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31 Mar 1954
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Grafton Sentinel in Grafton, West Virginia
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1954
Page
1
News Digest Highlights Across States and Transatlantic Hopes
Washington confirms U S attorney Duncan Wilmer for Southern District of West Virginia. Speed pilot Joe de Bona launches to challenge transcontinental records. American Airlines DC-7 claims to set a new LA to NY run time. Carrie Anderson pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter. A fire at a suburban Buffalo school kills multiple children and injures others. Atomic Energy Commission plant strike halts construction with 650 workers. Frank B. King reshapes West Virginia mine inspections in new plan. Liberte liner carries 52 tons of roquefort cheese as dockers refuse unload. Tugboat injunction halts longshore support for a 27 deck strike, Ye De France docks with help. Iron Age foresees steel buying upturn in Q2 and labor power shift. Southwest Virginia to receive a 275 million dollar bridge bill. Senate Labor Committee poised to reject Eisenhower strike vote plan. State Road Commission probe moves ahead at full speed.
Play Fair With Your Newsboy
The Sentinel urges fair pay for newsboys on a twice monthly payroll plan. It argues weekly payment matches daily paper delivery, noting biweekly collections lead to four weeks of unpaid work annually. The piece stresses households should pay weekly to ensure fair compensation for the boy delivering in all weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sentinel
Budget for Grafton Hospital tops $322,890 for year
A budget of 322,890 dollars for the 1954-55 year was approved by the Grafton City Hospital Board, up from 309,686. The rise mainly reflects higher salaries in November and a half per cent social security increase, with salaries at 154,900 and medical supplies at 40,400. The board plans to forward the budget to the City Council for action on April 16, while keeping the first floor open pending March and April revenue results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton City Hospital Board
A. J. Williamson
Williamson
Rules Set In Primary Elections In August
Charleston report notes candidates for county boards of education in the August 3 primary must file by May 1 along with nominees for other offices. Edison Hotel plans memory training for room clerks to call guests by name. Miss Lorraine Hanson to be rewarded for 21 years of honest service in Kenosha store as owner retires and gifts shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
New York
Edison
Kenosha
Wis
Lorraine Hanson
Max Silverberg
Kefauver Pushes Senate to Hasten Army McCarthy Inquiry
Sen. Estes Kefauver charged that the Senate Investigating Subcommittee is not pushing hard enough on the McCarthy Army row. He said if one subcommittee makes no progress by Thursday he will seek to have the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which he sits, take over the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Estes Kefauver
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Army
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate, Armed Services Committee
FORGED SIGNATURE ON $125 CHECK PLEADS GUILTY
Bernard Freas of Newark Ohio pleaded guilty in common pleas court to forging a friend's name on a $125 check. He said he did it because his friend could not write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Philadelphia
Ohio
Bernard Freas
Newark
Common Pleas
Wife And Five Children Of Confessed Jobless Bank Robber
The wife and five children of Carl Hoopengarner, a jobless man who confessed to robbing the West Terre Haute State Bank, left for Providence Rhode Island to seek a new life. James Florian and his wife provided transport for the destitute family, which had been housed at the county home after Hoopengarner's arrest. The mother received 279 dollars from sympathizers, and other donations of clothes and toys were collected. Hoopengarner said he robbed the bank to feed his five kids, who range from two months to five years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carl Hoppengarner
Providence
R. L
James Florian
Hoopengarner
Indiana
Chares
West Terra
Haute State Bank
Peter F._Jollich
Defense Spending Likely Needed Says Saltonstall
Senate Armed Services Chair Saltonstall warned that defense spending may rise to strengthen continental air defense against Soviet power. He defended the current program as sound and effective against atomic attack, but noted the possibility of spending more than planned to expand radar coverage and warning systems amid Democratic challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leverett Saltonstell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Massachusetts
Republican
Saltonbtall
Saltonstall
Stuart Symington
D-Md
The
Armed Services Committee
Rain And Cold Persist In Tri County Weather
Cold wintry conditions lingered in the Tri County area with temperatures in the low 30s and a misty dampness. Rain or snow did not materialize as predicted though clouding and a cold front are expected tonight into tomorrow with a high near 40 and a low around 29. In related notes, Louisiana inmates Lash Wilbert and Wilford Caldwell, identical twins, are reported as prisoners at Angola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-County
New England
Great Lake
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Virginia
Texas
Rockies
Angola
Lash — Wilbert
Wilford Caldwell
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Nude man rides sedan in Cambridge streets
Police monitored local streets as residents reported a man in a two tone sedan resembling Lady Godiva. He appeared nude and rode through Cambridge area, prompting public curiosity and police observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Godiva
Policeman Injures Shoulder Marking Tire for Overtime Parking
Denver police officer Jake Engelman aged 39 was resting today with an ailing shoulder after straining it while bending to mark a tire for overtime parking duty. The incident occurred during a late shift and prompted a brief medical check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Jake Engelman
Marines Decline Disclosure of Oldest Woman Member
A citizen asked the Pentagon for the name of the oldest female Marine. The response stated the information is classified, reflecting a policy of protecting personnel details. This exchange highlights ongoing secrecy around individual service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
De Castries Nominated For General’s Stars
Colonel Christian M. F. de Castries, famed defender of Dien Bien Phu, was nominated for battlefield promotion to general by the French government. President Eisenhower stated that he would have promoted de Castries if in command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian de Castries
Dien Bien Phu
Eugene Navarre
Rans
Christian M. F. de Castries
Eisenhower
Washington
de Castries
Officials Yoke to Taxpayers Name Removal Plan
Mayor Roy Hofheinz announced that names of city council members on construction project signs will be erased. The signs will carry a note stating citizens are paying for the work. The move reflects a shift to emphasize taxpayer funding over individual officials.
Big City Officers Hunt For Dog That Bit Baby
New York police and neighbors search for a rust colored dog after it bit Pia Schipani a 22 month old with heart ailment and risk of rabies The gray haired woman who fed the dog and fled with it is being sought The child may not be out of danger until June and her parents continue door to door searches seeking help and a dog test
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uit
Pia Schipani
Alphonse Schipani
Brooklyn
Pia
Dolores Deck
President Backs Dulles Southeast Asia Policy
Eisenhower voiced full support for John Foster Dulles proposal to unite the free world against Communist aggression in Southeast Asia. He said he read Dulles speech before it was delivered and fully agreed. Mrs William L Mungler of Daytona Beach Fla proud of her nursing education degree from Florida State University mother of five who kept her family together during wartime schooling plans Catholic University MS in nursing education in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Free World
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Suite
Overseas Press Club
Tallahassee
Fla
Wiliam L. Mungler
Daytona Beach
Florida State University
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
Floridian notes on blue krait bite effects
MIAMIAN Dovtiny reports slight improvement in Will iam Haast snake handler bitten by deadly blue krait. Dr James Vaughn Jr says he may improve in hours but likely remains in critical condition for 24 hours. Haast kept notes on venom effects as he suffered from cobra and other bites at his reptile house display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxy
Haast
Serpentarium
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