Consolidation Proposal for Rural High Schools Examined
A plan to merge Girently and three county rural high schools into one district is weighed for financial and educational gains. It projects a 130 pupil high school, no loss of courses, fewer teachers, lower costs, and single-building maintenance, but risks eroding local school communities and sentimental ties. Patrons are urged to weigh educational benefits against social impact and tax relief goals.
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Theerafflin County
Swed
Sailing Time at New York Pier Fades as Andrea Doria Departs
A vivid scene unfolds as the Andrea Doria prepares to sail to Naples. Families cling to goodbyes, teens fear letting go, and the crowd thins as the ship’s horn resounds. With last-minute farewells, a boy is sought by the purser while tugs maneuver and the vessel powers away from the pier.
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Pier
New York
Adrea Doria
Naples
Annual Scream By Elm on Campaign Handshakes and Politics
This essay argues against politics heavy discourse and proposes a flawless campaign where each candidate issues a single universal statement carried by all media. It suggests handshakes as the key to voter trust, noting Kefauver’s approach varies by region and that voters could decide with minimal speeches or reading.
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New York Times
Florida
Kefauver
Midwest
Estes Kefauver
East
Eisenhower’s hold tested by Wisconsin GOP rebuke
The piece argues Eisenhower remains the likely Republican nominee but faces an Achilles heel in Wisconsin where a Republican state convention rejected his foreign policy and signaled Midwest isolationist sentiment. It notes Republicans must still merchandise the party to win in 20th century politics.
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Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Alexander Wiley
Midwest
Senator McCarthy
Ike
Auld Lang Syne and Local Notices June 7 1873
Advertisements highlight Mrs. Donaldson's Millinery on Second Street offering flowers trimmings frames and hats with new goods to inspect. G F Appleton seeks to hire 50 brood mares for breeding for the season with owners retaining mares. The Turners announce a Grand Fourth of July dance in Cloud's Grove with details to follow. Also notes on local Germans’ patriotism and a parable about a sixty year engine. Daily and Mathew’s exit leads to Miller and Co with J A and E Miller taking over. Daily remains employed.
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G. F. Appleton
Williamsburg
Cloud's Grove
J. R. Daily and
Mathew’s
J. R. Daily. and Co
Miller and Bro
Be a Good Ape Imitate Wisely in Teens
Dr George W Crane recounts a Kentucky speaking tour at Dixie Heights and Lloyd High Schools and the Covington YMCA. He urges teens to imitate virtue not vice, citing cigar and liquor endorsements as poor models. He compares teen role models to St Paul and notes lessons on friendship and conversation.
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Willard L. Wade
YMCA
Covington
Kentucky
Dixie Heights High School
Lloyd High School
St. Paul
the Hopkins Syndicate, Inc
Television Program Listings With Many Last Minute Changes
A dense rundown of TV slots and shows across channels with frequent edits and uncertain airtimes. Notable items include News with Paul Ford, Ford Theatre, Groucho, Dragnet, Meet the Brass, Bill Hickok, and boxing bouts, amid scattered uncertain times and program notes.
Sharp Drop In Marine Recruits
Marine officers report a sharp April decline in enlistments tied to higher Corps standards. They cite drownings of six recruits during a forced night march as another possible factor. The Marine Corps signed up 1, 21 recruits in April, about two thirds below the six month average.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Church of Your Choice Next Sunday Announcement
A radio schedule fragment lists programs for KTJO WDAF KMBC with news talks music and a note to go to the Church of Your Choice next Sunday, indicating a community church invitation amid morning and evening broadcasts.
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KMBC
WDAF
Morgan Beatty
Showtime
KTJO
Nelson Eddy
Music Hall
Tommy Dorsey
Wdaf—New
Dilson
Church of Your Choice
Escape Relived By Test Pilot
In Burbank California a Lockheed chief test pilot Herman Fish Salmon relived his dramatic bailout from an F104 Starfighter in a two hour sodium pentothal aided session. He described tense moments before ejecting while tape recorders captured the testimony.
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Burbank
Calif
Los Angeles Times
Herman (Fish) Salmon
Lockheed
Army Issues June Draft Call in August Increase
The Army issued a draft call for 13,000 men in August matching July totals. Since February 1950, 2,070,430 men have been drafted or earmarked for induction under Selective Service. Quotas earlier in the year were 6,000 for January through April, 12,000 for May and June, and 13,000 for July.
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Washington
UWI
Army
Polio Vaccine Age Limit to Rise in Kansas Program
Kansas officials plan to raise the polio vaccine age limit to 14 as doctors were told in a Health Board letter. The program will release vaccine through commercial channels for ages six months through 14 and all pregnant women, expanding beyond the current 1 to 9 year coverage. The state will still purchase part of the vaccine for public clinics and 1-4 year groups, with free state vaccine restricted to the 19 year group until further notice.
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Parsons
Kansas
State Board of Health
Topeka
Truman Praises Connelly in Deposition Record
Former President Truman described Matthew J. Connelly as a public servant with a reputation above reproach in a deposition read during Connelly’s ax-fixing trial. The May 4 deposition in Kansas City was read as part of the case against Connelly and T Lamar Caudle over alleged efforts to derail a criminal tax prosecution.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Matthew J. Connelly
White House
Connelly
Europe
Kansas City
T.lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Sachs
For an Englishman a sedan is a saloon
A concise note explains that in British usage a sedan car is called a saloon, reflecting regional terminology. It highlights the difference between American and British car naming without broader context or detail.
Prayer and teaching on children in Luke’s gospel
A devotional excerpt recalls Jesus inviting little children to come to him and emphasizes faith and purity. It ends with a prayer seeking simple faith and lamplighting guidance for those who follow in Jesus’ footsteps, asking for grace for Jesus’ sake.
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Jesus
God
Subscriptions Added to Ottawa Herald List
New and renewal subscriptions to the Ottawa Herald include Baldwin Roy Crawford and Greeley Joseph Katzer. Other names: Bertha Norris Melvern Ev ertson Cafe Osawatomie Mrs John Boyd H A Grigsby Rt 4 Ottawa Charles W Simmons Pomona Edward K Smith and Mrs W H Wilkerson Princeton Jean Adams Wellsville Frank Lewis.
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Ottawa Herald
Baldwin
Roy D. Crawford
Greeley
Joseph D. Katzer
Bertha M. Norris
Melvern
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