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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1956
Page
1
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with rain this afternoon and tonight and again Saturday. Rainfall will be light to moderate at times this afternoon and tonight, with a low tonight in the 40s and slightly warmer conditions Saturday. Temperatures show a 48 high and 37 low for 24 hours ending 5 p.m. Thursday, with 11 a.m. today at 38.
Local Taylor County Fair officials announced dates for the 1957 exposition from August 27 to 31. Plans include remodeling the cattle and horse show barns and introducing new entertainment, with a July class C horse show tentatively set for July 11 and July 19-20 pending approval.
Rotary Boy Scout Troop 3 with scoutmaster Loren A Hoffman warns that thieves have for two years cut evergreen trees at Camp LeRoy Edwards for Christmas trees. Last year culprits cut tops from two trees. Hoffman cautions post office light bulbs and decorations are at risk, and urges vigilance against theft by any agency.
Israel says it will not withdraw further from the Sinai Peninsula without UN guarantees and not reoccupy the area. British and French forces withdraw from Port Said as UNEF units move into a buffer zone. Herut Labor Federation urges retaining Gaza and halting Sinai withdrawal amid protests in Jerusalem.
The St Matthias Episcopal Church Seamen celebrate pastry fame led by the rector the Rev Allen E Sither as early sales boost for their holiday fruit cake. Orders continue streaming to the rectory on McGraw Avenue for the homemade Inuit cake.
The trial jury panel for the January term of Taylor County Civ Court was announced by Circuit Clerk W Merle Bailey. Names drawn for possible service include Booths Creek District Joel B Johnson Hiram Clevenger Raymond E Flanagan Harry F McDonald Earl Cochran Flemington District Edward D Phillips James B Edwards James and others in the pool for petit jurors.
The notice lists trial jurors for Gray Ernest Chevroth and Wilson Ross and jurors for Fetterman Grafton Knottsville and surrounding districts. Names include James M. Jacobs William B. Weaver Paul R. Hood James W. Trickett Daniel Cool John Keener H H Fornash Alvin B. Holt Kenneth C. Wells Harold L. Johnson Lawrence E. Knight Charles Ray Kuhn Millard F. Harper Glen E. Powell Joseph A. Paugh Jr Melvin Haddix Herbert H. Fornash Dorsey R. Ridenour James E. Setler Gerald R. Shafferman William B. Nestor Charles W. Sinsel George E Sinclair Cigries McIntyre John W. Workman Knottsville Charles C. Eisner Carl Kirkpatrick John Love Evans James W. Roy Kenneth B. Ashby.
Angelo John LaMarca, convicted kidnapper of month old Peter Weinberger, was sentenced to die in Sing Sing Prison’s electric chair during the week of January 28, 1957, according to the MINEOLA N Y dispatch.
A Braniff Airlines passenger liner returning to New Orleans after 30 minutes was halted by a disturbance led by a woman who claimed to be the Venezuelan diplomat's wife. Doris Annabell Winger Dexitt of Claremont Oklahoma was arrested at Baton Rouge Airport and booked on drunkenness charges. The flight had turned back north of New Orleans after taking off from New Orleans.
United Nations discussions pivot on condemning Egypt for expelling and mistreating foreign nationals. France seeks urgent assembly action to demand return of property to French citizens and adherence to rights, while Israel cites a terror atmosphere for Jews in Egypt and calls for U.N. intervention.
An explosion at the Inland Steel Co Indiana Harbor Works today injures 20 workers. Investigators assess blast cause and emergency crews rush to the scene, with hospital status to be updated.
Vienna broadcast reports anti-Soviet riots and clashes between Hungarian patriots and Red Army troops in eastern Hungary. Fighting centered at Miskolc as troops moved to disperse demonstrations with casualties. Counter-revolutionary elements attacked provincial buildings near Eger and Barany led gunfire on Soviet units.
A single engine four seat Tripacer went down in bad weather near Pineville Kentucky, killing Air Force sergeant John Lancaster 41 of Groveport Ohio and injuring two others in a Thursday crash. The victims were aboard during severe weather over Pine Mountain as rescuers investigated the wreckage.
United States offers NATO allies access to dual purpose weapons that can fire atomic warheads or conventional missiles. Defense Secretary Wilson promises 14 nations technical data to build their own dual capacity arsenals while maintaining U.S. law prohibiting sharing atomic elements. NATO names Paul-Henri Spaak as new secretary general to take post next April. Dulles meets Pineau Lloyd and Suez rep, then departs for Washington.
Funeral services were arranged for former Rep Edward G Rohrbough who died Wednesday at a Washington hospital at age 82. A Republican, he served in the 10th and 60th Congresses. Born in Buckhannon, he attended West Virginia Wesleyan College Allegheny College and Harvard University.
Glenn A Young, 42, of Whipple Ohio collapsed and died while square dancing in Parkersburg Thursday night. Patrolman Gale Smith investigated and said Young carried two prescriptions for heart medicine in his billfold.
The U S Weather Bureau warns of snow in farther sections as a cold front advances into West Virginia tonight with freezing temperatures likely statewide. Lows near 39 to 44 across Wheeling Martinsburg Parkersburg Morgantown Huntington Charleston and Elkins, with rain and snow late tonight into Thursday and a brief warming trend Friday and Saturday before another cold spell.
In New York the Cunard liner Queen Mary arrived 17 hours late due to heavy weather and a nosebleed. The ship went 117 miles off course Tuesday night to assist a freighter captain who reported a nasal hemorrhage. Captain C Taichus of the Liberian freighter Santa Ana had recovered by the time the Mary reached port.
A heavy 2 inch rainfall drenched the Grafton area triggering rising streams and possible closures of Route 50 and Route 11. Roane and Barbour counties suffered isolation as Spring Creek and other creeks flooded, forcing school closures and evacuations while several U S highways faced blockages from floodwaters.
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