De Gaulle seeks way to avert devaluation of the franc
UPI reports amid France’s crisis in May 1968 as Charles de Gaulle rejects devaluation and faces student and worker protests over wages and living costs. Renault wage talks broaden the economic strain while gold reserves fall and currency pressures rise. a separate note from Kettering, England, mentions five audience faintings at a baby birth film showing prompting ambulances turnout.
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de Gaulle
France
Renault Automobile
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
United States
Kettering
England
UPI
St. John Ambulance Brigade
Two GIs Praise South Korean Prison Experience
Suwon Korea prison records show Pvt Willie Page and SP4 Raymond Velasquez Jr serving sentences for rape, treated well by locals and living in a foreigners room. They work in a flower garden, eat separate from Korean inmates, and hope for early parole after time in stockade credited. Page, 19, from Plaquemine Louisiana, Velasquez, 21 from Omaha Nebraska, acknowledge learning Korean and expect discharge as undesirables after completing sentences.
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Suwon
South Korea
UPI
Willie N. Page
Plaquemine
Raymond J. Velasquez, Jr
Omaha
Neb
Suwon Correctional Institute
Page
Velasquez
U.S. Army
Seoul
Yu Tae-Hi
U. S
United States
Page and
Supreme Court
Republic of Korea
Willie Page
Korea
Studio Specializes In Making Models
CHICAGO UPI The maker of official U S presidential seals runs a model studio that evolved from a one man shop into a half million dollar a year business with 40 artisans. Richard B Rush heads the firm and likens it to Walt Disney for craftsmanship and authenticity. The studio produces presidential seals Smokey the Bear dioramas and a life size anatomy model among other pieces. Rush says most work is for museums and medical scientific uses and the firm also pursues limited pop art pieces for contemporary museums. A Colorado inmate spoke at a church event about steering youth away from crime while Rush notes the company contracts require knowledgeable staff and exact reproductions.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S
The
Art Institute
Richard B. Rush
Rush
Walt Disney
Smokey the Bear
Smithsonian Institute
New Delhi
India
Atlantic Ocean
Bahama Islands
Shedd Aquarium
Bush Studio
Lewis Institute
Illinois Institute of Technology
Susan
Field Museum (of Natural History
Alvin Salvage Operations Suspended
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute suspended salvage of the sunken Alvin submersible after heavy weather thwarted efforts 120 miles off Cape Cod. Alvin sank on October 16 when a launch cable snapped. three crew were safe. Recovery planned for next year if conditions improve.
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Mass
APS
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Institution
Coast Guard
Laurel
Santa Barbara
Calif
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Phil Newsom
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Homer Williams
Colorado State Penitentiary
Williams
Alvin
Vermont Banks Trust Company
Brattleboro
Rutland
Bennington —Bellows Falls
Manchester Center
Chester
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Robert C. Lovejoy
Sonotone
First St
Pittsfield
Joseph Mauro
Bennington
Carroll's Drug Store
Main St
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Robin Hood
Pillsbury
Lee
Bradford
Mon. Plaza Shopping Center
Bennington, VT
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