Grafton Sentinel publication details and 1955 price list
Grafton Sentinel published weekdays by Sentinel Publications at 8 Latrobe Street Grafton West Virginia. Established 1870, daily except Sunday since 1908. Advertising agents listed in New York Detroit Chicago Pittsburgh. Subscription rates shown for West Virginia Virginia carriers and out of state. Entered second class matter March 3 1870. Thursday August 4 1955.
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Es. Representative
New York
Mohie
Chestnut Street
Detroit
Lafayette Street
Chicago
Michigan Street
Pittsburgh
Fourth Avenue
West Virginia
Virginia
Virginias
Prenton Counties
Grafton
W. Va
Lable
Taylor
Barbour
No War for Twenty Years Soviet Goal Posts 1960 1975
The piece analyzes Soviet long range plans to exceed per capita production of capitalist nations by 1960 and again by 1970 to 1975, arguing these targets imply a prolonged peace while mobilizing vast economic growth. It cites Dulles analyses, Indian observers, and the incentive system in Russia as context for Moscow’s aims and the implied restraint on conflict. It also notes renewed talks between US and PRC ambassadors in Geneva as potential steps toward recognition.
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Stalin
United States
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Foreign Affairs Committees
Congress
Russia
Iron Curtain
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Republic of China
Peiping
Hranlingtn
Geneva Conference
Far East
Geneva
State Department
China
Rights Survey Marks Bill of Rights Focus Day
A Senate subcommittee announced a commemorative program for Constitution Day on September 17. It plans to survey the first ten amendments amendment by amendment and clause by clause, evaluating how rights are respected and enforced today.
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Senate
Price Hospitals Care in 1954 AHA Report
The American Hospital Association report for 1954 shows hospital care costs totaling $224,000 for last year with a record 345,491 patients treated. Non-profit general hospitals spent about $22.78 daily per patient, while patients paid roughly ALT1 less per day than the average.
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American Hospital Association
Britain
Hospital Association
Core of Life Prayer for House Session Ends in Faith and Law
A Catholic prayer by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc opened a Washington House session, urging lawmakers to apply religious principles to law, family life, economy, race, and urban issues. He stresses that religion must be core, not decorative, and cites In God We Trust as national creed guiding governance and society.
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Eigitous
House of Representatives
Washington
Christ
U.S.A
Daily Across Puzzle Fragments Highlight Hospital Need
Puzzle text includes scattered clues and a concluding plea about non profit hospital renderers providing vital services and deserving community support amid population growth, crowded housing, and limited care resources.
C P Plans $2 500 000 Betterments In West Virginia
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. board approves over 2.5 million in West Virginia facility improvements. Charleston gets 817000 for dial gear and outside plant. Clarksburg, Wheeling, Beckley, Follansbee, Gilbert, and Madison North area also funded with several hundred thousand dollars each for cables, poles, and new dial offices.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Elkview
Offie
Clarksburg Exchange
Wheeling
Beckley
Follansbee
Gilbert
Mingo County
Madison Exchange
Danville
Boone County
Few Ill Effects Seen To Market As Coffee Frosts
Rio de Janeiro coffee prices likely to remain steady despite frost damage in Parana and Sao Paulo. Trade experts cite foreign exchange reforms and a surplus market as offsetting factors reducing the chance of repeating last year's price surge, when New York retail prices hit 1.30 dollars a pound.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Parane
Sao Paulo
New York
Budget Woes Bring Six Vacancies in County Schools
The school board reports six vacancies after recent resignations including the Flemington band instructor and an elementary teacher at Rock Union. Superintendent Rohrbough notes Culp's replacement is not yet possible with only two potential elementary hires. Other actions include hiring a janitress, road paving bids at the High School, school well cleaning, water concerns at Blueville, sound absorbing ceiling work at Flemington, window repair bids for the Junior High, and a bus driver leave of absence. Beulah L. Biffle appointed secretary to Flemington High principal J. W. Talbott.
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Culp
Haynes City
Fla
West Virginia
Eugene Weese
Thornton
Virginia West
Grafton High
Glenville College
Virgil Rohrbough
Flemington
Rock Union
Ollie Powell
Flemington High School
Haymond
Frank Wiseman
Blueville
Loaas
Merrills, Inc
Burg
Lee Armentrout
Ilness
Beulah L. Biffle
J. W. Talbott
Terra Alta girl named FHA state vice president
Miss Barbara Wotring of Terra Alta was elected vice president of a parliamentary procedure at the 10th annual West Virginia FHA conference held at Jackson's Mill. She is the first Terra Alta girl to hold a state office. Attendees from Terra Alta included Mrs. Ocelia Jones, Miss Carolyn DeWitt, and Sandi Wittaker. DeWitt sang in the FHA chorus while DeWitt and Wittaker participated in the emblem service. New York State has more people than Canada.
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Barbara Wotring
Terra Alta
West Virginia
Association of Future Homematters of America
Jackson's Mill
Miss Wotring
Ocelia Jones
Sponson
Carolyn Dewitt
Sandi Wittaker
DeWitt
FHA
Miss Whittaker
Memoir Fragments Reveal Editor Rise and Wedding Tales
Fragmentary reminiscences recount Thurb er and Ross shaping a career from bottom to managing editor while a star nervously recalls a chance meeting with a future husband. The passage echoes 1985 copyright by Bensielt Cerf and distribution notes.
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Odge
Ross
Bensielt
WILLIAM RITT- Telling Me and More
A garbled column blends comments on European friendliness post Geneva, London fog costs, and American physical trends likened to Indian features. It cites a sports writer and historian on horses, printing, and media musings, with fleeting chatter on filters and smoking.
Princess Mary and Margaret Parallel Love Across Centuries
A nostalgic compare and contrast of Princess Margaret and Tudor era princess Mary of England. The piece traces Mary’s romance with Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and parallels to Margaret Townsend, linking royal romance and political pressures across four centuries. It notes Henry VIII’s involvement, Brandon’s prior marriage, and Mary’s eventual marriage and death.
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Dovereig
Margaret
Peter ‘Townsend
Meg
Mary of
England
Henry VIII
Britain
Mary
Charles Brandon
Duke of Suffolk
Henry
Peter Townsend
Townsend
Brandon Adt
Brandon
Winabath
Henry, VIII
Frante
Mérnarer Aseay
Pete Toivazend
Les
Bruseele
France
Mary’ Brenoli
Brand
Francis
Jy Sand
Dinice
Bing
Paris
Suffolk
Duke of Windsor
Mary of England
Sigtfolk
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