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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1956
Page
24
City officials clash over revenue options to fund services. Kuhns argues for fire protection charges as fairer and more universal, while Copenhaver leans toward gross sales taxes to tap nonresidents. Both cite equity, collection, and impact on business as key concerns.
In Jacksonville Illinois a fugitive from a private mental hospital climbed a 55 foot water tower and threatened to leap if approached. Three doctors and a nurse pleaded with him to come down after eight hours on the catwalk, he finally descended to surrender.
A 35-year-old Medford man was seriously injured when a dynamite bomb exploded on his porch. Windows in nearby homes were shattered. A second bomb under his car failed to explode. Theatrical booking agent John L. Sullivan suffered cuts and possible hearing loss and was hospitalized at Lawrence Memorial. Police offered no explanation.
Washington June 17 CIA Director Allen W Dulles said Russians are pretty badly befuddled by the Kremlin drive to downgrade Stalin He noted the new leadership seeks to erase Stalin's legend and that people lack school and history books and fear change He doubted readers could upgrade themselves and warned a country cannot be run if people are sullen uneasy and frightened
Mrs. Willa V. Ashcraft 38 of Wallace died in a head on collision on U S Route 50 four miles west of Clarksburg. Five others were hospitalized including Roy Miller of Chicago with two broken legs and crushed chest. In the same wreck Jimmy Ashcraft 4 suffered a broken leg Jimmy Ashcraft 4 is the victim’s son Vance Ash 19 Chicago brain concussion John William Lane 19 Wallace broken neck Stewart driver from near Clarksburg concussion Roy Miller in critical condition
Ground was broken for the $300,000 Summersville Clinic to be built near U.S. 19 and West Virginia 39 by Laird Foundation Inc. The project, led by Dr. William R. Laird, will house eight beds and offer diagnostic, surgical, obstetric services and physician office suites. C. EB. Silling and Associates of Charleston serve as architect.
Chicago artists protest Katherine Kuh curator of the Art Institute for selecting mostly New York artists for the Venice Biennial show. They cite Chicago neglect, bias in the catalogue text comparing Chicago to New York, and a map of Chicago used on the cover without identifying the city.
The Hotel Berghaus at Jungfraujoch in Switzerland sits 11 340 feet above sea level. Visitors reach it by a mountain railway from Interlaken and encounter year round snow. An underground Ice Palace offers skating in all seasons.
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