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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1954

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Inter-American Peace Commission delays Guatemala trip

The Inter-American Peace Commission postponed its 9 p.m. departure for Guatemala for on the spot investigation of fighting, rescheduled to Tuesday. In Washington, the House passed a $404,936,149 Interior Department appropriation for 1955, $22.8 million under the administration request, awaiting Senate approval.

Washington Inter-American Peace Commission Guatemala Washington F Interior Department House Senate White House Federal Housing Administration Wiliam F. McKenna Senate Banking Committee

Grafton Area Storm Knocks Trees Wires and Delays

A tornado like storm Sunday afternoon across Grafton and Taylor County disrupted power lines and damaged roofs and branches. About 500 telephones were out as C P and state crews worked from 2 pm Saturday to midnight repairing lines. Damage centered around Knottsville Wilson Ridge Rock Lake and Evansville with wide debris cleanup continuing. In Honduras Gen Castillo warned Guatemala to oust Communists or face air attack on the capital as Diaz’s government faced rebels after Arbenz resignation.

Grafton Monongahe C&p Fetterman West Side Power Company Taylor County C&p Telephone Company Bill McGa Knottsville Wilson Ridge Rock Lake McGahan Taylor Preston Evansville Fellowsville Tunnelton Kingwood Hazel Atlas Clyde Thompson Pruntytown State Road Commission Mountain View Camp City Hospital Thornton “Hill Leslie J. Lear Sr Tegucigalpa Honduras Carlos Castillo Armas Carlos Enrique Diaz Castillo Jacobo Arbenz Guzman Diaz Arbenz

Specialists Called To Truman Bedside As Condition Worsens

Kansas City report says top specialists were to consult on former President Harry S. Truman whose condition was described as serious. Truman, 70, had shown slight improvement and was resting comfortably at Research Hospital after a crisis in convalescence. He underwent emergency surgery June 20 to remove a gangrenous gall bladder and an infected appendix.

Kansas. City Harry S. Truman Truman Research Hospital

Pleasant Sunday Draws Thousands to Tri-County Hotspots

A warm breeze and a 1.60 degree reading brought crowds to highways, beaches and picnic areas for a pleasant Sunday in the Tri-County area. Temperatures rose from 74 at noon to an expected high near 82 with a 50s low night forecast after a cooler blanket air return last night.

Tri-County

Newspapers Told to Education Public in West Virginia Event

James E. Gheen urged 15 newspaper representatives at a closing banquet in Parkerburg to educate the public. He said newspapers must help make things right in the community or risk driving away industry and business.

Parkersbug West Virginia Association James E. Gheen

Minister Teaches Joyful White as Sacred Garment in Sardis Text

Rev. C V. Tate of Evangelical United Brethren cites Revelations 3 4 to urge congregation to be watchful and repent. He stresses Sardis church members with unblemished garments and recalls John 10 and Malachi 3 17, framing believers as jewels remembered by God. Continued on page six.

C V. Tate Evangelical United Brethren Church Sar-dis Jesus God

Blind Ex-Marine Hailed As Hero For Saving Three

Ex Marine Charles Vines, 22, blinded in Korea, rescued three drowning girls near Lakedale Mississippi after they slipped into the Pascagoula River. Barbara Wood, 15, Annie Louise Ball, 18, were swept away as James Peacock, 22, also went under. Vines, unable to see, swam toward their pleas and guided them to safety.

Mobile Charles Vines Korea Barbara Wood Annie Louise Ball Pascagoula River Lakedale Miss James Peacock Vines Thai Evles

Sixteen Die In Plane Crashes Sunday Near Three Cities

United Press reports sixteen people died Sunday in air crashes near Columbus Ohio and Riverside California while a DC-4 landing at New York left 36 others hurt. An American Airlines Convair and a Navy Beechcraft collided near Columbus. two Navy crew died, 34 aboard the Convair survived with minor injuries. Riverside fatalities followed a tanker crash into a mountain peak in heavy morning conditions.

United Press Columbus Ohio Riverside Calif York American Airlines River

Regional Cities Fight Hope Gas Rate Increase

Represent atives from four northern West Virginia cities gathered in Clarksburg to oppose the Hope Natural Gas Co rate hike. They plan continued lobbying before the Public Service Commission hearing slated for July 15, with Parkersburg Clarksburg Fairmont and Moreantown officials and citizens groups united against the increase.

Hope Clarksburg West Virginia Hope Natural Gas Co Public Service Commission Parkersburg Fairmont Moreantown

Indochina Peace Talks Plan Secret

Reports say French planes raided rebel concentrations northwest of Hanoi as cease fire talks near their start. Negotiators faced delays over rank disputes, with talks planned in a neutral zone north of Hanoi. In New Delhi officials urged a Tibet style settlement for Indochina.

Hanot Indochina Hanoi Sontay Red River Geneva New Delhi India China Chieu En-Lai Jawaharlal Nehru Tibet

War on Youth Problem Urged

Washington senator Rob ert C Hendrickson urged a united front against juvenile delinquency calling it rampant across the countryside. He warned that apathy by adults to juvenile crime harms future citizens and could be exploited by the Communist conspiracy.

Washington Robert C. Hendrickson R-Nd United Front

Mendes-France outlines own plan for European Army

Paris Premier Mendes-France said he has a personal last resort plan for a European Army if current European Defense Community talks fail. He gave few details, calling it a substitute solution, while observers doubt it would not alter the May 1952 draft. He aims to secure a China ceasefire by July 40 and plans to have ministers reassemble by July 12, with his aide to Bonn to discuss Franco German Saarland dispute and oppose Brussels EDC meeting.

Paris Pierre Mendes-France Permier Aaliy France Italy Mendes-France Iso Indochina Geneva De 7 Bonn West Germany Konrad Adenauer Brussels de Beaumont Saarland

German Voters Endorse Adenauer in North Rhine Westphalia

Voters in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, backed Konrad Adenauer's CDU in a state election, with the CDU again the strongest single party though its state legislature majority was reduced. Coalition partners will be needed to maintain governance.

Dusseldorf Germany West Germany Konrad Adenauer Adenauer Christian Democratic Union North Rehine-Westphalia Ruhr CDU

Churchill Skips Church Again in Bermuda Echo

Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill did not attend church on Sunday. An aide said his stance was the same as in Bermuda last December when he declined an invitation to services with President Eisenhower, remarking he would meet his maker soon enough.

Sir Winston Churchill U. S John Foster Dulles White House Ross Garden Churchill Anthony Eden Eisenhower Dulles International Winston Churchill Bermuda

Former Soviet secret police colonel recalls mass deportations

Grigori Buritski told a U.S. congressional committee that 1,000,000 anti Communist Russians were loaded onto American built trucks and shipped to exile or death in Siberia and central Asia. He described wartime deportations of Chechen InGush Kalmyk and Karachay people in 1943 and 1944, packed into trucks and cattle cars.

Munich Germany U.S Congressional Committee Siberia Central Asia MVD Grigori Stepanovich Burlitski West U. S Lithuania Arles J. Kerstein R-Wis Rep. C Kalmyk Karachaevnski Burlitski

Churchill and Eisenhower Agree on Indochina Policy

The leaders praised a friendly, fruitful talks at the White House. They discussed cooperation on Indochina and Europe, agreeing that a German republic should be an equal Western nation contributor. A joint declaration will be released tomorrow before Churchill returns for further talks.

Europe Eisenhower Winsoton Gereman Federal Republic Churchill White House Ehig Eigenhoer Aaah

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