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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1956
Page
2
Fragmented OCR puzzle hints show a mix of across and down clues with garbled spellings. Notable items include references to ship parts, zodiac signs, a wooden vessel, a Christian festival, and European terms, all jumbled and incomplete.
St Albans West Virginia youngster Frances Hudson, aged 10, wins a prize after asking if the circus seal is a fish. The piece explains the seal is a mammal, not a fish, and traces the animal’s evolution from land to sea, highlighting air breathing, live birth, and blubber for warmth.
A playful piece describes seals and their ears and breathing habits while noting a humorous view of ancient razor use. Washington reports a Senate bill to raise minimum postal savings deposits to five dollars, moving to House for action with claimed thrift and economy benefits.
In Biella Italy on June 5 a clergyman who won the recent council election with the most votes stepped down. Pastor Teosore Bulma resigns after his Evangelical Church congregation objected to serving as a Communist councilman while remaining faithful to his religious duties.
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