Macmillan Faces Challenge as Profumo Affair Looms
The Conservative government clings to Prime Minister Macmillan amid the Profumo scandal with Labour ready to press for a confidence vote after a Commons debate. Backbench MPs show resistance while ministers close ranks in a fragile effort to avoid an early national election.
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London
Macmillan
House of Commons
John Profumo
Labor Party
Profumo
Christine Keeler
Queen Elizabeth
Powell
Lord Poole
Conservative Party
Miss Keeler
Poole
Reginald Maudling
Exchequer
Maudling
Commons
Condition of Hoover Improves Slightly Amid Illness
Former President Herbert Hoover 88 shows some improvement after a week of serious illness described as anemia with GI bleed. Doctors report no further bleeding and note the condition remains serious for his age. Hoover remains in his Waldorf Astoria suite with his sons nearby after recent public appearances and a prior intestinal tumor operation last year.
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New York
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Waldorf-Astoria
2000 GIs to Remain in Thailand After Maneuvers
About 2,000 of the 7,000 U.S. troops in Thailand will stay on for five to six weeks after maneuvers end next week. The army said they will work on civic projects cleanup and training activities.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Thailand
Ryan Man Killed as Scaffold Falls at Plant
Gerald Graybill fifty of Ryan was killed about 9 45 this morning when a scaffold fell from the second floor of the Ryan locker plant. He was working on the building when the scaffold folded. Graybill lived with his mother Anna Graybill and his body was taken to Shelly funeral home in Manchester.
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the Gazette
RYAN
Gerald Graybill
Graybill
Anna Graybill
Shelly Funeral Home
Manchester
Desperate Leap Saves Worker
Chicago steel worker Robert Richardson, 25, escaped a deadly fall when a sign collapsed from 80 feet. He leaped to the top of a three story building but suffered a broken arm and leg from the impact on the roof.
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Chicago
Robert Richardson
Chuckle Lines Up Front Row Baseball Sight Gag
A humorous quip notes that at any ball game the speaker is always between the hotdog vendor and his best customer. The joke relies on a universal seating truism and keeps a light, playful tone typical of comic panels.
Two Cedar Rapids youths hurt in hotrod crash
A 1948 hotrod with a 1955 upgrade left Robbins road and crashed into a tree. Gary Cahill, 20, was in critical condition with multiple injuries. Richard Wheeler, 20, was in fair condition with pelvic fracture and ribs. Charges filed: reckless driving and control violation.
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Cedar Rapids
Hotrod
Robbins Road
University Hospital
Iowa City
Gary Wayne Cahill
Sixth Avenue
Richard Wheeler
Third Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bill Remington
Cahill
Twenty-sixth Street
Remington
Wheeler
Indiana Sales Tax Ruled Void Deepens Fiscal Crisis
Indiana Governor Matthew Welsh met with advisers to plot a response after a circuit judge ruled the states sales tax unconstitutional. The 2 percent levy, set to start July 1, threatened school funding and local property tax increases. The ruling questioned tax brackets and exemptions, complicating state revenue plans.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
UPI
Matthew Welsh
Welsh
James Courtney
Indiana Supreme Court
New Orleans
Paul Rowe
John Niblack
Executive Branch
Atty
Edwin Steers
Niblack
Pianist Ashkenazy and wife stay in Moscow
Soviet pianist Vladimar Ashkenazy and his wife will remain in Moscow rather than moving to Britain as previously planned. Sources report the couple will continue to reside in the Soviet capital.
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Moscow
Britain
Vladimar Ashkenazy
Evers Funeral Sparks Rallies and Praise in Jackson
In Jackson a large crowd gathered after Medgar Evers funeral as police moved in with dogs and arrests. Roy Wilkins hailed Evers as a symbol of victory and urged end to printed charges for rights acts while church bells were urged to toll nationwide. Martin McGee, 19, was wounded in a shooting on the same street.
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Jackson
Miss
Medgar Evers
Negro Masonic Temple
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
National Council of Churches
U.S
Evers
Martin McGee
Pair of Cosmonaut Space Dates Seens to Merge
Moscow reports Lt. Col. Valeri Bykovsky on his 17th orbit of Vostok 5 as plans surface to join him in parallel flight by a second cosmonaut, reportedly Ludmilla, a 25 year old woman, in what may be a stepping stone to a flying laboratory in space.
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Moscow
Russia
Valeri Bykovsky
Ludmilla
Siberia
Bykovsky
Strike Off Until July 10 at Least
The White House announced that railroad negotiators and five operating unions agreed to another postponement of the work rules dispute deadline, delaying a nationwide strike at least until July 10. President Kennedy met with both sides and urged immediate hard bargaining with labor officials and mediation support to preserve private collective bargaining and the established procedures.
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Washington
White House
Kennedy
Congress
Hardes
Secretary of Labor
National Mediation Board
Nine Muslims Convicted in Los Angeles Riot Case
An all white jury convicted nine Black Muslims for roles in a bullet-spattered riot that left one Black man dead, six others wounded, and seven officers injured on April 27, 1962. Two were acquitted, two hung jury on some counts, and one later convicted on a single count. Sentencing set for July 16.
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Los Angeles
Tax Reevaluation Deadline Issued for 33 Iowa Areas
Iowa state tax officials warned three cities and five counties lagging in equalizing property assessments to prove compliance by August 1. Twenty-three locales have contracted with assessors. two more reportedly near completion. Davenport Fort Dodge Oskaloosa and Guthrie Clark Tama Lyon Chickasaw counties await proof of start.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Commission
Tax Commission
Tipton
Scott County
Atlantic
Davenport
Fort Dodge
Oskaloosa
Guthrie
Clark, Tama
Lyon
Chickasaw
Harold Wilson Visits Warsaw on Moscow Trip Home
British Labor leader Harold Wilson halted in Warsaw on Saturday while returning from Moscow, meeting local officials during the journey.
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Wilson
Warsaw
Harold Wilson
Moscow
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