Gaullists Call for Unity Behind Pompidou in Runoff
Paris France the Gaullist Union of Democrats for the Republic urged national unity behind Georges Pompidou after runner up Alain Poher refused to quit Poher trails by about 11.4 million votes after the first round while Poher allies push to draw Communist support for the June 15 runoff Poher says he will fight on despite slim odds and calls for a meaningful political alternative to Gaullism and Communism.
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Parisap
France
Georges Pompidou
Alain Poher
Gaullist Union of Democrats For the Republic
UDR
Fead Pompidou
Pompidou
de Gaulle
Poher
Communist Party
Foher
Jacques Duclos
Pompidori
House
Senate
John R. Buckley
D-Abington
Public Service Committee
Lawrence FP. Smith
D. Lawrence
Buckley
Smith
The Highways Are Yours Are You Littering Your Own
A brief urban column urges readers to take personal responsibility for keeping roads clean. It frames road cleanliness as civic duty, warning that neglect harms neighborhoods and invites penalties, while praising volunteers who organize trash pickups.
Heavy casualties in Dak To fighting test Viet forces
Saigon reports 945 North Vietnamese killed in three weeks around Dak To with ARVN and American air and artillery support suffering heavy losses. The campaign, named Peoples Rights, tests Vietnamization as U.S. withdrawal nears. US air power accounts for about half the North Vietnamese deaths and hundreds of B52s and fighters have dropped more than 10,000 tons of bombs on the area.
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Dak
Saigon
Dak To
Highlands
People’s Rights
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Quan Doi Nhan Dan
United States
Hich
U.S. 4Th Division
Union Leaders Void Strike Call In Curacao
On Curacao union leaders drop plans for a general strike after a government pledge to dissolve Parliament and hold new elections. They pressured Prime Minister Ciro Kroon who survived a parliamentary vote of confidence and agreed to dissolve the legislature within days with elections planned within two months.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Caribbean
Ciro Kroon
Netherlands Antilles
Kroon
Stowaway Duo Struggles End in Alarming Plunge
MADRID AP Two Cuban youths hid above a Spanish jetliners wheels in Havana. One apparently died after takeoff while the other, Armando Socarras Ramirez, survived seven and a half hours at 29000 feet before landing in Madrid and being found in grave condition. He recounted a companion hid behind the right wheel as well.
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Madrid
Havana
Armando Socarras Ramirez
Sacarras
Transatlantic Rover 220 Miles From Newfoundland
Thomas McClean a 26 year old British army paratrooper who left St John s May 17 to row the Atlantic is reported safe and 220 miles east of Newfoundland Two Portuguese trawlers Rio Alsus Queiro and Comandante Tenneiro radioed St John s that McClean had pulled his 26 foot dory alongside them seeking an exact position He hoped to row to Scotland in 80 days
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ST. John's
Nid
Thomas McClean
Atlantic
Newfoundland
St. John’s
McClean
Scotland
Sargent Plan Promises Doubling of State Costs
Boston AP reports Gov. Sargent's cabinet style reorganization would double state government costs within five to seven years. Testimony before the Rules Committee focused on 172 agencies under the governor, staffing limits, and concerns about political overhauls.
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Boston
Francis W. Sargent
Joint Rules Committee
Robert C. Casselman
Sargent
House
David NM. Bartley
D-Holyoke
Casselman
Bartley
Senate
Maurice A. Donahue
Donald R. Dwight
Don Dwight
Donahue
Kevin B. Harrington
D-Salem
Harrington
Stephen Mugar
Florida
James Gavin
Algiers
Dean Don K. Price
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard
CEO Aided Group Probed For Role in N C Violence
Federal officials investigate staff links to a gun battle at North Carolina A&T Greensboro on May 21. The Foundation for Community Development received 900000 under OEO Special Impact to foster black capitalism in Durham with 60000 from EDA. Durham white leaders oppose funds. NC Republican Party chair warns federal money not fuel unrest.
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Washington
Federal Poverty Agency
Nixon
North Carolina
Charles Collins
Office of Economic Opportunity
Foundation For Community Development
A&t
Greensboro
O&o
Durham
N.C
Merce Department
Economic Development Administration
Nixon Administration
OEO
OHO
North Carolina Fund
Jim Holfhouser
North Carolina Republican Party
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Pober
Seattle
le Bourget
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
North St
Hnglands
Allendale
Katina Theodassiou
England
Pittsfield
Mass
City
Istate
Mes
Time Pattern Research Institute, Inc
Theodossian
Affendale
Stationery Department
Sargent Aide
Massachusetts House Today
Ways and Means
John J. Toomey
Cambridge
Taxation Committee
Frederic W. Schiosstein Jr
D-Warren
Massachusetts
Arthur W. Browner
Natural Resources
Water Resources Commission
The
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Polly
Pioneer Credit
Great Barrington
Williamstown
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