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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1956
Page
1
New York June 5 Kim Novak hair tinted pale lavender after a two month European trip. She posed for photographers and said Take lavender. She stayed in her suite during a five day liner crossing and denied engagement rumors with Italian Count Mario Bandini while calling herself a worldly woman.
A three judge Federal Court panel in Montgomery ruled racial segregation on city buses unconstitutional under the federal Constitution. The decision signals a potential Supreme Court appeal and could extend to other Alabama cities if a state court orders.
The readable fragment notes a DES photog effort by Sipley Rae and associates within an Inside Today page. Details are sparse, but the item centers on a photography feature and a DES context. No clear names, dates, or locations beyond the mentioned personnel.
W. W. Alexander won re election as mayor of Nitro with 1212 votes to 838 for Clarence Lee Watts. Nitro turnout reached 2089 voters, about 70 percent. Grace Lewis was unopposed for city recorder with 1473 votes. four councilmen at large led by George W. Hogshead with 1366 votes. Other council winners included Dr J L Dunlap Jr 1020, Borden & Gewin 988, Howard W Gandee 990.
Six year old girl with convulsions and disruptive behavior undergoes a four hour operation at Wesley Memorial Hospital removing the right hemisphere. Doctors report partial paralysis and left sight loss may improve with time, and note loss of smell in the left nostril. Parents plan to send her back to school in the fall.
State Senate President Ralph J. Bean announced a decision on a possible turnpike extensions session by June 25 after reports from two feasibility firms arrive between June 15 and June. A zoning law for a Pocahontas County astronomy observatory and a possible revision to the state school aid formula also loom. The Morgan County school aid risk stems from overvalued class three property, with Morgan likely to lose about 34,446 next year, while other counties could gain.
Judge Thompson orders the work farm back in operation after Sheriff Al J. Carey closed it citing lack of funds. The judge scolded Carey for overstepping authority and demanded deputies be funded to run the facility. The farm is to reopen by June 16 as explained by the sheriff amid budget disputes.
Adlai Stevenson maintained a commanding lead over Estes Kefauver in California’s Democratic presidential preference primary. Early results from 4,741 of 24,180 precincts show Stevenson ahead, with strong support in Los Angeles County. Eisenhower led Republicans with 198,189 votes from 3.88 percent of precincts. The California tally shapes the Democratic delegate race, with 68 convention votes at stake in a winner-take-all setup, while overall national momentum rides on whether Stevenson or Kefauver can clinch the nomination. The AP tabulation lists pledged votes and preferences before yesterday’s voting, with 1,972 votes total in the convention and 686 to nominate. Page 1.
Col Hartford Salee, 43, of Charleston WV advocates naming June 6 a state holiday for Normandy veterans. He commands a battalion of the 1st Airborne Division at Utah Beach on D-Day and later earned two Silver Stars and other decorations. Salee, now a senior Army adviser to the West Virginia National Guard, recalls the invasion's dangers and hopes to revisit Utah Beach.
General Earle Partridge told a secret subcommittee that CIA estimates Russia can strike this year with hundreds of bombers. He warned U S defenses are not adequate and some bombers could penetrate, urging focus on both bomber defense and intercontinental ballistic missiles. He said a thermonuclear weapon could destroy a city and stressed need for rapid defense development.
Dr N H Dyer closing four day West Virginia Osteopathic Society convention at Esme Banne Hoel predicts a polio epidemic in the state is unlikely this year. He cites 630000 WV children vaccinated with Salk vaccine and only nine polio cases reported so far. Last year 391 cases were recorded, down from 491. Vaccine effectiveness cited at 60 to 90 percent with hope of standardization around 95 percent in the future. Page 9 continues.
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