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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1955
Page
6
A brief devotional note from the Charleston Gazette on June 2 1955 urges not loving worldly desires. It cites I John 2 5 17 highlighting the temporary nature of earthly lusts and the permanence of doing God’s will.
The Kanawha County Court should be a three member body, not a one man show. The piece criticizes two silent members for failing to participate in payroll decisions and child shelter plans, urging full discussion and majority rule.
West Virginia farmers can double pasture productivity with lime and fertilizer. Use proper fertilization and phosphates, mow pastures to spread droppings and remove weeds, and irrigate from local ponds. Pasture can be grown and harvested as well as any region, if cared for.
A Montane reader argues teachers deserve higher salaries amid political manipulation by big interests. He urges teachers to move to states that value them, praising their impact and criticizing local officials, while urging reforms for statewide education leadership and retention.
Inez Robb notes that twenty first century women balance marriage and work as they pursue careers. She argues the double standard presses women to manage home and job, advising brides to seek stability with a husband while sustaining employment. The piece envisions evolving partnerships but warns of risks if balance fails.
Drew Pearson argues congressional committees have not thoroughly investigated the Cutter vaccine episode. He questions license timing, testing oversight, industry cooperation, and the resulting polio tragedies, highlighting cases in Baltimore and overseas Canada as contrast.
Victor Riesel describes the Iron Curtain as porous near Eisenstadt and Vienna. He cites 400 slave labor camps across Eastern Europe, run by the secret police, with Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland hosting numerous camps. He notes defectors and anti Communist labor networks easing information flow to the West.
An article describes the use of a televiewing pneumatic tube system to speed cancer tissue analysis at Walter Reed and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology during the 104th annual AMA meeting in Atlantic City. It notes the goal of shortening the gap between biopsy and report and promoting regular checkups and ongoing research. The piece also adds a glossary of fear terms, mentions Los Alamos open house a decade after the atomic bomb, and invites sportsmanship submissions for the Grantland Rice Memorial award.
LOCAL Commander Harold Moore protests Hoover veto of veterans pensions bill for Spanish War veterans. STATE Parkersburg hosts first convention of West Virginia Journeymen Barbers Assn electing J H Diggs Fairmont as president E H West Charles ton as VP and T R Combs Wheeling as secretary-treasurer. NATIONAL Sen Guy O D Goff of West Virginia eyed for ambassador to Japan with health guiding decision. WORLD Museum authorities announce no phonograph records found for Ferdinand Foch or Georges Clemenceau, despite a nationwide search.
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