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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1956
Page
1
A fragmented report notes Turd Motor Company's new auto firm vote and a tense scene as people gathered Thursday. Among other items are a mother’s attempted self harm, a Liverpool burglary acquittal, and national updates including a general on night interception limits and stock market fluctuations.
Mayor Stout faced a temporary court injunction blocking interference with hospital administration as Grafton City Council scrutinized the next fiscal year's budget. Administrator Williamson defended a $162,000 budget against charges of overreach, noting two new doctors and a $24,000 rise to cover increased business and insurance. The council pressed for explanations while Stout, absent at prior meetings, led the attack in his dual role as hospital board chair and council member.
The United Steelworkers Union gathered negotiating teams in Pittsburgh as Japan readies opening talks on the steel contract. Cyprus crisis and Greek Turkish clashes bubble in Nicosia with Britain seeking action. Michigan unemployment hovers near 220000 as officials predict worsen before improve. A dynamite blast in Chicago injures Michael Campbell, 55, an unemployed truck driver claimed by the explosion. Washington asks for expanded authority to operate heavier aircraft. Tokyo papers tie a fished illness to U S hydrogen tests as the Taiyo Maru reports a crewman with mysterious blisters. Scotland Yard orders a gun guard for Field Marshal Sir John Harding on his June visit.
City officials spar over hospital budget and supplier costs as Williamson and Mayor Stout clash over figures and motives. The heated exchange ends with a decision to table the matter, while a related industrial meeting highlights location factors for new plants.
Former President Harry S. Truman tours Italy with his wife heading toward Assisi to visit St. Francis's monastery. He disclosed that he and Pope Pius XII discussed U S Vatican diplomatic relations in a 30 minute Sunday talk, emphasizing the issue is diplomatic, not religious.
The 24 hour high reached 60 degrees with a low of 29. At 11 am today the temperature stood at 65 degrees.
Grafton High School honored many students in an assembly with National Honor Society initiation. Recipients included seniors and juniors across band drama vocal and athletic programs with All-State honors, citizenship awards, Y Teen pins, and various department recognitions.
VA chief Harvey Wrigley of Washington, D. C., national director of the Veterans Administration, to be principal speaker at the 10th annual convention of the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs in Charleston. West Virginia host director C. S. Collier Jr. says former Defense Secretary Louis Johnson of Clarksburg will also speak. attendees from territories, possessions, and about 40 states are expected. Four-day program includes addresses, panels, and election of new officers. Association president is Alexander J. Smith of Montpelier, Vt.
West Virginia Board of Public Works reviews tentative 1956 valuations for 428 public utilities totaling 800.1 million dollars, up 18 million from 1955. Hearings June 11 to 13 cover express, railway, telephone and electric firms with final figures after evidence. Major increases seen at Chealee Ohio Railway, Appalachian Electric Power, Baltimore & Ohio Railway, Monongahela River Co, and Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
United Press reports one thousand soldiers and volunteers worked to hold softened dikes along the Kootenai River in Bonners Ferry Idaho as it rose to a record 37 feet. The town of about two thousand residents was not yet in serious danger due to high ground in most residential areas.
Tomoko Nakabayashi, 26, one of the Hiroshima Maidens, died of a heart attack six hours after a plastic surgery at Mt Sinai Hospital. The operation was her third effort to remove the scars from the 1945 atom bomb raid.
The Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Church urged a moral reawakening to combat racial prejudice in the United States. Delegates from Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia said legislation cannot erase intolerance and urged support for United Nations programs. A plan to unite Pittsburgh and the conferences was tentatively approved. retiring ministers and wives will be honored with Dr A G Curry as principal speaker.
A bottle containing deadly polio virus broke in a Capital Airlines plane in Washington. At least 110 airline employees and passengers faced exposure as the craft was grounded in Pittsburgh. Dr. Jonas Salk advised immediate gamma globulin and Salk vaccine. Gamma shots were given to ramp agents and crew. passengers were examined. The incident involved a shipment from Parke, Davis to Johns Hopkins. The risk was deemed small, with incubation up to 90 days possible.
President Eisenhower denounces world Communism as a gigantic failure in a prepared White House statement. He urges Iron Curtain peoples to seek freedom behind Western leadership and proposes a belt of technical schools to foster East West communication. He was in Waco to receive an honorary Baylor degree and planned to return to Washington.
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