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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1956
Page
1
The forecast calls for cloudy and windy conditions with a temperature trend 24 hours milder. Expect showers Thursday and a high near 64, low around 32, with 11 am reading 62. Tonight’s low expected in the 40s, and at Tygart Dam a 7 am low of 38.
Weather updates from Grafton and surrounding areas note a rare warm spell with temperatures around 62 at mid morning and near 70 later. Storm activity includes snow in the Dakotas and Minnesota while the deep south sees mild, cloudy conditions with possible showers.
Temperatures will average near normal with variations. Mild start, colder Thursday night and Friday. Milder Saturday then colder again. Rain expected Wednesday night and Thursday, and again Saturday and possibly Monday. Total precipitation about one half to two and a quarter inches.
An expense report filed with the secretary of state shows U. S. Senator Chapman Revercomb spent 32630 on his successful campaign against Governor William Marland. Contributions totaled 32256, with 12350 raised by the Revercomb-for-Senate committee. Marland's expenses were 910, largely covered by the state Democratic Executive Committee.
R. E. Hicks, president of Beckley Livestock Market, received state Agriculture Department approval to operate a livestock auction in Beckley. The decision enables the market to commence operations under state oversight and facilitates local livestock trading.
United Nations observers arrived on Hungarian soil amid a general Assembly debate and a 14 nation resolution. Secretary General Hammarskjold sought permission to dispatch officials for advance arrangements while Budapest awaited a reply. Speakers from Uruguay Canada Denmark Israel Ukraine Hungary Britain Guatemala and Syria participated as voting abstentions and veto dynamics appeared.
The state Attorney General's Office states the Department of Motor Vehicles must revoke a driver's license after a felony tied to a motor vehicle accident. The ruling calls a license a privilege and notes reinstatement is not allowed if the related bankruptcy discharge remains unsettled.
Sweden reports gasoline rationing has backfired with consumption 7 percent higher than before curbs last month. Authorities blame hoarders as the rationing policy faces scrutiny and public doubt. meanwhile in Charleston a WV welfare committee supports a $29,000 state request to train public assistance workers to tap roughly $117,000 in federal funds.
Three Grafton post office letter carriers retired with a combined 108 years of service. Ray Wiseman 34 years Harold Kirkpatrick 36 years and Truman MecVicker 38 years received service certificates wrist watches and a testimonial dinner at St Paul’s Methodist Church. Attending were family colleagues and officials including Postmaster Loren A Hoffman James O Parkhill and Truman McVicker.
Hanover Germany businessman Paul Walter Diehler writes to Justice of the Peace W Lawson praising Eisenhower and Adenauer while urging United States aid for Hungarians. He details Soviet repression, relief efforts by free Germans, and a wish for peaceful co existence with communism.
The federal government announced it has taken over the assets of the Home National Bank of Ellenville for liquidation. Bank president William Richard Rose, 50, was escorted to New York by federal agents.
The Ohio state liquor director halted further sale of Old Boston Christmas decanters listing all U.S. presidents after a White House protest. Gerald D. Morgan objected to including Dwight D. Eisenhower, saying the President opposes endorsements by him. In New York City, AT&T and CWA reached a deal for 25,000 long distance operators and maintenance workers who had threatened a strike.
A West Virginia mother of two, Mrs. James C. Fish, 32, stricken with bulbar polio, was flown by Air Force transport to the Cleveland Respiratory Center for specialized care. The mercy mission, arranged with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and Military Air Transport Service, used a portable respirator and involved hospital staff, doctors, a therapist, and a nurse.
The state Liquor Control Commission announced a slight price increase for most blended whiskeys sold in state liquor stores, effective January 1. The action applies to products across multiple brands and price ranges.
Bobby Brown, an 11 year old Fairmont West Virginia high school student, was paralyzed by a rare outbreak after a football injury last August. He recovered through rehabilitation at St Francis General Hospital, walking and dressing unaided by late November and dancing with a nurse at a patients party before returning home to his parents.
London reports an Anglo French invasion force starting a large retreat from Egypt aimed at easing pressure from local and regional opponents. In Port Said 11,000 troops are seen departing toward Suez within two weeks while 2,600 British troops are slated to move out today amid rising anti Western sentiment.
In Shadyside Ohio a body recovered from the Ohio River is believed to be David Hall of Bellaire who disappeared after falling from a barge in October 1954. A tugboat crewman spotted the body on a river sandbar and a doctor said it likely had rested on the river bottom until recently.
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