Fulbright Probes News Agencies Withhold Origin of Stories
Senator J William Fulbright chairing the Foreign Relations Committee says news services may need to disclose the origin of story material. Hearings examine commercial arrangements between news agencies and public relations firms serving foreign clients. Testimony recounts a past INS UPI merger and payments tied to Dominican Republic influence, including funds from the Dominican government and a PR head.
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Washington
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fayetteville
Northwest
Arkansas Times
Fulbright’s’ Committee
Dervices
Inter*national News Service
de- Ant
United Press Interna
Richard Klemfuss
INS
UPI
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Hemisphere
Othe News Service
Klamfuss
Klemfuss
B&O Abandons West Virginia Tunnel Reconstruction
Baltimore and Ohio officials say they will not rebuild the West Virginia tunnel that caved in on June 6, killing two men. A new tunnel will be located about 80 feet north of the cave-in site near Parkersburg. The decision, they say, is an engineering choice after surveys showed reconstruction would be too hazardous. Both victims were workers at the tunnel. one died en route to a hospital, the other remains missing.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia
Parkersburg
W. Va
Arvey
UPI Promoted Deals With Governments Draw Scrutiny
The Charleston Gazette notes INS and UPI associates used foreign contacts to obtain and sell news access. Senators Fulbright and others questioned propriety of using private firms for reporting and the reliance on promotional material.
Phoenixville Class Reunites Missing Homecoming Son
William Snyder a Los Angeles procurement specialist visited his Phoenixville hometown during a business trip and learned his 1943 high school class is holding its 20th reunion this Saturday. He had been unaccounted for but was later located and plans to attend.
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Phoenixville
William Snyder
Los Angeles
Snyder
Envoy Presents Credentials to Taiwan Foreign Minister
Admiral Jeranid Wright called on Foreign Minister Shen Chang-Huan in Taipei to present his credentials as the United States ambassador to nationalist China. The meeting took place Tuesday with Wright delivering the official documents.
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Taipei
Formosa
Jeranid Wright
Shen Chang-Huan
U.S
China
Six African Ambassadors Protest Ellender Remarks
Ambassadors from the United Arab Republic Sudan Somalia Nigeria Morocco and Madagascar protested to the State Department over Ellender remarks. The envoys cited a June television appearance in which he said the Negro people are incapable of governing themselves and handling their own affairs. The U S stated Ellender expressed his own views, not the government’s, and reaffirmed equality and dignity of all people.
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Washington
State Department
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
George W. Ball
United Arab Republic
Sudan
Somalia
Nigeria
Morocco
Malagasy
Kauriel
Ellender
Albamater 5
Edward Peale
Inet
Senda
Stake Department
U. S
Persaitz
Whiteville airman Massey earns Air Medal for Europe service
Grayson L Massey of Whitesville West Virginia is awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement as an aerial photographer over Europe from July 1949 to June 1962 serving as a crewman based at Wright Patterson Air Force Base Ohio. He previously worked for C and O Railway before joining the Air Forces in 1951.
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Ohio
Grayson L. Massey
Whitlesville
W. Va
Air Medal
Europe
Massey
C&o Railway
Air Forces
Infant Born On City Hall Square During Kennedy Visit
A woman spectator born a child on Frankfurt city hall square during President Kennedy’s visit. Police reported 14,000 people crowded the square to see the President. No further details were immediately available.
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Kennedy
Frankfurt
Germany
World’s toughest suspension test car faces brutal pothole trial
The description notes a steel edged pothole test at 30 mph that hammers a car’s suspension as brakes lock and the wheel stalls. It cites Ford’s strong performance in 1960s open competition at Daytona Riverside Atlanta 500s World 600 in Charlotte and Pure Oil Performance Trials, highlighting strength balance control and road grip.
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Daytona
Riverside
Atlanta
Charlotte
N.C
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