Grafton Sentinel 1956 issue header and masthead
The Grafton Sentinel newspaper masthead lists staff including Montef, Bourjaily Editor and Publisher Willem P. Turner Lee Roberts, and managing editor W. T. Lockard. It details publication as daily except Sundays with weekly delivery in West Virginia and surrounding areas, and provides mailing and carrier rates and addresses. The issue is dated Monday June 18, 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matl
Virginia
Taylor
Barbour
Preston
Grafton
W. Va
Congress
Radiation Study on Mankind Impacts Future Safety Limits
The National Academy of Sciences reports on radiation effects including harm to individuals and descendants. It notes natural and medical sources, fallout from tests, and future reactor wastes, while highlighting medical and agricultural gains and the deterrent role of atomic weapons. Safety limits and deliberate national methods are urged to protect posterity.
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National Academy of Sciences
Committee On Genetics
Senate bill aims to curb federal court reach on state laws
Constitutional scholars note the Supreme Court can strike down state laws conflicting with national policy. A Judiciary Committee bill would require explicit language to limit federal court reach, chiefly backed by Southern Senators. The Attorney General opposes, cautioning potential confusion. likelihood of court acceptance questioned.
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Supreme Court
High Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Attorney General
Harmony pledge observed by New York Democrats for unity
Campaign managers Thomas K. Finletter and Carmine DeSapio urged harmony among Democratic contenders in New York to secure party unity for the convention and eventual election. Stevenson leads in pledged delegates but lacks the nomination, while Kefauver’s delegates may later support him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Thomas K. Finletter
Air Force
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Carmine DeSapio
Averell Hartiman
Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Our Corporate Stake in American Capitalism
A New York Stock Exchange report shows eight million Americans own shares in U S corporations, about one in six families. The remainder participate via insurance companies and banks that pool savings into stock holdings, revealing widespread, practical ownership across the public.
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New York Stock Exchange
Amerie
Quiet confidence of New York showmen praised
The piece praises insiders like Manny Sachs and Billy Rose for their precise business sense in Broadway investments and show production. It notes Cy Feuer, Arnie Martin, Guy Lombardo, and Nino Schiavone as successful, risk-averse operators who deliver what crowds want, while cautioning young entrants to verify their product.
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York
Mannie Sachs
Mr. S
NBC
Pat Weaver
Sarnoffs Pere Et Fils
Sachs
Fifth Avenue
New York
William Rosenberg
Billy Rose
Rose
Billy
Eleanor Holm
Diamond Horseshoe
Ann Mace
Mary Dowell
Siri
Puce
Bureau of Immigration
Cy Feuer
Arnie Martin
Feuer
Martin
Guy Lombardo
Nino Schiavone
G. L
Roosevelt Hotel
Lombardo
Nino
Drake Room
Washington Market
Jack
Slower Driving Advised For Summer Outings In West Virginia
State police chief Colonel R W Boyles warns residents to slow down this summer as Memorial Day marks the start of the Safe Driving campaign Slow Down and Live. He notes more travel and warns four youths killed in a recent crash, urging common sense on highways to prevent needless loss of life.
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R. W. Boyles
West Virginia
H. E. Parks
Grafton
State Polie
Boyles
America
National Conference of State Safety
Scholarships May Be Set Up For Top Grads
West Virginia college leaders from twenty institutions form a joint committee to study a statewide scholarship program to encourage able high school graduates to attend college. The groups also plan reviews on extension coordination, senior testing, maintaining instruction standards amid rising enrollment, and the Brewton Report. Dr. Harry Heflin of Glenville State and Dr. W J Scarborough of Wesleyan head the two associations.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Brewton Report
Legislature
Harry Heflin
Glenville State College
State College Association
W. J. Scarborough
Wesleyan College
Independent College Association
Simpson Flemington Personal News and Visits
Simpson Flemington column notes A C Brown and son David of Detroit visited wife and mother Mrs Robena Brown. Mrs Brown stayed with Okey and Russell Gibson and family in Philippi. Ora Leach remains resting. One year old daughter of Adolphus and Mrs Leach broke her leg in Broaddus Hospital, Philippi. Early Wagoner returned home from Washington.
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A. C. Brown
David
Detroit
Michigan
Robena Brown
Brown
Okey Gibson
Russell Gibson
Ora Leach
Adolphus Leach
Broaddus Hospital
Philippi
Leach
Early Wagoner
Washington
Slow Down and Live Advice From Colonel Boyles
Colonel Boyles urged safe driving to prevent accidents, emphasizing that speed control and a calm mental attitude determine travel safety. He warned that summer travel should be pleasure, not pain, for motorists and others on the road.
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Boyles
March of Events and International Travel Trends
Washington officials foresee a high level Soviet visit this autumn with Gen. Twining invited to Moscow for Aviation Day and a possible Zhukov White House trip. Ike suggested exchanges of high officials, while Bulganin and Kruschev stay barred. US passport use rises 20 percent. expected foreign travel nears 700,000 this year. Nuclear powered merchant ship legislation stalled amid adjournment pressure. Federal prisons list auto thieves as a leading crime category with 1,673 inmates, followed by narcotics offenders and other crimes. overall, prison demographics show a mix of murder, robbery, and espionage cases.
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Isitors Ashington
United States
Eisenhower
Nathan F. Twining
Moscow
Red Air
Pavel Zhigarev
America
Charles B. Wilson
Georgi Zhukov
Washington
Kremlin
Ike
Zhukov
White House
Charlie" Wilson
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Dmitri Shepilov
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Kruschchev
Ie 8Ue
Rep. A. L. Miller
Nebraska
State Department
Miller
Egw
Atomic Ship
Congress
Warren Magnuson
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Atlanta
Leavenworth
McNeil Island
Bureau of Federal Prisons
Flemington High Alumni Mark Silver Anniversary Banquet
Flemington High School alumni gathered Saturday June 1 to honor the twenty fifth anniversary of the class of 1931. Mrs. Bryan Ross attended with her husband, a 1908 Flemington College graduate. The 1931 group included six members, with three present at the banquet. The dinner was prepared by the FHS Band Boosters and serving girls. The program, led by alumni president Miss Jean Blake, featured an invocation by Rev. J. H. Carson and music by the 1956 Senior quartet.
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Flemington High School
Flemington College
Bryan Ross
Ross
Blanch Barker
Charles Kinney
Merle Sacre
Pauline Benda
Mary Thomas
Herschel Sturms
FHS
Jean Blake
J. H. Carson
Shirley Shaffer
Erma Sandy
Wanda Biffle
Betty Richardson
L. W. Talbott
Barbara Cole
Gene Jones
Charles Kelly
Violet McDaniel
Shirleen Isabella
Elizabeth Piluigrina
Thelma Fleming
Anun Johnson
Secretary Dulles Witnesses Son Ordained a Jesuit Priest
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles attended Fordham University chapel where Avery R. Dulles, 28-year-old former World War II naval officer and philosophy teacher, was ordained a Jesuit priest among 36 seminarians by Cardinal Spellman. Dulles praised his son's faith as he spoke of his own family's devotion.
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John Foster Dulles
Avery R. Dulles
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Fordham University
Dulles
Dablgren
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
Brick Presbyterian Church
Washington
Young Dulles
Harvard Law School
Society of Jesus
St. Andrew -on-the-Hudson
Poughkeepsie
New York
Woman for vice president urged by Homemakers Forum
Central Press Association reports a New York based Homemakers Forum proposal urging a woman as vice president. Miss Lou Payne notes 85 percent of members support it. campaign includes letters to leaders, petitions, and meetings. Top suggested candidates include Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt and Claire Luce, Frances Wilts, with debate over married women and motherhood.
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Central Press Association
New York
Mrs. Homemakers Forum
Lou Payne
Miss Payne
Forum
United Ad States
Indies
United States
Slag
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Margaret Chase Smith
Italy
Claireth Luce
Switzerland
Frances B. Wilts
White House
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