Brezhnev Ally Podgorny Named Communist Party Secretaries
At Friday’s session of the Communist Central Committee Nikolai Podgorny and Brezhnev were elected committee secretaries. Western observers saw this as a step toward making Khrushchev’s potential successor the party crown prince, succeeding Frol Kozlov.
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More ministers named in Scandal of the Century plot
London rumors suggest further cabinet members could be implicated in Britain's Scandal of the Century. The whispers add pressure on Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and his government amid ongoing political turmoil.
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London whispers push probe beyond Profumo scandal
Opposition sources say Labour may press Macmillan to widen his inquiry into the case involving former War Minister John Profumo. Prime Minister Macmillan acknowledged rumors in the Commons about ministers beyond Profumo as the Profumo affair continues to unfold.
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Blackmail Trial in Basle Involves Israeli and Austrian Defendants
A Basle court last week charged Yosef Ben-Gal and Otto Joklik with blackmail and coercion in a case linked to pressuring a German rocket expert working for Egypt. The defendants denied wrongdoing, saying their warnings aimed to stop a crime. The trial exposes tensions between espionage, politics, and scientific work.
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Dixie Police Raid Targets Civil Rights Leaders
Police in Danville Virginia forcibly entered a church office to arrest three integration leaders on riot incitement charges. The raid coincided with President Kennedy meeting 30 civil rights leaders in Washington to seek help easing racial tensions. In Cambridge Maryland National Guard was mobilized as city officials weighed responses to new demonstrations. Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Roy Wilkins attended the Washington meeting.
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JFK Begins European Tour Today
President Kennedy arrives in Germany to launch a 12 day tour of personal diplomacy. He will visit four European nations and Vatican City for a private audience with Pope Paul VI. Departure was set for 9 30 a m EDT.
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Kennedy Presses Civil Rights Leaders On Racial Tensions
President Kennedy met with about 30 civil rights leaders, both Negro and white, urging cooperation to ease racial tensions as Congress weighs anti discrimination proposals. He led the session for about ninety minutes then joined his family at Camp David. Vice President Johnson and Atty. Gen. Kennedy took over, with Burke Marshall assisting.
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Four Nuclear Submarines Launched In Simultaneous Ceremonies
UPI reports the United States launched four nuclear submarines in simultaneous ceremonies. The event marked the first such joint christening in 66 years, with submarines like the sublocumseh and the Flasher launched at Electric Boat in Groton. Flasher is linked to the ill fated Thresher which sank in April with 129 aboard.
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Pontiff Paul VI vows peaceful Pontificate and unity drive
Pope Paul VI in Latin in the Sistine Chapel pledges to continue Ecumenical Council I aims and world peace. The 65 year old pontiff, elected Friday as the 262nd successor to St. Peter, says unifying ideals will guide his reign and council work. The council suspended after John XXIII’s death, with no date set for resumption.
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Reno Torso Slaying Trial Set for Tomorrow
Thomas Lee Bean an 18 year old high school student faces trial in District Court for the decapitation murder of Sonja McCaskie a 24 year old former Olympic skier found slain in her Reno home on April 12. District Attorney William Baggio said Bean admitted the slaying after a pawn ticket from a camera was found and a bloody footprint linked to the crime. Bean said he did not know the victim but was drawn to her duplex by her uncle.
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Swimming Pool Section Highlights In Today's Las Vegas Sun
Today's Las Vegas Sun features a special swimming pool section for Southern Nevada with ideas on design, maintenance, landscaping, entertaining and safety. Gloria Reible, the SUN staff writer, compiled and wrote the section for readers.
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Plane reenacts 1930 transcontinental flight coast to coast
A 34-year-old Ford Trimotor re creates the 1930 Los Angeles to Newark route in a 2600 mile journey. The Tin Goose spent 54 hours 10 minutes to complete the voyage, about 26 hours of air time, as Trans World Airlines marked progress and the 25th anniversary of Civil Aeronautics.
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Sammy Davis Jr Home Ransacked by Fake Cops
In Hollywood early yesterday gunmen posing as police raided entertainer Sammy Davis Jr and wife May Britt, absconding with over 5400 in cash and jewelry. Their maid, Lessie Lee Jackson, was assaulted when a second thief forced entry.
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Water Users Break Summer Record in Southern Nevada
Las Vegas Valley Water District customers set three daily consumption records last week amid 100 degree heat. Daily use reached 52.72 million gallons on Monday, 52.16 on Tuesday, and 51.34 on Wednesday, topping last summer's previous record of 49.87 million gallons per day.
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