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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1955
Page
1
Tear gas deployed by military police in Seoul to subdue about 300 demonstrators targeting workers at Kunsan Air Base. US Air Force spokesmen in Tokyo provided no update on two Americans reportedly involved. The year’s total cases rise to 1,606, up from 193 last year.
Berroa asks four thousand dollars for Centennial programs as Grafton sets May 31 to June 6, 1956 for centennial observances. A Sept 2 meeting at 7 30 p.m. in the VFW hall will advance plans and approve firemen events and murals, with Miss or Mrs. Grafton contest ideas and letterhead stationery approved. Rosalie Heironimous joins Steering Committee. BF Holloway resigns.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS The state Medical Association President James P. McMullen says the soft drink tax cannot fund full construction and operation of the new Medical Center at Morgantown, leaving financing uncertain for the project.
Figures from the California department of finance show that each of the state's 8,457,000 adults consumes annually an average of 2.38 gallons of hard liquor 22.3 gallons of beer 1.1 of dry wine 1.9 of sweet wine and a half gallon of sparkling wine.
The 16 year old Betsy Linn of Hammond won the Calico Queen title after a three and a half hour count by a five man board. Linn received 271 500 of 1 396 400 total votes, with Mary Kathryn Poling second and Paula June Klepfel third. She will be crowned August 23 with Maids of Honor Poling and Klepfel.
The Rus sell Snow Co. of Waltham Massachusetts unveils a yard sized roller coaster for people who hate crowds. The 21 inch plywood coaster features a 40 foot track at 10 miles an hour and includes instructions. Priced at 79.50 dollars.
Belmont in Pleasants County asked the Public Service Commission for authority to construct and operate a water distribution system in Belmont and vicinity. Presently residents rely on private wells for water.
San Francisco man William J. Rainer, 48, tracks his daughter Delores through an advertising card on a Municipal Railway bus. The image mirrors his estranged wife, tracing a 20 month separation. A serendipitous bus photo leads to a reunion in Sausalito after years apart.
Free chest x-rays will be offered to residents on Aug 23 and 24 by the State Health Department X-Ray Mobile Unit in Taylor County. The clinic, in front of the County Court House, runs 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and evenings. 17 year olds and older and all food handlers urged to attend. Future Nurses Club members Loretta Lawler Cleota Gawthrop Adaline Ellers Mary Ann Knight Carol Romaine Rosalie Losh assist.
The forecast warns continued hot weather with mostly fair skies for Sunday. Travelers and recreation seekers should expect heat with possible thundershowers in the late afternoon in the northern part of the state. The previous day highs reached 89 and the low 64 with 11:00 a.m. reading at 87.
Warden Orel J. Skeen of the West Virginia penitentiary travels to Wyoming to join a group of state prison leaders from Illinois and South Dakota on an inspection of the Wyoming state prison and its conditions.
United Press reports a five day forecast for West Virginia showing temperatures 8 to 10 degrees above normal. Expect generally fair and hot weather, with a chance of scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hawthorne Nev The Air Force opened an investigation into the fiery crash of a twin engine C 47 killing seven aboard The plane from the 61st Squadron 8th Air Rescue group at Stead Air Force Base near Reno struck Gillis Mountain range at about 6 000 feet on Friday
Russell K. Britton, Denver school director of instruction, cut short his outdoor address at Colorado A&M College as rain fell. He remarked that the state institution does not believe in soaking the public, delivering the line during the interrupted commencement.
Dane County Supervisor Walter Simon refused to take Sheriff’s new lie detector test saying every married man has a natural born lie detector his wife. The remark was made during coverage of a local ethics or law enforcement discussion in Madison Wisconsin.
The National Rural Letter Carriers Association chose Louisville Kentucky as next year’s convention site. Officers elected at the close of the 51st annual convention include Waren Bledsoe of Georgetown Georgia as president Paul Morton of Freeport Ohio as secretary and John Moren of Howe Oklahoma as committeeman.
RED BLUFF Calif The wife of Airman Daniel C Schmidt said she would contest a divorce filing by Schmidt who claims she is an unfit mother of their 24 year old son The 23 year old Schmidt returned from a Chinese Communist prison camp to find his wife Una had married another man and then filed the Tehama County divorce complaint Friday He seeks permanent custody and control of Danny Jr on grounds of extreme cruelty and unfitness of the mother.
Bulgaria apologized to the United States for the death of 12 Americans, all from New York, when an Israeli airliner was shot down by Bulgarian fighters on July 27 after straying into Bulgarian airspace. Sofia promised punishment for the pilots and offered compensation.
In Middletown Connecticut Kazimierz Zielinski failed to understand the charges in a motor vehicle case. The judge sought a Polish speaker in the courtroom and Patrolman Frank Osora agreed to explain the charges.
Arthur I. Reade Jr. is set to enter Harvard College as a freshman at 13 after earning Weymouth High School diploma. Officials note his IQ as a genius level, marking him as the youngest graduate in Weymouth High history.
Geneva report on the Atoms for Peace conference ends with Soviet pledge to supply Communist China and Soviet satellites with fuels and reactors for atomic and hydrogen research. The United States sells a half price atomic reactor to Switzerland as part of peaceful nuclear aid efforts.
West Virginia Motor Truck Association executive Emmett J. Bush said truckers oppose the Fallon bill in Congress not to block highway improvements but to avoid unfair taxes on trucks and a threat to the industry's future. He stressed industry support for safer, better roads while criticizing potential tax burdens.
Washington announced Russia will release three Americans held for seven years or more. Pvt. Wilfred Cumish of Amesbury Massachusetts Pvt Murray Fields of Bayside New York and Frederick Charles Hopkins unnamed by the government were being held by the Russians.
The Turnpike Commission tentatively approved higher passenger car rates on the state turnpike, pending confirmation by its consulting engineers. This preliminary vote signals a planned rate increase once engineering review is completed.
Record floods across New York Pennsylvania New Jersey and Massachusetts leave dozens dead and hundreds missing. Authorities report 100 plus fatalities with many towns isolated by rising waters and overwhelmed roads as Army Air Force and National Guard respond to rescue stranded residents and supply relief.
A former Pueblo policeman, 26, started a two year sentence today after admitting to possessing burglar’s tools. Shrock left the force earlier this summer citing low pay.
Amig said six Bhiley bridges from the Marion Ohio Engine Depot were shipped to the Waterbury Connecticut area to aid food rescue efforts.
Officials from the Air Force continuing investigation into the six million building roof cave in at Wilkins Air Force Base. Today they completed preliminary inspection but withheld details awaiting formal announcement.
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