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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1956
Page
1
Forecast calls for fair conditions not as cold tonight with a low around 30 to 36. Wednesday clouds increase and warmth declines as rain moves into western and northern portions by night. 24 hour period ending 5 pm Monday reports high 59 and 33 with last night 24. 11 am reading shows high 58 and 32 at Tygarts Dam by 7 am.
In West Virginia, hunters from Grafton and surrounding counties brought down several deer amid unusually good hunting weather. The Bolyards of Grafton led with three does, while Ivan Bolyard bagged a buck. Other notable kills included Wyatt Davis, M. DeVall, Ray Workman, and D. G. Brown. No major accidents reported, though two hunting-related deaths occurred in adjacent counties.
Washington announces that federally insured commercial banks may raise savings account rates from 2 percent to 3 percent annually starting January 1. An informed source said the move aims to encourage savings and increase banks’ funds available for lending on investment proposals.
A chaotic sequence unfolds from a restaurant car borrow to a major Brooklyn waterfront fire and explosion. Police seek Jack Hawkins for car theft linked to Parkway Studios McKees Rocks Pa and a massive blaze at Luckenbach pier with 10 dead 400 injured and $15 million in damage. Authorities probe sabotage including an acetylene torch and anonymous tips while FBI Navy and state and city agencies join the inquiry. The blast felt 25 miles away with extensive wreckage and decapitation deaths reported among victims.
In Clinton Tennessee Rev Paul Turner a white Baptist pastor and two volunteer aides escorted six Negro students to Clinton High School today amid racial unrest. A group of seven or eight white men attacked Turner as he left the school breaking up after police intervened. One man Cook was arrested and Turner received treatment for bleeding and bruises. The incident comes after days of integration turmoil at the state’s first school to be integrated.
Charleston WV a7 State Police Superintendent R W Boyles said a shakeup in the road patrol is under consideration to curb rising highway deaths as year total nears 490. He noted seven deaths over the weekend, swelling year toll to 39, with overall fatalities up 69 from 1955. More troopers to road patrol are planned amid other changes.
The Grafton area enjoyed warm temperatures near 58 at 11 am with clear skies, while night temperatures plunged to subfreezing near 24 degrees. Wednesday is forecast to be rainy with a mid thirtys low tonight, and Evansville Indiana reports readings in the seventies.
U S officials urged Americans to provide housing and job offers for a growing number of Hungarian refugees arriving in the United States.
Pinza, the opera star Frio Pinza aged 64, was listed in satisfactory condition in Greenwich Connecticut after suffering his second heart attack in the past month. The incident occurred as he faced a demanding schedule in musical comedy.
At the United Nations in New York the General Assembly opened a debate on a US backed resolution urging Hungary and Russia to permit observers to enter Hungarian territory. Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily V. Kuznetsov and Imre Horvath opposed any UN intervention. India’s V. K. Krishna Menon spoke as the 21st participant amid Afro Asian bloc reluctance and nuclear stance.
United Nations Emergency Forces move into the Sinai Desert and Port Said to oversee the withdrawal of British French and Israeli troops. Egypt and the UN clash over restart measures for the Suez Canal while Israel blocks Sinai access. The United States urges canal work without delay and warns of broader regional risk. Tensions persist among Syria Israel and potential spillover to Jordan Iraq and Turkey as allies brace for new Mediterranean emergencies.
Huntington police report Seaman Harold Nicholas, 18, of Huntington, an AWOL Navy recruit, confessed to shooting William Giseman in Giseman’s Bland County trailer during a robbery. He admitted stealing about $130, with $24 remaining, and said the shooting occurred as he robbed Giseman before fleeing to Virginia authorities.
Jefferson County District Attorney William J. McKnight will petition within two or three days for a court ordered mental examination of Samuel Lavella a 16 year old high school senior who confessed to killing his mother Mrs Melinda Lavella after she scolded him.
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