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...film star," said the Queen of England to Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. "I am the head of the Commonwealth-and I am paid to face any risks that may be involved. Nor do I say this lightly. Do not forget that I have three children...
...agreed with Macmillan last week when he conveyed to her his Cabinet's advice that she should carry out her royal visit to Ghana, despite a spate of bombing incidents in Accra protesting the rule of Kwame Nkrumah. Fearful of the Queen's safety, Macmillan dispatched Commonwealth Relations Secretary Duncan Sandys once again to Ghana to see if the outbursts of violence warranted the cancellation of the visit. After satisfying himself that the Queen would be safe, Sandys flew back to London with the go-ahead signal...
...emancipated, it will seem that ancient whiffs of brimstone still linger on Boston streets. And those who like to concern themselves with threats to the Commonwealth's morals will breathe a sigh of relief. But by far the largest group of people--those who have not yet purchased their copy of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer--won't even be able to find out what the fuss is all about...
...Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (in Commonwealth v. Isenstadt) laid down another definition of obscenity: "A book is obscene, indecent, or impure if it has a substantial tendency to deprave or corrupt its readers by inciting lascivious thoughts or arousing lustful desires...
...John Harris Ward, 53, moves in as chairman and chief executive officer of Chicago's Commonwealth Edison Co., the nation's third largest public utility. He succeeds Willis D. Gale, 62, who becomes chairman of the executive committee. Harvard-educated (class of '30), Ward intends to push Commonwealth Edison further into household electric heating and the uses of automated machinery. His reasoning: "The more industry uses these wonderful gadgets, the more electricity is consumed...