West Virginia School Bond Amendment debated by voters
Voters face a General Election decision on a School Bond Amendment allowing counties like Raleigh to issue bonds up to 3 percent of assessed value for new schools or remodeling. The measure would restore limited bonding power to the people, with specific county caps and estimated annual tax costs.
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Charles Stafford Register
West
Supreme Court
Lecal
Minkmans
West Virginia
Scilool
West Virgina
Raleigh County
Boone County
Fayette County
Greenbrier
Mercer County
McDowell County
Nicholas
Pocahontas
Stammers County
Wyoming County
Washington Merry-Go-Round Dulles Faces GOP Officials
Former Senator Dulles confronts Republican solons at a private luncheon arranged by Senator Alex Smith. The dispute centers on Communist spy fears in the State Department and Truman era appeasement policies. Dulles was tapped by Truman to mollify party critics.
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Dulles
Solons
Truman
Drew Pearson
Washington
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Department
New Jersey
Alex Smith
Senate
Acheson
Durkes
Department of Defense
Korea
Dewey
MacArthur
Defense
Johnson
McCarthy
Line Department
Jef
China
George Maface
Nevada
Malone
Mr. Dulles
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Counry
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Bill Jenner
Indiana
Carl Mundt
South Dakota
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Foster
Two Adolescent Tales by Moravia in New Volume
The Moravian duo Agostino and Luca explore love and disillusion through the changing eyes of two youths. Agostino, 13, faces a rival suitor and peer folly as his mother’s new interest shifts his attention. Luca, older, seeks withdrawal and a sense of deathlike anonymity, until a maid disrupts his resolve.
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W. G. Rogers
Agostino
Luca
Alberto Moravia
Farrar, Straus
Agosting
Thea
Axos
Ino
Moravia
Berslie Moore
Angus Davidson
Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
A roundup of regional service members in Korea and across the U S Navy and Army. PVT Harold Ke Collins of Calloway Heights talks to his mother in Japan about 24 hour duties and rapid troop movement. Pfe Green L Meadows Jr and others receive overseas orders while midshipman Carl Herman Taylor Jr plans for naval officer training at Annapolis. Other notes cover Selma Dewey Alpes at Newport News, PFC Harold Adkins awaiting transfer after furlough, Robert G Montgomery at Great Lakes, Galen Crawford at Ft Lawton, and Seaman J M Waddell on the USS Salem with the Atlantic Fleet.
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Peggy Kessinger
Harold KE. Collins
C. E. Allen
Calloway Heights
Korea
Japan
Selma Dewey Alpes
United States Navy
Whipple
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Newport News
Hipes
Naval Service
Ft. Lawton
Seattle
Wash
Pvt
Galen Crawford
Loretta Crawford
Blue Jay
Kentucky
Shady Spring High School
Shepherdstown WV Oldest Town In State Highlighted
Shepherdstown, West Virginia's oldest continuously settled community, features Rumsey’s steamboat demonstration site, Rumsey State Park, and Mecklenburg’s early seat bid. The town showcases Town Run, Rumsey Hall, the 100th year of the Shepherdstown Register, and Shepherd State Teachers College along with historic mills and churches.
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West Virginia
West Virgiia Industrial and Publicity Commission
Bud Lawless
Shepherdstown
King
German Streets
Romney
Ronmey
Potomac River
Panhandle
Thomas Shepherd
Mecklenburg
Potomac
Town Run
James Rumsey
Shepherdsttown
Rumsey
James
Rumsey State Park
Mill Street
Washington
Berkeley County
Jefferson
Potomak Guardian
Berkeley
Nathaniel Willis
Martinsburg
Shepherdstown Register
Bill Snyder
Ems
Harpers Ferry
Shepherd State Teachers College
McMurran Hall
Jefferson County
Rumsey Hall
Achesons Missteps Prompt Push for Resignation
Louis Bromfield argues Secretary of State Acheson should resign over policy missteps and appeasement instincts likened to Chamberlain. He criticizes abandonment of Chiang Kai-shek and Formosa, Acheson’s stance on Alger, and warns Truman's loyalty to Acheson endangers national interests.
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Acheson
Lhe Sim
Thomas Jefferson
Louis Bromfield
Mr. Acheson
Neville Chamberlain
Taft
China
Chiang
Formosa
East
Alger Hiss
Uip
Congress
Democratic Party
Truman
Tuskegee Block Offers Cheap Homes Tied to Local Labor
At Tuskegee Institute officials propose a concrete block home program using local labor and simple techniques. A 1500 square foot layout would require about 3500 blocks and three months of skilled help to complete, with cost savings aimed at low income families.
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Bem Price
Tuskegee Institute
Ala
Neal
Jon
Tuskegee
Tooting
Willwally
Steesstui
Lumber Boom Expands Veneer Output To Meet Demand
The Veneer Association reports a record 4,000,000,000 square feet of hardwood veneers produced this year to satisfy growing demand for fancy plywoods. Extra grain-figured veneers for furniture and radio cabinets, plus veneer paneling and flush doors, support the home building boom and ranch-type homes with increased interior wall plywood.
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Associated Press
New York
The
Veneer Association
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Asia
Aten
Nere
Ralph Gwinn
New York Republican
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Gwinn
U.S.A
Moscow
Moscow Dispatch
John Taber
Ft Benning
Pfe
Green L. Meadows
Far East Overseas Command
Sullivan G. Meadows
Buck
Meadows
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, Md
Carl Herman Taylor, Jr
Signal Service
Mt. Hope High School
Collins
Kroger
Beckley
Allen
Ife
Green Meadows
AERV
AFL
Naval Life
Harold Adkins
Camp McCoy
Wis
Willard Adkins
Gordon
Mary Lowery
B. H. Lowery
van Buren
Ark
Naval Fie. Marold Adkins Training Center
Great Lakes, IL
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Glen Ferris
J. M. Waddell
Amigo
Navy
Salem
Portugal
Waddell
Staco Ath School
Lego
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Pet
Wwarth
Kansas City
Pendergast OuLfit
Curley
Boston
Tuskegee Block
Harry Byrd
Virginia
George
Georgia
U.S
Reseda
Araur Goodfrend
Stars and Stripes
NS Ak Tyke
Damon
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