Personality Portrait Harold Wilson: Britain's New Labor Leader
Harold Wilson, elected head of Britain's Labour Party, discussed his rivals and the Common Market in a London dining room. He defended a tough line on Brussels, faulting Conservatives for 10 years of policy and signaling close ties with Washington if he became prime minister.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
House of Commons
London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Edward Heath
Brussels
Labor Party
Commons
Heath
Hugh Gaitskell
Board of Trade
Labor
Washington
Wilson seeks new approach with Kennedy after Labour win
Harold Wilson, 46, winner of Labor leadership with 144 votes to 103, plans a trip to the United States to establish a happy relationship with President Kennedy. He vows party unity, continues Gaitskell’s NATO and Western Alliance support, and aims to quickly build U.S. contacts in Washington.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
United States
Kennedy
Wilson
Hugh Gaitskell
George Brown
Brown
Labor
The
Daily Mirror
Gaitskell
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Western Alliance
Washington
Web of death tightens in Sam Sheppard case with father-in-law shot
In East Cleveland, 62 year old Thomas S. Reese, Marilyn Sheppard's father, was found dead from a gunshot at the East Town Motor Hotel. A two line unsigned note read I am tired of it all. Police say he shot himself after leaving no comment on his daughter's 1954 murder. Reese had worked for Di Noc Chemical Arts Inc. and was connected to the Sheppard family mystery.
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Cleveland
UPS
Sam Sheppard
Thomas S. Reese
Marilyn Sheppard
East Town Motor Hotel
Reese
Horace Weaver
Bay Village
Sheppard
James A. Rhodes
Ethel Niles Sheppard
Richard A. Sheppard
Marilyn
Deaths across the nation claim notable figures
Former U S Senator Robert Rice Reynolds of North Carolina dies at 79 after a long illness at his Asheville home. Thomas H. Kinkade, 68, who prepared the engine for Lindbergh's 1927 flight, dies in Williamsport. Owen Walker, 60, Waynesburg College professor who taught German to espionage agents, dies on campus. Oskar Helmer, 79, Austrian interior minister from 1944 to 1959, dies in Vienna.
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N. C
UPI
U. S
Robert Rice Reynolds
Bob
Reynolds
North Carolina
Senate
Williamsport, Pa
Thomas H. Kinkade
Charles Lindbergh
Waynesburg, Pa
Owen Walker
Waynesburg College
Walker
Penn State
Harvard University
Radcliffe College
Vienna
Oskar Helmer
Interior
Kennedy Extends Birthday Greetings to West Virginia
President Kennedy sent congratulatory remarks on West Virginia’s 100th birthday. He spoke via Centennial News Network to seven cities, praising the state’s history and its people’s devotion to freedom, recalling his 1960 primary campaign and noting WWVA Wheeling as the originating station.
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Wheeling
UPI
Kennedy
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Bluefield
Martinsburg
Huntington
Centennial
WWVA
Pay Increases Urged For Prison Warden and Guards
Charleston report: West Virginia House Penal and Correctional Institutions Committee urges pay raises for the warden and guards at the State Penitentiary in Moundsville. It backs a $50,000 1963 64 budget item to finish a cell block and seeks expedited smoke abatement and civil service for prison staff. The panel also calls for more farm equipment at Huttonsville Medium Security Prison, repairs and pool completion at Pruntytown Industrial School for Boys, fire hazard fixes and dormitory naming at the Salem Industrial Home for Girls, and transferring 104 veterans from Weston State Hospital to the Security Building to qualify for federal aid.
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UPI
House Penal and Correctional Institutions Committee
Moundsville
Huttonsville
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Industrial Home For Girls
Salem
House Humane Institutions
W. W. Withrow
Raleigh
Weston State Hospital
Salinger Named News Manager Of The Year For Hike Prank
In a satirical charge, Pierre Salinger is praised for artful news management over Kennedy fitness push. The column argues his announcements and non events doubled coverage and kept the story alive.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Meader Faces After Kennedy Impersonation Career Dilemma
Vaughn Meader who parodied President Kennedy is popular still from The First Family record and TV exposure. He says he is a comedian not an impressionist and plans to broaden beyond the Kennedy act with singing and other appearances. He hopes fame helps him transition to acting and politics, with upcoming TV spots and a shift from piano to stand-up comedy.
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Dick Kleiner
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
New York
NEA
United States
Vaughn Meader
Kennedy
First Family
Meader
Ted
Mr. Kennedy
Ed Sullivan
Sullivan
Met
Defense to open Cumberland Plateau seismological observatory
The Defense Department will begin operation of its fourth station to improve detection of underground nuclear explosions. The Cumberland plateau seismological observatory is near McMinnville Tennessee about 70 miles southeast of Nashville. Other sites are at Fort Sill Oklahoma Baker Oregon and Vernal Utah.
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Washington
UPS
Defense Department
Department
Cumberland Plateau
McMinnville
Tenn
Nashville
Fort Sill
Okla
Baker, Ore
Vernal
Utah
State attorney general says agencies cannot hire outside legal services
Charleston UPI State Atty Gen C Donald Robertson ruled that state agencies may not employ attorneys to render legal services with public funds. He clarified that while departments may have attorneys in administrative roles, outside counsel must not be funded by public money for legal services. Exceptions exist for Road Commission right of way work and certain interagency lawsuits. Several consultants resigned after legislative scrutiny.
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Charleston
UPI
Donald Robertson
Robertson
Julius Singleton
Department of the State
State Road Commission
Americans Urge Hearing on Nuclear Test Ban
Americans For Democratic Action urged a congressional hearing on the nuclear test ban issue. It said the hearing would show a preponderance of public opinion in support of the kind of agreed test ban that is now within reach.
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Washington
UPI
Americans For Democratic Action
Centennial bill signed to aid West Virginia centennial observance
Governor Barron signed a law allowing municipalities and county courts to donate surplus funds to the West Virginia Centennial Commission. The measure permits contributions from funds not included in the current year’s budget to finance the centennial observance.
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Charleston
UPS
W. W. Barron
West Virginia Centennial Commission
Meader’s Kennedy Imitation Boosts Fame and Fortune
Comedian Tom Meader performs a JFK impersonation in public works, altering voice and mannerisms to pure Kennedy. He scaled hits like The First Family, avoiding tasteless gags, gaining wealth, new clothes, and the thrill of free meals as recognition grows.
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Mr. Kennedy
JFK
Frank Sinatra & Co
Jackie
Bobby
Ethel
Naomi Brossart
Jack
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