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Friday 15 March 1963
Model Christine Keeler, pictured, was being sought by police last night. Miss Keeler, 20, was wanted as chief prosecution witness in the Old Bailey trial of a man who is accused of shooting at her with intent to commit murder. But the jury heard from the prosecution that Miss Keeler had disappeared.
Salesman John Edgecombe, accused of shooting at twenty-year-old model Christine Keeler, told an Old Bailey jury yesterday that he fired half-a-dozen pistol shots at the door of a flat where Miss Keeler was visiting her actress friend eighteen-year-old Marilyn Davies. But, Edgecombe said, he did not mean to hit Miss Keeler, only frighten her. The trial was adjourned. The police are still trying to find Miss Keeler.
Independent television companies are to have as much freedom as the BBC in screening satirical sketches. So, from next year, they will be able to broadcast programmes like That Was The Week That Was. Tory MP Arthur Tiley was not happy. He said, “These beatniks do not appreciate what is offensive to all of us.”
Mr Justice Cairns yesterday refused a husband’s plea for a blood test on his wife and her baby - whose paternity he disputes. The judge believed that this was the first time that such a plea had been made in an English court. He added that the court had no power to order tests.
Champagne flooded into Britain last year. We were France’s best champagne customer, taking nearly 4,300,000 bottles, or 28% of French export sales.
Television highlights: Indoor Athletics. Still Life - play about a nightclub vocalist and a pop singer. Comedy Playhouse - Impasse with Bernard Cribbins and Leslie Phillips.
Radio highlights: Go Man Go. Lena Horne.
Weather: sunny intervals and showers. Outlook - little change. 11c, 52f.
