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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1945
Page
5
Government curbs on excise taxes to be eased six months after hostilities end or declaration by the President or Congress. Readout lists current vs new rates across jewelry, perfume, beer, cabarets, dress fees, telephone, long distance, cable, wire service, transportation, wines, and alcohol taxes with reductions.
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Delegates at a London conference accept in principle a refugee plan amid debate on personnel and refugee placement. The Czech and Yugoslav delegates opposed it as redrafting continues under committee head Jan Masa with the US offering suggestions for UNRRA care and shelter agreements.
The Pittsley store treats its popular cats with care as customers bid for kittens while avoiding heat and damp air. Mrs Genie and Mrs Pussey oversee the animals, with many bids and a waiting list as interest rises.
Chicago CRI A announces a 300000 dollar Naval Science Building as the first unit in the 13 200000 campus development program at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The six story structure was stored recently and is expected to be ready for occupancy in February 166.
Forrest City headlines recount the 1591 discovery of a petrified man near the Cheyenne River that stunned scientists and drew crowds. Sutes and Hors promoted a stone figure at fairs, followed by another unearthed specimen sold under pressure, ending in a quarrel between Peter Person and his wife.
A quarrel ended with a man killing his wife and then taking his own life. A later confession claimed that both "petrified men" were manufactured as bona fide. Authorities investigate the bizarre involved parties and motives.
In a grim reveal, human remains were displayed alongside ordinary concrete as Sutten consented to the idea, and Horn confessed to involvement. An unnamed Redfield resident aided the work, using one relative of Sutten as a model for the creation.
A fragment recalls a plaster cast of a ramen hung skeleton embedded in concrete from above. Residents still talk of the era when eyes on Forrest City focused on its graveyard of stones and memories, echoing a haunting time in local lore.
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