Grafton Sentinel masthead and address listing
The Grafton Sentinel masthead shows contact details and publishing background at 102 Latrobe Street with telephone numbers 614 and 615. It notes founding in 1870 and later advertising representatives Bottenelli Kimball Inc with publishers representatives in New York Philadelphia Detroit Chicago and Pittsburgh offices.
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Grafton Sentinel
Ntinel Publications
Latrobe Street
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Bottenelli-Kimball, Inc
New York
Lesingtom Avenue
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Detroit
W. Lafayette Street
Chicago
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Pittsburgh
Fusion Breakthrough Hints At Abundant Power For World
Geneva reports indicate scientists see fusion energy as a path to limitless power within two decades. Homi Bhabha predicts controlled fusion will tame the hydrogen bomb as deuterium found in oceans fuels a new era. Ford heirs fund $1 million annual peace awards to honor nuclear progress.
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Geneva
Homi J. Bhabha
India
Atomic Energy Commission
Bhabha
United States
Arid
Enrico Fermi
University of Chicago
Curtis Seeks Broader Tax Averaging For Fluctuating Incomes
Rep Thomas B Curtis proposes widening income averaging to all with volatile earnings. The plan would allow those whose yearly taxable income exceeds 150 percent of their five-year average to spread the excess over six years, aiding farmers, small businessmen, professionals, and entertainers. Also notes on POW loyalty efforts and internal camp propaganda battles.
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Thomas B. Curtis
Curtis Plct
Isotopes For Cancer Treatments Near Big Business Production
Geneva reports Oak Ridge scientists have refined isotope production for cancer treatment near industrial scale. A F Rupp notes shipments since 1946 total over 64 000, delivering radiation equivalents of 50 000 grams of radium. Techniques now mirror routine industry, aiding research hospitals while converting waste to safer byproducts.
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Geneva
Oak Ridge
A. F. Ktupp
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Atoms For Peace Conference
Rupp
Dale W. Jenkins
U.S. National Research Council
Washington
The Core Of Life Rev Francis Quinn on Matrimony
A letter titled The Core Of Life discusses whether motherhood is essential to marriage and if breaking God's law could ever be a solution. It presents a mother’s imagined letter to an unborn son, explaining poverty and fear of inadequacy as reasons not to bear a child, stressing love, responsibility, and the limits of what parents can provide.
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Thomas J. Cawley
Daily Across Puzzle Clues Edition
A compact list of crossword style hints spans baseball slang terms worker careful fortified morning reception reason single unit ripe Roman pound enemy scout land measure young cat trifling breeze to be in debt mother of pear obnoxious insects a Hebrew high priest ever exclamation of greeting to the present sea eagle and the Greek island name small spray for cooking and salads harmony mother of Irish gods possessing projecting end of a sour note
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Harmony
State Property Valuations Rise Dramatically Across West Virginia
The State Chamber of Commerce reports total county valuations in West Virginia rose by 77,772,340 to 3,189,280,152 for 1955, with eight counties facing state school aid cuts in 1956 as valuations fall short of the 35 percent benchmark. Fayette County declined slightly, while Berkeley Hancock Kanawha Marion Mingo Putnam and Randolph all posted gains. The higher valuations are expected to boost county school funding by about 800,000 next year.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Ghamiber
Fayette County
Berkeley
Hancock
Kanawha
Marion
Mingo
Putnam
Randolph
No Lights No Mishap on Court House Square
Edinburg police reported no traffic accidents on Court House Square during three months with lights out for construction. After lights were restored, two cars collided within the hour. The chamber foresees needed improvements in accident ratios for 1956.
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Edinburg
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North American Whooping Cranes Rise From 21 to 24
Almanac notes warmer cycles since 1920, predicting more hot summers. Mention of beekeeping picnic in Michigan and farmers in the Midwest facing traffic jams amid Big Ten rivalries. Social commentary on youth fashion and Russia’s satellite plans.
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North America
Michigan Beekeepers Association
Galle
Bennett Cerf Try and Stop Me Laugh Lines Quote
A witty Bennett Cerf interview on a yacht quotes a liquor magnate boasting a morning routine of touching his shoes twenty five times before dressing. The piece nods to Louis Agassiz and a psychiatrist quip about marriage to an octopus, all in a light humor tone.
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Nantucket
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Judicial Sale Notice in Taylor County West Virginia
Legal advertising notice of judicial sale in Taylor County WV under a 1955 decree. Real estate includes Lots 4 and 11 in Elliott’sville Webster with prior ties to Janet Bartlett and adverse conveyance to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Sale August 29 1955 at 1 30 PM at Grafton Court House front door. Terms: one third cash, balance in three and six months with interest. Special Commissioner Hugh R McPhail. Clerk W Merle Bailey. 7/29 8/5 12 19
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Circuit Court
Taylor County
West Virginia
E. C. McDaniel
Old Bartlett Ault
V. Ioie Jenkins
Grafton
Webster
Court , House District
Elliott
Elliottsville
Taylor
Jane E. Bartlett
James T. Knotts
Ola Bartlett Ault
Janet Bartlett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
C. R. Losh
Elzabeth Lesh
James M. Bartlett
County Court
Hugh R. McPhail
Washington’s 1956 agenda promises partisan battles
The first session of the 4th Congress left President Eisenhower frustrated on domestic goals such as highways, Hawaii and Alaska statehood, immigration, housing, and school construction. A second session is expected to be acrimonious with Democrats pressing broad anti-Eisenhower campaigns, tighter scrutiny of nominees, and renewed focus on Big Business in Government issues including Dixon-Yates and Talcott’s Pentagon ties.
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Ashington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Hisenhower
Hawaii
Alaska
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Straus
Dixon-Yates
Harold K. Talcott
Pentagon
GOP
Dixon- Yates
Memph
Tenn
TVA
Arsu
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