26 Jul 1956
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1956
Page
1
Governor Will County sheriff’s office reported a 44 year old murder suspect seen at Hawesville as a posse swore in 25 to 50 men. Wilson Cole, accused of killing his employer Lena Lewis, fled after a note signaled possible suicide. Police pursued through rugged terrain with state officers and local deputies involved.
Fragmented wire service style recap with multiple items. Mentions Ralph J. Been and the 16th Senatorial district in a Mountain State Forest Festival note. Borders and tensions along Israel Jordan border cited. Virginia Lumber Co expansion planned near Clarksburg. Ohio and Pennsylvania traffic collision near Ellsworth. Post Office truck procurement bid dispute in Washington. Unclear hospital freight deaths in Uniontown. Green Bank radio telescope site designation announced by NSF. Senate confirms Ports and Hill in West Virginia.
A doctor testified Sgt Matthew C McKeon was within normal sobriety limits three hours after the Parris Island death march. Navy Lt R J Atcheson said the sobriety test evaluated coordination and was performed at the request of military police during McKeon's general court martial.
The 11 am temperature in Grafton reached 81 degrees with a 24 hour high of 85 and a low of 61. Rainfall was 102 during the period, and the night low fell to 57. At Tygart Lake, 11:30 am showed 99 degrees with no rain. water levels rose prompting a gate opening, and are expected to fall later afternoon.
Grafton City Council will convene at City Hall tonight at 8 to review bids received Tuesday for the booster pump for the new water tank and to discuss any other urgent business the council may delay. City Manager Harry Batson announced the agenda.
Kalamazoo news recounts local event where a man expresses relief after avoiding an eight inch flare incident involving a young boy. The details are fragmented and unclear in the OCR text.
In a fog shrouded disaster 45 miles south of Nantucket the Italian liner Andrea Doria sank after a collision with the Swedish ship Stockholm. About 1,635 aboard were rescued or accounted for as rescue operations by multiple vessels, with several injuries and deaths reported. Notables aboard included Philadelphia mayoral figures and Ruth Roman.
Detroit report says Thomas T. Pry paused en route to a dentist and entered a bar where two men offered him a ride. The next moment he claimed he was assaulted, robbed of his clothes and the ten dollars intended for the dentist, leaving him embarrassed and unpaid.
A pilotless Air Force jet trainer crashed into a two story brick building in New Castle Pennsylvania on a Wednesday night, destroying part of the home and causing flames but with no fatalities. Officers 81st Lt Gordon McLeod and 2nd Lt William Ryan bailed out at 4000 feet over Princeton minutes before the crash and cited a failed electrical control system as the cause. The crash injured six bystanders in shock and left two walls standing.
The House backed a 3.77 billion foreign aid appropriation after a conference committee bridged the gap between House and Senate totals. The Senate approved a 2.1 billion military construction measure and sent it to conference. A separate rivers and harbors bill for 1.5 billion was also passed, while a theater admissions tax exemption bill moved forward.
United Press dispatch from Nantucket describes the Andrea Doria and Stockholm collision scene. Aerial views show the Doria listing sharply with life lines and debris around, while the Stockholm bears a jagged bow and survivors crowd the decks. Lifeboats drift and a helicopter ferries the injured as Navy ships circle the area.
A former West Virginia man won court permission to assume the name of the couple who befriended him. Alex Dennis Smith, 21, now Alex Dennis Hylslander, will be known as Mr and Mrs Mira Halslander of Sewickley Pa. He said the Hulslanders, childless hosts who befriended him after Army discharge, gave him a home and support. He plans to attend college with their help as he works at a dairy store.
Chicago health officials announced over 100 emergency clinics will inoculate about 500000 people in the next two weeks as polio cases mount. Dr. Herman Bundesen said hospitals would join 50 inoculation centers to immunize children before the peak season in August. The city logged 20 new cases in a day, raising the yearly total to 328, with nine deaths including a 19 month old infant.
A Senate post office subcommittee killed the price-raising bill requested by President Eisenhower as the House had already approved a $430 million postal rate increase. Speaker Sam Rayburn warned Congress would adjourn by week’s end.
In 1895 the Grand Rapids area insurer refused Mrs. Lucinda West a policy due to a heart condition. The case highlights early underwriting limits and patient advocacy in a small Michigan town.
Washington announces a nationwide poll to reevaluate the relative political strength of Vice President Richard Nixon and Gov. Christian Herter. Stassen, backing Herter, says he will await poll results before commenting, after talks with Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall.
Negotiators for the steel industry and United States workers face last touches on a no strike contract. USW President David Ald will meet the committee after 2 p.m. as talks stretch into a marathon night session. If an accord is reached a steel price rise of 8 to 10 dollars per ton may follow, while 650,000 workers remain on strike as plants in Pittsburgh and other centers prepare for a walkout end or continuation.
Springfield state Auditor Orville F. Hodge pleaded innocent to 46 indictments charging embezzlement of 637000 state funds. He stood silent at arraignment in Circuit Court, agreeing only when attorneys entered the innocent plea. Bond was set at 100000 by bondsman Kiam C. Henry.
A Marine reserve sergeant and 51 members occupied Des Moines late Wednesday for 15 minutes, forcing all local TV and radio stations off air except one. They carried dummy rifles and grenades, claimed a simulated A-bomb attack as purpose, and kept plans from officers. No disciplinary action planned.
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