WHOS In NEws Easy Persson earns Iowa Woman Award
Swedish actress Easy Persson, noted for risqué foreign films, receives the Iowa Woman Award from the Harvard Lampoon of Cambridge, Mass. The award cites her grandfather's ties to Iowa and notes Raquel Welch beat her for Worst Actress of the Year. Glenn Ford faces a Santa Monica divorce suit for cruelty.
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Iowa
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Cambridge, Mass
the Lampoon
Raquel Welch
Essy
Glenn Ford
Santa Monica
Kathryn Hays
Ford
Miss Hays
Los Angeles
Sherri
Peter
Eleanor Powell
Colorado River Bill Approved
Washington House approves a 13 billion dollar Colorado River development package to secure California water, sending it to the Senate where action is expected next month. Northwestern lawmakers fought amendments, backing a Saylor concession to Mexico and a narrow focus on the Central Arizona Project.
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Colorado River
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Colorado
California
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Colorado River Basin
Mexico
Congress
John Saylor
R-Pa
Saylor
Central
Arizona
Senate Blocks Tougher Gun Control Proposals
The Senate defeated multiple amendments aimed at tightening gun laws and keeping mail order handgun sales restricted. Key moves rejected included broader bans on mail orders for firearms and limits on sales to under 21, non residents, or for long arms. Johnson labeled the drive a blow to law enforcement. debate shifted to other anti crime measures including wiretapping and police funding.
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R-Neb
Hruska
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D-Mass
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D-Conn
Jacob Jails
KN Y
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
RFK Aide Angered by LA Labor Boss Refusal
In Los Angeles a Kennedy request to address the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor is blocked by the labor group. An aide to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy reacted angrily as the request was turned down, defining the incident as a political setback in the campaign.
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D-Md
Los Angeles
CNS
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor
Robert F. Kennedy
Arywitz
Sen. Kennedy
Organized Labor
Mankiewicz
Federation
California Larbor
Humphrey
Kennedy
1073 Dead in Cyclones Burma on May 10
Burma faces a cyclone toll rising to 1073 with relief teams reporting widespread damage around Akyab. Vessels sunk, thousands of homes wrecked, and crops ruined as air and sea relief efforts rush in. Officials note the toll could rise further as more reports arrive.
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Burma
Akyab
Air Force
Court Rejects Plea Against A-Plant
The State Supreme Court rejected a petition by the Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference of Ventura for a rehearing on a planned 188 million dollar nuclear power plant 12 miles southwest of San Luis Obispo. The project already has been approved by the State Public Utilities Commission.
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State Supreme Court
Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference, Inc
Ventura
San Luis Obispo
State Public Utilities Commission
Man Sought by Garrison Disappears
A witness in the Kennedy assassination probe, Clinton Wheat, 54, disappeared after a Shasta County deputy attempted to serve a subpoena. Wheat was not at the summer cabin where he stayed. his wife said he left on foot over a week ago. The summons required him to appear in court Monday to show cause.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Shasta County
Clinton Wheat
Here
Harald Cramer
Elizabeth Wheat
Cramer
Wheat
Shasta County Court
Pre-Marital Sex Admitted by 80 Percent of Swedes
Stockholm report says nearly 80 percent of 1300 young Swedes had first sexual contact before marriage. The study by Prof. Joachim Israel of Uppsala University notes 15 percent of boys blamed the girl and 10 percent of girls blamed the boy for initiating. Most respondents aged 16 to 25 said it “just happened.”
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Joachim Israel
Uppsala University
Israel
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