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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1955

Page

3

Africans sentenced for human sacrifice in Dakar court

In French West Africa two Africans were condemned for a human sacrifice linked to a hunt that killed a victim. Brahima Kane received the death sentence while others were given 10 to 20 years for forced labor. Evidence tied local Chief Gonga Dore and Grand Sorcerers to the act.

Dakar French West Africa Dore Brahima Kane Washington Gonga Dore Nianga Zeri Manon Sect Vladimir Paramonova Moscow

Heston Emcee Role Tops TV Summer. Vidal Pens Comedy

Charlton Heston lands the Summer Colgate Variety Hour emcee post while George Murphy and Bill Holden also host. Gore Vidal writes a comedy spectacle for Tallulah Bankhead and Milton Berle. Dorothy Collins likely sits out Hit Parade season amid hepatitis. PETRIFIED FOREST on Producers Show case praised for TV transition with Bogart Bacall Fonda notes. Vaughn Monroe earns Eddie Fisher TV theme. Love Lucy tops ARB May. Studio One's Nita Talbot delivers a strong, partly natural performance amid brisk direction.

Charlton Heston George Murphy Bill Holden Gore Vidal Tallulah Bankhead Milton Berle Dorothy Collins Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Henry Fonda Leslie Howard Fonda Howard Natalie Schafer Joseph Sweeney Gramp Jack Warden Boze Richard Jaeckel Ruby Edwy Robert Sherwood Fred

Droodles and Punchlines in a Verbal Flyweight Tale

Roger Price recalls a Droodle exchange with Bob Olin a former boxer who runs a New York restaurant the narrator once boxed in Chicago and a punch nicknamed Secret Punch. Arthur H. Dean ex US ambassador to Korea and UN rep at Panmunjom has become a director of the Ford Foundation funded Fund for the Republic aimed at promoting freedom of thought and inquiry.

Bob Olin N. Y Ford Fand New York Arthur H. Dean U.S Korea United Nations Panmunjom Fund For the Republic Ford Foundation

New York City Tax Valuations Hit Record $21 Billion

New York officials say the assessed value of taxable real estate and special franchises in New York City will total $21,021,108,921 for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The figure marks a record and is up $74,264,789 from the prior year, with special franchises granting utilities the right to use city streets.

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