Poher Pressured as Center Party Considers Run
Acting President Alain Poher, 60, faces pressure to run for president as the Center party weighs nominating him in the June 1 race to succeed Charles de Gaulle. Poher, who would serve until a new head of state is elected, reportedly reluctant but hearing broad backing from radical Socialists and elder statesmen. Other candidates include Georges Pompidou, Jacques Duclos, Michel Rocard, and Alain Rivine amid party maneuvering and drafting committees across France.
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Paris
UPI
Alain Poher
Center Party
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Poher
de Gaulle
Radical Socialist Party
France
Elysee Palace
Jacques Duhamel
National Assembly
Antoine Pinay
Jacques Duclos
Michel Rocard
Unified Socialist Party
PSU
Alain Rivine
Senate Panel Probes Policy Cancellations
A report from Washington notes a woman filed a 35 claim for a cigarette burn and was visited by an agent who checked her clothes closet. The closet arrangement allegedly served as a signal to assess the husband’s mental health. The piece also mentions a clergy member denied insurance by Farm Bureau Mutual in Jefferson City, Missouri after claiming public anger over his actions.
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Washington
UPC
Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co
Jefferson City
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Gerald Huey
Stafford
Royal Indemnity Insurance Co
New York City
Hart
State Farm
James M. Hoover
Austin
Tex
American Home Insurance Company
Soviet Claim Radio Invention By Russian Inventor Popov
Pravda claims Alexander S. Popov demonstrated the first wireless receiving apparatus on May 7 1895 marking the birth of radio. It contrasts with Marconi credited for patent in June 1896 and notes Popov later extended wireless ship to shore comms over six miles and then 30 miles. The report ties to Radio Day and legislative hearings on insurance cancellations.
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Moscow
UPD
Communist Party
Pravda
Alexander S. Popov
Italy
Gugielmo Marconi
Popov
Marconi
Soviet Union
Opposition Grows in Army to Vietnam War Debate
A former Army enlisted man who edited an underground paper at Ft. Dix N J says opposition to U S policy in Vietnam is rising in the services. Allen Myers 26 says GIs are questioning the war, aware of risks and possible penalties, yet believing the war immoral and that they must speak out. He spoke to Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace in Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Ft. Dix
N.J
U.S
Vietnam
Allen Myers
Illinois
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
South Carolina
Henry E. Niles
Baltimore Life Insurance Company
George Wald
Harvard University
South Vietnam
Paul Findley
Nixon
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