23 Aug 1955
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1955
Page
1
News brief roundup reports a deadly rail crash near Ciudadela in Buenos Aires province with fears of heavy casualties, the government studying vulnerability of foods and drugs to biological warfare, and a hydrogen sulfide incident at a loading dock. Other items mention July cost of living rise, guards training funds, and state dairy cattle sales plans in West Virginia plus a heads-up on weather concerns at the West Virginia Fair.
City Hall apologized after professional men in Grafton reported back due payments of the professional privilege tax. Officials said an improper recording error led to mistaken statements for 1951 to 1954, with most taxes later confirmed as paid.
The 1955 Taylor County Fair opened its twelfth annual exhibit as a $1,200 payment was prepared for the State Board of Control. It is the second of eight planned payments toward a $12,000 fair grounds purchase obligation funded by Calico Queen contest receipts totaling $1,802.80. Queen committee chair Walter Jordan reported 17 entries generated those receipts, with 1,396,400 votes cast for the fair queen title.
Grafton recorded .67 inches of rain in a late afternoon storm yesterday while other parts of the region saw cloudburst conditions. The forecast calls for continued cloudiness and moderate temperatures tomorrow. Yesterday’s high reached 88 and the low 67, with 11:00 am temperature at 78.
West Virginia outlook shows temperatures near normal with a rise midweek into Thursday and a cooler spell possible by Sunday. Thunder showers are expected Wednesday night and Thursday and again Sunday. Total precipitation projected at four tenths to three quarters of an inch.
Italian born actress Pier Angeli gave birth to an 8 pound 13 ounce boy at Cedars of Lebanon hospital. The 22 year old wife of singer Vic Damone was reported doing fine after the Sunday birth.
In Korea near a bombed bridge the UN freed Lt Guy H Bumpas after a crash cited as caused by Reds who also handed over the body of Capt Charles W Brown of West Louisville Ky A few minutes apart Bumpas walked away in bandaged head and spoke of his treatment as OK considering circumstances He was flown to Ascom City while the captain was taken to a US hospital in the exchange marked by a UN observer team and Red officers in attendance
SPRING CITY Tenn. Gov. Frank Clement orders a three way probe into a freight train collision with a grade crossing bus. Ten children died and about 30 were injured as the yellow bus was ripped apart. driver Raymond Moore 36 survived with injuries. Parents were devastated as officials vowed to uncover causes and prevent a recurrence.
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce will hold its 20th annual convention September 1 to 3 at White Sulphur Springs. Agenda favors amendment to allow voter approved school tax increases and bond debt servicing outside levies. Also on the table are road funding adequacy, reorganizing the Road Commission, labor union monopoly powers, unemployment compensation changes, tourism, and renewable resource development.
A British Canberra bomber completed the first leg of a one day Atlantic round trip landing in Brooklyn at 9 63 a m after departing London at 7 10 a m. The two Royal Air Force veterans aboard aimed to return to London for supper, taking off on the return leg at 10 23 40 a m EDT.
Charleston South Carolina early today a G 119 flying boxcar crashed on takeoff into a residential area. Eleven airmen aboard are reported dead and civilians sleeping in homes nearby may also have perished. Capt Silas B Welch of the Charleston County Police confirmed nine deaths and said five airmen and four civilians were accounted for with several others missing.
In Darmstadt Germany a Star and Stripes report notes two of three German girls do not wear the tick nine and only one in six uses was official. The piece adds that three quarters of German girls wear nylons, an occupation unknown in Germany before American arrival.
Venice announces Elsa Maxwell plans a cultural yacht cruise aboard the Odyssey next week for 120 world celebrities. The event aims to explore ancient Greek glories rather than idle shipboard parties, says Miss Maxwell.
Casablanca bulletin reports tank and air supported French army units striking rebels blamed for mass killings of French settlers in Morocco s wild interior as part of a broader offensive today.
President Eisenhower said he would summon a special Congress if necessary to obtain U S money for disaster relief after devastating storms in the northeastern states. He arrived at Washington National Airport after surveying the damage and pledged the full federal support, meeting governors and urging prompt action on funds.
The Small Business Administration named Delaware and 27 counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as disaster areas enabling homeowners and business owners in flood zones to apply for special rehabilitation loans. Connecticut and 25 counties across Pennsylvania Massachusetts Rhode Island New Jersey and New York had been named earlier. A temporary SBA disaster loan office opened in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania, bringing the total to 14 offices. Pennsylvania counties include Tioga Bradford Susquehanna Lycoming Sullivan Wyoming Northumberland Montour Columbia Carbon Lebanon Dauphin Berks Lancaster Chester Delaware Philadelphia Pike. New Jersey counties include Atlantic Burlington Camden Cape May Cumberland Gloucester Ocean Salem.
Free chest x ray clinics opened to high demand with a long line at Taylor Mountains. The morning session ran 9 a.m. to noon with about 15 people in line and fast movement. An afternoon session was 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today, with similar hours tomorrow and an evening slot 7 to 8 30 p.m.
New York man Edward Quinn 25 dove from the Staten Island Ferry after a dare. He delayed the ferry for about an hour while crew members retrieved him and he was fined 25 dollars.
George Sanford Holmes, former Washington correspondent for the Scripps Howard Newspapers, died at his Bethesda home at the age of 71.
Stroudsburg, Pa. Gov GenM Leader ordered evacuation plans for 10000 children as flood disaster unfolds. Buses will move children to large cities while a survey by the State Council of Civil Defense continues. Eleven people are believed drowned at Camp Davis after waters swept the camp away. 25 bodies identified and 10 saved. More than 11000 residents have received anti typhoid shots at Red Cross centers.
New Orleans shopper Jéan Barrios, back from a Mexican tour to learn Spanish, was surprised when a department store clerk asked for an interpreter. She had inadvertently spoken Spanish while asking for lipstick, revealing a language mix up in a casual shopping moment.
London based Soviet magazine News says in Moscow radio quotes that the Soviet public will soon have the chance to welcome Sir Anthony Eden who has previously visited Moscow during prior discussions.
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