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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
1
Cloudiness and humidity with scattered thunderstorms through today tonight and Saturday. Highs reach the 80s and lows in the 60s. Temperatures over 24 hours ending 5 pm Thursday show a high of 81 and a low of 57, with a 11 am today reading of 77. Tygart Dam temperatures unavailable.
The Grafton Fire Department won first place in the annual Strawberry Festival parade in Buckhannon. Chief John Proctor said the department received a $50 award to help fund a new fire truck. Eleven firemenettes led the main vehicle, with Miss Patsy Shanes and Miss Noel Wilson serving as queen figures. The city emergency car also played a role in tonight’s events including the Queen’s Ball.
In Helsinki Premier Nixo Jai Bulganin and Communist Party Chief Nikita Khrushchev laid a wreath on the grave of late President J. K. Paasikivi and opened talks with Finnish officials. Also reported: Spain tightens air defense radar around bases, two American students freed in Austria, a Mozambique quintuplet death, bandits target Steubenville supermarket, Peter Townsend tours, Cyprus death sentence for Michalakis Rossides, U.S. Navy airmen rescue, Tokyo dam Ogochi operational, German recruits drowned in training, and more minor items.
Geneva reports a vaccine against a new influenza A strain fueling Southeast Asian epidemics. The World Health Organization says the vaccine could be ready by end of July. discovery started at the World Influenza Center in London last week with confirmatory tests in Britain, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and Malaya.
Fayet teville North Carolina report states death toll from a truck collision rose to 19 tying the worst U S truck disaster. Eighteen injured people, many migrant farm workers, remained in critical condition as doctors warned the toll could rise further. One identified victim, Gary, a 25 to 30 year old, died at Highsmith Hospital. Most deceased were Negro, scattered along the highway and in wreckage. two burned. Five died later in hospitals.
Five day forecast for West Virginia shows temps near or slightly below normal with cooler conditions Sunday and cooler midweek, a warm spell Tuesday, and another cool day on Wednesday. Scattered thunder showers are expected Saturday and again Wednesday, with total rainfall reaching one inch or more.
Taylor County may hold a special election over a $5 capitation tax for local school support though no candidates will run. If 10 percent of voters sign, about 1,000 of 10,286 registered must back the petition to compel an election. The levy aims to raise about $50,000 yearly for repairs buses and other needs. one board member warned it is a stopgap.
The Mayflower II sails from England toward Nantucket Lightship with good southwest winds and an expected Sunday night rendezvous. Captain Alan Villiers reports the voyage going well and less than 400 miles from Nantucket. Ronald Forth chairs the reception committee. Coast Guard confirms a rendezvous with the lightship off Nantucket Sunday night.
New York reports Thursday's national highs reached 108 degrees in Yuma and Gila Bend Arizona and Needles California while early lows dipped to 34 in International Falls Minnesota and Grand Rapids Michigan according to the Weather Bureau.
A 64 year old millionaire art patron Bailey Stanton shot and killed his ex wife Dr Margaret Stanton 45 in a parked car after a reconciliation attempt failed He told police Let me die as he was found slumped beside her Both were connected to the Forkosh Memorial Hospital and a planned wedding to Dr Max Forkosh 49 is noted Stanton was described as in fair condition and likely blinded for life if he survives Gifts included three orchids and a note To My dearest love
Mrs J W Offutt, widow of a U S Steel National Tube Division official, was bound and her 10 room home looted of 28000 dollars in furs and jewelry including a 20000 dollar diamond studded watch. Neighbors found her restrained. robbers spoke politely and asked about a wall safe before fleeing. Police said they treated the victim for shock but she was unharmed.
Dog wardens warn of punishment for breaking locks or tearing down the city dog pound fence after recent incidents. A dog escaped and bit a local girl. one dog is held for rabies testing. Thorpe offers a 320 reward for the culprit, citing destruction of public property and potential danger to children.
Spring showers and thunderstorms swept the northern half of the nation while heavy fog settled over New York. The Red River remained at flood stage, reaching 29.5 feet at Fulton Arkansas and threatening lowlands as stockmen were urged to move cattle. Water spilled over Texoma spillways into the Red River at three fourths of a million gallons per second. Experts predicted the crest in Louisiana by Sunday, with possible flooding near Shreveport Coushatta and Alexandria.
The Taylor County Health Department will run a polio clinic at Grafton Junior High on Tuesday June 11 from 1 to 5 p.m. It will serve children six months to 20 years and all expectant mothers with Mrs. Robert Melphis in charge.
Charleston. Theodore T. Dorman board president says West Virginia penalties system faces crowding with about 900 inmates over capacity. He praises Huttonsville prison and the forestry camp for delinquents as hopeful measures while noting improvements in mental hospitals since January.
The Senate Rackets Committee charged the Bakery Workers Union with squeezing 385470 from workers and employers and diverting about 60000 to Vice President Max Kralstein. Testimony said city employers bought 25 tickets to a testimonial dinner and ads costing at least 50 dollars. The fund lists large gifts to Kralstein and his wife, with remaining funds rolled to him.
Five East McKeesport youths aged 15 and 16 were killed when their speeding car left a winding road near White Oak and plunged 75 feet into a ravine. Two other teens, Clifford Wessel 16 and Charles King 15, were hospitalized in serious condition. Police said a speeding car forced the Wessel vehicle off the road.
In Norfolk Virginia cannons boomed as ships from many nations gathered for the world s largest peacetime naval review. More than 50 vessels were lined up along the harbor and many more were expected by Sunday, signaling a massive 10 day event.
Harry Clifford Shafer Jr. 22, long-evading a North Carolina road gang term for larceny, turns himself in at police headquarters in Washington. Known as Ronnie Ray Jackson at the Shoreham Hotel, he says guilt compelled him to return, admitting he hid $2 in a cash box and awaiting transfer to the hotel for return to North Carolina. He says he felt like a free man once in custody.
The United States and Poland signed a 48.9 million dollar package of American agricultural products and mining machinery to bolster Premier Wladyslaw Gomulka's regime as part of a broader aid plan. An additional 46.1 million in surplus wheat and cotton shipments brings total aid near 95 million dollars pending Congress action. The deal, criticized by some lawmakers, includes a 30 million Export-Import Bank loan for mining imports to Poland.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a general freight rate rise for most shipments with a 7 percent hike on coal and other goods, excluding the Kanawha District and some forestalled sectors. Milk and products see percent increases. hearings were Jan 24 and Feb 11 with protests from chemical firms, state road commission, and Kanawha coal operators. Rates take effect June 16. railroad sought 15 percent but received 7 percent on an emergency basis.
Leonard A. Urban of Nitro will take over Monday as new supervisor of 30 field auditors in the state Tax Department, Commissioner John A. Field Jr. said today. Urban will succeed John Carrico who resigned after heading the department division of inspections and supervisors. Carrico joined the department as field auditor last February after four years as chief deputy for Kanawah County Sheriff Al Carey.
In Tampa Florida a 35 year old secretary said she planned to stay with her German shepherd Joe banished from Hillsborough County for allegedly biting five children. A reprieve was granted by City Judge Bob Johnson but Martha Allen must remove the animal from the county or face trial for failing to confine it. She planned to move to St Petersburg with the dog if allowed.
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