruction, and doubt genuine disarmament will occur. It notes UN resumption and ongoing struggle for world influence.
The scramble for funds in 1956 sees corporations tapping banks insurers pension funds and public markets. Rights offerings by 27 firms raised about 1.01 billion dollars in new money with International Business Machines leading at 231 million from 1.05 million shares. trading in rights remained brisk as prices often rose above exercise levels.
OHN STRALEY recounts a handyman who coveted a pair of fawn slacks from his boss. He greases them to ruin a wardrobe theft, jokes the owner cannot wear them, and jokes ammonia will make them fit. A midwest woman, 80, enrolls in secretarial training.
The piece argues publicity and management manipulate celebrity image, with Communist influence and financial troubles shaping Hollywood. It notes the Confidential libel case, media hypocrisy, and debates over art, censorship, and moral judgment amid industry decline and TV impact. It cites Walter Kerr on censorship and questions whether moral disapproval equals censorship.
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