De Gaulle Forms New Government Amid Election Preparations
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle reshapes his cabinet keeping Georges Pompidou as premier while mobilizing military and police units near Paris. He aims to stabilize the economy ahead of the June 23 first round of National Assembly elections.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Georges Pompidou
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Rennes
Britanny
Pompidou
Maurice Couve de Murville
Rene Capitani
Defense
Pierre Messmer
Agriculture
Edgar Faure
le Havre
Marseille
Lyon
Angouleme
Limoges
Lille
Strasbourg
Ex President Chamoun Shot in Beirut Relapse of unrest
Former Lebanese president Camille Chamoun was wounded by gunfire outside his party headquarters in Beirut. The assailant, a 20 year old Muslim from Tripoli, was overpowered by bodyguards and police questioned him. Security, curfews, and protests followed as tensions rose between Christian and Muslim groups.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
U.S
Tripoli
Chamoun
North Vietnam Rejects U S Proposals in Peace Talks
In Paris the sixth meeting between U S ambassador Harriman and North Vietnam's Xuan Thuy produced pointed exchanges with no progress. Hanoi rejected all U S proposals for joint action and for a demilitarized buffer zone, while Washington pressed for a halt to bombing in exchange for North Vietnam refraining from war actions. The session lasted 3 hours 45 minutes and adjourned to Wednesday.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Noi
Hanoi
Harriman
Thuy
United
North
South Vietnam
Viet Cong Infiltrators Press Toward Saigon Center
Viet Cong infiltrators moved toward central Saigon as gunfights erupted at intersections. Reports placed guerrillas within a mile of the Presidential Palace and six blocks from National Police HQ, with fighting across multiple city sectors and rockets fired toward outlying areas.
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Saigon
National Police
An Quang
Cholon
Gia Dinh
Tan An
Tan Son Nhut
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Henri Huet
Go Vap
Hoover asserts crime volume rising despite population changes
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover rejects claims of a shrinking crime problem due to youth population or police tabulation upgrades. He notes 1960 to 1967 population up 10 percent but serious crime up 80 percent, arrests for youths 72 percent, and cites increases in armed robbery and murder.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Bureau
Interest Rates On Bonds Up
President Johnson boosted U S Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares rates to spur sales. E and H bonds rise to 4.25 percent and Freedom Shares to 5 percent at maturity. Texas White House cited higher competing yields as a factor. Johnson planned a busy Friday with minor bills signed and an advisory panel named for the Teacher Corps. He also prepared to vote in Johnson City in the gubernatorial runoff.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
U.S
Freedom
Texas White House
Jonson
Johnson City
Preston Smith
John Cornally
Houston
Don Yarborouch
Connally
Clarksburg Workers Plan Strike Over Wages
Clarksburg street sewer and waste treatment crews plan a strike for higher wages. Union leader Anthony Cann notes only a 22 cent average pay boost over the past decade amid stalled negotiations.
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Clarksburg
Anthony Cann
Afl-Cio
Legal
Divers Inspect Hulk as Search Area Shifts Over Scorpion Case
Navy divers examined a sunken hulk off Cape Henry and found clues it is not the missing USS Scorpion. Eighteen divers checked an object at 180 feet, with Vice Admiral Schade calling the odds against Scorpion almost nil. The object may be a World War II submarine, possibly German.
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Norfolk, Va
Cape Henry
Scorpion
Arnold F. Schade
Schade
Pargo
U.S
Atlantic
Azores
Cruiser Banks
Irving Banks
U.S.S
Steel and Aluminum Unions Reach Pattern-Setting Pact
United Steelworkers and Aluminum Co of America reach a three year contract affecting 1000 workers at eight Alcoa sites. Avg wage rise 55.9 cents per hour, base wage 3.09 dollars. Alcoa raises aluminum ingot and fabricated product prices to cover higher costs. If no deal by midnight unions may strike.
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New York
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Co. of America
ALCOA
M. C. Weston Jr
Weston
The
Marine corporal given three year prison term for manslaughter
Cpl. Stanley J. Luczko Jr. was sentenced by an eight officer Marine court martial to three years in prison with a bad conduct discharge for voluntary manslaughter in Vietnam. He had been previously convicted of murder, but retrials overturned that verdict. attorney plans an appeal.
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Cpl. Luczko
Quantico
Marine Corps
Cpl
Stanley J. Luczko Jr
Vietnam
Luczko
Navy Board of Review
Portsmouth
N.H
Naval Prison
Frank J. McGee Jr
Marshfield
Mass
James M. Masters Sr
Marine Corps Development and Educational Command
Masters
McGee
Stanley Luczko, Jr
Stanley J. Luczko
Gardner
Rine Corps
New England
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Fifth Republic
Michel Debre
Christian Fouchet
Georges Gorse
Louis Joxe
Afghanistan
Sud-Aviation
Francois Mitterand
Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left
North Viets
Buddhist Pagoda
New York City
Staten Island
N. Y
Great Kills Park
Nancy Perri
Miami Beach
Fla
Steel
Aluminum
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