Reprieve for Civil War dead
Retired Chemical Engineer Charles Albright, 62, had been a navigator on a B-29 bomber in World War II, and, as he began planning for his own funeral, he recalled the Federal Government's promise that every war veteran could be buried in a national cemetery. The only such cemetery in his native West Virginia is in the town of Grafton, which suited Albright perfectly because his parents and grandparents are buried near by. But when he first inquired five years ago about a plot for himself, he learned that the three-acre Grafton National Cemetery had been full ever...
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