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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1957
Page
4
A fragment from a period publication lists subscription rates and delivery options including four dollars for six months and various monthly and yearly terms. The piece notes second class matter at the Grafton West Virginia post office and bears the date Tuesday June 18 1957.
The Canadian dollar commands a premium of five cents over the U S. The text notes booming factories and mines in Canada yet cites unequal gains for Maritime Provinces and Western grain surpluses. It reports the Liberal 22 year reign ending, the Liberals dropping to 103 seats, Conservatives rising to 110, with Social Credit 19 and CCF 24, and hints at possible new elections and shifting U S Canada ties.
Secretary Ezra Benson urges living with abundance and expanding markets for farm surpluses. Senator Homer Capehart pushes more funding to find new uses for farm products, while industrial decentralization spreads prosperity. Yale & Towne expands plants nationwide as skilled workers stay rooted in small towns. Bela Schick, 80, celebrates a life dedicated to preventing premature births.
Excerpt describes Jesus casting out a demon causing a dumb man to speak, crowds debating Beelzebub as the cause, and Jesus warnings about a kingdom divided. He explains returning spirits worsen the state, noting divine power over evil and the need to be with him.
Washington observers note a subtle buildup around Sherman Adams for the 1960 Republican nomination. Adams denies ambition but is highlighted as Ike’s trusted chief of staff and potential standard-bearer while Eisenhower signs noting Adams as the man who knows what Ike aims to do. A Senate reform bid by Margaret Chase Smith on potato labeling also appears. The Education Around the World yearbook is released by HEW, stressing global education trends.
Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana holds nearly dictatorial power as prime minister, foreign and defense minister, and head of the ruling CPP. He renovated the 300-year-old Christiansborg Castle at taxpayer cost and plans to place his head on national stamps and coins, provoking opposition and debate over his leftward leanings and potential autocratic rule.
In Washington the House moved toward final passage of the civil rights bill as Southerners pushed to block it. The civil rights bloc won tentative approval, but final action was delayed overnight by a southern maneuver to send the measure back to committee for a jury trial amendment. The House has rejected four versions of that amendment.
Dr Jerome Mancewiecz reported his overcoat stolen 16 days earlier, then seen on a police prisoner as he arrived at St Marys Hospital in Grand Rapids. The item was recovered when the prisoner was brought into the hospital for treatment.
Washington reports that the government and Congress faced setbacks as Supreme Court rulings limited prosecutions of Communists and allies. The court freed five of 14 California defendants and ordered new trials for others, ruled on the Smith Act's scope, and dismissed John T. Watkins's contempt conviction. It also set aside John Stewart Service’s loyalty firing while criticizing procedural flaws in State Department actions. Critics warn of eroding civil liberties as further decisions slow antiCommunist drives.
A New Yorker reflects on Betty Betz and Frank McMahon in Calgary and New York. The piece recalls Betz love of work, Calgary life, and McMahon’s Texas Canada gas line project, plus theater, clubs, and figures like Miss Eartha Kitt and Bob Hope.
The article surveys presidents from McKinley to Eisenhower and beyond, noting who played golf, who avoided it, and how leisure pursuits reflected national context. It cites Wilson, Taft, Harding, Roosevelt, Coolidge, Hoover, and Truman, detailing attitudes toward sport and recreation at the White House.
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