20 Apr 1955
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1955
Page
1
In a farcical appeal for peaceful coexistence, Georgi Zhukov offered good wishes to President Eisenhower and the American people on Tuesday night, as reported from New York. The notice comes amid a flurry of international and domestic headlines across the U.S. and Asia.
Gov William C Marland agreed to a special legislative session to consider a teachers pay increase. Delegation officials said the date would come during the week of May 8 to 14 once the call is prepared. The session could be convened by petition or on Marlands initiative and may address funding via a consumer sales tax.
At Bandung Indonesia Chou En Lai postponed key talks at the Afro Asian conference delaying Farmosa talks. Colombo powers invited China and Turkey to help resolve the Middle East crisis while human rights discussions touched on Palestine. Arab states pressed for a resolution against Israel amid regional tensions.
President Eisenhower sent a 3.53 billion dollar foreign aid proposal to Congress to bolster security in Asia and battle communism. He argued the plan is essential to a realistic national policy and praised loans over grants while stressing costs at a time of the Bandung Conference.
Charleston reports the State Beer Commissioner Crow today ordered beer licenses cancelled for Weeks Distributing Co Morgan Weeks for violating regulations. In other items Saigon clash as paratroops fight rebels. Philadelphia Railroad shifts running times for trains. West Virginia woman dies in accidental shooting. Kanawha River body recovered. Detroit GM resumes contract talks. Clarksburg Republicans retain city council control. Welch men injured in truck fall and another found dead after forest fire fight.
Local dealers promote a large selection of used cars with low down payments and easy terms. Sample offers include a 1952 Chevrolet Powerglide priced at 91095 and a 1953 Plymouth Cranbrook Club Coupe with 18000 miles. More details appear in the Classified Advertising Section on page five.
Scattered thundershowers are forecast for this afternoon as temperatures rise to the upper 80s. The high yesterday reached 80 with a low of 48, and noon today marked 77. Rain yesterday and last night totaled 0.31 inch amid considerable cloudiness and warm temperatures for tonight and tomorrow.
Baton Rouge Louisiana State University will begin a short course on rabbit breeding Thursday. The course ends Friday. Washington Senator Arthur Watkins who headed the committee that recommended censure said no apology is due McCarthy as he has not been purged of contempt.
Final tally from the Patty Knight benefit all star basketball game shows receipts of 443.25. The report details tickets, advanced sales, and city contributions totaling 443.25, with 1 214 in attendance and 1 896.40 spent on Patty Knight’s hospitalization over 87 days.
Len Gordon Butler of Duluth dissented as the measure granting a $1200 per legislator expense allowance passed. He said he would sacrifice for public office and did not want favors in return from the vote. The bill advanced with Butler as the sole dissenting voice.
Brocktoo Illinois residents in a 450 person village cancelled their Tuesday election because no candidates filed. No names, dates, or offices are provided in the readable fragment.
Sen. J William Fulbright accused House Appropriations leaders of slashing fiscal 1956 funds for the exchange program known as the Fulbright Program. He argued some congressmen fear that American youths are intellectually contaminated by associations with foreigners. Fulbright, who sponsored the 1946 authorization, led the attack in Washington.
Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation director Mark A. Lower says the anti gambling bill failed because liquor and firecrackers disrupted the session. He alleges several legislators were intoxicated and states that firecrackers prevented orderly business, with mentions of known prostitutes from Baton Rouge and New Orleans in attendance.
In Glasgow a Tell Scotland Crusade official appealed to autograph hunters to stop pestering Billy Graham and his team at Kelvingrove Hall. David McLory urged the crowd to avoid interruptions before during or after meetings as the evangelist is often blocked from meeting people with spiritual questions.
Six year old Mike Waller and his dog Sneezy planned a fast trip to Columbus Georgia to visit his grandmother. The boy and dog were found perched on the wing of an FAO jet plane awaiting liftoff, with Mike carrying a bundle of clothes for the journey.
Police report burglars broke into a Greek Orthodox church in Atlanta and stole a typewriter that purportedly can only produce Greek letters, leaving the parish concerned about the device’s odd purpose and potential symbolism.
Washington officials Adm. Arthur W. Radford and Walter Robertson will fly to Formosa today in view of the tense situation in the Far East. They will confer with Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese Nationalist government on strategic and diplomatic matters.
EL CENTRO Calif UP Harold Church athletic director at Central Union High School said two starting guns binoculars and a stopwatch stolen from the gym office have been mailed back with a note Our consciences hurt us we have reformed
In Chicago Walter Pernal, described as the police department's favorite burglar, attempted to loot an apartment. He climbed an outside staircase in daylight, smashed a window with a loud crash, and caused such noise that a tenant upstairs phoned police. He had consumed liquor and was unable to resist arrest.
In Atlanta rookie weathermen are trained to say fair rather than sunny in forecasts. Veterans illustrate the point with a Raleigh forecaster who used sunny to fair in a summary. The note quoted forecast: North Carolina sunny today, tonight and tomorrow.
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