16 Feb 1955
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1955
Page
1
Incomplete OCR fragment mentions a Methodist store in Illinois, an account of numbers and metrics, and a dress-related stake or garment note. The readable content is disjoint and lacks clear events or names to form a complete summary.
In Bassterre St Kitts Princess Margaret lands at the Leeward Island once called the Mother Island. The day’s news digest also notes Frank H Bartholomew awards and other regional updates from Milford Michigan Las Vegas and Charleston with brief items on education budget talks and local incidents.
City Council moved to reject prior bids and study the W. C. Thornberg Co. offer for financing a 353000 water improvement program. Brinks and Lockard urged flat rate financing if PSC approves while noting meter rates may be preferable. The council also backed a Memorial Day appropriation and protested cuts to bus routes, with other bills discussed.
Town dealers offer a selection of used cars with low down payments and easy terms. Sample listings include a 1993 Chrysler with automatic transmission and $1796, a 1953 Ford V8 pickup one owner, and a 1953 Oldsmobile 68 blue one owner at $1695. More details in the Classified Advertising Section on page five.
In Hammond Indiana police search for a once wealthy widow Ollie Lillian Andrews who vanished after leaving 36 dogs to starve. Officials found 15 more emaciated dogs and the bodies of five cats two pigeons and a crow amid filth. Surviving dogs taken to humane shelter. Also reports show declines in business and occupation privilege taxes for seven months with coal producers and various sectors contributing.
A 15-year-old boy, James McFadyn, led his mother and three siblings to safety before dying while rescuing his brother Dennis from a blaze in Fort Monmouth New Jersey. The mother and other children were taken to River View Hospital after flames spread from crates near an oil burner.
Charles Robinson a 34 year old Pittsburgh man is back in Morgan County Jail after a brief day of freedom following a $35 store robbery. State Police captured him Tuesday near Martinsburg riding an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio freight train after a tip led to the escape discovery.
New York authorities said a taxi driver, Herman Scholz, 60, who once planned to kidnap Serge Rubinstein, gave names of underworld figures who killed the millionaire in his Fifth Avenue mansion on January 27. Assistant District Attorney Alexander Herman told General Sessions Court to hold Scholz as a material witness with bail set at $25,000.
Washington reports from the Atomic Energy Commission outline that a hydrogen bomb could kill a city and poison regions thousands of miles away. The AEC details potential fallout spread, survival options, and evacuation measures to reduce civilian casualties and protect populations.
Weather report from Webri County notes cloudy skies with a 38 degree noon reading and a forecast of heavier clouds and colder temperatures tomorrow. Yesterday hit 40 and today was the warmest in over a week, while snow melted to slush and refroze to ice overnight with a low around 18. Rain is expected tonight as temps dip to 20 to 30, and roads on secondary streets remain icy though primary routes are clearer.
United Press reports Alaska tied its all time low with 76 degrees below zero at Umiat 485 miles north of Fairbanks as a unusually cold spell persisted for 10 days. Across the U S a mild warm up brought temperatures up 20 to 25 degrees into the 50s reaching the Ohio River region.
Paris reports say Socialist Pierre Pineau will meet President Rene Coty this afternoon to decide if he will form a new government. Observers doubt he can quickly assemble a cabinet, and Mendes-France may be offered a vice premiership in charge of economics as part of talks. The Radical Socialist Party backs Pineau.
Pierre South Dakota UP reports Tom Iron Crow faced a leg ilative hearing Tuesday night and was asked to speak louder. He complied but the extra volume did not improve clarity as Tron Crow addressed the group in Sioux.
Monroe Reaves could not find a driver for a bus in a terminal so he drove it home himself returning it 15 minutes later in what he said was due to conscience. He was charged with stealing a motor vehicle. Lightfoot Sentence: Claude Lightfoot executive secretary of the Communist party in Illinois was sentenced by District Judge Philip J. Sullivan to years in prison and fined $5,000.
Tokyo reports Soviet Union informs Japan it is prepared to negotiate the normalization of relations. Talks could occur anywhere, including the United Nations headquarters in New York, and would likely cover a peace treaty as a prerequisite to restoring diplomatic ties. The USSR did not sign the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
In Bern Swiss police report desperate anti Reds who seized the Romanian legation for over 40 hours surrendered to a priest’s pleas. They promised death or release of five anti Communist prisoners and defied 100 troops. Three men vowed to die or win freedom, then surrendered. two anti-tank units stood by. They face Swiss trial for the legation chauffeur’s death after the Monday night attack.
Major General Robert L. Frederick aged 47, World War II's youngest combat general, was seriously injured in a Monday night automobile crash near Pittsburgh California. He reportedly lost control of his pickup while adjusting a window and suffered eight wounds in the incident.
West Virginia gas line tax receipts totaled 1,717,118 in December 1954 compared with 1,671,499 in the same month of 1959, as announced by Tax Commissioner Milton J. Ferguson. A Randolph County grand jury indicted William A. Milley and Hither B. Dolly, both 20, for the armed robbery of the Billy Glock men's Bank at Farman on January 27.
WisCORNER A 70-year-old man named James O'Donnell clad in underwear walked 16 miles through an 18 degree snowstorm to raise $1,901 for a local polio drive. He traveled from Crglot inn nindereoan to FIM with his grandson Bobby Rudolph, completing the journey in five hours. A polio survivor, he later returned with formats of Wheaties and hot dogs after reaching Cadoll Urey. He runs a shot and harness repair shop and cited long ago polio effects.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will speak on foreign policy to address the Formosa threat from Red China and the fate of jailed American airmen. He will assess Russia’s shift, Molotov’s anti US rhetoric, and outline Southeast Asia strategy ahead of a regional defense conference in Thailand and an American-Asian gathering in New York.
Gen Chung of the Republic of Korea army warned at a Taipei press conference that Korea would automatically open a second front against Red China in the north if China attacks Formosa. He said Nationalist and ROK forces would wage a two front war without documents or pacts and that cooperation would be full despite no written agreement.
Waco Texas report says a horse was stolen from Riverside Drive riding stable. Owner J R Lane notes 25 pounds of feed also taken, suggesting the thief intends to care for the horse while handling the burglary.
In Weston Ont, a man claiming to be a service relation operator told police he used a new dog to retrieve a stolen bin containing 65 dollars while his watchdog vigorously wagged its tail. The confusing report cites Lloyd Weston as the operator and describes the scene as a bungled theft assisted by the dog.
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy urged Westmoreland County Republicans to cut all further economic aid to allies who continue sending materials he called the sinews of war to Red China. He framed the move as an air tight blockade without military force, underscoring moral and patriotic concerns.
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