TV Guide Awards and Miss Universe events draw big audiences
New Nielsen ratings crown the Emmy Awards as the season’s top draw surpassing Gunsmoke. TV Guide Awards air tonight on NBC with Nanette Fabray Efrem Zimbalist Jr and Jackie Cooper. The Miss Universe finals air July 15 as beauty contests captivate viewers amid Senate scrutiny of TV violence.
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New York
Oserro
Emmy
TV Guide
Mufti
NBC
Nanette Fabray
Efram Zimbalist Jr
Jackie Cooper
Riders May Go To Penitentiary In Mississippi Overcrowded Jail
Hinds County Sheriff J R Gilroy gained authority to transfer overcrowded Free dom Riders to the 16000 acre state penitentiary after a dozen more segregation testers were convicted bringing the total to 96 in city and county jails. The order cites jail overcrowding and statutory requirements for housing and work of prisoners. Diane Nash said the riders plan to fill up jails in Jackson and Montgomery. Twenty six others have paid fines or posted bond.
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Jackson, Miss
Hinds County
J. R. Gilroy
Freedom Riders
Diane Nash
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville Student Non-Violent Movement
Jackson
Montgomery
Ala
Board of Supervisors
Pavo Pool Upgrades Boost Community Recreation
Pavo's Community Recreation Center Pool received several improvements including a new high dive tower and ready picnic tables for private parties. The pool now operates year round for full time summer swimming, as announced by director Miss Carolyn Johnson.
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Times-Enterprise
PAVO
Carolyn Johnson
Miss Johnson
Eisenhower calls for air cover in invasion and date for nuclear test
Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower urged adequate air cover against opposing air power if Cuba invasion resumes and pressed for a fixed date on nuclear testing. He spoke at a Cincinnati news conference amid a Republican gathering led by William E. Miller.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Cuba
Fidel Castro
William E. Miller
Kennedy
United States
Morton
Washington
Electric Shock Kills Three In Ga
Three people died in Georgia accidents within 24 hours from electric shock or crash related to high voltage. William Tucker twenty four of Claxton was killed when a irrigation pipe touched a live line. Mary Parrish forty four of Macon was electrocuted after a windstorm toppled a high voltage line into her yard. Riley Hawkins of Cloudland was killed when a power crane brushed a line on U S 27. Eugene Knowles thirty five of Rome was injured seriously. Mildred Riess sixty two of Cincinnati Ohio died when her car left U S 441 and struck a tree north of Clarksville.
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Georgia
William Tucker
Claxton Farm
Mary Parrish
Macon
Terry Singleton
Riley Hawkins
Cloudland
U.S. 27
Rossville
Fort Oglethorpe
Eugene Knowles
Rome
Mildred M. Riess
Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S 441
Clarksville
State Patrol
Georgia and Florida race to settle poultry tax dispute
Florida and Georgia officials consider a negotiated solution to poultry and citrus tax disputes after Georgia proposes a 10-cent inspection tax on citrus from Florida in retaliation for Florida's 14-cent poultry inspection fee. Governor Bryant plans talks at the National Governors Conference to reach a satisfactory agreement.
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Bryant
Georgia
Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Farris Bryant
Agriculture
Phil Campbell
Ernest Vandiver
Vandiver
Hawaii
James Connor
Brooksville
New York Jaycees Allowed to Wear Union Uniforms
Atlanta AP report says New York delegates to the National Junior Chamber of Commerce may wear replicas of Union Army uniforms in Atlanta without causing upheaval. Wiley Virden, assistant chairman, said he advised the Jaycees to bring the uniforms South and rejected civil war fears as unfounded.
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Atlanta
New York
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wiley Virden
New York Jaycees
New York State Civil War Centennial Commission
Jaycees
South
Virden
Security Clerk Covington Quits NSA After Missing Four Days
William H. Covington 28, a National Security Agency clerk, resigned for personal reasons after being missing for four days. He was located at Delaware Park Race Track near Wilmington and was not charged with any crime. Covington had access to a limited amount of classified material and had worked five years for the NSA.
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Kennedy
Air Force
West Palm Beach
Washington
Florida
Cincinnati
Music Hall
Sen
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
William H. Covington
Nations Security Agency
Pentagon
Covington
Defense Department
Delaware Park
Wilmington
Charles Town
W.va
Arlington
NSA
Bernon F. Mitchell
William H. Martin
Soviet Union
Moscow
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