Mrs. Norrell Finds Things Different
Washington AP notes Arkansas congresswoman Catherine D. Norrell says running a congressional office feels very different from outside. She recalls first days, meeting Kennedy, Johnson, and fellow lawmakers as she begins her term after her husband’s death, and hints at future equal rights legislation.
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Catherine D. Norrell
Arkansas
House
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W. F. Norrejl
Norrell
House Committee
Oren Harris
White House
Hattie Caraway
Norre
William A. Oldfield
Batesville
Effiegene Winga
de Queen
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King Hussein to Take Second Wife in Royal Engagement
King Hussein announced his engagement to a 20 year old British army colonel staffer’s daughter who has converted to Islam and taken the name Manal Al Hussein. A national holiday was proclaimed in Jordan to honor the engagement. The bride’s father, Col W P Gardiner, serves as a technical expert with the Royal Jordanian Engineers.
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Jordan
Hussein
Mana el Tlussein
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W. P. Gardiner
Royal Jordanian Engineers
School Move Protested by Landowners
LITTLE ROCK AP Property owners protesting changing Rightsell School from white to Negro argue integration should be impartial. A. A. Gentry representing three residents says an all Negro school would hurt land values and hints at federal court use. The board has not finalised the change but has moved Negro teachers to Rightsell.
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Little Rock
A. A. Gentry
Rightsell
Not Easy to Be on a TV Show
New York AP outlines how to land a TV show appearance. Contestants are found by studio staff from audience lingerers, written applications, or producer scouting in newspapers and venues. The piece previews Tonight's NBC thriller and Red Skelton CBS listings with brief notes on shows and guests.
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Video Village
NBC
Red Skelton
CBS
Appleby’s Castle
Marilyn Maxwell
Night club fire in Bolton kills nineteen in London party
A champagne flash fire swept through a backstage room of the Theater Royal in London during a My Fair Lady fourth year party. Nineteen people, including eight women and eleven men aged teens to early twenties, died in the blaze. The incident occurred early today as a party celebrating the show’s run turned tragic.
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England
London
Theater Royal
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