Rising De Gaulle Momentum Splits French Government Crisis
As Corsican insurgents gain ground in Algeria and Tunisia, De Gaulle backers clash with major unions and Navy commanders pledge support. Bourguiba demands troop withdrawal or UN action. Algiers hails Corsica move while France debates power and emergency measures.
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Algiers
France
de Gaulle
de Gaufle
Mediterranean
Paris
Malta
Habib
Bourguiba
Tunisia
Bizerte
UN Security Council
Pfilimtin
Corsica
de Gaullist
Equatorial Africa
France Jtself
Public Safety Committee
Pflimlin
National Assembly
Henry Nomy
Alain Poher
DeGaulle
Jules Moch
Pilimin
Moch
Philippe Auboyneau
U.S. Air Force
Lauris Norstad
Europe
Auboyneau
Algeria
Norstad
Navy
Air Force
France Aims for Truth Amid Wartime Propaganda Lines
Amid censorship and wartime fog the French public sought reliable information. Reports from Algiers radio, once rivaled by BBC, carried Auboy-Neau's claim that the navy and insurgents faced suppression in France as Openly flying escort missions and cross-border jet formations were noted under Cross of Lorraine symbol leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
de Saulle
Auboy- Neau
Navy
Algiers
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
French Planes Attack Tunisian Desert Posts
Tunisian authorities report French bombers and fighters from Algeria hit desert outposts north of Remada near the Libyan border. The attack targets Dehbir amity and Oued Dekouk 25 miles north of Remada as Bourguiba declares a state of emergency amid heavy fighting around Remada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis
Algeria
Remada
Tunisia
Tunisian Information Ministry
Sofce
Dehbir Amity
Oued Dekouk
Paris
Habib Bourguiba
Khrushchev Makes Peace Bid to Tito
In Belgrade Khrushchev sent cordial birthday congratulations to Tito on his 68th birthday and expressed a wish to patch up their feud. He cited Yugoslavia's independence and foreign policy as reasons for reconciliation, while Western observers noted the Kremlin initiated thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Nikita Khrushchev
Tito
Kremlin
Prices Too High Hit Auto Dealers Demand Lower Car Prices
Washington May 25 AP The National Association of Automobile Dealers urged auto makers to resist any price increases. From dealers' view automobiles are priced too high. Dean Chaffin president said dealers feel priced out of the market. For the first quarter this year dealers show an 8 percent profit before federal taxes, up from 1.4 percent a year earlier and seven-tenths of a percent for all of 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Assn
Dean Chaffin
Fed
Italy votes in two day parliamentary election turnout soars
In Italy voters elect 596 deputies for five years and 246 senators for six. 1953 results put Christian Democrats at about 40 percent with communists and leftists at 34 percent. By 5 p.m. half of eligible voters in north and center and 40 percent in south had cast ballots. turnout in Rome reached 76 percent as polls closed. Tomorrow about 6 to 7 million more expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Christian Democrats
Sicily
Sardinia
Rome
DROWNING TRAGEDY AT ROCKPORT CLAIMS SEVEN VICTIMS
Dick Fox of the Arkansas county emergency corps identified seven drowned and rescued children in Rockport and Arkansas Pass. Victims: Margarita Torres 11, Oralia Tomas 11, Susanna Torres 9, David Corby 7, and siblings Richard 4, Mary Catherine 9, Lloyd 11. Rescue efforts failed. inquest scheduled. bodies to Cage Marshall funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Fox
Arkansas County Emergency Corps
David Corby
Harry Brown
Arkansas Pass
Tex
Margarita Torres
Candelaria Torres
Rockport
Oralia Tomas
Concepcion Tomas
Susanna Torres
Baldemar Torres
David Curby
Richard
Mary Cathering
Lloyd
Baughman
Justice of the Peace
Jack Smith
Cage-Marshall Funeral Home
Two Crewmen Die In Bomber Crash At Chanute Field
Champlain ILL May 25 Two crewmen killed when a twin jet medium bomber crashed in a field near Chanute Air Force Base. Lt George Ogles Chanute public information officer said the aircraft had come to Chanute from Langley AF base Virginia and was returning when it crashed during a left turn. The plane disintegrated, parts scattered within 300 feet, a canopy was ejected at about 3000 feet. One crewman partially exited but parachute failed to open. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Ill
Chanute Air Force Base
George Ogles
Chanute
Langley Air Force Base
Ogles
Shaw to address Black Rock Masons tonight
Lt. W. A. Shaw of the Coast Guard Port Security Training unit will speak and show movies at the Black Rock Masonic club meeting in Viking hall on Alfred street. He will discuss the Atlantic Ice patrol and small boat handling with recruiting office members present. The public meeting is part of a series devoted to the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Shaw
Coast Guard
Black Rock
Ryan Announced Candidacy for Republican Governor Nomination
Senator Ryan declared his bid for the Republican nomination, after traveling across the state and gaining delegate support. He joins four other declared candidates including Fred R. Zeller, John D. Alsop, and Benjamin J. Barringer, with Antoni N. Sadlak as a potential sixth contender. Ryan, Yale graduate, OSS veteran, farmer and cattle breeder, has ties to Eisenhower era politics and Honduran inauguration duties. He is married to Ruth Robinson with three children.
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Ryan
Fred R. Zeller
Westport
John D. Alsop
Avon
Benjamin J. Barringer
New Milford
Litchfield County
Antoni N. Sadlak
Rockville
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Yale
Cornell
OSS
Citizens For Eisenhower
Ramon Villeda Morales
Honduras
Ruth Robinson
Quorum Lacking At New England Young Republicans Meet
Portland Maine May 23 The New England Council of Young Republican Clubs closed its quarterly gathering without business due to a quorum shortage. Chairman William H. Woodcock Jr Pawtucket RI said four state councils attended but only three were recognized. An unofficial source cited accreditation disputes in Massachusetts.
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Portland
New England Council of Young Republican Clubs
William H. Woodcock, Jr
Pawtucket
R.I
New England
Maine
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Artifacts Found on Nell's Island Dig Details Grid Plan
A 30 by 50 foot site on Nell's Island is laid out on a grid for a single day dig. Sections will be excavated in summer without spreading dug earth, with depths tied to artifact yield. The group seeks historical insight on local Indians and values artifacts as priceless curios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathisen
Connecticut
University of Arizona
Mystery Grows in Blast Probe at New York Battery
Douglas Aircraft Corp and Bell Laboratories helped study the blast incident. A 24 hour alert was triggered as 32 loaded Nike Ajax missiles on racks stood ready for defense of New York. Lt Col Harald H Broudy said timing could have prevented the chain explosion. Army will issue recommendations to prevent future accidents. At least 15 missiles were unsheathed during the alert. civilian property damage is estimated under $5,000 with 40 reports received and 38 investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broudy
T.N.T
52Nd
New York
Iit
Red Parley Adopts 3 Part Declaration War Saw
In Warsaw the Moscow meeting of Warsaw Pact leaders adopted a three part declaration calling for non aggression pacts and an Atlantic Alliance appeal. The document will be published tomorrow with speeches by eight top communists. Gomulka and Cyrankiewicz returned from Moscow this afternoon as the conference papers await publication. The non aggression pact idea echoes Soviet propaganda and the US has rejected similar proposals under UN charter rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Moscow
Teaders
Atlantic Alliance
Feader Wladyslaw Gomulka
Jozef Cyrankiewicz
Thei
United States
Russia
Mulligan Slightly Improved at Bridgeport Hospital
Edward M. Mulligan of 551 Courland Street was reported in slightly improved condition in Bridgeport hospital last night after admission Wednesday for observation. He received a blood transfusion yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Mulligan
Bridge Port Post
Bridgeport
Mr. Mulligan
Courland Street
Father Grady starts 41st year of pastorship at St Patrick's
A Mass marks the 40th anniversary of Rev James H Grady's priesthood ordination. He has served as pastor at St Patrick's for 10 years after earlier posts at St Teresa's Long Hill and several Hartford area churches born Feb 3 1893 he studied at Killingly Grammar St Thomas Seminary Hartford and Rome ordained May 25 1918 at St John Lateran by Cardinal Pompili his first assignment was St Augustine 1918 and he later served at multiple parishes in Hartford Norwalk West Haven Waterbury and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H.grady
St. Patrick's Church
Father Grady
St. Teresa's Church
Long Hill
Killingly Grammar
St. Thomas Seminary
Hartford
American
Patrolling Guards Restore Calm in Panama
National Guard patrols restored calm in Panama as talks between protesting students and the government stalled over new student demands. Eleven were killed in a rampage, with 500 students still barricaded at the National University. The National Assembly ratified a 30 day state of siege suspending constitutional rights to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
National Guard
Ernesto de la Guardia Jr
de la Guardia
National Assembly
Bridgeport Ethical Society Plans First Meeting Tonight
A Bridgeport group plans to form an Ethical Society with a first official meeting at the College club tonight. Mrs. Sidney-Sobel will lead, featuring Jerome Nathanson of the Society for Ethical Culture, as plans for fall Sunday meetings and a Sunday School by October are announced. Stamford society will cooperate and a steering committee will be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Ethical Society
Collage Club
Sidney - Sobel
Jerome Nathanson
Society For Ethical Culture
Bridgeport Society
Stamford Society
Man Nabbed as Tipsy After Auto Accident
Louis Romano a 35 year old of 116 Greenfield Drive was arrested yesterday on a drunken driving charge after an auto accident. He was released on bail of 3500 pending a City court hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Romano
Greenfield Drive
Stepinac Critically Ill at Croatia Home
Belgrade May 25 AP Alojzije Cardinal Stepinac archbishop of Zagreb is critically ill at his Krasic home in western Croatia. He has suffered since 1953 from polycythemia and underwent a 1952 leg operation. Yugoslavia accused him of Nazi collaboration and sentenced him in 1946 to 16 years, parole in 1951, with orders to stay in Krasic. Cardinalate in 1952 prompted diplomatic break with the Vatican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yagoslavia
Alojzije
Stepinac
Krasic
Croatia
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Vatican City
Vatican
Spring Outing Draws 200 At Forest Association Meet
More than 200 people attended the Connecticut Forest and Park Association spring outing at the new forest nursery in Pachaug State Forest Griswold. The program included tours of forestry and wildlife projects a noon picnic an afternoon meeting and inspection of the nursery. Speakers included James L Goodwin Donald Mathews Harry A McKusick and W Forest Schroeder with Tree Farm awards presented by Albert J Rapp. DAR representatives visited the DAR forest plantation memorializing Mrs Frederick P Latimer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Forest and Park Association
New Forest Nursery
Pachaug State Forest
Griswold
James L. Goodwin
Association
State Park and Forest
Donald Mathews
Harry A. McKusick
Silviculturist
State Park and Forest Commission
W. Porest Schroeder
Tree Farm
Albert J. Rapp
Connecticut Forest Products Industries Committee
DAR
Dar Forest
Frederick P. Latimer
Eisenhower Returns to Washington From Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower returns to the White House after a weekend at his Gettysburg Pennsylvania farm home. He is accompanied by Coca Cola Co. chairman William E. Robertson who had been a guest. Rainy weather kept the Eisenhowers indoors most of the day at Gettysburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
William E. Robertson
New York
Coca Cola Co
Eissenhowers
Augustana Lutherans Install Officers of New District Unit
Augustana Lutherans form nine church district body in New Haven area. Officers include president Bertil Johnson Rhode Island chair, vice president A M Erickson Stand Trinity Milford, treasurer C Rudolph Johnson Brenford, secretary Richard Nor newly formed group advises on church laws. Meeting drew more than 50 attendees and elected officers in February. pastor Hil Kron of First Elected gave remarks.
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Bridgeport Area
Meaj
Salem Lutheran Church
Bridgewere
Richard Nornewly
New Haven
Raymond Fawcett
Hil
Din Kron
Lutheran Church
West Haven
Bertil Johnson
Rhode
Island
Eng
A. M. Erickson
Stand Conference
ad+ Trinity church
Milford
Roland Calberg
Youth hurt as cars crash in Fairfield
James Gardiner 18 of 36 Clinton Avenue was injured at 8 10 PM when the car passenger in a crash at Kings Highway cutoff and Meadowbrook Road near the Connecticut turnpike Fairfield. Gardiner was taken to St Vincent Hospital for injuries to the side and discharged. Edward J Targowski 21 of 83 Beaconview Drive Fairfield operated the car Gardiner rode in and was joined by Richard Swanson 18 of 247 Puritan Road Fairfield in a collision with Swanson’s car traveling east on Meadowbrook Road. Both drivers were summoned to town court June 23 for violation of state motor vehicle laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gardiner
Clinton Avenue
Kings Highway
Meadowbook's Road
Connecticut Turnpike
Fairfield
St. Vincent's Hospital
James Mastroni
Gardiner
Edward J. Targowski
Beaconview Drive
Targowski
Richard Swanson
Puritan Road
Swanson
Meadowbrook Road
Hiker falls 150 feet after pals grasp slips on cliff
Longmont Colorado May 25 AP Two youths from Lowry Air Force Base Denver faced a deadly fall when Albert Haulcomb 19 slipped from Bobby Scott 17 who briefly held him by the ankles as Haulcomb slid head first down a sheer cliff. Haulcomb sustained severe injuries and was taken to St Vrain hospital. Both were students at Lowry AFB Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longmont
Colo
Albert O. Haulcomb
Bobby W. Scott
Scott
Haulcomb
St. Vrain Hospital
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Rev J A Ganley Succumbs At 68 In Danbury Diocese
Obituary notes the death of Rev J A Ganley at 68 and details his service in the Danbury diocese He led parishes at St Augustine Riverside St Cecilia Springdale and St Catherine River side He supported a new school convent at Riverside and directed Greenwich Bureau of Social Services He is mourned by a sister and two nephews in Georgetown and Bethal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alding
Ganley
St. Cecilia's Church
Springdale
St. Augustine's
St. Vincent's Hospital
St. Catherine’s Church
Riverside
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Fitchburg
Mass
Greenwich
Dioccesan Bureau of Social Services
Riverside Church
William F. Kearney
V.G
St. Peter's Church
Danbury
St. Theres
Woodbury
John J. Hayes
St.Marys Church
Stratford
Hugh Coffey
Bartholomew J. Laurelle
St. Raphael's Church
Herbert Kearns
Georgetown
Herbert A. Kearns
John J. Ganley
Bethal
Charles Schrader Rites Scheduled in Monroe
Charles Schrader 72 of 1088 Fairfield Avenue died Saturday in Monroe. Services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Dennis and D Arcy Funeral Home 1046 Fairfield Avenue with Rev William H Alderson pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Lawncroft Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schrader
Fairfield Avenue
Monroe
Dennis and D'Arcy
William H. Alderson
First Methodist Church
Lawncroft Cemetery
Milford Man Dies After 38 Years at Bridgeport Brass
John P Cryoskie 60 of 101 Oronoque Road Milford died today at home. Services Wednesday 8:15 a.m. Milford Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at St Marys Church with solemn high requiem Mass. Burial in St Marys Cemetery. He worked as an electric furnace rammer at Bridgeport Brass for 38 years. Survived by wife Bertha Wrablewski Cryoskie, son Edward Krajewski of Milford, daughter Florence Farrell of Milford, father Frank Czyoskie of Bridgeport, six brothers Stephen Joseph Frank William Anthony Charles Krajewski, three sisters Julia Mizinsky of Milford Mary Urbanowice and Loretta Mercurio, four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
John P. Cryoskie
Krajewski
Oronoque Road
Bridgeport Brass Company
Milford Funeral Home
Cherry Street
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Cryoskie
Bertha Wrablewski Cryoskie
Edward Krajewski
Florence Farrell
Frank Czyoskie
Bridgeport
Stephen
Joseph
Frank
William
Anthony
Charles Krajewski
Julia Mizinsky
Mary Urbanowice
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Windsor Avenue
Southern
New England Tele Phone Company
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Black Rock Masons
Theodore S. Ryan
Young Gop
John P. Cantrell
West Point
Cantrell
Nell's Island
Mulligan
Grady
Larry Cable
Pamperaug Council
Newtown
Edward F. McMaugh
PAL
Cardinal
Joseph Sullivan
General Electric Company
Cardinal Stritch
Francis W. Phillips
Grace Baptist Church
Marlo Asdrubali
Ualian Community Center
Pamperang Council
YWCA
James H. Grady
Eones
Shullsburg
Wis
Kenneth Peacock
Read
Kenneth
Man
OF Park Association
Ike
Capital
Augustana Lutherans
Hiker
California
Eevee Pain
Otet Co
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