Newburgh Sympathy Role Quizzed Sparks Welfare Show Debate
In Newburgh New York an indigent laborer named Thomas Weygant admitted on a tape that he was paid and rehearsed by NBC to cry for a televised welfare documentary Battle of Newburgh. NBC denied paying him to act but said a staffer gave him $50 after the program. Weygant signed an affidavit denying the recording but said he was pressured. City Manager Joseph Mitchell alleged the White Paper series was rigged and paid for a performance, while NBC said Weygant was coached and compensated. Mayor William Ryan criticized Mitchell’s crackdown plan linked to the episode.
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Britain halts London Airport strike and resumes work
Electricians at London Airport suspend their walkout over pay and return to duties immediately. The stoppage cut air service by half as unions seek higher compensation for servicing aircraft instruments.
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France
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Brazil
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Alliance For Progress
Conservatives Walloped In Local Elections- Macmillan Government Shaken
London AP report shows Conservatives losing control of 26 municipal councils as Liberals and Labourites rack up seats in England and Wales. Net Tory seat loss near 516 across 428 boroughs, with Labour and Liberal gains realigning political landscape ahead of general elections.
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Raymond E. Palmer
London
Macmillan
Daily Mirror
Daily Mail
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Britain
Anthony Eden
Grandmother Scales Berlin Wall For Reunited Moment
A 78 year old West Berlin grandmother climbed over a 10 foot fence topped by East German guards to reach her grandchildren. East German and West Berlin police negotiated for an hour before permission was granted, with East Germans removing two boards to ease the ascent. The incident ended with the grandmother back on the Western side and keeping her name private.
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Berlin
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Grandma
Scholar Astor's Activites and Early Chicago President
Fragmented OCR notes recount early years of John Jacoy, president of the University of Chicago, mentioning Muskingum College, Ohio, hardship years, links to John Glenn, and a vague tie to Yale and investments in real estate. The text is garbled with unrelated fragments about astrology, astronomy, and ads.
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John Jacoy
University of Chicago
Hardship
New Concord
Ohio
John Glenn
Phi New York
Yale
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