Grafton Youths Attend Mountaineer Boys State Session
Paul Malone Jr and William Harman of Grafton High and Dennis Litzinger of St Augustine High joined Mountaineer Boys State at Jackson's Mill. About 347 juniors from across West Virginia gathered to learn state government, join Nationalist or Federalist parties, elect delegates, and prepare for today's primary with last year’s governor Bur Dudding assisting the camp.
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Paul Malone, Jr
William Harman
Grafton High School
Dennis Litzinger
St. Augustine High School
Mountaineer Boys State
Jackson's Mill
West
Bur
Dudding
Parkersburg
Steam Puffer''s Smell Lure For Town's Kiddies
Everett residents know Lawrence Griffin a 36 year old Milwaukee Railroad engineer as the town’s popular bachelor who runs a backyard miniature steam locomotive. His three quarter inch to the foot scale train carries children over 300 feet of track attracting 12 to 25 riders per operation. When the engine fires up the scent draws kids from a wide radius and Griffin notes how often he can launch rides for eager youngsters.
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Everett, Wash
Lawrence Griffin
Milwaukee Railroad
Griffin
May County Receipts Total 1027 80 For 1955
Mrs Roxie Fowler Taylor County clerk issued the May financial report showing total receipts of 1027 dollars 80 cents. County recording fees 439 50 copies 52 00 prob wills 16 50 executor 4 00 administrator 25 00 guardian 3 00 marriage licenses 22 80 other license fees 3 00 total 575 80. State fees 452 00. Fees turned over to the Sheriff 575 80 fees turned over to state 10 8. Conservation Commission 434 00 grand total 1027 80. Griffin describes a steam locomotive hobby weighing 165 pounds with tender empty and notes the diesel engine is his living trade.
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Roxie Fowler
Taylor County
Conservation Commission
City Arrests by Chief Mask for May
Police Chief Joe Mask released a May arrest tally reporting 36 total arrests. Offenses included intoxication ten, hazardous driving three, parking fifteen, disturbing the peace one, DUI one, no operator license one, fighting two, breaking and entering one, destroying city property one, and resisting arrest one.
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Joe Mask
Cornell economists report New York dairymen earn below minimum wage
Cornell University agricultural economists disclosed that New York state dairymen earned less for an hour’s work in 1955 than the hourly rates set by the old or new federal minimum wage law. Dairy men who worked only an hour to produce 100 pounds of milk over-
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Ithaca, M
Cornell University
New York State
Workers Paid Fractions of Hourly Wages in Early Industry
The excerpt notes that workers earned 62 cents per hour for one task and those producing 100 pounds in two hours earned just 46 cents per hour, highlighting severe low pay and inefficient labor compensation in the period.
Bus Crash Injures 13 in Chicago Transit Run
A Chicago Transit Authority bus left the road after hitting a paving hole and crashed into a viaduct on Monday injuring 13 passengers.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
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