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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1950
Page
5
The United States Savings and Loan League reports a 3 percent rise in families owning homes since 1900 while the non farm population grows about 1 percent The item notes brush patches hiding sizeable cattle groups hindering progress in rural areas and hints at housing market factors in Chicago.
Pittsburgh edged Cincinnati 6-5 as Stan Rojek delivered a two run double with two out in the eighth. Howie Fox started for the Reds but left after tiring shoulder. Frank Smith allowed the tying run before being ejected on a Murtaugh triple. Murry Dickson earned the win after backing his own error free at bat, while Rojek's double capped the Pirates' comeback before a crowd of 12,040.
Chicago police say they eliminated what may have been the last speed trap in the city. The trap was run by Gene Ostrin a house painter by trade. The blotter notes Ostrin would stop motorists and issue his own warnings.
Alan Mayer once sped and sold bogus tickets to speeders, earning about $490 before police stopped his scheme. A police lieutenant then seized a car driven by the offender. In Washington police play a petty game as two youths steal a car at headquarters and are stopped, while in Indiana three youths face court over an underage girl in a delinquency case.
Pasadena plan aims to place a helicopter landing pad atop a new downtown building for arrivals to Los Angeles International Airport. The concept involves windmill like air traffic supports dubbed Airbuses as the city eyes transportation innovation.
In San Francisco UN General Assembly president General Carlos Romulo arrives for a UN birthday celebration at the Opera House and stresses that the Korea peace mandate must be obeyed without delay.
A 10 year old Covington girl Ernest Jean Hopper describes a mood improvement after starting Hadacol a vitamin tonic. Her father also used it and says the family will not be without Hadacol. The ad touts health benefits and a money back guarantee with trial and large sizes offered.
Starfish invading Santa Monica harbor consume mussels on pilings and breakwater barnacles, risking weakening the breakwater as storms could wash rocks out. Officials hoped the starfish would reduce mussel work but cannot yet remove the new pests.
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