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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1957
Page
1
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and light snow today with a colder night. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and still cold. Temperatures over the past 24 hours show a high of 58 and a low of 35, with last night dipping to 32 and at 11 am today reading 38. Tygart Dam report unavailable.
Grafton High and Grafton Junior High bands under Joseph Henry present annual Christmas concert in the high school auditorium at 8 15 p m on Thursday December 12. Senior band features The Christmas Story with Naomi Wolfe narrating and includes Christmas in Killarney Winter Wonderland and other numbers. Letters will be awarded to senior band members. junior band praised for high spirit and musical expression.
Two drivers, Thomas Tucker Furbee of Route 1 Watson and Howard Russel Wilson of Cleveland Ohio, collided 2 miles south of Boothsville on Route 73 at 12:45 p.m. Sunday December 8. One passenger unharmed. Estimated damage $400. Wet roads and rain cited as cause. State Trooper C M Whit investigated.
Harrisville report states 25 people were arrested for game law violations during a Route 50 roadblock near Lamberton over the weekend. Charges included illegal possession of deer, improper license, and giving false information, with fines totaling about 800 dollars. Venison was confiscated for charity, while most detainees appeared before a magistrate. 49 others received warning tickets for uncased guns after dark.
West Virginia faces higher taxes in 1958 if the Legislature accepts governor Underwood and State Superintendent Rohrbough's proposals. A five year school improvement plan could require about 47 million dollars annually, while a ten year road program targets about 50 million dollars yearly. Potential funding options include a one cent gas tax hike and a one cent rise in the consumer sales tax to support roads and schools. The January legislative session will consider these plans and the budget, with no firm financing details finalized.
Five juvenile boys were found gambling in a public place Saturday evening by city patrolmen. They were taken into custody and ordered to appear in Police Court at 1 30 p m. The money and cards were confiscated and the police expect transfer to the juvenile court after the hearing.
Rev Charles E Hawkins preached at St John’s Methodist Church on Universal Bible Sunday. The digest centers on scripture as divinely inspired, citing 2 Peter as proof that prophecy comes from God. It notes Jerome’s Latin Bible 405 AD and Wycliffe’s 1382 English translation amid widespread modern translations.
Britain seeks more political control over American nuclear assets stationed in the United Kingdom. Reports say Defense Secretary Neil McElroy will meet with Duncan Sandys and Selwyn Lloyd to discuss joint basing and potential NATO command implications. Proposals include rocket bases in Europe and possible shared command structures, provoking debate over British subservience concerns.
Alan Pickford, 58, a Bath singer, was overcome by fumes from a faulty hot water heater. His wife Eva initially ignored groans thinking he was still singing. Neighbors forced entry and dragged him to safety after he collapsed.
Temperatures will average 3 or 4 degrees below normal with highs around 47 and lows near 30. Warmer on Wednesday, turning colder Thursday and staying cold through Saturday. Light snow is forecast Wednesday and again near Saturday with total precipitation about a quarter inch.
The West Virginia Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over the legality of an injunction that blocked a November 25 Class AA championship playoff. Weirton defeated Fairmont West 19 12 after the injunction was briefly stayed.
BLUEFIELD Three teen girls from the Bluefield area who disappeared last Monday were found in Atlanta, Georgia Saturday. The girls Sharon Meredith 14 Mary Jane Higgins 15 and Ruth Sexton 14 were identified by Atlanta authorities and their relatives were notified of the find.
President Eisenhower returns to the White House after a weekend at his farm as a possible Paris NATO summit attendee. A thorough medical checkup is planned this week to decide if he can fly to Paris. He will meet cabinet NSC and economic advisers and may hold a Wednesday press conference to announce his decision.
Weather across the nation brings dense fog in the Northeast and rains in the Southeast as a cool front advances from Texas into Tennessee Ohio and New England. Jackson Mississippi falls from 68 to 38 degrees with a cold night. Charleston witnesses heavy rainfall. Atlanta records 43 degrees with near freezing conditions expected in several southern states.
John R. McCarthy twenty two was found hanging twenty five feet above the market floor with his left arm caught between steel in a root vent. Police believe he attempted to burglarize the market. He had been hanging about six hours before a market manager found him as the store opened on Sunday. Doctors at Los Angeles General Hospital said the arm may be lost.
Frogmen explored 300 feet below the Yorkshire moors in a bid to find six students trapped by a flash flood since Saturday afternoon. Two are teenage girls. An entry was blocked by rocks while another became a water siphon. Crews labored through the night with no sign of the missing youths.
Washington reports Gen. Lauris Norstad, NATO commander, says Russia would need to destroy thousands of bases and missiles simultaneously to negate retaliation. He cites manned bombers and dispersed missiles as keeping Western strike capability fully effective, while U.S. leaders urge renewed confidence and budget boosts for a wartime footing. Capitol briefers discuss IRBM plans and Vanguard recovery at Cape Canaveral.
At Cape Canaveral a third Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile launch attempt was planned after two prior failures. Ground testing and a static fire were conducted amid ongoing program challenges including the Vanguard carrier explosion last week. Russia had previously launched an ICBM capable of over five thousand miles last August.
The U S Weather Bureau logged a cold record of one degree below zero at Big Piney Wyoming and a Sunday high of 84 degrees at Thermal California.
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