Subscription rates listed for Grafton Sentinel readers
The Grafton Sentinel shows ongoing subscription options with prices by mail in and out of state, detailing 1 week 30 cents 1 month 4 months 290 and 1 year, plus local carrier delivery in Barbour and Preston. The notice is dated Tuesday December 31 1957 and marks post office publication status.
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Luella Morgan
Haten
Payavie
West Virgins
Virginia
Virginias
Favjor
Barbour
Preston
Grafton
W.va
Stormy Congress Ahead in Election Year Weighs Pacifist and Policy Fates
A sharply divided Congress faces a turbulent session as tensions rise over foreign and domestic policy. Analysts expect hearings on Dulles and Eisenhower era arms plans, missile and satellite programs, and inflation, farm price supports, and labor issues. The looming storm could shape key votes and national direction.
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Bone
Bischower
Dulles
Paris
Senate
Seevetney Dulles
T. Leadine
Fulbeight
Arkansas
Hirven
Islawhel
Hess
Lyndon B. Dolmson
Soviet Union
Substitute for Confidence in Singapore's New Council
The first elected City Council of Singapore is dominated by the Left Wing People's Action party. Lt elected as mayor Juan, a young Australian radical, raised his arm in a communist salute after taking office. He ordered the removal of colonial relics, signaling a shift toward communism in newly independent governance.
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Singapore
Jong
Gibraltar
People’s Action Party
Juan
Free World
Presidential Pastoral Duties in the White House Sparks Debate
Washington papers note a Presbyterian minister on the White House payroll as Eisenhower's aide for pastoral duties. The piece contrasts this with earlier presidents and cites concerns about separation of church and state, while also recounting executive staff adjustments and a former congressman’s brief tenure as a presidential assistant on the Eisenhower Doctrine.
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Washington
White House
Edward Duffield Neill
Abraham Lincoln
Frederic Pax
Eisenhower
Fox
James P. Richards
South Carolina
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Theiddle East
Christ Prays for Unity in John Gospel Passage
The excerpt presents Jesus addressing the Father with a prayer for glorification and the imparting of eternal life. It emphasizes knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ, Jesus' mission completed on earth, and his request to be glorified with the Father prior to creation. The text also notes Jesus revealing God's name and the disciples given to him abiding by God's word.
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Christ Priestly
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Father
Editorials, ambassadors, and baby births in recall of events
Editorial notes recount Homer Capehart walking out after time limits in a political event. Georgi Zaroubin becomes Soviet ambassador to Washington in 1952. M. A. Menshikov replaces him to stress coexistence. The year ends with a projected US baby crop of 4,318,000 and growing marriages. A blacklist lists 82 foreigners, including several American officials, casting light on postwar tensions. Chinese officials account for 82.5 percent of something unspecified with 686 unitesiralles.
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Homer Capehart
Tuliana
Pye
M.c
Tidianapolis
Capehart
Georgi N. Zaroubin
Washington
Ottawa
Canada
London
England
M. A. Menshikov
India
Royal
Moscow
National Public Health Service Statisticians
Crisis predicted for state and local finances in 1958
Officials warn a hard first half of 1958 will strain state county and school budgets as taxes from individuals and businesses stall. Governors and mayors seek federal aid for roads buildings grants and defense, hoping for a midyear recovery and relief before further austerity measures bite.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Tishnuhl
Stop Me GaraToca Springs Old Hotel Tale
In GaraToca Springs the Grand Union Hotel once famed for its mammoth glow and marble lobbies is described as torn down. Joe E. Lewis, the night club star, stayed there in the last year and recalls a strange incident at three in the morning when two Confederate soldiers emerged from his closet. Anxious about a time to Chicago, he asks the night clerk for guidance as a switch engine rattles nearby. A rock star’s romance with a college girl leads to a cultural kick and a promised update.
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GaraToca Springs
Grand Union
Joe E. Lewis
Joe
Lewis
Chicago
International Roundup on Volunteers and World Leaders
United Press reports a Moscow offer of 8000 Muslim volunteers to Indonesia or New Guinea, formed during the Suez period and now moved eastward for rapid dispatch. Dulles and Herter reportedly solidify ties, with Herter backing awaiting future top roles. A January forecast from a congressional subcommittee warns of another decade of hardship for American farmers amid rising production and tight markets. Jawaharlal Nehru may influence a Russia Western alliance conference, with a planned Jan 8 visit by Harold Macmillan to New Delhi to discuss options.
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Anthony Eden
Moscow
Russia
Indonesia
Neitherlands New Guinea
Siberia
New Guinea
Congressional
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Harold Mcmillan
New Delhi
Macmillan
Washington
Governor Underwood Angrily Rules Out Wine Purchases
Governor Cecil H. Underwood told close friends he became the maddest since his inauguration after a Republican State Finance Committee member pressed for increased state wine purchases. Finance Commissioner George B. Viewer Jr. discussed moving ahead with a new central accounting system to save money and improve control over expenditures. State School Superintendent R. Virgil Rohrbough praised a regional education meeting backing an incentive plan for more state aid, while State Auditor Edgar B. Sims warned revenue estimates for 1958 59 might be off by 3 to 4 million dollars, noting only one prior miscalculation since his 25 year tenure.
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Carter B. McDavid
United Press
Charleston
Statehouse
Cecil H. Underwood
Republican State Finance” Committee
Underwood
Finance and Administration
George B. Viewer Jr
Board of Public Works
Viewer - 2
Virgil Rohrbough
Webster Springs
Rohrbough
Edgar B. Sims Seid
Sims
William ©. Marland
Discovery In W Va Mound Reveals Adena Pipe Find
Smithsonian official Frank M Setzler reports a carved effigy tubular pipe from an Adena culture dug at the Wel come Mound near New Martinsville West Virginia. The pipe, made of Ohio limestone, was found among three skeletal remains and will be studied by the U S National Museum during a site report.
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Washington
Welcome Mound
New Martinsville
W.va
Smithsonian Institution
Frank M. Setzler
Institution
Grave Creek
Marshall County
W. V. Betzler
Setzler
Eight-Sided School Mystery in Rural America
A rural octagonal school near Schuline inspired rumors of rare eight-sided classrooms nationwide. The Charter Oak building, unused since 1953, remains intact and preserved. Historical notes recount early examples from North Edgecomb Maine and Diamond Rock Pennsylvania, with wind resistant design and a single door among many windows.
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Charter Oak School
Hart
United States
Daniel Ling
North Edgecomb
America
En Be Ling
Forge
Hunter Will Get His Wish Hunter Seeks Print Fame
A Charleston hunter paid his fine for a West Virginia hunting violation and asked to see his name in print. He wrote a check to the West Virginia Conservation, a magazine by the State Conservation Commission that lists individuals arrested for hunting offenses in each issue.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Conservation Commission
World Steel Production High Despite U S Slip in 1957
World steel output rose to a record 322,129,400 net tons in 1957, led by the free world, with the United States at 113 million tons, down from 1956’s mark. Iron Curtain nations grew 1 percent to 25 percent, Russia at 56,505,000 tons. U S utilization ran at about 80 percent capacity late year amid slower demand and Christmas holidays. Lady jurist Emma Fall Schofield retires after 27 years on Massachusetts bench.
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Cleveland
Ours
Total Steel Magazine
United States
Iron Curtain
Free World
Russia
Iron Curtains
U.S
Secret of Adenauer’s Ageless Rose Habit
Bonn West Germany chancellor Konrad Adenauer is photographed amid his rose obsession at home and in Bonn. He spends free time tending roses at Roendorf and Palais Schaumburg, with 300 varieties in his nursery and the wine red Konrad rose as a prized bloom. A Berlin receptionist, Ingrid Ganz, is described as his personal florist and confidante who keeps the roses prim.
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OMERA
Central Press
Associa
Bonn
West Germany
Adenauer
Rhoendorf
Rhine
Palais Schaumburg
Konrad
Aden
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Konrad Adenauer
Ingrid Ganz
Miss Ganz
Fragmentary sports note teases a 195% surge in turnout
OCR text shows disjointed phrases about a big day and fans rooting, with random mentions of Ohio, California, Texas, and a board of something. Clear details are unavailable. the readable bits suggest a sports or celebration theme but lack concrete entities or outcomes.
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