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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1955

Page

4

Advertising Representatives Directory Fragment

A historical note lists publishing and national advertising representatives founded 1870 with daily editions except Sunday. It names Bottenelli Kimball Inc as publishers representatives in New York and cites addresses in Lexington Avenue Philadelphia Chestnut Street Detroit 131 W Lafayette Chicago M40 N Michigan street Pittsburgh 386 Fourth Avenue.

National Advertising Representatives Bottenelli-Kimball, Inc. Publishers Representative New York Lexington Avenue Phila Astohia Chestnut Street Detroit W. Lafayette Street Chicago Pittsburgh Fourth Avenue

Secret Government Three Day Evacuation Reveals Civil Defense Gaps

The three day evacuation of Washington and 15 000 government workers tested dispersal and emergency operations from secret bases. It exposed widespread unprepared civil defense plans, with Bangor Maine as a rare exception due to Dow Air Force Base proximity and continuous jet interceptor coverage.

Washington Bangor Maine Dow Air Force Base

East German regime eyed as Soviet fate shifts nearby

The article notes satellite states grow uneasy as Moscow signals possible German unification and Adenauer’s normalization, while Soviet control limits revolt. It also reports US policy shifts under Hoover Commission guidance, with the Navy cutting legacy civilian ventures like coffee production and rope making as private industry absorbs former state enterprises. A hundred such projects are being liquidated from a thousand targeted for extinction.

Soviet Union Germany Konrad Adenauer Eisenhower Hoover Commission Navy Boston Naval Shipyard

Franklin Year Marking Franklin Birth 250th Birthday

An international Franklin celebration begins January 17 1956 in Philadelphia to honor Benjamin Franklin born in Boston with diverse achievements as scientist inventor author printer and statesman. The piece notes his institutions and asks for broader appreciation among youth while touching California Bible literacy rulings and their implications for education and faith.

Benjamin Franklin Philadelphi Boston Franklin University of Pennsylvania Amer Philosophical Society Franklin Institute Philadelphia Library

Truth for Today Let's Ask The Bible Marriage Advice

Katherine shares Bible readings to strengthen marriage citing Ephesians 4 25 32 as guidance to truthfulness anger forgiveness and kindness. She notes the Grandmother found these verses while seeking the Marriage Epistle and believes daily readings could improve lives through God’s grace.

Katherine Catherine Satan Globe Syndicate

Armchair Wit and World Notes From a Fragmented Page

A collage of quips and items mentions Madisonville Kentucky abolishing poll and property taxes for a year, Alex Hamilton’s writings being published in ten volumes, a Pennsylvania retiree earning an A B degree, and a pun about Tigers invading the Korea neutral zone. Fortune tellers face a Britain TV network rejection.

Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed Up Entry List

A dense set of crossword clues across and down with numerous typos and garbled words. The list includes numerous incomplete terms for beetle hours wall paints fragrance river German term plant and many fragmented entries across and down with unclear or corrupted spellings.

Money May Share Rationing Plans in Atomic Attack Scenario

Emergency planning from Operation Alert shows possible rationing of money alongside food, plus billions for evacuee aid. Treasury Secretary Humphrey spoke of moving funds from refugees to prevent shortages while federal reserves covered weeks of need. Oveta Hobby outlined imagined relief of seven states and allocation of 89.9 million dollars for evacuees.

U. S Yee Eisenhower Washington Treasury George M Humphrey Humphrey Oveta Culp Hobby True D. Morse Mrs. Hobby

Federal Reserve Loans Slide in Richmond District

Loans to businesses in the Richmond Federal Reserve District fell to 721.1 million for the week ending June 8, down 2.1 million but still 113.9 million higher than the year-ago level. Food liquor and tobacco processors and wholesalers led the drop, while 16 of 468 banks reported widespread net new borrowing among other firms.

Richmond Suh Federal Reserve District West Virginia Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Rock Tossing Charged To Two Grafton Youths

Two youths from Grafton Jack Tucker and Bernard Curry were charged with molesting and throwing stones at the Ray Henry Nestor home near Harmony Grove. Arrested by Deputy Sheriff Carl Knotts, they await hearing before Justice C. P. Lucas. Damages set at 50 dollars.

Aiteslol Anuswesivanen Jack Tucker Bernard Curry Grafton Taylor County Justice of the Peace C. P. Lucas Eeputy Carl Knotts Vonda Nestor Ray Henry Nestor Harmony Grove

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