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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1957
Page
4
Charles E. Rose is listed as news editor for WL with Luella Morgan serving as circulation manager and Luella Morgan as office manager in the staff designation.
Wartime science leaders urge a central planning body to synthesize plans for weapons and operations. Dr. Bush insists the Unification Act failed, calling for an independent central group of senior officers and civilians to draft and coordinate an overall war plan for the country.
Dr. Robert E. Fitch of the Pacific School of Religion argues Westerns and Shakespeare reflect a cultural yearning for deeper sanity. He says both reject complacency, welcome adventure with hazards, and uphold a distinction between clean and dirty entertainment, urging viewers to crave more genuine depth.
Jesus tells his disciples Lazarus is dead and urges a return to Bethany near Jerusalem. Martha questions his timing but confesses belief. Jesus proclaims I am the resurrection and the life, promising eternal life to believers. Martha declares faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
Editorial notes glamour as a strategy to draw students into entomology, citing Cap tain Knight of the Naval Bureau of Preventive Medicine speaking to entomologists about a vast insect world and humanity’s ongoing war and alliance with insects. It mentions King Mohammed V of Morocco as a modern monarch with broad powers and a parliamentary role, and discusses Dr Harold Urey joining UC Berkeley as a Nobel laureate broadening the university’s science strength, plus a California veteran property tax exemption tied to a loyalty oath and Supreme Court challenges over oath compliance.
A group of retired Army officers formed The Henpecked Club in San Antonio. An angry 200 pound wife burst in at night, toppled poker chips, dragged out an ex general by the ear, scolding the club’s revelry. The incident details a clash at a private recreational space.
Adlai E Stevenson may delay decision to join President Eisenhower or Vice President Nixon at the Paris NATO meeting. He has limited himself to observer duties, attending a State Department session quietly and adhering to a wait-and-see policy amid Soviet scientific advances.
Science sees a natural bottle in Norway containing 6,000-year-old sea water. De Kaasje Storm of the University of Oslo led researchers in a study of this astonish ing phenomenon. The bottle is a portion of Lake Tokke, a very deep narrow freshwater lake with a maximum depth near 482 feet.
The 1958 Paris cabinet fate hinges on a confidence vote as France faces a looming population crisis in Red China. The article surveys birth control shifts since 1955, abortion policy reversals, sterilization and contraception growth amid a 650 to 700 million population estimate, contrasting Sino policy with Western reform pressures.
GI William 8. Girard faces a four year suspended sentence in Japan with an appeal deadline Wednesday. If no appeal is filed, Girard and his Japanese wife Candy plan to head toward the United States by week end. Secrecy and potential Washington relaxations loom as the issue unfolds.
The two largest U S railroads Pennsylvanias and New York Central seek ICC approval to merge, possibly in 1958. Experts note two years of study needed per carrier, yet much groundwork may already be done. A merged system could hold 10 percent of U S surface transport revenue and faces anti monopoly opposition and union protests. The companies argue a strong system is vital to defense and warn highways could be blocked by failed trucks, urging merger as trend grows across trucking, air, and rail.
In Luebeck, West Germany, a 49 year old inventor runs a romance by slot machine at the main railway station. Women like Ingeborg Wolff and Lila Schwartz use the device to exchange dating cards after dropping a mark, while authorities monitor the novelty. The system reflects Germany's surplus of women and pragmatic approach to marriage and companionship, with lonely heart ads a common revenue source.
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