Royal romance crisis shakes Dutch throne in 1955
Irene of the Netherlands faced a royal marriage crisis as she planned to wed Prince Hugo Carlos de Bourbon Parma. The cabinet debated for days, ending with Irene renouncing her rights to the throne and agreeing to live elsewhere. Prime Minister Marijnen downplayed damage to Holland’s image, noting romances are often welcomed.
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Peter Townsend
Britain
Irene
Carol
Orang
Louis XIV
Holland
Labor
Yoo Holten
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Victor Marijnen
Steel tariff clash drives U S talks on imports and exports
John P. Roche of the American Iron and Steel Institute told the Tariff Commission that 1963 steel imports reached 5.5 million tons while exports lagged at 2 million, costing about 49 000 workers over 300 million dollars in wages as Europe raises prices and boosts orders.
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U.S
West Germany
France
Italy
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Luxembourg
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American Iron & Steel Institute
Roche
Prominent Tulsa Businessman Dies
Tulsa AP Jack R Scotty Johnston 74 a prominent Tulsa manufacturer since 1922 and an active sportsman who owned stock in several race tracks died Monday night of cancer. Johnston founded Johnston Manufacturing Co in 1926 to produce oil field equipment and remained active there until a few months ago. He owned stock in Hialeah Race Track in Miami Florida and Sportsman's Park and Harness Track in Chicago. a brother William has served as president of Sportsman's Park.
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Jack R
Scotty) Johnston
Johnston
Johnston Manufacturing Co
Hialeah
Miami
Fla
Sportsman's Park
Chicago
William
Sportsman’s Park
Founder of Perry Daily Journal dies in Bristow
Charles Preston Penfield 75 founder of the Perry Daily Journal and associate publisher of the Bristow News and Record Citizen died Monday in a hospital in Bristow. He started the Perry paper in 1914 and later contributed to more than a dozen Oklahoma papers after stints in Kansas Colorado and South Dakota. Funeral services will be Thursday.
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Charles Preston Penfield
Perry Daily Journal
Bristow News and Record Citizen
Perry Paper
Oklahoma
Bristow
Kansas
Colorado
Dakota
Running Utes Hit Season Milestone With Sweeping Start
Salt Lake City NEA reports the Utes men’s basketball team posted 90 points to cap a seven game unbeaten start.
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Salt Lake
NEA
Baker's Records Subpoenaed in Senate Investigation
Washington UPI reports former Senate aide Robert G. Baker faced a subpoena to produce his business records by Wednesday or explain his refusal to supply them. Sen. Howard Cannon warned of a personal appearance behind closed doors if Baker declines. The move signals test of Baker's cooperation in the Senate Rules Committee probe. Overtime issues were raised by W P Gallander on pay for overtime. The House Un American Activities Committee opened hearings on a proposed Freedom Academy with witnesses including Adm. Arleigh Burke and Herbert Philbrick.
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W. P. Gallander
National Association of Manufacturers
House Labor
Freedom Academy
House Committee On Un-American Activities
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Navy
Arleigh A. Burke
Herbert Philbrick
FBI
Rear Admiral Orders Cuban Pipeline Cut at Guantanamo
Rear Adm. John D. Bulkeley ordered the 4 inch water line severed after Cuba accused the base of stealing water. Four Cuban workers cut the line while Cuban guards watched, leaving the base independent of Cuban supplies. Tankers bring water from the United States as desalination plants are built over the next year at an estimated cost of $10 million.
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John D. Bulkeley
Yateras
Havana
Paul Nitze
Cuba
Bulkeley
United States
Oklahoma Officials Split Over Voluntary Beef Import Pact
Oklahoma officials reacted coolly to a voluntary U S agreement with Australia and New Zealand to limit beef imports. Governor Bellman condemned it as keeping beef prices high enough to choke domestic expansion, while Senator Edmondson called it partial and urged hearings. Senator Monroney labeled it a small step away from rising imports, noting a projected rollback in 1964 with modest gains afterward.
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UPI
Oklahoma
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Henry Bellman
U. S
Howard Edmondson
Edmondson
Allen Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sinatra Sr to Testify in Kidnap Trial Spotlight
In Los Angeles the trial of three men charged with kidnapping Frank Sinatra Jr. continues. Prosecutors seek testimony from Frank Sinatra Sr. on the $240000 ransom payment. The defense clashed over a mistrial motion after an out cut interview.
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Sinatra
Sinatra Sr
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Joseph Amsler
Keenan
Wes
Amsler
John Irwin
Ex-Gambling Czar Costello Is Not Deportable
Frank Costello, longtime New York rackets figure, says he is happy about a U S Supreme Court ruling that he is not a deportable alien. He notes he always believed himself American after losing his citizenship in 1959 for fraudulently obtaining it. The court found the convictions occurred before that loss of citizenship.
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Frank Costello
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Italy
Costello
High Court
General Collins Leaves Tokyo After Japan Visit
Gen. James F. Collins commander in chief of the U S Army in the Pacific departed Tokyo for Honolulu after a four day visit to Japan. Collins retires March 1.
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James F. Collins
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Pacific
Honolulu
Japan
Collins
TV Coaching Schools for Politicians Fade From Air
A 1960 press note recalls ABC TV plan to coach candidates on TV production and on-camera behavior but notes doubts about a wide resumption this year. Enhanced politician TV savvy and coverage of Nixon Kennedy debates reshape attitudes as CBS previews The Munsters, a monster family comedy for fall.
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UPI
ABC TV
Abc-Tv
ABC
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Kennedy
Swim
Cbs-Tv
Charles Addams
Fred Gwynne
CBS
Mr. Ed
OAS Mediators Show Optimism On Canal Issue
A five member inter American fact finding and mediation team left for Washington with guarded optimism about settling the U S Panamanian dispute that sparked last months deadly riots. They aim to ease public opinion tensions as renegotiation terms likely retain most treaty basics while granting Panama a bigger share of canal revenues and greater voice in civil affairs.
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Panama City
UPI
Washington
Florida City
United States
Panama
U.S
Panama Canal
Roberto F. Chiari
inter-American
Organization of American States
Balanchine Eyes Gershwin Ballet Using Unpublished Songs
New York choreographer George Balanchine of the New York City Ballet is studying a ballet based on 14 unpublished Gershwin songs. He says the tunes are short and better suited for Broadway than ballet. Andre Kostelanetz obtained the pieces from Ira Gershwin and sent them to Balanchine.
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New York
George Balanchine
New York City Ballet
George Gershwin
Balanchine
Andre Kostelanetz
Ira Gershwin
Kennedy to Appear on Paar TV March 13
U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy will discuss the wit and human side of his brother President John F Kennedy on the Jack Paar television program scheduled for March 13.
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New York
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Jack Paar
John F. Kennedy
Barrow porter jailed after bingo money theft claim
Railway porter George Pilkington was fined 56 for stealing four pounds of sausages. He said his wife spent all his wages on bingo and he often went hungry, delivering a stark tale of hardship to the judge in Barrow-in-Furness.
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England
George Pilkington
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