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27 Dec 1956
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1956
Page
1
Grafton Band To Play In Inaugural Parade
Grafton High School's Blue and White Bearcat Band will join state bands for Governor-elect Cecil Underwood's inauguration in Charleston. About 75 members receive invitations. funds cover travel, meals, and lodging. A spaghetti supper on January 5 aims to raise support. Charleston trip replaces Huntington festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Grafton High School
Cecil Underwood
Charleston
F Roomters Club
Hazel Smith
Joseph Henry J
Underwood
Huntington
Capitol
Monday And Tuesday Closing For Stores
Retail trade group proposes a three day New Year holiday for Grafton stores with many leading shops signing in support. Postmaster Hoffman confirms the post office will be closed Tuesday only while Monday remains open for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Retail Trade Promotion Committee
Fred Jackson, Jr
Archdeacons
Lear's Studio
Grafton Jewelry
Fort Pitt Shoe Stars
Hestin’s
Pettrey’s
Western Auto
Roverts Hardware
Beverly Shoppe
Evans Hardware
Skaggs Jewelry
Lear's Jewelry
Bennett's
W. Va
Zinn Music
DeLaney’s
Edvard's
Loren A. Hoffman
Truman Regrets He Can't Attend Inaugural
Former President Harry Truman declines with regret an invitation to attend President Eisenhower's second term inaugural ceremony on January 21. Separate weather note reports Fraser, Colorado as 21 degrees below zero and Long Beach, California at 83 degrees as the day’s high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry
Truman
Eisenhow
NW York
U. S. Weather Bureau
Herbert Hoov
Fraser
Coleer
Long Beach
Calif
Indicted New York Trio Tied to Gulf Oil Map Theft
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted three New York men and a Houston oil speculator in a high value theft of Gulf Oil exploration maps. Key witnesses included Thomas W. B. Smith, a former Gulf geologist, and John Marvin Levis, arrested in New York. The maps, valued at over 4 million dollars with potential higher value, were recovered in a Bronx warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Erana
New York
Houston
Gulf Oil Corp
U.S. Atty
Malcolm Anderson
Thomas W. B. Smith
Gulf
John Marvin’ Levis
Bronx
Smith
Lemia
Andersson
Federal Building
Ek Smith
Anderson
Bult Smith
FBI
Techenical Act of Gulf of Tion
Louis Giovanett
Joseph Sargis
Letvia
Ines
Th Moring
Col
Odie R. Sen Graves
Tex
Howard Lieberman
U.S. Tackles Corp
Teberman
Emanuel Lester
Lester
Serge Rubinstein
Reds Drafting Farmers For Mine Service Near Pees
Vienna reports Hungary begins drafting peasant farmers into coal mines to bolster production amid a coal shortage and power crisis. Some peasants have already started work near the Pees region along the Yugoslav border as heavy fighting near that area subsides. Up to 200,000 workers face permanent job loss in the new year, with industry shuttered and coal supplies depleted under Soviet influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Hungary
Radio
Budapest
Pees
Kadar
Heavy Snow Hits Erie Pushes East
A fast moving snowstorm from southern Canada dumped up to ten inches in the western Great Lakes region and pushed toward New England. Buffalo area received eight inches with two more inches today. Snow was forecast for Vermont New Hampshire and Maine while southern West Virginia saw mixed precipitation with no accumulation expected in the Mid- Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Canada
Great Lakes
New England
Buffalo
Lake Erie
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
West Virginia
Mid- Atlantic
Italy Says Goodbye To Clare Boothe Luce
U S Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce ends a 31 year career as the first American woman ambassador to a major world capital. She leaves Rome with Henry Luce for New York after a warm farewell from Italians who once viewed her wary. She will brief in Washington before meeting her replacement James D. Zellerbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Luce
Trevi Fountain
Henry P. Luce
Time Inc
New York
Washington
Star Department
James D. Zellerbach
Nixon surveys refugee camp at Kilmer in push for more admits
Vice President Nixon visits Camp Kilmer New Jersey to survey the Hungarian refugee center before delivering a final report to President Eisenhower. He aims to press Congress for higher refugee admissions from Hungary and other Communist countries, with Justice Department orders to continue processing. Nixon met with Herbert Hoover and aides to discuss relief ideas and recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Eisenhower
Nixon
Hhis
Austria
Congress
Hungary
Justice Department
Washinton
Herbert Hoover
U S
Europe
Waldorf Towers
Hoover
Loy Henderson
William P. Rogers
Tracy Voorhees
Bob Wilson
R.-Calif
19 Killed In Holiday Mishaps
Louisville reports show at least 19 persons killed in holiday incidents across Kentucky over Christmas period. Spencer Weaver Janton died Wednesday in Bowling Green from injuries after being struck by a car. A Harlan County man died instantly when dynamite exploded while held. Continued tabulations include a fall and a fatal shooting, with Marline Lowery of Paducah killed in an accident near Ketal after the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Spencer Weaver Jvnton
Bowling Green
Harlan County
Marline Lowery
Paduckah
Ketal
Guns Blaze As Negroes Ride Dixie Buses
Desegregation efforts on Southern buses sparked gunfire and arrests in Tallahassee Montgomery and Birmingham with no injuries reported. Nine drivers and a manager were jailed in Tallahassee for defying segregation rules. In Montgomery shots hit two buses and in Birmingham a mass integration plan drew arrests and street tensions. Mobile declared desegregation policy but reversed it. no front-seat protests were seen there. Public debate pressured Birmingham transit to consider franchise outcomes as officials warned losses could threaten operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Tallahassee
Fla
Docal
Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Mobile
City Commission
Alabama Public Service Commission
Jack Owen
Owen
Tallahassee City
City Transit Company
Seven Die In West Virginia Christmas Highway Toll
West Virginia reported seven traffic deaths Wednesday raising the year total to 433 as an automobile train crash in Huntington and a two car wreck near Pt. Pleasant fueled the toll. Among the victims were 15 year old Donald Erwin and Phylis Cremeans, students at a local junior high school, killed in the Huntington collision. State Police promised intensified patrols for the New Year weekend, urging driver cooperation to cut fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
West Virginia
Huntington
Pt. Pleasant
Pendleton County
Harrisburg
Franklin
Donald Erwin
Phylis Cremeans
Hoover says Hungarian refugees are material for the United States
Former President Herbert Hoover praised the refugee program and described Hungarian refugees arriving in New York as the material out of which this country was built. He told reporters with Vice President Nixon that these refugees are of high quality and could enter the United States safely. Nixon, who had toured refugee camps in Austria, called Hoover the greatest expert on the refugee problem and said Hoover’s insights aided the plan at Camp Kilmer New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Hoover
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Hoover
Waldorf Towers
Nixon
Austria
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Eisenhower
Hungary
Russia
Countries
Newark
U.S. Slashes Draft Quota By 3,000 Men
The Defense Department announced 4,000 men will be drafted in February for the Army, a cut of 3,000 from the prior four months. Higher enlistments in active and reserve forces drive the decrease, with the February call bringing total drafts to 2,1664.0. Since September, the draft rate has averaged about 17,000 monthly amid the Korean War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Army
Salvation Army Officials To Wed At Pioneer Citadel
An 80-year-old retired Salvation Army officer and a 67-year-old widow planned a marriage at 2 p.m. EST with Lt. Col. Fred W. Seiler officiating. Seiler, a 53-year Army veteran, will wed Eva J. Castile, widow of W Cooke, with Lt. Col. Paul Seiler and Maj. Fred W. Seiler Jr. among the wedding party. Grandsons Paul Seiler and Fred Seiler Jr. served as flag bearers. the matron of honor was Mrs George Purdom. The ceremony took place at the Pioneer Corps Citadel and the couple plan to live in Pittsburgh area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Fred W. Seiler
Bride
Eva. J Castile
N.Y
Pittsburgh
Fred W. Seiler, Jr
Thie Bridgeton
Paul Seiler
Providence
R. 1
Fred Seiler
DuBois
George Purdom
Philadelphia
Virginia
West Virginia
Richmond
Knotts To Lead 11th Year March of Dimes Drive
Ronald L Knotts will head Taylor County's annual March of Dimes drive for the eleventh year. The campaign runs January 2 to January 1 with the slogan Let's Finish the Job. Knotts notes 1956 polio gains and vaccine inoculations, urges continued effort and financial support for those impacted or left untreated by polio. He praises past cooperation and anticipates strong local participation again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald L. Knotts
Taylor County
Knotts
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