Weather forecast and temperatures for Tygart Dam area
Cloudy and colder with rain in the south and east. Rain mixed with snow in the northwest. Tuesday's high at Tygart Dam expected near 49 with a low around 40 and rainfall totaling .20 inches.
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1956
Page
1
Aptitude Tests Given At High School Here
John J. Booth of the Department of Employment Security reports that seniors at Grafton High School completed general aptitude testing. Tests, conducted Dec 5 and 8, aid guidance planning and job placement. Ninety-six seniors were tested. 133 were enrolled, with 64 tested. Assistants included staff from Clarksburg and Grafton offices and senior counselor Ethel Fryer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Booth
Department of Employment Security
Clarksburg
Grafton High School
Roy W. Walter
Office of Employment Security
Booth
Pauline Coontz
Grafton
Edna Sloan
Edith Post
Joseph Feeney
Ethel Fryer
Department of the State of
West Virginia
Taylor County
St. Augus Line High School
U S Cuts Soil Bank Payments
The Agriculture Department announced higher soil bank payments for 1957 for not planting full allotments. Average per-acre rates rise for corn to 42.66 from 33, wheat to 20.05 from 8, cotton to 54.15 from 24, and rice to 68.18 from 50, reflecting broader incentives across all five basic crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Raids Nab Two In Strand Poolroom And Labor Club
Grafton police swooped on two Main Street establishments in a surprise raid Tuesday night seizing multiple slot machines and tip boards. Officers arrested Hayward Cross on possession of gambling devices after a warrant by Police Judge Layne Ford. Harold Walters faced a separate charge for possession of tip boards. Cross posted 301 bond and Walters 201. A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday at 1 30 p.m. before Judge Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Clyde DeBarr
Robert DeBarr
Lawrence Messenger
Dorsey Hickman
DeBarr
Strand
Layne H Ford
Harold “Cotton” Walters
Ford
Mercury Weather Report From Grafton Area
Moderate temperatures prevail with a 1 am reading of 45 degrees at Tygart Dam. The low night was 40 and Tuesday’s high 49. About 0.2 inches of precipitation fell. Sky overcast, sun struggled through noon clouds. Forecast calls for clouds tonight and colder conditions with snow or rain possible Thursday, tonight’s low near 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Tygart Dam
Kiwanis Light Sale Extended For Thursday Evening
Kiwanis House to House light sale resumes at 10 p.m. tomorrow after a warm reception last night. Dr William W Merow Kiwanis Club president said proceeds fund Christmas cheer for underprivileged children in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Merow
Kiwanis Club
Court Restraints Murphy- Speno Junk-Yard Operation On Rt. 50
Jackson Mississippi court issues a temporary injunction against Murphy Speno and Spena junkyard on U S Route 60 between Grafton and Pruntytown after a hearing. Layne Ford and neighbors argued the yard is a nuisance in a residential area and harms property values. Bond of 500 dollars posted. case to proceed in January term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy- Speno
Grafton
Pruntytown
Judie W. Merle Watkins
Taylor County
Burnell Murphy
Helen June Lemon Spena
Sit Spena
Layne H. Ford
Et All
Watlins
Booths Creek
W. Merle Bailey
John K. Burdette
John Wyatt, Jr
Clarksburg
I Y
Police Nick Man's Freedom Implied by Detroit Arrest
Detroit police arrested John Kimmel after a razor was found in his pocket at a barber college. He admitted taking the razor and was charged, reducing his freedom by detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
John Kimmel
Kimmel
Turnout Hit 76.42 Percent in Taylor County Vote
The November 6 general election saw 76.42 percent of Taylor County’s registered voters cast ballots, about 7,815 people. Republican ticket leaders drew 4,739 votes, Democrats 3,074, with county and state turnout figures and rankings for nearby counties listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Taylor County
Secretary of State
Little Wirt County
Wirt County
Hancock County
Ohio County
Ritchie
Marion
Putnam
Kanawha
Morgan
Randolph County
Randolph
Mingo
Wyoming
Doddridge
Logan
West Virginia Five Day Weather Outlook
Temperatures will average near or slightly below normal with colder conditions Thursday and again Sunday. Precipitation totals around one inch, mainly Thursday and Saturday. Snow predominates in the north while the south sees rain or snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Irish Raiders Strike British in Northern Ireland
Belfast, Northern Ireland. Irish nationalists attacked army police and government in raids across Northern Ireland under a northern gale. Main assault foiled at Armagh regimental HQ. 200 pounds dynamite seized in one raid and a radial transmitter damaged. Bridges and other targets hit as the biggest campaign since partition 34 years ago. Emergency force of 12,090 police and army posts mobilized nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Armagh
Ireland
Salvation Army Sets Can Show For Yule Gifts
Salvation Army plans a charity movie show at the Manos theater in Grafton for Taylor county children on Saturday at 10 AM. Admission is one canned food item, feeding holiday baskets for needy families. Program includes Roy Rogers Western, a Three Stooges comedy and five cartoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Taylor County
Gilbert C. Watson
Manos Theater
Grafton
Bruce Corio
Corto
NATO ministers hear Brenntano warn of East German revolt risk
Paris reports German foreign minister Brentano warned NATO that a Hungarian style revolt in East Germany could trigger World War III. He said Russia has 22 divisions in East Germany backed by 30 to 40 more in satellite states, a claim contested by British and U S officials during the four day NATO meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
West Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
NATO
East Germany
Brentano
Russie
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Council
Soviet Union
Russia
Selwyn ‘Lloyd
U.S
John Poster Dulles
Lloyd
Chistian Pineau
Dulles
Times of London
White House To Greet Hungarian Refugees Planes
The White House marked the opening of Hungary’s airlift by welcoming 199 refugees on the first Munich to Newfoundland flight. A ceremony with Tracy Voorhees at Harmon Field preceded the convoy to Camp Kilmer for processing. The 18 000 refugees will enter the United States via air and sea under the Safe Haven plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D
United Press
Harmonfield
Newfoundland
White House
McGuire Air Force Base
Tracy Voorhees
Eisenhower
Munich
Germany
Newfoundland Air Force Base
United States
Voorhees
Kilmer
N. 3
Prestwick
Scotland
Savage fighting erupts as Soviet move on Hungary
Reports from Vienna describe savage street clashes in Budapest and Hungarian provinces as Soviet forces and Red militiamen attack rebel patriots. The puppet government under Janos Kadar presses to force workers back to jobs amid a nationwide strike and renewed bloodshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Budapest
Hungary
Red Police
Janos Kadar
Nixon May Take Look First Hand
Washington sources say Vice President Nixon may fly to Austria to study the Hungarian refugee crisis. The trip would dramatize U S concern for Hungarians forced from their homeland by Soviet terror. Vienna reports suggested a Saturday arrival, but officials noted a weekend departure was unlikely and a late week timing is possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Austria
U.S
Vienna
Nixon
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