Word: sentinel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hotly against the school shutdown. Key reason for the bitterness: the Negro population in Front Royal is so small (8% of the total population) that the town could work out its problems as well as any average Northern community. Editor Edward T. Bromfield Jr. of the weekly Warren Sentinel complained bitterly because Front Royal was the hapless victim of "the unyielding position of Southside Virginia." At a Parent Teacher Association meeting, 500 townspeople heard School Superintendent Quincy Casque urge that some way be found to run the public schools without state aid. He was seconded by A. G. McVay, manager...
...Scripps-Howard's Knoxville News-Sentinel reported, after searching Washington for the original document, that Cooper might need the whole six-year term to find...
During a long strike, the bills for Schleppey's services have given some publishers heavy deficits. It took Schleppey several months to break the back of the I.T.U. strike at the Grand Junction (Colo.) Sentinel, and an ex-bookkeeper for the paper recalls: "I used red ink for a long, long time." In the solidly unionized city of Haverhill, the I.T.U. is fighting back by urging subscribers and advertisers to boycott the Gazette; circulation (11,000) is down 45% and ads are down 40% from pre-strike levels. To make matters worse for the Gazette, Publisher William Loeb...
Guidance System. In Wrangell, Alaska, the Sentinel reported that "Libby Desmond was fined $10 for not walking a straight line down Front Street...
Runner-Up. In Sitka, Alaska, the Sentinel carried an advertisement: "For Sale: Engagement ring, 3 weeks old, never worn. Was tied for 2nd place with six others. Will sell cheap...