Three U.S. airmen cleared in Keeler probe
Three U.S. enlisted airmen returning from England were cleared of involvement in Britain's Profumo scandal. Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester said no military information was solicited or furnished and none had ties to Christine Keeler, Ward, or Profumo. He refused to identify the men.
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Washington
U.S
England
Christine Keeler
Britain
Arthur Sylvester
Defense
Keeler
3Rd Air Force
South Ruislip
Sylvester
Miss Keeler
John Profumo
Stephen Ward
London
Profumo
Eugene Ivanov
Christine
Ivanov
Ward
Counterfeit Ring Busted in Durham Arrests Total $1 Million Plates Seized
Secret service and local authorities arrested five men in a Durham operation after counterfeiters prepared $1 million in $20 bills. James H. Knight was detained at Roxboro home on conspiracy charges, following undercover recovery of the bogus money and multiple arrests.
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Durham
N.C
Secret Service
James H. Knight
Roxboro
Here
Robert C. Ferguson
R. B. Poole
Ferguson
Roy Lee Matthews
Walter Haywood Forbush
Boston
Poole
N. C
Treasury
KR. B. Poole
Kennedy presses NATO expansion amid De Gaulle clash
President Kennedy urged a bold push to expand and defend NATO in a Frankfurt speech. He warned that hesitation could ruin the alliance and implied a clash with Charles de Gaulle over Franco American security ties while a massive German crowd cheered his visit. He pledged the United States would risk its cities to defend Europe’s freedom.
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Richard K. O‘malley
Frankfurt
Germany
Kennedy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
St. Paul's Church
Charles de Gaulle
Atlantic
de Gaulle Long
NATO
France
United States
de Gaulle
America
Paris
Khrushchev to Parade in East Berlin on Friday
East Germany announced plans to parade Soviet Premier Khrushchev in East Berlin Friday two days after President Kennedy's West Berlin visit. Officials urged decorations as Moscow hints at a peace treaty with East Germany and the possible shift of access control from the Soviets to the East Germans.
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Khrushchev
East Germany
Kennedy
Soviet Union
West Berlin
De Gaulle Silent On Kennedy Europe Policy
Paris report says President de Gaulle and the French government discussed Kennedy's Europe trip but offered no public comment on his rebuttal of de Gaulle's policies. A cabinet spokesman noted Couve de Murville raised Kennedy's visit and Bundy's Paris talks were scheduled for Thursday.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Kennedy
Germany
Ihut
de Gaulle
Future of Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Frankfurt
Maurice Couve de Murville
McGeorge Bundy
Couve de Murville
Fatal two car crash on Highway 52 in Wyoming County
A Wyoming County man Reuben Rose 64 was killed in a two car crash on U S 52 at Littlesburg Road. Three women passengers Glenna Rose Ruth Rose and Ramon Patsey all injured severely and hospitalized in Bluefield Sanitarium. The northbound pickup driver Guy Stikes 61 and a truck passenger Bobby Bell 21 escaped injury.
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Wyoming County
U. S. 52
Littlesburg Road
Reuben Rose
Ike’s Fork
Bluefield Sanitarium
Glenna Rose
Ruth Rose
Ramon Patsey
Bramwell
Rose
Guy E. Stikes
Coopers
J. E. Parsons
Rose Auto
Parsons
Bobby Bell
Tar Heel Bank Robber Nabbed
A North Carolina man, Jack Odell Adams of Dallas, N C, was captured in Lafayette Indiana after robbing the Dayton bank of 2800 dollars. Police found the loot in his car on U S 52 three miles southeast of Lafayette. Adams claimed to use a toy pistol during the hold up.
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Lafayette
Ind
North Carolina
Dayton
Jack Odell Adams
Dallas
N. C
U. S. 52
Senate approves $216 million AEC construction bill
The Senate passed a $216 million Atomic Energy Commission construction bill after brief debate by voice vote. The measure now goes to the House, with a provision expanding the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee’s role in AEC financing operations included without dissent.
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Washington
Senate
House
House Atomic Energy Committee
AEC
Farmville Man Named Virginia ABC Board Chair
Gov Albertis S Harrison Jr announces John G Bruce of Farmville will head the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control board for one year starting July 1. He succeeds Warren White as part of the board’s rotating chairmanship.
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Richmond
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
John G. Bruce
Farmville
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Bruce
Warren White
Bond Issue Wins by 1645 to 881 in Bluefield Vote
Bluefield citizens approved a nine phase 948000 Capital Improvement program with 65.1 percent of 2526 ballots in favor. The overall tally 1645 for 881 against. Four precincts voted against. South Bluefield carried the measure with strong support.
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Bluefield
Corpo
West End
South Bluefield
Cincts
Northside
East End
Hotel Thelma
Wade School
Bluefield Radio
Lee Street Food Market
Whis-Tv
Harrison Asked To Adopt Racial Plan
Fourteen white and Negro representatives from seven Virginia organizations asked Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. to adopt a racial plan with four recommended steps to address the issue and promote equality.
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Harrison
Richmond
Virginia
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Governor declines Danville indictments on race unrest
In Danville Virginia federal court will rule on constitutionality of the John Brown statute before trying 13 defendants on inciting to violence. Governor Harrison meets leaders seeking biracial cooperation and action on Prince Edward County schools and fair employment.
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Prince Edward County
Danville
Thomas Michie
Corporation
Michie
Corporation Court
A. M. Aiken
Ezell Barksdale
William H. Smith
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Len Holt
Norfolk
Commonwealth
Eugene Link
Harrison
Bluefield approves 540000 bond for nine capital projects
In Bluefield West Virginia voters approved a 540000 bond issue with 418 for and 71 against to fund nine capital projects over up to 25 years. The plan includes Mercer Street Bridge and drainage upgrades with federal and railroad sharing costs noted.
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Mercer Street
College Avenue
Maryland Avenue
Beaver Pond Creek
Virginia Line
Mitchell Stadium
Princeton Avenue
Lee
Monroe Streets
Midway
Bluefield Avenue
Maple Street
Lynn Street
Poplar Street
Norefolk and Western Railway
Beckwith Held Without Bond In Evers Slaying
Jackson Mississippi city court bound over Byron de La Beckwith to the Hinds County grand jury without bail on murder charges in the June 12 ambush slaying of Medgar W. Evers, NAACP field secretary. A fingerprint and the presence of a telescopic sight and gun linked Beckwith to the crime as the grand jury convenes July 1 and Detective John A. Chamblee testified at the preliminary hearing.
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Jackson Miss
James E. Spencer
Byron de la Beckwith
Hinds County
Beckwith
Medgar W. Evers
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Spencer
John A. Chamblee
Pase
Inci Evers
Jackson
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Thelma
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Bluefield Radio Center
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