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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1955
Page
5
A local chapter in the main building asks for voluntary aid to provide housing and feeding for about 20,000 people. An estimate cites costs between two and five million dollars. The drive seeks donations from individuals to support the relief effort.
LAN RT Wi-Gov A S fer said Tuesday he will let the state Legislature manage its own affairs. He asserted there should be no mingling between departments and lawmakers while inviting cabinet heads to provide information when asked. He emphasized restoring the dignity of the Legislature and allowing it to govern independently.
Mil ard Neb diplomas were sent to Milford by mistake amid address mix ups. School officials flew to the Kansas town to retrieve and reissue the diplomas, delaying ceremonies and causing confusion for graduates and families.
The fragment discusses a bail out involving a paratroop plan tied to USAF actions, with references to Easton, Tacoma, Seatle, and a family. It hints at orders to bail out and a crash into cold shade, describing a disjointed account of movements and a damaged scene. No clear names or dates are established.
Ragtime piano fades as makers push lighter electronic and acoustic pianos. Manufacturers celebrate 50 years of modern design while noting the old giant instruments weighed about 700 pounds versus 450 pounds for new spinets. Silent play options and compact dimensions redefine the living room piano.
Twenty eight students from colleges nationwide received Corporation of American scholarships for 1955 56. The awards cover fields in science industry communications and arts. WVU chemistry student Robert A Frame Jr 21 of Charleston is named. Carnegie Tech drama student Miss Mary Weaver 22 of Pittsburgh also honored. Gordon L Galloway 19 of Wheeling WV electrical engineering noted among recipients.
In Superior Wisconsin Fred Monaghan 21 drove Tuesday and collided with his brother Patrick 24 who suffered head cuts. An ambulance arrived driven by a third Monaghan brother Wilbur highlighting a family involved crash.
Mrs. Dwight F. Davis aged 67 widow of former president Hoover's secretary of war died Tuesday night in Washington after a long illness. The item notes Nebraska ranked fourth nationwide in fertile seed production in 1900s with 1,430 producers of high grade seed last year.
A Nebraska home fire blamed on a home made bedwarmer started when Fred Jensen wrapped an electric bulb in cloth and placed it at his feet. The lighted bulb broke during the night, igniting the bedding and causing considerable damage to the Jensen residence.
Daniel McCarthy, 21, was captured by police after his car smashed through a plate glass display in a vacant store. He attempted a right turn inside the shop and tried to exit through another window, leaving the scene stalled inside.
Westinghouse offers 5000 dollar reward for information to arrest vandals who damaged the homes of workers returning to a strikebound plant in Lima Ohio. One home suffered about 1000 dollars in damages including a smashed TV set and overturned furniture. Two IUE members, Marion Robennut and his wife, returned to work after the walkout. Police saw a car with two men and a woman in the area. muddy footprints pointed to another worker’s home. Rumors of Columbus pickets visiting circulated.
Faul E Malone Jr reported in fair condition at city hospital after a gunshot wound suffered when he accidentally fell with the gun while hunting Monday. Frank Dent, 64, was found buried under stones near his Cashmere home Tuesday night, ending a search that began Saturday. Dr Cyrus C Perry, 54, NEA attorney, died of a heart attack Tuesday.
Charleston NAACP state president T. G. Nutter said he will prepare federal court suits next week to force six counties Logan McDowell Mango Jefferson Berkeley and Hardy to begin integration. He aims to wipe out segregation by the 1956 fall semesters, noting other counties have already integrated under court action or threats.
In West Haven a woman seeking help to wake her son for school called I Desk, Leslie Howard. Howard suggested sorely old fashioned paddling as a wake up method, noting police officers were busy and implying it would yield similar results, prompting concern over disciplinary methods.
Police rushed to the GARMISCH railway station after reports of a nude woman figure near the tracks. The life sized store window dummy proved to have no head or arms, revealing a mistaken sighting rather than a crime scene.
A Britain bound jet transport completes a record Atlantic crossing from Montreal to London in 6 hours 18 minutes. Pilot Group Capt. John Cunningham reports a top speed near 600 miles per hour during the test flight. The voyage, part of a world-shaking shakedown, covered about 3,000 miles with a patched engine at the finish.
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