CHURCHILL MEMORIAL PLAN
Recpivod Mondav. 7 p.m. LONDON, Doc. 15. The Yfayor of Dover, conimenting after the seeret meeting of the Mavors of the Cinque Torts to eonsider the proposal to erect a statue of Mr. Churchill on the clill's of Dover, said he was sure the uiayors favoured a meniorial of sonie sort but uot 011 the lines ]?ro])osed. says the Daily Mail. The inayors, who liave issued no statemerit, are to ineet again. Thev are reported to have exatnined photographs which the wealthv American, Charles Davis. forwarded of a moilel of a 76foor statue of Mr. Churchill mounted on a tower with a 34-foot base. Six reliefs depieting scenes from Mr. Churchill 's life appear on the base with the inscription: " Never Avas so inueli owed by so many to oue inan." Tio height of the stnicture to the - tip of Mr. Churchill's cigar would be 118 feet. The cigar would have a powerfu! beacon which could be seen from France.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 December 1946, Page 5
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