Marilyn Monroe laid to rest after simple funeral rites
A small private service for Marilyn Monroe was held at Westwood with Peter Lawford and others in attendance. Eulogies by Lee Strasberg celebrated her mythic fame while authorities investigate whether her death was accidental or self-inflicted. The ceremony featured a plain green dress, pink roses from DiMaggio, and a non denominational Lutheran service before entombment in a crypt.
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Miss Monroe
Peter Lawford
Pat
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Marilyn
Lawfords
Lawford
Lee Strasberg
DiMaggio
Los Angeles
James Daugherty
New York
Arthur Miller
Bernice Miracle
Inez Melsen
Enid
Sam Kindelamn
Frank Siatra
Clifton Webb
Jack and
Mary Benny
Shelley Winters
A. J. Soldan
Westwood
Marilyn Monroe
Three Killed in Crash of Air Tanker
Bedford Massachusetts AP reports a KC135 air tanker crashed near Hanscom Field with a massive explosion. All three aboard died. The same day Greensboro North Carolina sees a Tennessee Air National Guard C97 transport land after nosewheel trouble, triggering airport emergency coordination with foam, marking the first use of a regional procedure after a February crash killed seven.
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Bedford
Mass
Hanscom Field
Ralph E. Johnson
Associated Press
Air Force
Midwest
Hanscom
Logan International Airport
Beacford
Boston
Greensboro
N.C
Tennessee Air National Guard
Greensboro - High Point
Winston-Salem
Joh Gifford
Nashville
Tenn
Thalidomide saga review highlights FDA tensions
Senate probe into Merrell’s thalidomide dealings details slow FDA action and shifting safety data from 1960 to 1963. Chronology shows repeated talks, delayed warnings, and eventual withdrawal as birth deformities emerged, with Kennedy backed reform and Kefauver pressing tighter drug controls.
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Merrell
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
U.S
Merreil
Archer
Erice
Canaaeda
FDA
F Joseph Murray
Kelsey Caldzia
Murray
Atabel
Ney
Kelsey
Procedire
Tewe
Estes Deals in Cotton Lands Scrutiny Deepens Across States
Testimony shows Estes and associates used questionable 1961 planting allotments sold to farmers in Texas and other states and leased back, with Agriculture Department probes starting mid 1961. Rounsaville delayed audits, noting repeated deferrals and limited concrete evidence.
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McClellan
Estes
Rounsaville
Agriculture Department
Washington
Oklahoma
Carl Albert
D-Okla
T O
Bui
Iso
Mike Pappas
New Mexico
Reeves County
Tex
Caddo County
Okla
Pappas
Roursaville
Rounsa E
Primaries Show Local Focus in Gubernatorial Battlegrounds
Romney notes most Tuesday race issues were local. Democrats eye November victory. Kansas Republicans led by John Anderson win renomination, defeating Edward Schoeppel successor Pearson to face Democrat Paul L. Aydward with Saffels and Smith set for House races. Michigan statewide at large race sees Alvin Bentley win strongly against Neil Staebler in contested district due to census carveout.
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Romney
Kansas
GOP
John Anderson
Carl ‘Son and
Pearson
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Paul L
Aydward. Anderson
Kansas House
Dale Saffels
Carlson
K. L
Ken) Smith
J. Long
Crosby Kemper
Kemper
Kansas City
McVey
Joe Shubitz
U.S
Michigan
Swainson
Alvin Bent
Fey
Neil Staebler
Bentley
Anger as villagers raid Nazi tents in Rockwell clash
Rockwell villagers tore down tents and a Nazi standard, then chased the group from the area. The Nazis moved to two hotels in Cheltenham for the night before returning to their London base. About 50 London Jewish youth members picketed Admiralty House protesting fascism, and Sir Oswald Massey reportedly tried to join the fascist party.
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Cheltenham
London
Admiralty House
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Oswald Massey
Two Named To Duke Staff In New Appointments
DURHAM Two Duke University faculty additions were announced by provost Dr R Taylor Cole. Dr Don C Piper becomes executive secretary of the Commonwealth Study Center while Dr J Woodford Howard Jr is named assistant professor in the Science Department.
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Durham
Duke University
R. Taylor Cole
Don C. Piper
Commonwealth Study Center
J. Woodford Howard Jr
Science
Kennedy trip to Ravello touches on wolves and spies
Reported by an Italian press that Mrs. Kennedy should not fear sharks near Ravello while noting the danger from Italian men and flattering compliments. The Kennedy party travels from New York to Rome then to an Amal coast landing near Salerno. The piece ties in postwar arms talks, on site inspections, and Western compromise in disarmament, with U S and Soviet positions debated at a conference amid hazardous roads.
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Tempo
United States
Britain
Moscow
Piace
Valerian A. Zorin
Amal
Ravello
U.S
Arthur Lal
India
Dean
United Sates
International Control Council Supervising
Security Council
Zorin
Kennedy visit to Amalfi Ravello quiet amid security checks
Police closed the Amalé Ravello stretch hours before Mrs Kennedy arrived and kept traffic away until she reached the villa. Authorities searched the area stone by stone for mines or hidden threats, then Caroline Kennedy and her party proceeded to a private beach at Conca dei Marini. The town welcomed the arrival as crowds gathered to cheer Mrs Kennedy.
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Amalé-Ravello
Amalfi
Conca Dei Marini
Caroline
Anne Katherine
United States
Ravello
Argentine rebel gains in northern army cells amid Loza crisis
Toranzo Montero, based in Jujuy, declared himself army commander in chief and won tacit backing from garrisons across several provinces, including Col. Carlos Silva Valdez announcing 1500 fully armed troops ready to move. The uprising follows pressures from Frondizi era clashes and features ties to the Toranzo Montero family.
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Tainty
Alsogaray
Toranzo Montero
Sala
Jujuy
Buenos Aires
Loza
Carlos Silva Valdez
Patagonia
Silva Valdez
Torazao Montero
Carlos Toranz Montero
Frondizi
Toranz Montero
Peron
Senate clash over tax, trade bills stalls action
In a sharp interview Dirksen challenged Humprey's optimism noting the Senate will delay the trade expansion and tax revision bills till after Labor Day. Kennedy may win approval for trade, tax, satellite, UN bond and control measures while mass immunization and youth jobs see little change. Halleck lambasted the public works plan as a political slush fund, citing $900 million requested on top of $2.6 billion unspent, and warned of a new bureaucratic czar reducing Congress control.
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Dirksen
Humphrey
Senate
Congress
Dirkser
Kennedy
U.N
Democratic Policy Committee
Halleck
Soblen Granted Extended Grace by Britain in Battle Over Extradition
London extended the deadline for Israel to deport Dr. Robert Soblen, the 61 year old Soviet spy fugitive, to New York. Washington pressed Tel Aviv and London while Israel weighs its response amid political pressure. El Al was given time to arrange transport with Pan American offering potential service if needed.
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London
Britain
Robert A. Soblen
England
Israel
Soblen
Kennedy
Soviet Union
United States
Tel Aviv
el al
New York
Pan American World Airways
Henry Brooke
Tell’ Aviv
Textile import program draws criticism from industry leaders
Industry leaders and senators voiced concern over the short term textile import agreement and its base for the long term, warning that current import levels exceed 1961 figures. They urged stronger action by the State Department and a possible import duty to offset price differentials and protect the cotton program.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Pastore
Hodges
Indus
Kennedy
London
E! Ali
Feel
Dr. Soblen
O’brien
Institute
Office of Emergency Planning
Sobien’s flight from a U S prison to Israel ends in self harm
Sobien, facing a U S life sentence for passing secrets to the Soviet Union, fought to avoid repatriation from Lon don’s Brixton Prison. After bail was posted and appeals failed, he fled to Israel where authorities expelled him as an illegal immigrant and boarded him toward New York. He stabbed himself July 1 as the El Al flight neared London Airport, then was treated in a British hospital. The U S and Britain blame Israel and El Al for the episode and question responsibility for the final leg to New York.
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Sobien
United States
London
Brixton
Soviet Union
Israel
New York
Seblen
Britain
Tenant Farmer Luther Blackwelder Dies in Fire
Concord North Carolina AP report states Coroner Clifford H L Brown ruled Luther Blackwelder a 70 year old welder and tenant farmer died from third degree burns after a fire swept through his single story frame home in the Roberta Mill community. Blackwelder’s body was found near the fireplace shortly after midnight. No inquest is planned and firemen had not determined the blaze’s cause.
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Concord
N. C
Clifford HL Brown
Luther Blackwelder
Roberta Mill
King Defends Civil Rights Strategy in Segregation Suit
Constance Baker Motley urged an early hearing to block public facility segregation. The Justice Department pressed Albany to end unlawful practices, linking delays to Negro demonstrations. Martin Luther King Jr and Ralph Abernathy testified on unlawful law and peaceful aims, with King defending civil disobedience under justice.
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Aller Elliott
Constance Baker Motley
New York
Justice Department
Albany
Martin Luther King Jr
Ralph D. Abernathy
Pepple
Supreme Court
King
Rail labor dispute yields cuts and severance plan
Eisenhower era commission recommended trimming 3,000 freight and yard firemen and not replacing 27,000 upon retirement or death. A 2 percent raise for about 3 percent of operating employees and a time mileage pay scale anchored to an eight hour day were advised. Railroads begrudgingly accepted the basis, talks stalled, and July 17 announced implementing the plan with severance pay retraining and discharge rules, targeting younger workers with under ten years seniority.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Mediation Board
Presidential Commission
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