Train for U S ambassador in Germany scrapped after Rooney probe
New York Rep. John Rooney questioned use of the U S embassy train assigned to the Berlin mission. The State Department canceled the train three days after Rooney’s March hearings, noting it cost 119000 dollars yearly and questioned its necessity.
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Washington
UPI
New York
U. S
Germany
John J. Rooney
D-N. Y
House
State Department
Rooney
George C. McGhee
Walter C. Dowling
William R. Tyler
Berlin
Onn
East Germany
West Berlin
Tyler
Bonn
Bavarian Alps
Berchtesgaden
Florida Senator Awarded Plaque for Water Help
Sen. Spessard L. Holland of Florida received the George Washington Memorial Plaque from the National Rivers and Harbors Congress for long service on agriculture and forestry committees. Lt. Gen. W. K. Wilson Jr. urged accelerated federal water resources investment, aiming to raise annual funding to 1.5 billion by decade end and 2.5 billion by 1980.
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W. K. Wilson Jr
Army Corps of Engineers
United States
Britons Knighted in Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honors List
Queen Elizabeth awarded 680 honors including 132 women. Barons include Dr. Charles Hill, Sir Patrick Dean. Dame Barbara Salt and Coco the Clown Nikolai Polakovs receive MBEs and OBEs for public service and entertainment. Notables: jockey Fred Winter CBE. prima ballerina Alicia Markova DBE. Anita Lonsbrough OBE. Harry Secombe CBE. Joan Hammond CBE. D W Brogan and Alex Samuels also honored.
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Charles Hill
Patrick Dean
Britain
United Nations
Dr. Hill
Sir Patrick
Order of St. Michael and St. George
Barbara Salt
Nikolai Polakovs
Miss Salt
Order of the British Empire
DBE
Israel
Polakovs
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Coco the Clown
MBE
Fred Winter
Alicia Markova
Alicia Marks
Miss Markova
Schoolmasters seek ban on tattooing under-16 without consent
Barrow England reports that H Cunliffe headmaster of Risedale Secondary School urged government action to outlaw tattooing minors under 16 without parental approval. He cited a training class where seven students were tattooed, including one with a naked woman image on the forearm.
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Barrow
England
UPI
H. Cunliffe
Risedale Secondary School
Ysica
Tata
World Food Problems Tackle Investment and Aid
Swedish economist K Gunnar Myrdal told the World Food Congress that hunger persists due to corruption in poorer nations and aid being treated as a Cold War investment. He urged grants based on human solidarity, cautioned against misleading loans, and cited land reform as key to productivity. A U S official warned no nation can bear the burden alone as efforts include a catamaran sail experiment to demonstrate small scale fish production gains.
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Washington
UPI
K. Gunnar Myrdal
U. S
World Food Congress
Stockholm University
Myrdal
Food Congress
U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
United States
S. A. Hasnie
Pakistan
U.S
Herbert J. Waters
Waters
Potomac
Aloha Welcome Urged for Kennedy in Honolulu
Honolulu Mayor Neal Blaisdell urged a huge turnout at the International Airport to greet President Kennedy. He aimed for about 550000 people, seeking the largest aloha in island history. Previous records show a 1960 turnout of 10000 for cartoon character lookalikes at the old terminal.
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Honolulu
UPI
Neal Blaisdell
International Airport
Kennedy
Islands
Inspector Fined In DUI Case In Lee Massachusetts
Clarence Dixon, an inspector for the State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, was fined $100 in district court yesterday on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and drunkenness. Dixon pleaded innocent and appealed the convictions.
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Lee, Mass
UPI
Clarence Dixon
Dixon
State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
Resignation of Profumo Prompted by Personal Tragedy
Ian MacLeod, chairman of Britain's Conservative Party, called War Minister John Profumo's resignation a very great personal tragedy. He had trusted Profumo's denial of an improper relationship with Christine Keeler and spoke at the National Press Club, noting a general election in Britain is unlikely this year with Macmillan under no obligation to call one before next year and may occur in June or October, 1964.
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Christine Keller
London
Robin Drury
James
Lucky) Gordon
Gordon
Miss Keeler
Labor Party
John Profumo
Charles Orr-Ewing
The
Admiralty
Joseph Godber
Conservative Party
Lord Poole
Harold Macmillan
Cambridge University
D. W. Brogan
Britain
Alex Samuels
Washington
UPI
Ian MacLeod
Conservative
MacLeod
Profumo
House of Commons
Christine Keeler
National Press Club
Jack
Valerie
Press Club
Hearing Set On San Jose Rape Slayer
In Santa Clara County Juvenile Court a hearing is scheduled for June 17 to decide if 16 year old Gilbert Thompson will be remanded to superior court as an adult in the rape slaying of 39 year old Mary Ellen Stackhouse mother of six. Thompson has been held in juvenile hall since Tuesday night. Deputy District Attorney William Hoffman said the office and police have ruled that the death penalty will not be sought on the murder charge.
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San Jose
Calif
UPI
Santa Clara County
Gilbert Thompson
Mary Ellen Stackhouse
Ins
Young Thompson
Atty
William Hoffman
Hoffman
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Joan Hammond
Trevor Evans
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Order of the
Hawaiian Park Unit
Taxes & Ins
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Aloha
Clark County
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