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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1954
Page
4
The Athens Messenger entry outlines the newspaper’s publisher and management team including Gordon K. Fish and Bat Joan V. Webb with Charles W. Reamer as manager. It notes weekday afternoon publication and ties to The Messenger Company.
The piece argues Senate hearings on McCarthy waste time and political capital. It credits him with exposing internal dangers but says his aggressive tactics lost public support. It compares past roughness of Roosevelt era probes and deems continued inquiries unproductive.
In these columns HAL Boyle muses on money’s hold over both sexes and the habit of women probing men pockets. He notes security desires, weathering storms, and rural country sayings, including a host hostess compliment and a quip about a chronic griper.
National gas growth is outlined as a modern miracle replacing coal, with vast pipe lines across Ohio and beyond. Experts recount long term reserves, undeveloped Canadian and Mexican fields, and the shift reshaping consumer habits and industry.
Dr George W Crane counsels heart attack survivors to discard fear after six weeks. He describes physiological healing, scar formation, and notes tobacco risk, urging a temperate life and faith for improved wellbeing. He cites autopsy cases of repeated scars and emphasizes psychological resilience.
Dr. Edwin P. Jordan explains goiter varieties and thyroid function, detailing diffuse and nodular enlargements, toxic forms, and treatment options. He notes iodine-based radioactivity therapy and the role of iodized salt in reducing goiter incidence.
June Sayre Ruth Chapman and relatives visited Oxford Michigan and returned with Mr Sayre and Roberta. Labor Day weekend hosted by Mr and Mrs Milford Sayre included a church homecoming with a basket dinner and cemetery trustees election. Local families from Columbus Athens Chauncey and Corning joined in.
Tancred returns to Sage City after Miller’s death and confronts Laura Vesser and Mrs. Miller about the crime. He contemplates keeping the Star and newspaper legacy, while Fugger’s power looms over town and its frightened residents. Tancred drafts a bold front page accusing Fugger of murder.
The reading warns extreme caution with money and valuables tomorrow and against discussing financial problems with strangers in the morning. Evenings favor quiet pursuits like reading and music. For birthdays, 1954 balance periods favor career and finances but avoid gambling, with October bringing a potentially influential contact and a glamorous romance, and November offering lasting success. A child born that day is methodical and health minded.
Stephen A. Mitchell, national Democratic chairman, will address the Cuyahoga County Democratic organization Steel Coast on September 19. Cuyahoga County Chairman Ray T. Miller said all state Democratic county chairmen have been invited to attend.
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