British Playgirls Testify About Affairs With Royalty
Christine Keeler testified at a magistrate’s hearing on vice charges against Dr Stephen Ward. She said she had sexual relations with John Profumo for money and that Lord Astor paid her rent. Ward introduced Keeler to Profumo and Ivanov and profited indirectly from the scandal.
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London
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
Yevgeny Jane
Lord Astor
Stephen Ward
Ward
Christine
Profumo
Ivanov
Harold Maccmillan
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice- Davies
Mandy Rice-Davies
Miss Rice-Davies
Astopath
Miss Keeler
Magistrate Court
Mervyn Griffith- Jones
Cliveden
England
Astor
Lady Nancy Astor
Maryleborne
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Bronwen Pugh
Negro Trials Postponed in Danville Racial Disturbances
In Danville Virginia five defendants including Revs Lawrence Campbell and A I Dunlap face riot and assault charges tied to recent racial disturbances. Their attorney Leonard Holt remains jailed on $5,000 bond, delaying hearings as total bonds in related cases exceed $140,000.
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Danville
Leonard W. Holt
Norfolk
Lawrence Campbell
A. I. Dunlap
Julius E. Adams
Arthur Pinchback Jr
Shirley G. Terry
Julian R. Stinson
Justice Department
Arnold J. Flannery
Washington
Flannery
Macmillan vows to stay as prime minister amid Profumo crisis
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan says he will not panic and intends to lead the Conservative party at the next election. He stresses duty to nation and party, warns rebels of a civil war climate, and signals readiness to negotiate with President Kennedy while facing internal party pressure and calls to resign.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Profumo
Britain
Macmillan
John Profumo
Kennedy
Lord Lambton
House of Commons
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Call Girls Who Preyed On UN Members Investigated
United Nations Secretary General U Thant said he is reviewing reports that prostitutes operated within the UN with diplomats as clients. The Journal American and other papers linked a Czech ring member Maria Novotny to UN and diplomatic circles, with FBI and CIA looking into the case. Evelyn Davis a 33 year old investment counsellor and UN correspondent is in criminal court for prostitution and lewd acts.
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New York
United Nations
U Thant
U.N
New York Journal- American
Central Intelligence Agency
FBI
Journal- American
New York Daily News
United States
Maria Novotny
Antonin Novotny
Manhattan
Harry Alan Towers
Towers
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Miss Novotny
Britain
Miss Novtny
London
U.S
FBI, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Internal Revenue Service
Evelyn Davis
Road Death Toll Hits 168 In West Virginia This Year
State Police at Charleston report 168 deaths on West Virginia roads this year, with 163 killed to date. The latest figures show a year on year increase from 1 percent versus last year.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
State Fair Pavilion Bid Opening Delayed
Charleston AP reports the bid opening for the West Virginia pavilion at the 1954 65 World's Fair is postponed to early next week. Bids received last month exceeded funds. specifications were revised and bids invited again by State Commerce Commissioner Hulett C. Smith.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Thurmond accuses networks of bias in coverage
Senator Strom Thurmond told a senate hearing that the networks follow the NAACP line in news coverage. CBS President Frank Stanton defended objectivity, while Thurmond said the public sees CBS and the two other major networks tilting toward the NAACP and the so called Negro movement.
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Strom
Washington
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Senate
NAACP
Thurmond
CBS
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Almond confirmed as U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals judge
Former Virginia Governor J Lindsay Almond Jr was formally confirmed by the Senate to a $25 500 a year judgeship on the U S Court of Customs and Patent Appeals after more than a year of nomination delays He previously served as governor and as Virginia attorney general with a noted split from Sen Harry Byrd over school desegregation.
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Washington
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Senate
Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Almond
Congress
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Supreme Court
Byrd
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
A. Willis Robertson
House
Russell 4-H Girl Wins Competition
In Blacksburg Virginia 4-H Short Course events culminated with a candlelighting ceremony on the VPI drill field. Betty Davis of Russell led a group of winners in various competition categories during the week long event.
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Blacksburg
VPI
Kennedy pledges world atomic curb in Ireland visit
President Kennedy vows to use all U S power to forge a worldwide pact to freeze nuclear weapons during a Dublin address to the Irish Dail. He recalls Ireland sponsored a UN resolution and notes tense moments as Secret Service guards protect him amid cheering crowds and a Cork City Hall incident.
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Dublin
Kennedy
United States
Ireland
United Nations
Dail
Cork City Hall
Secret Service
Patrick Kennedy
Dunganstown
Jack
Parliament
Cork
Arbour Hill
Church of the Sacred Heart
Eamon de Valera
Miners Begin Annual Vacation Across West Virginia
West Virginia coal miners 36000 strong start their two week vacation funded by about 7.2 million dollars in vacation pay under a United Mine Workers of America contract. District 29 President George Titler notes plans to travel nationwide while many will fish by riverbanks during the break.
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West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
George Titler
Dist. 29
United States
Titler
Unseasonably Warm West Virginia Forecast Through Wednesday
Weather outlook shows higher than normal temperatures in West Virginia from Friday night to Wednesday with temperatures about 25 degrees above normal lows of 65 north and 63 south and highs of 82 north and 87 south. Hot humid conditions expected with scattered afternoon thundershowers daily and rainfall likely west of the Appalachians.
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West Virginia
Appalachians
Seven Die In Spectacular Brazil Fire
Rio de Janeiro fire at a 21 story building killed at least seven and injured many as firemen used rope rescues to evacuate office workers. More than 40 admitted with burns and extensive damage was estimated at about 3 million dollars.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Ermelindo Fernandez
Astoria
Serrador Hotel
Navy
Rio
Herbert Richeter
Motion Picture Production
Khrush Says JFK Has Decided Upon Better Relations
Soviet Premier Khrushchev asserts President Kennedy has drawn the correct conclusion to reassess values and reckon with socialism, noting it does not yet mean a day of new relations between the Soviet Union and the United States. He emphasizes cautious steps toward improved ties while warning against overoptimism.
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Khrush
JFK
Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev Visits East Berlin Amid West Berlin Showdown
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in East Berlin for a display visit as President Kennedy drew massive crowds in West Berlin. Official estimates put East Berlin turnout at about 500000 while Western press counted roughly 250000. West Berlin police tallied 1400000 cheering Kennedy. Khrushchev, with his wife, did not bring Valentina Tereshkova. Ulbricht welcomed him on his 70th birthday, and Khrushchev signaled unity with the Soviet bloc and a summit ahead.
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Khrushchev
Valentina Tereshkova
Ulbricht
Kennedy
West Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
East Berlin
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
West
Berlin
East
City Hall
Walter Ulbricht
Ancient cemetery unearthed in Anzio Italy
Archaeologists in Anzio Italy announce the discovery of a cemetery dating to the time of Roman Emperor Augustus with his death recorded in 14 A.D.
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Italy
Anzio
Augustus
Korth Defends TFX Plan Amid Senate Probe
Secretary Korth testified that the TFX design approved promised the best aircraft in the time and at the least program cost. He said he reached his conclusion independently, while the probe examines possible favoritism toward General Dynamics over Boeing in the $6.5 billion project. The hearing began the final stage of testimony with Zuckert and McNamara awaiting.
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Tex
Boeing Co
Seattle, Wash
Boeing
Navy
Air Force
General Dynamics
Korth
Eugene M. Zuckert
Robert §. McNamara
Seeret
McNamsara
McNamara
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