15 Mar 1954
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1954
Page
1
Market notes outline available food items for families and pets amid Lenten periods. Vendors emphasize dairy and meat alternatives, while noting restrictions and product labeling to aid shoppers. Community guidance stresses affordability and safety in selecting staple foods.
News Digest covers Wil son urging adequate support for the most promising research projects. Other items include Whiting taking over duties in West Virginia, Stemple seeking reelection, a fatal dynamite accident in Princeton, and rate increase proposals by Manufacturers Light and Heat Co. plus jail escape efforts and other regional updates.
Snow and freezing temps churned Tri County roads into a dangerous condition with slick curves and limited plow coverage. State police logged no weekend accidents while city crews treated icy spots with salt and sawdust to enable easier travel.
President Eisenhower told Republican leaders at the White House that tax cuts must be limited and Democratic proposals would be too much. He previewed tonight's national radio and TV address on taxes. House Ways and Means is pushing broader tax revision, with excise cuts favored by Republicans and Senate leaders hoping to move quickly. Some warn exceeding the $200 personal exemption could jeopardize the administration's balanced budget goal.
A caravan of Gypsies traveling east through Taylor county was redirected by State Police yesterday. After Harrison county reported them, a carload from Harrison county was stopped on U S Route 50 four miles west of Grafton. The group was turned around and sent north on U S Route 250 toward the Marion county line, then escorted by officers to the Monongalia county line and onward to the Pennsylvania state line. They remained mobile at last report.
Sam Speno proprietor of the Domino Club and Luther Wilt of Grafton were arrested Saturday evening and charged with fighting. Patrolmen Swisher and DeBarr reported they were nabbed on St John street. Both posted a 16 appearance bond for today’s Police Court session before City Police Judge Layne Ford.
Rev John A Holt of Grafton Fine Baptist urges a Christ centered gospel to meet world needs, warning against ethics and social reform as substitutes. He emphasizes a risen and living Christ as core, noting Easter faith has fueled early church growth and still drives the church’s vigor today.
Memphis wrecker operators raced to a wreck scene and argued over the towing method as a third firm completed the tow. In Kingston Rhode Island the University celebrated workmen for building its new gym inviting about 600 workers to a basketball game as guests.
Washington Republican Leader Knowland urged McCarthy to cancel a protracted speaking tour and stay in Washington until the Army McCarthy hearings clear up. He said the Cohn Army charges are urgent enough for priority over other engagements. A closed subcommittee meeting was tentatively set for Tuesday. Mundt called for a neutral investigation into the Cohn affair despite McCarthy’s warning to other committees.
Canadian Foreign Minister Lester B Pearson warned at the National Press Club that the United States may have to go it alone without allied agreement on a new look defense policy. He urged that the free world decide now how and where to strike back if war resumes, stressing cooperation is necessary for a policy intended to deter aggression. Pearson cited Secretary Dulles on responding vigorously at chosen places and means.
Starkville Mississippi story recalls Sam Cammack of Columbus who enrolled in 1895 and notes a lineage including a son grandson and a star daughter. Sam Cammack II at 13 pledges he will definitely go to State.
In Dien Bien Phu area French and Communist forces declared the first truces of the Indochina war to allow medics to evacuate wounded. The four hour cease-fire began at 8 a.m. and ended around noon as artillery resumed on the French fortress in north Vietnam amid heavy losses and claims by French forces that Communists initiated the pause to aid their wounded while suffering severe punishment in a two day assault.
The Northwest Conference on Road Building at the University of Washington heard H. M. Taylor of Okanogan County report beavers outpacing human engineers. Beavers now take advantage of road construction by gnawing saplings to widen culverts and adapt to dams, showing keen woodworking in the field.
The Post building Revenue Office faces a last minute filing surge as residents rush to file income tax returns. Deputy Collector H. O. Marshall offered help until midnight but declined to estimate this year’s load, citing heavy activity.
Mme Germaine Peyrolles, allied with the Catholic Popular Republican Party, defeated Communist leader Andre Stl by 12 437 votes in a Paris region by election. The race centered on the European army treaty and German rearmament near Allied headquarters.
Grafton cab dispute ends with a one-year contract between E. E. Ellers owners and the union. It names the drivers as sole bargaining agent, sets pay guarantees and commissions, weekly wages for dispatchers, and a 25 cent fund per employee for accident costs. Seniority applies, six to seven working days weekly, arbitration for unresolved issues, and automatic year-to-year renewal absent advance notice.
The U S Supreme Court today upheld the Tidelands law in a 6 to 2 ruling, rejecting challenges by Alabama and Rhode Island. The unsigned opinion cited Congress's exclusive power to dispose of U S property, preserving federal ownership of submerged lands out to state historic boundaries.
In Jacksonville Florida Mrs E A Bowles story a raccoon named Joe escaped its cage and roamed freely for three days. After returning it perched on the garage roof but refused to be confined. She now must feed Joe on top of the garage as the agreed arrangement.
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