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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1956
Page
5
Fragmented OCR text references a reserve unit training meet with methods of attack and armor, sand table instruction, and a foreword by an officer. It mentions an induction object, use by all, and a business district register in 1Sth Fed, with Virginia and North, and names JARE W and others.
A large audience watched St Augustine parish school present The Little King’s Birthday, a Christmas pageant tracing the Nativity from angels planning a trip to earth for the Holy Child’s seventh birthday. Sisters of St Domenic trained the cast. Mrs Lee Roberts accompanied.
New York tosses show a burglar case where a portable alarm device was bought for an apartment but delayed installation. A thief seized a portable typewriter and a radio vacuum cleaner during the break in, highlighting the misfiring alarm and delayed setup issues.
Industrial School boys collect and package toys for Salvation Army as their library tree overflows with gifts. West Virginia Industrial School staging a Christmas program titled Dust of the Road featuring a Nativity pageant directed by Jesse Riley and Paul Bartlett, with choir performances and a long list of student participants and acknowledgments.
A Route 119 crash near Clendenin W V at about 5 45 am left a car into the Rocky Inn front. The driver Okey Gandee 25 of Youngstown Ohio was treated for knee hand and chest injuries and released. A fire started by gas from a loosened connection was put out before further damage.
Elber C. Lucas pleaded guilty to arson for setting four church tires in Prenton New Jersey and sobbed when charged with murder in a water church fire that killed three. Judge Albert Cooper entered a plea of innocent to three murder counts as Lucas admitted making Molotov cocktails and attacking St Marys cathedral and rectory last March. He is held without bail for mental examination in the $3.5 million blaze that claimed the lives of the Very Rev Msgr Richard Crean and two housekeepers.
The Newburg Rotary Club and the Volunteer Fire Department sponsor a community Christmas event Sunday at 6 p.m. at the city tree. The high school band will perform, with committees led by Peter Chambers Archie Rogers James Engle for plans and Harold Taylor Charles Fortney Lyle Hockenberry and Charles Shafferman for trees and lights. Pete Chambers leads program and Santa Claus while Jerry Engle handles the gift and Pete Chambers also coordinates fundraising with Clifford Martin Carl Silcott and Charles Goldbauch.
Police question three suspects in the map theft case tied to Rubinstein murder. Seagraves, once Rubinstein’s oil partner, says he was swindled over firm profits. He later signed over collection rights to Lester, who faced extortion charges threatening Rubinstein’s business as part of a broader five year map theft operation.
Dr J Bodkin Adams a 57 year old physician was formally charged with the murder of an 81 year old widow in the case of 20 wealthy widows. Scotland Yard inspector Bert Hannam cited a conversation that ended months of investigation. Trial set for January 14 as Britain compares this case to past murders in Notting Hill and Cranston.
The Army reports a former American professor who defected to Russia once had limited clearance to work on secret information at White Sands Missile Proving Ground. Oreste Makar was employed by the Army there for eight months in 1952–53 as a $6,500-a-year physicist in optical non-critical activities.
Clifton L. Reynolds of C and P Telephone Co says Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will see a surge in long distance calls as about six and a half million people dial out. The company will reallocate existing circuits, lease private lines from industries, and convert teletype messages to handle the peak load while keeping full business service until Christmas Eve close.
The article notes a surge in Christmas long distance calls with 2.5 million phones able to reach many parts of the country. Delays may occur as circuits are shared, and state long distance switching centers will run full staffing of operators and supervisors. A stray fragment mentions Durham Connecticut and a trial judge in an unrelated line about Edwin Lego paying a $50 fine after two months.
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