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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1955
Page
7
A column advises parents to resist nagging and coercive pressure from children on activities such as beach parties. It argues that loving parents set firm limits, avoid giving in to persistent pleas, and prepare youths to make independent choices later in life.
A Charleston man, A. F. Patrick, was elected president of the West Virginia State Branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors at a Jackson's Mill meeting. Other officers named include L. B. Wilson Parkersburg as vice president R. L. Hamilton Charleston as secretary and H. Edwards Spencer Huntington as treasurer.
The Kanawha County Sheriff's Office will close from July 2 to noon July 18 to prepare delinquent tax lists. Sheriff Al J. Carey said 1954 taxes paid with postmark by midnight July 2 will be honored, and real estate not redeemed before the second Monday in December will go to the annual Sheriff's sale.
A St. Albans railroad conductor, W. C. Osborne, 50, sustained a broken left arm when his car collided with a truck on U S Route 60 near Spring Hill yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Thomas Memorial Hospital in good condition.
Two students from Greater Charleston West Virginia received degrees at the University of Wisconsin commencement. Charles L. Cleland of 216 Rosemont Ave South Charleston and Gertrude L Cain of 1342 Mountain Ave Charleston. A fire in an unoccupied apartment on Birch Ave caused $35 in damages with two Charleston fire units responding. Booster tanks were used to suppress the blaze. Mrs C E Miller and her son Jim C Miller of Gauley Bridge West Virginia attend the National Older Youth Conference in Green Lake Wisconsin hosted by the American Assembly of the Baptist Church with about 300 attendees.
A 37 day U S tour by 25 leading doctors from 12 nations will inspect how the atom is used in medicine. The visit, organized by the AEC and sponsors, will cover isotope use, reactors, cancer research, and clinical applications with exchanges among U S and foreign doctors.
Weather worsens over arid North Central Ceylon delaying preparations for a total solar eclipse. Observers from the United States France Japan and Britain crossed oceans hoping to witness four minutes of totality, as heavy clouds hamper sun sighting for days. The next eclipse of equal duration is 144 years away.
Predicted heavy cloud cover for the recent eclipse based on statistics from the last 20 years. Most clear conditions occurred in North Central Ceyt area, where observers were stationed for the yearly observations.
New ointment Sperti claims instant sunburn pain relief and prevents peeling while turning redness into a smooth tan. It supposedly delivers oxygen and nutrients from blood to sunburned areas, healing skin. sold at drugstores for 98 cents a large tube with a money back guarantee.
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