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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
1
In Forli Cathedral near Italy on June 28 a wedding erupted as a bridegroom struck a priest criticizing the bride’s neckline. Police intervened while the bride hid in a car. The vicar calmed tensions and the ceremony proceeded after the groom apologized and a shawl covered the bride.
A legislative interim committee heard mass multi million dollar cost figures for proposed turnpike extensions to three state lines. Engineers could not provide precise revenue shortfall or toll-based balances, raising gloom about financing the 1964 plan.
A Western Union holdup on a bad day ends in a comic fiasco when a bandit is thwarted by two boy actuators and city detectives in Summers Street. Detectives Fisher and Crockett confront forgery while another suspect, 99 year old Glen Thurman Nelson, is questioned.
The Department of Public Assistance will boost maximum hospital payments for indigent patients by 4.20 dollars per day starting July 1. Federal matching funds will be used for the first time, aiding aged blind and totally disabled clients plus 19 dependent children. DPA will cover 30 percent of per diem in most cases, with a top rate of 18 dollars daily for hospitals charging 20 dollars or more. Previously the maximum was 13.80 dollars per day.
New York June 28 A clash escalates as United Steelworkers president David J McDonald challenges top steel executives to meet in New York at Roosevelt Hotel to avert a Saturday midnight steel strike Experts report talks yield no progress after a three hour session while Adm Moreell and other industry leaders urge a swift agreement McDonald urges reconciliation with 12 big companies to avoid production losses estimated at 65 million dollars even if a deal is reached.
London reports a physician in The Lancet argues a mother's claim of virgin birth for her daughter deserves serious consideration. He notes tests on nineteen women, eighteen ruled out, but the case of Mrs Alpha and her daughter warrants further examination despite the lack of conclusive proof.
Inside Today the final installment of Vic tor Hiesel's My War With the Afab may be found on Page 24.
Polish troops and tanks crushed a six hour workers revolt in Poznan during a bread and reform protest. Reports say many killed though official figures were not released. Western observers described clashes near the industrial fair as barricades and rioting paralyzed the city.
In Berkeley California a robbery inspired by a pink car turned into a failed kidnapping. Victim Charles Russell Rose 58 was rescued unharmed. Airman Edward J Curran 26 of Schenectady NY captured. Airman Kenneth Riley 19 of Menlo Park CA fled. Curran disclosed ten months of planning for a quick money crime.
A Wyoming County jury awarded Del. J. Paul Bower an $8,000 damage verdict in a libel suit against the Charleston Gazette, after a three day trial. Bower sought $160,000. The case featured testimony on alleged uses of state contracts to influence a senate vote.
Greater Charleston plans a United Fund after the Citizens Committee voted to create a legal entity. About 4 000 agencies were surveyed. 968 responses representing over 40 000 residents favored a United Fund while 28 opposed or were inconclusive.
A brief aphorism notes that a person should marry when they are old enough to know better. The quip casts marriage timing as a measure of maturity.
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