London Debutante Season Expands and Goes Commercial
The London debutante season grows larger and more commercial with about 500 girls aged 17 and 18 entering a four month rounds of dances starting mid May. Mothers scheme for social success and marriages while daughters attend tea parties and dances with hopeful escorts.
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London
Queen Elizabeth
Court
Taxis
France
Switzerland
Debs
Bunny
Deb
Soho
Diamonds From Graphite: Army Makes Synthetic Stones
The Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth N J leads a long term program to convert graphite into synthetic diamonds by replicating earth crust pressures and temperatures. Early attempts yielded tiny impure gems, now thousands of high purity diamonds are produced for potential semiconductor use. The lab also creates cubic boron nitride for similar electronic testing.
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Washington
U.S. Army
Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Signal Corps Laboratory
Auditor outlines microfilming of tax books to save counties money
West Virginia Auditor Denzil Gainer proposed microfilming personal property tax books from 1935-56 to save about 55000 by replacing about 1800 costly loose leaf binders. The project, to be done by the State Purchasing Division, would free basement storage and return binders to counties where possible.
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Charleston
Denzil Gainer
West Virginia
Gainer
Capitol
State Set To Open Auto Sales Office Earlier
Charleston AP reports the Motor Vehicles Department will start 7 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. hours six days a week including Saturday to speed sales of 1962 63 license plates through June 30. New plates must be displayed by July 1. Commissioner Jack A. Nuckols urges mail orders when possible as three day mail service remains.
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Charleston
Motor Vehicles Department
Jack A. Nuckols
Nuckols
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