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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1956
Page
1
Forecast predicts rain today and tonight with a high near 55 to 60 and a low around 45 to 50. Friday brings more rain then cloudy afternoon, clearing with fog at night. 24 hour temperatures end at 5 pm show highs 55, lows 17.7 am 11 am readings 35 48. Tygarts Dam reported high yesterday 50 and low last night 25. 11 am shows 48. Cloudy with light rainfall.
Huntington officials plan talks with newcomers on a 10 million dollar sewage plant project. Ohio Edison seeks 55 million construction financing. Egypt accuses France over deportations amid prisoner exchange dispute. Freight derailment kills a fireman near Sumner Missouri. Clifford Johnson dies in auto crash after surviving the Cocoanut Grove fire. Ohio Bell negotiators halt a 13 hour bargaining session with workers. A motorist dies in a head on crash with a Safeway bus near Wawa Pennsylvania. Dallas judge rebukes Supreme Court on desegregation ruling. Dallas schools stay segregated during study. Weatherman avoids predicting Christmas, says temperatures will be mild today and Friday.
Postmaster Loren A Hoffman announced Christmas mail will be delivered on Christmas Day. Acting Postmaster General Maureen H Stane ordered no Christmas mail remain undelivered, and the local post office will operate as usual on Monday though some workers may take the day off.
Mrs Wayne Marian Sinsel of 217 Thayer Street won the Miss Amana Home Freezer contest aired on WIRF-TV. She stood out through autographies and spur of the moment tasks, earning a Amana Freezer, a fur paid trip to Iowa, and a TV commercial contract. She will appear on television after the new year.
Christmas lights brighten Riverside Drive high school as trade school department creates Merry Christmas glow lasting until Epiphany. Students and staff including Virginia Yost, Charles Cather, Francis Julian, and Charles Kelley directed projects with help from Garrett Hedrick, James McCracken, and Henry Grinnan. Art and Industrial Arts clubs contributed an 18 by 24 inchChristmas greeting with plans for a gift exchange and party. The Religious Club held a candlelit nativity program led by Bill Coffman and Jane Switch. Citizenship Clubs observed the season with a Christmas party and games.
Vice President Nixon visited refugee camps at Neusiedl and Andau Austria near the Hungarian border. He met with survivors including a legless man and heard reports of the Red terror while security surrounded the frontier region. A separate Ansted fire killed four Johnson children when a stove ignited a wooden house.
Marion County experienced a daytime truck fire as a Graf ton furniture firm carrying furniture for delivery caught fire near the Five Mile House. Fairmont firemen responded with a pumper, using a booster line to extinguish the flames. Driver John Hulley said he unaware of the fire until flames reached the cab and he began tossing cargo from the truck. Probable cause not yet determined.
A liquor sale case involving rony Luni at the Boosters Club on Latrobe Street was postponed for a week after he was nabbed by city police. Congi posted a $101 bond for today’s 1:30 pm appearance, but was hospitalized at Grafton City Hospital after being taken yesterday, delaying the hearing.
Irene Pierce, a 26 year old mother, was freed from jail and reunites with her three children in Gotham after abandoning them due to poverty. Mayor Burns urged responsibility but arranged New York welfare help, with $55 from well wishers and a hopeful tone as she strives to be a good mother this Christmas.
A bill to create a state Development Credit Corporation to aid communities in industrial expansion was approved by Governor's Committee on Industrial Development and will be presented to the Legislature. The plan envisions a three way funding split among industry, state and local communities to attract and expand plants, with roughly 50 30 and 20 percent shares respectively. Attending the meeting were Speaker W E Flannery Del J C Cruickshank and Sens Glenn Jackson and William Jasper.
Federal authorities keep the Gulf Oil map theft investigation tightly secret while Navy officials in New York probe links to Serge Rubenstein. A trusted Gulf employee, tied to gambling debts, is suspected of passing maps to New York underworld figures. Four New York suspects, tied to Rubenstein cases, face potential ties to the missing maps. The grand jury convenes Dec 27 to hear testimony. maps valued up to 500000 dollars were allegedly sold.
St Matthias Episcopal Church will hold Holy Communion Friday at 10 in celebration of St Thomas Day. The service marks the anniversary of Rev Allen E Sither's ordination into the priesthood, who arrived as rector in September 1955. A large attendance is hoped for.
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Nehru announced a broad area of agreement after four days of talks. The White House communique praised closer understanding and mutual friendship, while noting no specific agreements were reached, and Nehru expressed gratitude to Eisenhower and Dulles. The talks covered peace, disarmament, and regional issues as observers saw a successful exchange.
At the United Nations in New York the United States urged resuming private disarmament talks among five powers United States Russia Britain France and Canada in a new round to begin after the current General Assembly session ends Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr announced the plan and offered no proposals for the talks while Yugoslav delegate Joza Brilej said Washington's latest position was awaited with interest.
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