Macmillan Fights Parliament Storm Over Sex Scandal
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan returns to London buoyant as he rallies cabinet to defend his handling of a government sex scandal. He warns that if the vote fails he may dissolve Parliament and call a national election, with Labour pressing for risk over security concerns in the Profumo affair involving Christine Keeler and Yevgeny Ivanov.
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Godfrey Anderson
London
Harold Macmillan
Labor
West Virginia at 100 A call to end racial segregation
An editorial reflecting on West Virginia’s centennial and the slow removal of racial barriers. It recalls the 1862 split, lingering segregation, and the 1954 Supreme Court decision that spurred de segregation. The piece urges Governor Barron’s unity message and a renewed effort to erase the last discriminatory practices as the state enters its second century.
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Supreme Court
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Barron
West
Cambridge Talks Ended by Whites
The Cambridge mayor and city council asked Gov. Tawes to keep National Guard troops after ending talks with Negro leaders. A telegram said further negotiations with these people are impossible. Medgar Evers body moved to Meridian and Arlington burial planned. AP survey notes rising civil rights bill tensions and potential violence in New York and Boston areas. James Farmer warns of Harlem unrest without action on jobs and slums. Boston schools head Dr. Gillis cites reports of uncooperative pupils.
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Associated Press
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Cambridge
Mad
Medgar Evers
Meridian
Miss
Washington, D. C
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Senate
New York
Boston
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Harlem
Frederick J. Gillis
First Woman Space Pilot Joins Cosmonaut in Orbit
The Soviet Union launched Valentina Tereshkova as the world’s first woman cosmonaut aboard Vostok VI, circling Earth near Lt. Col. Valery Bykovsky who had lifted off days earlier. Officials aimed for a manual rendezvous and possible linkup of the two ships. Tereshkova, 26, a former factory worker skilled in parachuting, entered orbit at 12:36 p.m. local time.
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George Syvertsen
Moscow
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Valery Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
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Bykovsky
Space Twins
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Andrian Nikolayev
Nikolayev
Popovich
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Hawk
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Fla
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Russia
Red Square
Ben-Gurion Resigns Amid Personal Reasons in Israel
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announced his resignation citing personal reasons not tied to state affairs. Cabinet ministers were kept in the dark as speculation swirled over criticism of his handling of a security case involving German scientists aiding Egyptian rockets.
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Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Ben Gurion
United Arab Republic
Ben- Gurion
Mapai
Bas-tel
Switzerland
Romanian Airliner Crashes in Hungary With 27 Aboard
Romanian Tarom flight en route from Munich to Bucharest crashes in southeast Hungary near Tolkomlos Bekesamson. Early MTI reports say 27 West German tourists were aboard and no survivors were confirmed. Crew numbers were not yet known.
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Bucharest
Munich
Vienna
MTI
Hoover Stull Seriously Ill Says Doctors
NEW YORK AP The condition of former President Herbert Hoover remains very serious and his heart action is irregular with a low fever doctors reported Sunday The 88 year old who had been considered seriously ill the prior week in his Waldorf Towers suite shows no recent GI bleeding He is resting quietly and there are no plans to move him to a hospital Visitors have been his sons Allan and Herbert Jr and his wife died in 1944.
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Herbert Hoover
Waldorf Towers
Manhattan
Ralph H. Boots
Rudolph N. Schullinger
Fordyce B. St. John
Hoover
Allan
Herbert Jr
Fatal Crash Claims South Charleston Woman
A 19 year old South Charleston girl Marilyn Kay Barnes died at Thomas Memorial Hospital after a car crash on Coal River near Tornado. Patricia Mae Haynes age 20 from Dunbar was injured and treated. Charles Lewis Lieble of South Charleston was only slightly hurt.
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Coal River
Marilyn Kay Barnes
Ohio St
Spring Hill
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Caldorph Funeral Home
Patricia Mae Haynes
West Virginia Ave
Dunbar
Charles Lewis Lieble
Kentucky St
Inside Today Political Upheaval In Alabama
Rex Thomas Associated Press writer analyzes Alabama politics as Sunday page references indicate upheaval. The report notes a Methodist decision on ALIONS and Sunday invasions by discount stores, with remarks attributed to Dr. Truman W Poiter.
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Alabama
Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Esecress
Methodist
Truman W.poiter
Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova Signals Space Milestone
CAPE CANAVERAL AP The report notes Valentina Tereshkova’s historic orbit as Russians edge ahead in rocket power and long duration rendezvous. U.S. NASA engineers compare capsule weights and lifting power with the Titan II booster, foreshadowing future Gemini plans.
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