Three Months To Convention Ahead of National Party Conventions
West Virginians cast ballots today as the nation eyes August conventions in Chicago and San Francisco. The piece analyzes 1952 race dynamics, noting Stevenson and Kefauver in the Democratic field and Eisenhower’s front-runner status for the Republicans, with Harriman as a rising candidate and past patterns from 1952 used for comparison.
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West
Nixon
Eisenhower
GOP
Adlai E. Stevenson
District of Columbia
New Jersey
Stevenson
Minnesota
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Averell Harriman
New York
Harriman
Mutual Security Director
Chicago
Sen
Herbert H. Lehman
D-N. Y
Springfield
James Reston
Ike
Paris
White House
Richard B. Russell
Robert S. Kerr
Okla
Truman
Kefauver
Barkley
Robert A. Taft
Gen
Taft
Illinois
Fireboat water blast breaks through concrete wall
The brief notes highlight a fireboat stream capable of punching through foot thick concrete, topaz sources spanning Brazil Ceylon the Urals and the United States, the rise of large scale ice cream plants in the United States by 1900, and that about two thirds of U S adults wear glasses at times.
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Brazil
Ceylon
The
Urals
United States
Bug Dust By C J Needy McQuade
Town Journal reprints a 1956 test of 1732 high school seniors in 26 towns and 19 states compared with 1031 Rotary members. Rotarians averaged 30 to 33 correct, with no perfect scores. Females trailed males in overall subjects, while Economics and Civics showed Rotarians strongest. Claremont led in performance, with high social studies and English requirements. results suggest more focus on fundamentals and fewer electives.
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Town Journal
David Segel
U.S. Office of Education
Rotary Club
Rotarians
California
Dr. Segel
Segel
Claremont
Calif
Hugh M. Wilby
Beckley Hinton Register Publisher Notice
The document lists publication and postal designations for Beckley News Corp and Hinton editions. It notes second class mail matter, department telephone lines, and identifies McQuade as managing editor. It also states the Associated Press exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
C. Ee McQuade
Associated Press
AP News
Ational Advertising
Truce Teams Collapse Under Korea Armistice Doubts
Washington notes the United States proposes abandoning the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission overseeing the 1953 Korea armistice. Inspectors from Sweden Switzerland Poland and Czechoslovakia faced alleged spying and limited access, while North Korea expanded airfields and forces. Calls to disband intensified through 1954 and last week.
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Washington
Korea
United States
North Korea
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
North
South Korea
Reds
Stice
Dulles
Truce Commission
Robert Murphy
Prayer for appreciation to family by Frank D Slutz Dayton
A devotional prayer asks divine guidance to honor and esteem loved ones. It implores grace to avoid taking family for granted and to show hospitality courtesy and thoughtfulness to those closest, in Christ's name. Signed by Frank D Slutz Dayton Ohio educational consultant.
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Christ’s
Amen
Frank D. Slutz
Dayton
Ohio
Alabama Lad Reaches Life's Goal in Africa
Wally Jones from Birmingham becomes a professional white hunter in British East Africa. He mentored in Nairobi, led 15 safaris, and now works as a technical adviser on the film Safari. At 25 he earns about a dollar an hour on safaris, with clients paying around 100 dollars a day. He plans an African farm life after his hunting career.
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New York
Wally Jones
Ninyiyote
Jones
Birmingham
Ala
Wally
Marines
Africa
British East Africa
America
Nairobi
Kenya
Columbia Pictures
Janet Leigh
Victor Mature
Indiana
Texas
Papa
Mama
Quick Hit Parade of Odd Facts and Quips
A collage of trivia and quips on speed limits diets bets and travel. It notes an Indiana judge fines speeders by mph over limit and parimutuel betting was created in 1865 by a Frenchman. Eisenhower mileage and odd stats about coffee beans and matches are sprinkled with light humor.
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Indiana
What's The Answer What’s The Answer
A quiz page asks seven questions about politics finance and science. It covers who voted to override a veto, UN funding shares, widow to widower ratios, cancer risk of drinkers, Dulles university, corporate expansion spend, and piano keyboard key counts.
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House
U. S
U. N
Sec
John Foster Dulles
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Cowell
Ohio State
Leland Stanford
General Motors
Ford
Standard Oil
N. J
American Telephone & Telegraph
General Electric
Jackie Gleason Back Home To Watch Guess Who on TV
New York gossip column notes Jackie Gleason back from Florida bragging about losing 32 pounds to 245 and planning TV filming after August while watching Perry Como. Audrey Meadows seen at 21 Club lunching with Randy Rouse. much chatter about TV stars and stage life with snippets from Bergen, Gobel, Benny, and others. miscellany on film festivals and industry moves.
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Jackie Gleason
New York
Florida
Toots Shor’s
Edgar Bergen
Bart McHugh
Kim Novak
Rome
Bobby Sarnoff
RCA
NBC
Irving Fine
CBS
J & M Productions
Jack & Mary Benny
Sat Bramson
Ella Logan
Gary Crosby
Louis Amstrong
London
Decca
Bob Harrison
Sammy Davis Jr
Tony Canzoneri
Sarah Vaughan
Sec
Marion Scott
Playboy Magazine
Larry Daniels
Versailles
Alexander Korda
West Point
Tony Curtis
Robert Reed
Case Records of a Psychologist Worry Clinic Case R349
Parents seek guidance on whether to hold Della P in the 6th grade or advance to 7th. Dr. Crane advises promoting with home tutoring, notes risks of defeatism, and offers practical steps such as daily 15 minute study, typing to improve spelling, flash cards for vocab and math drills, and a booklet offer for further advice.
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Dr. Crane
Ambiguous prompt answer notes surface multiple items
The fragment lists responses or poll style items with categories, counting patterns, and named entities like Princeton Telegraph and American Telephone. It hints at survey style questions about Democrats widows and keyboard color counts but lacks coherent event detail or context.
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Princeton, Telegraph
American Telephone & Telegraph
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Johnson
New Hampshire
Nebraska
Dawsonville, Ga
Standard Telephone Co
Cornelia
Georgia
Dahlonega
Dawsonville Way
Bug Dust By
C. J
Needy McQuade
Pop
King
Waleigh
By James Marlow
Alabama Lad
Hal Boyle
Khrusch and
the Bulge
Colombia
By Earl Wilson
Peter Lynd Hayes
Pete
Audrey Meadows
Honeymooners
Randy Rouse
Washington Realtor
Charlie McCarthy
Bergen
Charlie
Danny Kaye
Hudson
George Gobel
Jack Benny
Hollywood Friars
Ske
Readers Digest
Jack
Phil Silvers
Phil
Gene Autry
Pat Terry
Steve Clayton
Neila Ates
Earl
Tony Pettito
Harry Rolnick
ASPCA
Red Skelton
George W. Crane
Della P
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