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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1957
Page
4
Marketing details for home delivery by carrier appear across counties and regions with rates listed. The notice notes a new post office in Grafton West Virginia and confirms circulation as second class matter under federal law. The date shown is Wednesday June 5 1957.
The article notes President Eisenhower is assembling a younger, technician driven cabinet for a second term. Hubert B. Anderson, 47, is named Secretary of the Treasury, with a career as Secretary of the Navy and Under Secretary of Defense. It highlights a shift toward administrative experts over big businessmen and cites other cabinet moves and Humphrey’s influence.
The Connecticut Legislature passed an option bill to fund free transportation for all school children, private and public, after two children aged nine and fifteen were lured to a killer's car en route to school. The Republican controlled body signed by a Democrat. Meade Alcorn backed the measure, arguing safety over church-state concerns.
State lobbying costs run into millions with many states requiring registration and expenditure reporting, yet compliance and enforcement are weak. The piece notes extensive, often well funded, influence by interest groups in capitals, citing New York as a high end example and speculating totals from tens of millions to billions in related lobbying activity.
Luke recounts Jesus sending the apostles to preach and heal, Herod’s curiosity, and the miracle of feeding five thousand with five loaves and two fish. The crowd sits in groups, Jesus blesses the food, and twelve baskets remain as leftovers. Herod wonders who Jesus is and the disciples report their works.
A fragmentary book item noting Bennett Cerf in a humorous column. Mentions Try and Stop Me and a Columbia University instructor Charles Van Doren with quips about a TV quiz show and a joking classroom exchange. Sparse readable bits discuss a visit to Los Angeles and casual remarks about literature and culture.
United Press reports Britain's decision to relax trade restrictions with Communist China marks a major world development. The move could encourage diplomatic recognition of Peiping and potential UN membership, with Red China seeking greater trade and political independence from Soviet Russia amid careful U.S. scrutiny over Korea and Vietnam conflicts.
United Press report notes the Supreme Court ruling that Du Pont owning 23 percent of General Motors stock violated anti trust law. The piece argues the Truman and Eisenhower DOJ efforts show bipartisan roots and suggests Brownell pursues major antitrust actions, drawing Republican criticism of overzealous prosecutions of big business.
In Manhattan chatter a mix of social gossip and cultural notes unfolds. Diane Barrymore—once Joan Blythe Barrymore—faces a fragile life while readers are urged to explore Too Much Too Soon. Hyacinth displays at Rockefeller Center as 3,200 bulbs bloom, and Will de Paris sends greetings from Nigeria._亚洲
The Tristan da Cunha group lies mid Atlantic between Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope as a remote volcanic cluster with Tristan as the main island. Edinburgh is the sole permanent settlement. 251 inhabitants mainly of European descent live there with limited contact, subsistence farming, and a tiny fishing trade under a distant British administration.
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