De Gaulle to Run Algeria as Insurgents Must Yield
Premier de Gaulle told All-Algeria Public Safety Committee members that insurgent authority must end and that he will personally run Algeria. He named Gen Raoul Salan as delegate-general in Algiers and urged integration of Muslim and European communities while warning the committees not to usurp legal authority. Crowds welcomed him in Algiers and eastern Algeria as Paris newspapers warned of trouble from insurgent committees of Public Safety.
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Oran
Algeria
de Gaulle
All-Algeria Public Safety Committee
Raoul Salan
Algiers
Fairs
Paris
Committees of Public Safety
McCone Nominated as Strauss Successor to AEC
John A. McCone a Los Angeles businessman and engineer was nominated by President Eisenhower to replace Lewis L. Strauss on the Atomic Energy Commission. McCone, 56, has defense and Air Force service and is a close White House friend. Strauss will leave the AEC June 9 after a five year term. his reason cited as unspecified.
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Washington
John A. McCone
Los Angeles
Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commis
Sion
White House
McCone
Defense Department
Truman
Secretary of Defense
Air Force
Strauss
AEC
Eisenhower Remembers D Day On 14th Anniversary
President Eisenhower signed a place card at breakfast with House Republicans. He checked the date and recalled the Normandy invasion, recalling his role as supreme commander as the 14th anniversary of D Day marked in France.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Normandy
France
Allied Forces
Europe
White House
House
Peter Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Weather Readings From Herald Site On Fire Station Roof
Weather report from Herald Weather Site notes high in last 24 hours 67, low 42, 8:30 am reading 4 percent, general conditions clear. Local roof readings provide apparel for daily forecast.
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U. S
Herald
Grim search continues as Wisconsin tornado toll hits 30
A young mother died of injuries and a man was found alive, keeping Wednesday night's Wisconsin tornado toll at 30. The devastation stretched across Colfax Eau Claire and surrounding counties with hundreds injured, homes destroyed, and aid flowing from state federal and private agencies. Colfax Mayor Everson expressed determination to rebuild.
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Ralph Huseby
Minneapolis
Colfax
Elks President Praises Austin Convention Facilities
State Elk President Ben ny Benson Rochester praised Austin facilities as the best in years and called the city a great convention site. The gathering includes ritualistic installations of seven members, a constitutional revision vote, a band concert, golf championships, a fish fry, bids for the 1959 site, officer elections, a centennial parade with 100 units, a banquet with Robert Hewett as speaker, and issuance of photo ID cards for delegates and guests.
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Austin Elks Club
State Elks
Benny Benson
Rochester
Benson
Austin
Bemidji Lodge
Elks
Wayne Austin
Main
Maple
Austin High School
Robert Hewett
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Don Sheetz
Elk
Sheetz
Engine Trouble Grounds Airliner With College Choir
A chartered airliner carrying Concordia College choir of Moorhead Minnesota was grounded at Shannon Ireland due to engine trouble over the Atlantic. After inspection, authorities grounded the plane for the night and planned repairs. the flight resumes to Oslo Friday morning on a two month European tour.
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Shannon
Ireland
Concordia College Choir
Moorhead
Minn
Norway
Atlantic
Oslo
State GOP Convention Under Way
About 2,000 Republicans gather in St. Paul for the state convention to endorse a slate of candidates. The amended rule allows endorsements by 40 percent vote, with governors’ and other races led by George MacKinnon and M. Wayne Field as announced candidates. If no candidate reaches 40 percent after three ballots, voters decide at the Sept. 9 primary.
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ST. Paul
George MacKinnon
U.S
M. Wayne Field
Minneapolis
MacKinnon
Tornado Damage Estimated Between 350000 and 400000
Albany Minn AP damage from a tornado that damaged over 35 farms between Albany and St Joseph was estimated at 350000 to 400000. State Sen Henry Harren editor of the Albany Enterprise toured the area. The Red Cross counted destroyed or damaged buildings in Stearns County and the Farmers Home Administration said it will extend loans there.
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Albany
Farmers Home Administration
Stearns County
Collision Kills Both Drivers on Highway 32
A head on collision near Middle River Minnesota killed Marion Peterson 51 of Sauk Centre and Walter Stromlund 39 of Greenbush and injured two passengers. The crash occurred about 9 30 p m on Highway 32 south of Middle River raising Minnesota highway toll to 253.
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Middle River
Minn
Highway Patrol
Marion Julius Peterson
Sauk Centre
Walter Stromlund
Greenbush
Peterson
Highway
Here
Minnesota
May Employment Rises as Unemployment Falls
Government report shows May employment at 64,061,000, up 1,154,000 from April, with unemployment down 216,000 to 4,904,000. Gains blamed on seasonal agricultural and service work plus construction, aided by outdoor labor recovery after bad weather.
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Commerce and Labor Departments
Chrysler Closes Plymouth Plants After UAW Walkout
Detroit AP Chrysler Corp shut down Plymouth body and assembly plants in Detroit sending 2,700 workers home after 100 UAW members walked off in the trim department. The UAW urged members to work during a non-contract period and provided no immediate comment. The move followed tensions as Walter Reuther sought to prevent disruptions amid auto contract talks.
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United Auto Workers Union
Trim
Plymouth
UAW
Chrysler
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Widow gives flag to school in memory of soldier
Lucy Downey, wife of Spanish-American War veteran Bill Downey, presented his flag to Tyrell Junior High in Hayward, praising good soldiers and love of America. She collapsed from a heart attack and died later in a San Leandro hospital. Bobby Hale raised the flag at school.
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Bill Downey
Missile Tested Over Inland Route From Mugu
A Regulus II guided missile was launched from the US Naval Test Center at Point Mugu, California, sailed seaward, then turned inland guided by two jet chase planes and flew over 450 miles to Antelope Dry Lake near the Utah border, Nevada.
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Point Mugu
Calif
Nevada
US Naval Test Center
Antelope Dry Lake
Utah
Nelsen Attacks DFL Financing At Minnesota Convention
Ancher Nelson, Minnesota GOP chair, labeled DFL financing as phony and warned it has driven up state debt to over 160 million by June 30. He cited high income and property taxes, depleted surpluses, and 72 million needed next biennium, saying taxes harm industry, farmers, and miners.
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Minnesota
Nelson
Sharp Drop Noted in Iron Ore Shipments
Cleveland AP reports iron ore carriers delivered far less tonnage to lower lake ports this season than any since 1939. Through May 31, U S and Canadian port shipments totaled 4,123,171 tons, compared with 16,714,273 by June 1 last year, due to big stockpiles and reduced consumption.
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Cleveland
Senate group defeats bid to use aid to loosen Moscow grip
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Soviet Union faces a choice between allowing greater freedom to its satellites and risking revolts. He referenced the 43 41 defeat of a plan to loosen Moscow control and noted Eisenhower prefers separate legislation for such aid.
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Washington (Ap
Dulles
Soviet Union
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Eisenhower
Russia
Senate Battle Looms Over Tax Extension
The House passed a bill to extend corporation income and excise tax rates for another year at wartime levels, avoiding a $2.6 billion revenue drop. Senate action will likely focus on repealing wartime transportation taxes. Sen. Paul H. Douglas seeks broader tax cuts as an amendment.
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Washington
House
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ni
Largest ore carrier ready for launching
The S S Edmund Fitzgerald, 729 feet long and 75 feet wide, will be launched Saturday at Great Lakes Engineering Works River Rouge. At eight million dollars it weighs 7,500 tons and surpasses Detroit’s Penobscot Building in height. The 26,000 gross ton capacity freighter will speed 16 miles an hour and is within a foot of the Soo Locks length limit. It will be delivered Aug. 15 to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co of Milwaukee.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
River Rouge
Edmund Fitzgerald
Penobscot
Army
Soo Locks
Fitzgerald
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. of
Milwaukee
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