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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1955
Page
4
Public notice style listing rates for monthly and yearly subscriptions with regional pricing and carrier details. Mentions West Virginia Virginia addresses and publishing terms, though several words are garbled.
The piece critiques former President Truman for claiming Republicans ruined the country while noting voters may find such rhetoric unpersuasive. It also reports the Atomic Energy Commission confirming low fallout levels from a Soviet test, urging continued nuclear modernization to deter major war, amid public caution.
A report to the Investment Bankers Association outlines a tax reform plan aimed at lifting punitive rates. It calls for a 50 percent earned income ceiling, income averaging, 3 percent capital gains cap, tax-free property exchanges, 20 percent dividend exemption, and deferred pension reserves for the self employed.
The White House Conference on Education in Washington drafted goals for public schools and how to meet them. It noted 7 074 districts operate no schools and others have more staff than pupils. It found 2007 one-year leases with rural districts expanding access to education amid rapid system growth.
Fragmented OCR text suggests reorganized command lines within the General Staff with equal skills across five departments. It mentions intelligence as a department and references Hoover and Goulsiou in unclear phrasing, indicating a restructuring of intelligence practices within the war department.
A convocation address discusses the purpose of higher education in America rooted in Judeo Christian heritage. It argues church related colleges expand to align knowledge with moral uses and virtues, stressing religious ethics as essential to scholarship and societal leadership.
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp will start construction in April on a 129 million dollar aluminum reduction plant in Ravenswood West Virginia near a 96 million dollar sheet and foil mill. The plant aims for July 1957 production and will employ about 2,000 workers at Ravenswood plus 1,700 at the new site, part of a 280 million dollar expansion to raise capacity to 654 thousand tons yearly. Governor Marland calls it a revolutionary development, boosting coal markets and positioning West Virginia as a major aluminum center in the Ohio Valley.
Several farmers in the community are butchering, including Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wilson and others. Visits and calls covered social rounds, with families like Beavers Duckworth Wilson Pitzer Eisner and Johnson mentioned. Noted are Mrs Johnson unable to work, with Marry Pitzer of Arlington and Paul Pitzer of May also referenced.
Chief Joe Mask presents November arrest figures listing 43 total, including intoxication with 17 cases, blocking a mailbox, parking violations, loitering, disorderly conduct, speeding, disturbing the peace, reckless driving, resisting arrest, destroying private property, driving without a state license, and other infractions.
Grand Rapids may become one of the first large cities to replace all old street lights with fluorescent units. Fluorescent lighting has been installed in a downtown section and city commissioners report bright illumination. A ballot proposal to finance full installation is being considered. Separately, a series of Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings are noted, including Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pitzer and the Bolyard family in Dore, Ohio.
A preacher urges believers to wear the iron shoes of faith and trust in Jesus as captain of salvation. He cites scripture from Corinthians and exhorts prayer, remembrance, and steadfastness, urging readers to endure trials with spiritual armor.
GRAND RAPIDS Mich JP Ralph DeRita a Detroit shoe salesman gets his gold garnet ring back after a paper mill worker finds it amid scrap strap paper. Charles Samalot of American Box Board Co located the owner through the mill’s scrap paper network and the personnel department reunited him with the ring. He said it likely slipped from his hand into a shoe box during fitting.
A new cam mechanism used in jet engine fuel control is produced by a computer driven, servo controlled process. The system converts blueprint data via tape to guide tools, with self checking and adjustments during cutting, cutting weeks to hours. The article notes a 70,000 Navaho Indians figure in the United States, contrasted with 7,000 in 1867.
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