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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1954
Page
1
A partial OCR fragment mentions a commissioner ordering work near Square, with vague references to a roundtable or club meeting and Leonard. Details are unreadable, but the item implies a municipal action delaying or directing redevelopment at a park area.
The president is expected to make a new appeal for his legislative program in an informal address before the National Editorial Association in Pittsburgh. CIO officials met to discuss action on U S Steel's 1954 proposals stressing wage restraint. New York reports on industry consolidations and the Packard Studebaker merger. Major notices include Hazelwood's death after a fall from a moving automobile in Bluefield and hearings resuming against track owner William Big Lias in Pittsburgh.
Tay Jor county youths, 125 campers, gather at Camp Owles for the annual 4-H week opening. County Agent Woodbridge Stout notes registration from 2 PM Sunday with camping to close after vespers Friday. A myriad of classes from handicraft to safety are planned under director Earnest Page Jr. and instructors including G F Randall, W R Withrow, and Miss Shomo.
Rebels in Honduras and Guatemala launched a large operation to seize the key rail center near Puerto Barrios and Esquipulas. Government reports claim heavy casualties and that rebels were driven from Puerto Barrios while claiming to control sections of the Caribbean port and Esquipulas.
New York report describes a Bronx Zoo reptile exhibit where a 15-foot Indian rock python gave birth to rapid offspring. The mother and her brood grew to 20 by day end, with curator Dr Idiries A Oliver noting the event. In San Francisco, Elbert M Maxwell waited two hours before contacting police after a holdup man struck him and shot him in the neck and chest, hoping to tidy his apartment first.
Washington reports the cost of living rose three tenths of one percent to 115 last month reversing a three month decline. Food prices drove the rise, preventing a one cent an hour pay loss for railroad workers with escalation clauses. The index nears its October peak of 115.4 percent, and government official Ewan Clague says the situation remains stable likely through the summer barring a new international crisis.
Heat and humidity grip the Tri-County area with highs near 90s and a mid 80s noon reading. Forecasters expect late afternoon highs to reach 90 to 94 with scattered thundershowers in the west and north and overnight lows around 64 to 72. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers.
The attorney general's office dismissed a $5,000 claim against the state Board of Control after representatives of Russell Lockard failed to appear. Lockard, a former inmate at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys in Pruntytown, lost two fingers in an accident blamed on supervisor negligence. His fingers were cut off while near a 52 inch circular saw, and he said he was not properly supervised or experienced operating such a saw.
Sheriff deputies say Chester Hoffman 29 attempted to place ice down his wife's dress during a picnic in Columbus Ohio. He slipped fell and struck his head on a glass rug breaking it and cutting part of his ear.
President Eisenhower nominated Herbert S. Boreman of Parkersburg West Virginia to be judge of the United States District Court for northern West Virginia to fill the late William Eli Baker examing retiring from the bench Boreman a former state senator and ex U S attorney had previously run for governor and served in the WV Senate and was named as a leading GOP figure alongside Robert B McDougle in Parkersburg.
Three U S Air Force B-41 Stratojet bombers arrived at Yokota Air Base Japan after a 6706 mile non stop Pacific crossing from the United States. It was the longest non stop jet powered flight to date roughly LA to Moscow.
Albany Governor Dewey kept his options open on a possible fourth term and a draft movement. He deferred announcing plans today after urging from GOP leaders including Dean P. Taylor and Eisenhower aides.
Guatemala informed the United Nations that anti-communist forces invade while a cease fire order from the Security Council remains, in a third message to the world body. No new council meeting was requested.
In Waltham Massachusetts Chief Asa E McKenna ordered police to wear the title Waltham police emblazoned on hatbands shirts and blouses to avoid officers being confused with taxi drivers and gasoline station attendants.
Ottawa city planning chief C. D. Wight, earning 15000 dollars annually, was assigned as weed inspector. The new post pays one dollar per year, with forty cents after tax. The move follows a broader peace pact discussion involving the Red China leader.
Paris reports Premier Mendes France plans a face to face with Chou En Lai in Bern to seek a cease fire in Indochina within a month. Mendes France, 41, formed a new cabinet and vows progress by July 20, aiming for peace on French soil.
The United States recalled its chief delegate from the Geneva conference rather than accept a lower price for peace from Red China. Western sources said Chou En Lai offered a withdrawal of Communist Viet Minh troops from Laos and Cambodia if a ceasefire was arranged. Washington pulled Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith out to avoid a booby trapped settlement leading to carving up Viet Nam in Korean style by Communist forces.
An officer reported that Cpl W S Cooke sent money from Korea to cover a parking fee he incurred last January. The transfer, paid in Korean currency, was found in Cone's records today.
In central Indochina the Communists sent 3000 troops in a surprise attack on the French base at Tuy Hoa on the Annam coast. French high command reported 300 enemy dead after the assault as Viet Namese units defended the position amid fierce fighting during the night. The town had been seized earlier by Franco Viet Nam soldiers in a spring operation linked to Operation Atlante.
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons Britain will not miss chances to improve relations with Russia but diplomacy must be more than a one way affair. He spoke as he prepared to travel to Washington for talks with President Truman and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.
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