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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1954

Page

8

Britain Selects Survey Diplomat

London Mi The chief of the British Imperial General Staff Field Marshal Sir John Harding was named Britain's representative at a five power military survey of the Far East to be held in Washington next Thursday. The nations are the United States Britain France Australia and New Zealand. A Foreign Office spokesman said the talks will survey the Far East situation including Southeast Asia and will involve no commitments.

London John Harding

Planes Search Four-State Area For Missing Pittsburgh Men

The Grafton Civil Air Patrol unit joins a broad search over southwestern Pennsylvania West Virginia Virginia and North Carolina for a five place Cessna missing since Wednesday evening. Pilot Peter Budovich and passenger Don Dilvernoss disappeared on a return flight from Lake Worth Florida to Pittsburgh. Ground and air teams scoured rugged terrain near Richwood Nicholas County as reports claimed a wing sighting within six to eight miles of the filed flight plan. A violent storm hindered progress but some 50 CAP aircraft conducted about 75 sorties across the four states with help from Westover Air Force Rescue Group.

Grafton Civil Air Patrol Pittsburgh Peter Budovich Dormont Don F. Dilvernoss Mt. Lebanon Pulaskd Lake Worth Fin Allegheny County Robert Gobel CAP West Virginia Summersville W. Va Cherry River Here Budovich Air Force Westover Field Mass Silvernois Charlotte N. C

Fireman Forgets Cake During Hotel Blaze

Sioux Falls fireman L J Bud Hawkins helped extinguish a hotel fire and, in a moment of frustration, revealed he left a cake baking at the fire station. A police car was sent to retrieve the cake from the station before it burned.

Sioux Falls S. D L. J Bud) Hawkins Hawkins

Arthur Hadley Named To Tygart Park Summer Duty

Arthur Hadley, 31, of Paden City, has been named a conservation officer at Tygart Lake State Park for the summer. He will patrol the lake and surrounding areas and will be transferred to county service next fall, the report stated.

Arthur Hadley Paden City Tygart Lake State Park Hadley

Nice Cop Top Wins Old Gal's Favor

In Sacramento Patrolman Fred D Wristen Jrn escaped harm when seven drunken detainees attacked him in an elevator at the hall of Justice. A nearby older woman urged, Do not hit that nice cop, Don’t hit him, and the assailants stopped. The article notes Nebraska has the largest farm land percentage in the nation.

Sacramento Calif Fred D. Wristen Jrn Hall of Justice Wristen

Streetsweeper No Place For A Dog

Athens city workers enforce a new law as a street sweeper accidentally sweeps a dog into its rotary compartment. A boy later identifies the pup, who survives and reunites with its owner, the incident ending without serious harm.

Athens Adventues Jack Beacham

Truck Fire On Main Damages Grafton Cleaners Jeep

A Jeep truck from Grafton Cleaners caught fire in front of the Post Office on Main Street. Damage estimated at 35 to 40 dollars after a battery wire shorted and ignited grease, extinguished by the Grafton Fire Department. Also notes a historic reference to patterned glass once called flowered glass for its single pattern, now over twenty patterns exist.

Main Grafton Cleaners Main Street Grafton Fire Department

Planted Dough U S Levies Crop Ridley Protests Tax

Atlanta based civil case involves Claude Ridley of Chatsworth Georgia who challenges a 106 674 dollar federal income tax for 1942 51 while not denying the government claim he bought 98 500 dollars in savings bonds during that period Ridley testified he hid earnings in fruit jars 1935 to 1941 and dug up funds to buy bonds as World War II began

U.S Atlanta Claude Ridlay Chatsworth Ridley

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