Eden and election headline dominates digest front
London votes to day in a closely watched election seen as shaping Anthony Eden’s grip on leadership as wariness grows over Winston Churchill’s succession. The rest of the Digest covers: a Philadelphia warehouse fire at Publicker Industries injuring several, West Virginia teacher certification reforms, Gov. Marl and appointed to Southern Governors Committee on Science and Industry, a wage contract averting a Blue Ridge bus strike, White House denial of Hobby resignation rumors, West Virginia earnings decline but remain high, gasoline tax regulation in Charleston, House committee budget cuts on White House and agencies, a deportation case suspension, nuclear weapons defense concerns by Eugene Zuckert, coal industry favoritism charge, Pittsburgh coal-to-aluminum plant plans, National Association of Postmasters convention, and a Clarkburg hearing on telephone service suspension.
Drive Em Away Used Car Bargains
Your home town dealers offer a selection of used cars with drastic price cuts low down payments and easy terms. Examples include a 1950 Buick Super Riviera Coupe fully equipped and a 1946 Chrysler four door sedan. For more details, see the Classified Advertising Section on page five.
Grafton And Flemington High Schools To Graduate 185
Dr Ennis of West Virginia University will speak at Flemington and Grafton graduations. Flemington graduates 41 will hear the invoc tion by Rev J H Carson with Vivian Stevens giving the salutatory and Mary Blake Barnett and Angela Pollard delivering co valedictory. Dr Ennis, a noted historian, served in military intelligence and has written on Asian history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Ennis
West Virginia University
Flemington High School
Grafton High School
Flemington
J. H. Carson
Vivian Stevens
William A. Collins
Board of Education
Mary Blake Barnett
Angela Pollard
Carson
Elizabeth Linn
Grafton High
Robert Henson
Washington, D.C
University of North Dakota
China
Peking University
Ennis
Hnd
Grad Program Opens for St Augustine Seniors
The 1955 graduates of St Augustine Catholic school were honored with an 8 o'clock mass and a breakfast led by the Junior Class, with Mrs. Charles Litzinger Sr and Mrs. Charles Bishop assisting. Tonight at 7:30 the second annual class night and torch night will feature the presentation of the American Legion Citizenship awards and a farewell by Father Hannon. Graduation occurs after the 9:30 a.m. Mass Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Hanner
St. Augustine Catholic School
Charles Litzinger
Charles Bishop
America Legion
Father Hannon
Hospital nurses win six days paid vacation
Grafton City Hospital Board met Tuesday night to review the monthly financials and discuss internal issues. Administrator A. J. Williamson said the board had previously studied suspending vacations and sick leave due to financial conditions, and the study concluded that six days of paid vacation would be granted to the nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton City Hospital Board
A. J. Williamson
Memorial Day Parade signs up ten floats and others expected
Memorial Day parade organizers announced entry of 10 floats for Monday May 30 with more anticipated. Floats will be judged for best decoration and photographed after the procession as they are parked near the National Cemetery. Bob Hood and Bruce Corio oversee the float division with local civic leaders to select judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cemetery
Bob Hood
Bruce Corio
Hood
Lion’s Club
Kiwanis
Junior Order of American Mechanics
Business Girls
Business and Professional Women
Future Nurses of America
Haymond Farm Home
Girls Athletic Association
Wesely Chapel Youth Fellowship
Grafton
Warmer Weather Returns Friday After Brief Warm Spell
The forecast calls for warmer and more humid conditions Friday after a brief relief from near summer heat. Yesterday’s high was 75 and low 56. noon reading today was 65, expected to near 70 by late afternoon. Tonight may see scattered thundershowers in the southwest with a low around 50, followed by continued cloudiness and heat tomorrow with more showers.
Schools Rechecked by State Fire Marshal in City
A reinspection of all public schools and several city buildings was conducted by two assistant state fire marshals with Grafton Fire Chief John Proctor. Only minor infractions of prior recommendations were found, according to Proctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
John Proctor
Needle finally removed from Hartford worker’s leg
Twenty six year old Frank Manges, employed by a box company in Hartford, pulled a needle from his leg after it had stayed there since a childhood injury twenty two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
D.h
Frank Manges
Soviet Puts O.K. On Big Four Summit Level Talks
Moscow reports say the Soviet Union formally accepted a four power chiefs of state summit bid and pressed Vienna as the meeting site. Molotov delivered a seven page note to Britain France and the United States charging US pro Western circles with wrecking efforts while rejecting the Austrian plan. The note reiterates Vienna as preferred location and outlines key questions to be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
V. M Molotov
Europe
France
Britain
Molotov
William Hayter
Jean LeRoy
Walter M. ‘Walmsley, Jr
Vienna
Foreign Ministry
Julius Rabb
Pinay date claim stuns U S officials word
Washington reacted with surprise to French Premier Pinay’s remark that Eisenhower agreed to a top level meeting of allies July 18 to 21. The White House said no agreement exists though a Lausanne, Switzerland meeting with the Russians is a possible option. Secretary Dulles called any claim of agreed place or date premature and inaccurate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington P
Fisenhower
Tne
Lausanne
Switzerland
John Foster Dulles
Council To Discuss Street Jobs Tonight
City Council holds a special session at City Hall at 8 tonight. City Manager L J Loar Sr said street improvements would be a principal topic for discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Counsil
Ity Hall
L. Joar, Sr
Loar
Scarf Believed Missing Child Joins Search Effort
A scarf found in a Kalamazoo game reserve tied to missing Jeanie Singleton spurs a massive search of the county. Police, alerted by the scarf, say no suspects have been confirmed and emphasize the chance she wandered into the nearby woods or fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Jeanié Singleton
Jennie
Dorothy Five
Wie
Jeanie
Vive Swayen
Kad
Jeanie Alrady
Free Polio Serum Allocation Planned for State Aid
A government plan proposes an eight million dollar fund for free Salk polio vaccinations for needy children across seven states including West Virginia. Of 696,270 unvaccinated youngsters under nineteen, about 19 percent would receive free shots from a 467,803 dollar allocation. NAVCP chief designated. Rear Admiral Ryleigh A. Burke, 53, named by President Eisenhower as chief of naval operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
NAVCP
Ryleigh A. Burke
Eisenhower
Naval Operations
GHS Alumni Weekend Plans Led by Wiseman and McKinney
Ellen Wiseman and Mary McKinney co chair the Grafton High School Alumni Celebration with 1000 dance reservations and 1200 dinner bookings. The event includes pastel decor, a banquet hosted by church women societies, and an evening program in the high school auditorium featuring readings and musical performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Wiseman
Mary McKinney
GHS
Hazel Cole
First Presbyterian Woman's Society
Pruntytown
St. Paul's Methodist Womans Societies of Christian Service
Carl Harman
A. Hale Wattans
Devastating Winds Wipe Udall and Rally Across Three States
A deadly tornado outbreak devastates Udall Kansas and Blackwell Oklahoma, with hundreds injured and scores dead. Rescue efforts continue as hospitals fill and crews work through heavy rain. Officials fear the toll will rise beyond initial counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udall
Kan
Texas
Oklahoma
Udall Kansas Tornado Demolishes Town Disaster
Udall Kansas is described as demolished by a tornado carving a path through the business district. NBC correspondent Ted Helbeck er describes rescuers retrieving survivors from rubble while Civil Defense workers assist, amid reports of hospital transfers and widespread destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Broadcasting Company
Udall
Kans
Ted Helbecker
NBC
Wichita
United Press
Civil Defense Workers
B-36 Crashes in Storm Die Fourteen Crewmembers
A B-36 atomic bomber reportedly encountered a tornado near Sterling Texas and crashed with fourteen crew members feared dead. The report contrasts the storm disaster with a Michigan Central Railroad veteran noting steam locomotives’ treatment yields respect as engineer Joseph B Weiss, aged 48 years with nearly five decades on the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Tex
Fair Exchange Kalamazoo
Mich
Joseph B. Weiss
Michigan Central Railroad
Weiss
Communist led strike leaves Paris papers halted
A communist led printers strike halted newspapers in Paris and several French cities today. In the United States the Public Health Service reported 246 new polio cases for the week ending May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commie
Paris
Washington
The
U.S Public Health Service
No Grafton Hazel-Atlas Workers In Destroyed Oklahoma Factory
A Grafton man Charles Bunner narrowly missed the tornado that demolished the Blackwell Oklahoma plant. Brooks Gall a former resident in Grafton says no local workers remained at Blackwell but about 200 miles away in Ada several are employed. Forty night shift workers were trapped but rescued and no deaths reported. Kenneth Shingleton 19 of Route 1 Grafton must appear in City Police Court on reckless driving charges after speeding on Grand Street Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udall
Earl Rowe
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wichita
Arkansas City
Arid
Winfield
Kan
Wichita Red Cross
Wichita ‘Center
Henry Harry
Jradio
KEBI
Blackwell
Grafton Hazel - Atlas
Oklahoma
Grafton
Charles Bunner
Bunner
Okla
Brooks Gall
Ada
Gall
South West
Kenneth Shingleton
Route 1
Dorsey Hickman
Chrole DeBarr
Grand Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
London
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Eden
Philadelphia
Publicker Industries, Inc
Charleston
West
William C. Marland
Southern Governors Committee On Science and Industry
Pittsburgh
Blue Ridge
Boosta
White’ House
Oveta Culp Hobby
State ‘Tax Department
Hote Ptions Committee
White House
Nasianaroh
Cleveland
Stack
Eugene M. Zuckert
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Chicago
Tom Pickett
National Coal Association
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Tri-state
Public Service Commission
Clarksburg
Maxburg Telephone Co
Mannington
Dr. Ennis
T. E. Ennis
St. Augustine
O.K
Pinay
U.S
Ellen Jane Wiseman
Miss Wiseman
Business Girls Club
New York Institute of Photography
McKinney
National Honor Society
Barbara Bartlett
Sophmore and
Mary Virginia Monroe
Mrs. ©. J. Fleming
Clara Luzadder McCartney
Blackwall
Kansas
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