Profumo quits war minister post amid scandal storm
John Profumo refused audience with the queen and resigned as war minister after admitting a cover up of an illicit affair with Christine Keeler. The scandal threatens Prime Minister Macmillan's government as Labour plans attacks when Parliament resumes on June 17.
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Britain
Labor Party
Harold Macmillan
Laborites
Macmillan
Profumo
Whitehall
London
Lord Poole
Conservative Party
Exeter
Old Bailey Court
Aloysius Gordon
Ora
Gordon
Miss Keeler
John Edgecombe
West Ed
Eugene Ivanov
Lincoln White Gets New Post
Washington reports veteran press officer Lincoln White will become consul general at Melbourne Australia. Richard I. Phillips named to succeed him as main daily foreign policy spokesman. White’s departure marks a routine rotation after a quarter century in the Washington office.
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Washington
State Department
Lincoln White
Melbourne
Australia
White
Richard I. Phillips
Phillips
Robert J. Manning
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Manning
Foreign Service
Career Foreign Service
Fire destroys Lloyd Nichols Lumber Yard near Princeton
A blaze Friday afternoon destroyed most of the planing mill and nearby lumber at Lloyd Nichols Lumber Yard on Oakvale Road near Princeton. Fire crews from Princeton and Lilly Grove fought the flames until about 8:30 p.m., pumping over 11,090 gallons of water. Damage estimated at $50,000 or more, with no insurance.
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Lloyd Nichols
Oakvale Road
Princeton
Princeton Fire Department
Nichols
Planing Mill
Lilly Grove
Fire Department
Moonshine King Sentenced To Pen In West Virginia Case
Dennis Lee Kirk known as the moonshine king in West Virginia received a five year prison term after being convicted on whisky charges. Co defendants Carlis Kirk Jr and Herbert Hudnall faced related transport and wholesale operation counts with Hudnall already pleading guilty. The trio were implicated in a 12 gallon moonshine sale to undercover agents on April 7, 1953 near Marmet.
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Charleston
Dennis Lee Kirk
West Virginia
Kirk
Carlis Lee Kirk Jr
Herbert Terry Hudnall
Hernshaw
Kanawha County
Carlis Kirk
Hudnall
Dennis Kirk
Kirks
Carlos Kirk
Marmet
No School Money In Prince Edward
Farmville Virginia residents heard six speakers urge reopening of public schools and the county board enacted a budget with no funds for school operations. If no court action before September the county enters its fifth year as the nation’s only locality without public schools. Prince Edward County closed schools in 1959 to avoid court ordered integration.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
Prince Edward
U.S. Supreme Court
Race riot in Lexington costs a life and injures others
In Lexington North Carolina a white man Fred Link died from a head wound and photographer Art Richardson was wounded as about 500 to 800 whites clashed with roughly 50 Negroes. Seven Negroes and two whites were arrested as law enforcement moved to curb gatherings.
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Lexington
N.C
C. V. Sink
Greensboro
Link
Fats Domino
Fred Link
Lester Sheets
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise
Richardson
Survivors Describe Five Day Ordeal In French Cave
AUBENAS France three youths escaped a flooded cave after five days trapped by rising water. They survived by clinging to a ledge 15 yards from the mouth and eating from cans as rescuers built a dam and battled to reach them. One comrade died during the ascent. two companions were swept away earlier.
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Ter
Aubenas
France
Goud de Foussoubie
Paris
Emile Cheilletz
Cheilletz
Soviet Delays Hot Line Pact Signatures
Soviet reluctance to tie the 17 nation disarmament conference to the Washington Moscow hot line delays formal signature. Teletype direct line tech accord exists. Tsarapkin cites unresolved points and denies next week signing. Leaked details irritate Moscow as Tsarapkin and Stelle maintain secrecy.
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Geneva
Washington
Moscow
U.S
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
T’sarapkin
Charles C. Stelle
Stelle
Bulldozer Attack on Airport Road Kills Raleigh County Man
Investigators pursue vandalism theory after a bulldozer was driven onto Airport Road causing the death of Jess Attili, 49, near Princeton. Four others injured include his wife and sister-in-law. the dozer operator remains unidentified.
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Airport
Raleigh County
J. L. Miller
Miller
Andonia Silvestri
Providence
R. L
Bluefield Sanitarium
Jess Attili
Sophia
Leo Attili
Princeton
Attili
Dino Brugnoli
Silvestri
George Bowling
Bowling Construction Co
Bluefield
Bowling
Extension Asked On Cancer Drug Krebiozen
Drs. Ivy and Durovic formally petitioned the FDA to allow continued experimental use of Krebiozen and demand NCI evaluation. About 100 doctors reportedly prescribe the drug for roughly 200 patients with 125 claimed to need it to live. The Welfare Department cautioned that continued availability is not assured outside approved procedures.
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Washington
Krebiozen
National Cancer Institute
Food and Drug Administration
Andrew C. Ivy
Steven Durovic
Chicago
Ivy
Welfare Department
Durovic
Officials Seal Alabama U in integration showdown
Authorities seal off the University of Alabama campus as Gov. George Wallace defies a court order to enroll two Negro students Vivian Malone and Ames Hood. Federal troops possible, 750 lawmen mobilized, National Guard to begin two weeks of training as tensions mount before a Tuesday admission date.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
API
University of Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
U.S. Dist
Seybourn H.lynne
Birmingham
Vivian J. Malone
Mobile
Ames A. Hood
East Gadsden
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Senate
Robert M. Shelton
Citizens Council
Eugene Connor
Army Hospital
Kennedy
Washington
David M. McGlathery
Huntsville
University Center
Zasu Pitts Dies At 63 After Cancer Battle
Hollywood obituary notes Zasu Pitts dies at 63 in Good Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness. The Parsons Kansas born comedian gained fame in Mack Sennett two reelers and later radio stage and television work including Oh Susanna. Pitts lived in Pasadena with her husband John Woodall and spoke of acting naturally.
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Hollywood
Zasu Pitts
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pasadena
John E. Woodall
Miss Pitts
Liza
Susan
Mack Sennett
Erich von Stroheim
Parsons
Kan
Santa Cruz
Calif
Zasu
Milkman’s Death Lifts Toll to 372 in Virginia Crash
The highway death toll rose to 372 after a Hampton milkman, Macy Lee Townsend Jr., 38, died in a crash early Friday on Todds Lane. The figure compares with 332 a year earlier.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Hampton
Macy Lee Townsend Jr
Todds Lane
Correction on Miss Kansas contestant measurements
Pratt Tribune to correct Marilyn Belton’s swimsuit measurements after publication showed 36-23-63 but she is 36-23-36. Clarification follows Miss Kansas preliminary event coverage.
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Pratt, Kan
Pratt Tribune
Marilyn Belton
Miss Belton
Profumo scandal hushes royal audience amid party girl affair
John Profumo avoided embarrassment for the Queen by stepping back from a final audience. In Parkersburg rescue crews freed a trapped workman after hours of shifting rock. One man is missing and feared dead. In France three youths escaped rising water while two companions died. Alabama braces for integration as state troopers seal entry. Gov. Wallace vows to block Negroes. Lincoln White shifts to Melbourne post. Vandals move a bulldozer on Airport Road. A Raleigh man dies in a crash with a earth mover. A Princeton area lumber yard fire destroys 60 percent, $50,000 damage. lightning suspected.
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John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Robin Drury
Old Bailey
Harry G. Camper Jr
Raleigh
McDowell
Cleveland
Carolina
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Johnny Bailey
Brugnoli
Raub
Milkman
Elizabeth
Parkersburg
Abby
Goren Ove Cnete
Graham
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