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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1957
Page
1
Cloudy with rain today and east portions early tonight. High in the 40s turning colder tonight. Sunday mostly cloudy and colder with possible snow flurries. Temperatures show 24 hours ending 5 pm with Friday highs around 45 and 31 low. yesterday 48 high 34 low. today 38 at 7 am and 46 at 11 am.
Approximately 30 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employees in Grafton face furloughs effective January 1. Most affected are from the main shops and car shops, part of a system-wide cut now in its second wave, following an earlier November 1 furlough.
Governor Cecil H. Underwood did not announce whether public school finance would be included in the 1958 Legislature call. Lawmakers face a $105,000,000 budget start Jan 8 and may address highway construction, school issues, cigarette tax renewal, and a few smaller items unless the call or a two thirds vote expands the agenda. Road program advocate Pat C. Graney leads highway plans while other topics include state claims and a Hardy County bill urged by Senate President Ralph J. Bean.
River Edge New Jersey residents were stunned as Albert A. Scwenker a 62 year old bank executive admitted embezzling 117000 dollars from the Oradell branch of the People's Trust Co over two decades to finance a long affair. He pleaded guilty before U S Commissioner Theodore Kiscaris in Rutherford and was released on 5090 bond awaiting sentencing.
City Manager Harry B. Batson says Christmas tree collection will likely occur the week of January 5 with exact sectional dates announced later. Garbage trucks will not handle the trees. city crews will manage the pickup.
In Queens Court Judge James P. McGrattan sentenced four youths aged 17 to 22 to die in the electric chair for the hold up slaying of delicatessen proprietor William Boser 61. The murder was decided Dec 11 by a jury of 11 men and one woman. The defendants showed varied reactions as the death sentence was pronounced.
United Press reports rising floods in Illinois with evacuees as a Pacific storm spawns more rain while forecasters warn of further downpours. Separately Western observers see Moscow’s aid proposal to Afro Asian nations as a bold Cold War move potentially reshaping Africa and Asia economies.
Sir Edmund Hillary heads toward the pole with a four man team on the Antarctic polar plateau. They reach 240 miles from the goal as bad weather delays the Friday night march. Fuel suffices to reach the pole but not to return to base, and the party endures fatigue and machine strain at altitude.
Two 80 foot Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles arrived at Cape Canaveral test center and are ready for testing following the first successful Atlas ICBM flight on December 17. The shipments suggest production line entry or near production readiness. A fourth Atlas scheduled to fire was damaged and delayed to next year.
A small gas pumping station exploded near Sideling Hill in Pennsylvania early today injuring one man fatally. The deceased is Daniel Smith, 51, of Hancock Maryland, father of five.
President Eisenhower on his farm near Gettysburg neared a final 1958 budget figure amid rising defense costs. White House aides said the defense budget may exceed 40 billion dollars, with Brunadge and other officials due to help finalize the president’s State of the Union and budget messages. Hagerty declined to confirm a 500 million discretionary fund for missile breakthroughs and noted a draft reply to Bulganin’s peace talks was being prepared by the State Department.
The State Board of Public Works restarted budget work after a Christmas holiday break. They plan to distribute about 109,000 into personal service accounts for six state mental hospitals, as Democrats seek to redirect funds from the Republican plan to bolster mental health operations.
Grafton City Hospital received a $700 check as a Christmas gift from Dr. R D Stout mayor of Grafton. Hospital administrator Samuel T Johnson said the funds will upgrade second floor sanitation facilities long recognized as inadequate.
In Durham England seven year old Jimmy Brennan drove a half ton panel truck for a mile along a busy road. He claimed he learned by watching his uncle and said there was nothing difficult about driving. A motorist followed the truck after spotting it near a curb and alerted police.
Rescue teams recovered 11 miners killed in a Pocahontas Fuel Co. Mine No. 31 explosion near Amonate West Virginia after a 6:30 p.m. blast. Fourteen others trapped for six hours were saved, 175 miners escaped to safety, and a four‑way inquiry was ordered by federal and state agencies.
In Nashville Infra- Hon reports a surge in homemade spirits with the price rising from five to six dollars per gallon as federal agents note increased activity around the moonshine trade in the area.
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