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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1955
Page
8
Tomorrow opens the annual summer programs at Charleston YMCA and North Branch YMCA. The main Y at Davis Park will host 16 clubs and nearly 100 classes weekly plus tours, hikes, and special activities for adults.
The Kanawha County YMCA launches a free learn to swim program for boys over eight, plus age-grouped activity classes led by volunteers. Programs run at the main branch and at 510 Capitol St with schedules for glee, rifle, model building, gym, crafts, and co ed clubs, plus daily outings and films.
Tokyo reports say the United States and Japan will sign a bilateral agreement on uranium concentrates around June 20. Washington talks have nearly reached the treaty’s core points. Tokyo had sent a final draft after revisions and both sides will review it at the next meeting.
The Kanawha County Public Library added new fiction titles by Howard Moorehead Perret and others along with non fiction works on education, history and politics. A reference section lists aviation, periodicals, almanacs, and statistical volumes with 1954 to 1955 publication details. US tea imports rose 6.5 percent in 1954 while coffee imports fell 19 percent.
Saint L. Fizer, a longtime Charleston Salvation Army staffer and publication sergeant, will be honored by the Advisory Board at a testimonial dinner tomorrow. Lt. Col. Charles Dodds and his wife from Richmond will attend. Mack R. Mathews chairs the event at 6 p.m. at the Salvation Army Citadel.
A fragmented excerpt discusses early locomotive boiler pressures, noting limits around 160 pounds and later higher pressures. It mentions a Saint and Salvations, with a stray reference to 1895 and a provisional context of boiler design developments.
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