Two Held On Morals Charge In New York
British television impresario Harry Twers and model Maria Navotny were arrested by morals squad detectives at Twers's 55th Street apartment. Twers faced a $10,000 bail after a felony court arraignment. Navotny posted $500 bail in Women’s Court. Navotny said she entertained up to three men daily and turned proceeds over to Twers. Twers allegedly brought her from England via Montreal. he is described as a noted TV producer with connections to prominent figures.
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Las
England
Sienieeealon
Harry Alan Owers
Maria Navotny
Towers
55Th Street
Morals Squad
M. Warren Troob
Twers
William Reilly
Thomas Flood
Reilly
Montreal
Ronald Chapman
Chapman
London
Charles Dickens
Ralph Richardson
Donald Wolfit
East Towers
Winston Churchill
Marylebone
Seventy candidates file for Johnson Senate seat in Texas
In Austin 68 candidates filed to run for the Senate seat vacated by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson with more weighing a late filing fee. The field includes a woman minister and prominent figures such as John G. Tower interim Sen William A. Blakley and Rep. Jim Wright as April 4 runoff rules loom and party labels remain off ballots.
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Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Frank Lake
Lake
Republican Executive Committee
John G. Tower
Johnson
Tower
William A. Blakley
Dallas
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Eden Reopens With Modern Garden Show at Coliseum
The 1961 International Flower Show in Manhattan’s Coliseum features a $1.5 million display of flowers shrubs and trees with orchids and exotic plants prized at hundreds of dollars each. Admission is $2 and the exhibit fills two floors with waterfalls glimmering pools and recorded birds.
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New York
Garden of Eden
Manhattan
Coliseum
John Eliot the Indian Apostle of Boston
John Eliot settled in Boston in 1631 and earned the moniker Indian Apostle for his mission to Native Americans.
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John Eliot
Boston
Apostle
Prostitution Legalization Proposal Shocks Philadelphia Officials
Philadelphia leaders including Mayor Richardson Dilworth condemn a grand jury recommendation to legalize prostitution. Police officials call it shocking and dangerous, while Bishop Carson warns of moral decline. Jury foreman John Hoehn cites reduced rapes as a motive, and Esther Jacoby pitches a red light district supervised by police and health inspectors.
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Philadelphia (Ap
Richardson Dilworth
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Albert Brown
Clarence Ferguson
Joseph Hersch
Fred Pierce Carson
Methodist Church
Grand Jury
John F. Hoehn Jr
Esther Jacoby
Man Risks His Life To Rescue Boy
A New Haven Railroad fireman John E B Agair 27 Fall River leaped from the cab onto a catwalk and saved 6 year old Danny Ratcliffe on a narrow Boston area bridge as a train bore down. He nearly fell under the wheels but reached the boy just before the engine slid by.
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Boston
New Haven
Daniel Ratcliffe
Danny
John EB. Agair
Fall River
Agair
Lincoln's First Inaugural Noted in National Ceremony
Washington witnesses a commemorative event by 20 000 people as Sam Rayburn calls Lincoln one of history s greatest men and the crowd hears The Union Forever during a re enacted inauguration featuring John C Collison from Richmond Virginia in a wartime era reenactment.
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Abraham Lincoln
John C. Collison
Richmond
Capitol
Lincoln
Washington
Sam Rayburn
D.tex
South Carolina
Union
Sandburg Portrays Lincoln in Dramatic Reading for Youth
Carl Sandburg, born after the Civil War, read a Lincoln speech to a mixed audience including Rayburn Warren Dirksen and children. He emphasized that the ambitions of youth will shape history for centuries, delivering a message about future seeds and dreams.
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Abe
Carl Sandburg
Lincoln
Rayburn
Earl Warren
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Sandburg
Man Wanted For Fatal Shooting Is Captured
Fred Lew Vinson, 36, sought for the fatal shooting of his 19 year old stepson Dwight Baldwin, was arrested Saturday night in Union County. The case began when Vinson allegedly went to his wife Cora Baldwin Vinson home to persuade her to drop charges of housebreaking and assault and battery with intent to kill. Dwight and his brother Richard overheard the dispute. a gunfight ensued, Dwight was shot four times and Mrs. Vinson wounded. It was unclear if Vinson was injured.
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UNION
D.C
Fred Lewis Vinson
Dwight Baldwin
Cora Baldwin Vinson
Vinson
Baldwin
Here
Union County
J. Harold Lamb
Dwight
Richard
Lamb
Mrs. Vinson
Pardon Waiting in Oklahoma City as Confession Clears Suspect
AP reports Lewis Bennett freed after another man confessed. Governor’s pardon hung on Bennett retrieving his documents as a news story finally connected the two.
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Oklahoma City
Lewis Bennett
Kennedy May Win Tussle Over Export-Import Bank Nominee
President Kennedy faces a tough Senate battle as Charles M. Meriwether Alabama finance chief and segregationist seeks a director post at the Export-Import Bank. Despite liberal and some Democratic opposition, Mansfield backs the nomination with Kennedy's support.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Charles M. Meriwether
Export-Import Bank
Meriwether
Alabama
Bank
Senate Banking Committee
Ku Klux Klan
John Patterson
Patterson
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Sparkman
Banking Committee
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Maurine Neuberger
D-Ore
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Little Rock Faces Spread Of Integration In Schools
In a 8th Circuit ruling federal court actions may push desegregation into Little Rock junior high schools next September. Attorney Wiley Branton sees a widened path for integration as the court notes time to act and upholds the pupil placement law with possible modifications.
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Little Rock
Ark
Wiley Branton
Pine Bluff
Circuit Court of Appeals
Central High School
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