The Grafton Sentinel Layoffs and Rates Notice
The Grafton Sentinel published daily except Sunday by Sentinel Publications lists address, telephones, andads. It outlines subscription rates by mail and carrier delivery for Virginia and surrounding counties, with yearly options and regional pricing.
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Grafton Sentinel
Sentinel
Latrobe Street
Aince
Rational Advertising
Bottenalls- Kimball
Ine Pobitenera Repreventative
New York
Lexington Avenue
Phila
Asiphia
Chestnut Street
Detroit
Lafayette Street
Chicawa
Michigan Street
Pittshureh
Fourth Avenue
Mall
Virginia
Virginian
Taylor
Barbour
Praston
Grafton
W. Va
Heart of Congress
Guaranteed wage clash spread to state legislatures
Auto workers push for simultaneous public and private unemployment benefits, a policy backed by Ford and GM. Ohio defeat blocks rider to allow double payments. Michigan seeks administrative ruling amid Democratic governorship. Wider industry resistance could derail the plan and reach Congress.
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Ford
General Motors
Ohio
Michigan
Congress
Global Defense Theutaneous
Truth for Today Let Us Ask The Bible Be Ye therefore followers of God
A June 21 note reflects on fifty years of marriage and enduring love through scripture. David credits Ephesians 5 1 3 15 21 with guiding a Christian household, urging wise living, gratitude, and unity through the Holy Spirit. The piece stresses Christ centered love as a healing force.
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David
God
Christ
Lord Jesus Christ
Father
St. Paul
March of Events and Political Battles In Washington
A digest of 1956 presidential prospects with Eisenhower expected to run and Stevenson emerging as the Democratic front runner. Kefauver’s staying in contention, Harriman and Williams backing Stevenson, and tax cut hints amid budget balance talk. GOP insiders forecast no override of Eisenhower vaccine standby controls as Democrats ease demand. Senate talk features a humorous Humphrey quip about 48 hour days.
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Ashington
Washington
Eisenhower
Stevenson
GOP
Senate
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Labor Committee
American Medical Association
Senate Agriculture Committee
Alien J. Ellender
Louisiana
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Kaiser's Ravenswood mill may spawn satellite plants
Morrow, manager of Kaiser Aluminum Co. rolling mill under construction near Ravenswood, WV, says the project could create dozens of satellite plants across the state to serve east coast markets. He notes similar clusters formed around a Spokane mill and expects about 1,000 construction jobs, 300 production jobs initially, and 2,000 to 2,800 total production workers, most local.
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Charleston
Kaiser Aluminum Co
Ravenswood
West Virginia
Morrow
Kaiser
Spokane
Wash
Ion
Taxi Business Big Business in American Cities
Taxi use and mileage surged in the United States with about 1.5 billion people relying on taxicabs annually. Average ride length near three miles at 50 cents to 1 dollar, taxi miles totaling roughly 4.8 billion yearly, outperforming combined city buses and other urban transport. New York leads with about 12,000 cabs, Washington 9,500, Chicago and Philadelphia over 2,000, and New Orleans ranked fifth with 1,600. national fleet exceeds 100,000. Also notes a local crime report: a pregnant woman, Mrs. Donald Knapp, said burglars stole two piggy banks containing $27 to fund her expected child’s bank account.
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Detroit
Automobile Manufacturer's Association
AMA
New York
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Ann Arbor
Mich
Donald Knapp
Knapp
Helen Keller at 75 A life of courage and continual work
Central Press correspondent recalls Helen Keller turning 75 on June 27 and living an active life as counselor to the American Foundation for the Blind and the American Foundation for Overseas Blind. The article traces her early illness, education with Anne Sullivan, multilingual speaking, and world travels. It notes her Radcliffe honors, writings, and wide circle of friends including U.S. Presidents since Coolidge, plus her Braille library and deep Bible devotion.
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Grover Brinkman
Central Press
Easton, Conn
Helen Keller
America
Miss Keller
Anne
Grees
Coolidge
Connecticut
American Foundation For the Blind
American Foundation For Overseas Blind
Far East
Eisenhower
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchi
Helen KoMler
West Virginia Parole Plan Gains Global Attention
West Virginia revises its parole act drawing international interest. The changes, enacted by the 52nd Legislature, require serving one third of indeterminate sentences, annual interviews, and board-granted parole authority with stricter pre interview reporting from State Police FBI and prison officials.
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West Virginia
Charleston
J. Alexander Creasy
State Board of Nation and Parole
Creasy
Special Citizens Committee
Moundsville State Penitentiary
State Police
FBI
William Ritt Youre Telling Me Employment Soaring in May
May saw record high employment in the United States according to the Commerce Department. The piece notes widespread job growth and humorous asides about Uncle Sam and relatives. It mentions a heavy hailstone reportedly weighing a pound and a half and strange travel fare in West German castles. The Soviet delegation at the United Nations anniversary in San Francisco rents a $400,000 mansion with ten baths and a pool. A worker plans a three week vacation and foresees taking three more weeks of sick leave later in the year.
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United Nations
San Francisco
Bennett Cerf and the Hamptons Fishing Joke
Bennett Cerf returns from a weekend among society folk in the Hamptons looking exhausted. An associate mocks his activities while Adams explains his ice fishing in June for cherries. A late Professor Weaver at Columbia posed a self-critique exam about disliked readings.
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Apons
Hamptons
Adams
Professor Weaver
Columbia
Cea
Bennett Cerf
King Features Gynd
River and city clues crossword puzzle listing
A dense crossworld style grid of numbered clues blends definitions and wordplay across a long list. Entries span geography river names languages and common terms, with scattered hints toward animals, metals, and objects while mixing foreign language bits and puzzle conventions.
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W.va
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Radford
Soviet Union
Red China
Peron
Hitler
Reichstag
Argentina
Church
Corpus Christi
Boston
Pbr
Bernhard Haurwaty
Department of Meteorology and Oceanopaphy
New York University
Haukwitz
Sir Fores
Weather Bureau
Knowles
Todde
Globe Syndicate
Richard Russell
Stuart Symington
Averell Harriman
G. Mennen Williams
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Kaiser's Mills
Tuscumbia
Ala
Ivy
Helen] Keller
Helen I Keller
Radcliffe College
Iss Keller
William Ritt
U. S
Commerce Department
Uncle Sam
Princely Borg
Nicholas
Bennett. Cerf
Asia
Ott Aggrada
Shore
Marble
Ata
Scotland
Zia
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