Pompidou Enters French Presidential Race Amid Gaullist Support
Former Prime Minister Georges Pompidou announced he will run to ensure continuity after Charles de Gaulle’s resignation. De Gaulle stays neutral. Interim leader Alain Poher governs until dates for the election are set with a first round expected June 1 and a runoff two weeks later. Gold prices eased after spiking to 49.09, settling around 48.58 dollars per ounce in Paris.
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Mier
Georges Pompidou
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Pompidou
UDR
National Assembly
Senate
Alain Poher
Francois Mitterrand
Sen
Jacques Duclos
Paris
De Gaulle Resignation Fuels French Franc Devaluation Fears
Brussels reports that De Gaulle's resignation sparked fears of a franc devaluation that could destabilize global trade. Gold and foreign currency reserves fell, imports outpaced exports, and prices and interest rates rose as speculation surged. Ortoli still pursues an 11 percent devaluation while observers weigh potential spillovers to Britain and the United States.
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Brussels
Belgium
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Ortoli
Ludwig Erhard
Britain
Harold Wilson
Nixon
United States
Arrests Sweep Campuses Across Carolinas Over Seizures
State police and National Guardsmen moved onto Voorhees College in Denmark South Carolina arresting 25 men and 5 women after they vacated barricaded buildings. In Belmont Abbey North Carolina seven Negro students ended a 10 hour science building seizure. Nixon condemned campus lawlessness urging faculty to stand firm.
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South Carolina
Vorhees College
Nixon
Voorhees
John Potts
J. P. Strom
Potts
Belmont Abbey College
North Carolina
Washington
United States of America
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Dartmouth
University of Rochester
New York City University
Voorhees College
Denmark
S.C
Belmont
N.C
Jude Cleary
Banks Denies Guilt in Bluefield Bombing Trial
Shannon Banks, 20, a Bluefield State College student, testifies he knew nothing of a conspiracy to dynamite a campus building. He claims he did not touch dynamite and urged his cousin to split when dynamite arrived. Co-defendants include William Travis Jr., Nathaniel Bernard Johnson, Edgar James, Paul Crockett, and Lewis Tyrone Turner.
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Shannon Dwight Banks
Banks
Travis
William Cecil Travis, Jr
Willow Grove
Mercer County
West Virginia Supreme Court
Nathaniel Bernard Johnson
Crumpler
Edgar James
Bluefield
Paul Crockett
Kingsport
Tenn
Lewis Tyrone Turner
Huntington
N. Y
Princeton
Howard Moe
David W. Knight
David Burton
Mitchell
Harold Pearson
Bluefield State College
Pearson
Johnson, Crockett
Atlantis undersea lab proposed as national ocean shelf facility
The University of Miami proposes an 80 foot long undersea habitat named Atlantis to operate 1000 feet deep off Miami with 10 to 12 scientists for up to 10 years. The project aims to support Navy antisubmarine efforts and ocean floor mining tech, with civilian and educational uses and potential manufacturing starting mid 1970.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Atlantis
University of Miami
Miami
Navy
National Continental Shelf Laboratory
J. D. Arnold
Naval Materiel
Henry King Stanford
Lyndon
B. Johnson
Commission
America
Chrysler Corp
Space Division
Seventeen U S Helos Shot Down In Vietnam War Wave
AP reports in Saigon that 17 American helicopters were shot down in the past seven days marking one of the year’s darkest periods for losses. Eight were OH6 Loach scouts, with four lost in Tay Ninh Province near the Cambodian border. Total U S helicopter losses reach 2,752 since Jan 1, 1961 with 1,093 shot down.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
Tay Ninh
U.S
da Nang
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Lai Khe
Ex-Irish Prime Minister appeals for end to feuds
Belfast AP report covers Terence ONeill bidding farewell as prime minister and urging an end to Protestant Catholic hostility. He warned a government based on Protestant ascendancy will fail and urged unity in a small country torn by history.
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Belfast
Terence O'Neill
Northern Ireland
O'Neill
Opponents Clash Over Holiday Inn Re zoning Plan
Bluefield Planning Commission heard strong opposition Tuesday to Holiday Inn bids to re zone a nine acre tract on East Cumberland Road. Lodge No. 269 owns the land with a 55 thousand dollar option for a 1.2 million motel, while residents fear loss of residential character and spot zoning.
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Bluefield Planning Commission
City Board
Holiday Inn
East Cumberland Road
Princeton
William Sanders
Bluefield Elks Lodge No
Brier
Sanders
William P. Allen
Cumberland Road
Allen
City Board and Planning Commission
Bluefield
Mutual Benefit
John Chmara
Ridgecrest Road
Bluefield High School
Chmara
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Carolinas
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Bluefield State
Unionist Party
Brain Faulkner
James Chichester-Clark
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