"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:
To the City of New York William Randolph Hearst paid $30,000 to satisfy claims for a fireworks explosion nearly 34 years ago in which 17 persons were killed, 17 crippled for life. Running for Congress in 1902, Publisher Hearst, as President of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, arranged a monster pyrotechnical display on election night to celebrate the victory which he and Tammany expected and won. Thousands jammed into Madison Square to see his well-publicized show. On a stereopticon screen flashed a photograph...
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