De Gaulle Aides Clamp Down As Paris Turmoil Roars
Rioters clash on the Champs Elysees as De Gaulle supporters rally in Paris. Police block streets, cars are halted, cafes close, and security forces deploy to contain the chaos. Leaders meet Coty urging swift moves while Socialist and Communist blocs shift in the power balance.
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Champs Elysees
de Gaulle
the Republic
Colombey - Les - Deux - Eglises
Paris
Guy Mollet
Maurice Deixonne
Communist Party
Rene) Coty
Coty
France
Mollet
Deixanne
Colombey
Vincent Auriol
del Gaulle
Graystone
Deixonne
Merc
le Monde
Pleasure Beach Draws Ten Thousand Plus Fans
Crowds estimated 11 000 to 16 000 packed the bridge and center of the park for a sunny day at Pleasure Beach. Two youths were taken into custody for an alleged purse snatching and handed to the Juvenile Detention home. Detectives Kerwin Nortis and Special policeman Bennett nabbed a 3 pm suspect and the case will be investigated by the Police Youth bureau. Mr Sonshine praised police work and the day as a success fostering public support for the park.
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Police Youth Bureau
James Kerwin
James Nortis
John}. Bennett
Sonshine
Crowley May Face 10 Day Detention Extension in Japan
Japanese prosecutors may seek another ten day detention for Joseph P. Crowley the American businessman jailed in the hotel suite death of his brother in law T A D Jones Jr of New Haven Conn Jones Yale football link noted Crowley detained initially May 2 under suspicion of injuries tied to Jones death extension possible if questioning not finished before Sunday holiday closures in Tokyo May 30 AP report
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Tokyo
Joseph P. Crowley
Crowley
Yale
New Haven
Imperial Hotel
Jones
Kenjiro Furukawa
Hone Talks Today for Junior Museum Event
Lloyd Jones leads a 10 am session on How a Telephone Works at the Wonder Workshop Junior Museum located at 2195 Main Street. The museum will close for June and reopen for summer in July per Mrs S A Gilliland of Wonder Workshop.
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Lloyd Jones
Wonder Workshop
Main Street
S. A. Gilliland
Auto Workers At GM Without Pact On Dues Change
GM announced it would stop collecting union dues and that UAW membership would no longer be a condition of employment. The UAW set gate patrols in response. Under old contracts hourly workers would have received a two cent cost of living and a six cent productivity raise effective Monday, but GM said those gains died with the two year extension rejection.
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UAW
Traffic crash injures three on Noble and Park avenues
A two car crash near Barnum Avenue left two Park Avenue residents with head injuries and a Sawicki driver with scalp wounds. Perry Kokenos was cited for violating state auto laws as officers investigated the incident and ambulances treated all involved at the scene and home.
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St. Vincent's Hospital
Andrew Hallas
Park Avenue
Nicholas Kakenos
Andrew Harding
Bennett
Perry Kokenos
Sotomayer
Kokenos
Donald Sawicki
Jennings Avenue
Noble Avenue
Barnum Avenue
Sawicki
Driver Killed as Auto Hits Tree in Hartford Area
AP reports two highway crashes killed Rene Barselau, 43, who struck a tree on Prospect Street Wethersfield while returning from Hartford Rayon, and left Eric Spoman, 65, in critical condition after a hit and run on the Berlin Turnpike Newington where he was riding a bicycle.
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Hartford
Rene Barselau
Amity Street
Prospect Street
Wethersfield
Barselau
Hartford Rayon Company
Rocky Hill
Eric Spoman
South Whitney Street
Hartford Hospital
Berlin Turnpike
Newington
Spoman
Parkway crash injures thirteen near Comstock Hill Road
Three people were slightly hurt in a three car Merritt Parkway crash near Comstock Hill Road at about 9 a.m. Paula Preston, Clara McGuinness, and Russell Kulzer were treated at Norwalk Hospital and released. Vehicles halted on the roadway as a flat tire car stopped. a following car struck, then another collided. Ray Mond Valus, 20, of Stepney, was charged with failure to pass to the left. The flat tire driver, 48, of Meridien, was charged with stopping on the highway.
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Norwalk
Merritt Parkway
Comstock Hill Road
Norwalk Hospital
Paula Preston
Irving Preston
Blake Street
Clara McGuinness
Stuart Avenue
Russell Kulzer
Stepney
Ray Mond Valus
Preston
McGuinness
Preston Auto
Valus
Perce Saries
Meridien
Westbury
N. Y
Easy Adios
Roosevelt Raceway
Amortizer
Hundred Proof
Airfield man held after row with wife
Dominick N. Esposito 42 of 69 Overlook avenue Fairfield was arrested on breach of the peace charge by Patrolman Fred Campbell yesterday afternoon. Police said he assaulted his wife during a quarrel in their home. Esposito was released in 50 dollar bond for appearance in court Monday.
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Dominick N. Esposito
Overlook Avenue
Fairfield
Fred Campbell
Esposito
Lesson Forgotten Sparks Car Theft Near Sparta
In Sparta Wisconsin two girls aged 12 and 33 reportedly forgot their lessons after playing hooky from Sunday school. They stole a car from a church yard and drove it several miles, damaging it to about 250 dollars as it smashed through a fence.
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Sparta
Wis
Fairfield Memorial Day parade draws record crowds in 1939
Fairfield's 1939 Memorial Day parade drew an estimated 15,000, among the largest crowds in town history, with Stratford and Norwalk parades also reporting top turnouts. The Bridgeport procession featured nine bands including the Connecticut Yankees and numerous veterans groups, followed by a large second division and a final march by police and scouting units.
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Stratford
Millard
Danbury
Bridgeport
Connecticut Yankees
Harry W. Congdon
Troopers
Harding High School
Pretty Baton
Raymond W. Harris
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St. Raphael’s Cvo
Central High School
Black Rock
PAL
Tedesco
Park Avenue
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
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Ladies Auxiliary
Bronson Hawley
Rogers Bros
Cal Charles Young
Grosso Seavey
John Banville
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Marine Corps League
Abbott Parsons
Regular Veterans Association
Democracy
Murphy‘Curran
Catholic War Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary
Gold Star
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St. John Post
St. Cyril and Methodius
Carpatho Russian War Veterans Association
Polish War Veterans Association
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Marjtin Callahan
General Israel Putnam Chapter
Paul Filep
St. Cyril, and Methodius Post
Bridgeport Police Drum Corp
Cadets
Bridgeport Boy Scouts
Cub
Dunn
James Sherwood
Rioting on Memorial Day boat trip near Pennsville
A Philadelphia bound excursion boat carrying 1,880 sightseers faced a major disturbance at Pennsville on the Delaware River. Police and state troopers intervened as fights erupted between Black and white passengers. Fifteen treated for minor injuries. eight whites and twenty others expelled earlier. All arrestees to be arraigned for fighting. return trips canceled.
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Niles
Philadelphia
Pennsville
Delaware River
Coast Guard
Perper
Riverview Lines
Andrew Rhea
Line
Two Parleys Here Will Focus On State Study of Schools
Meetings scheduled here next week will form two new groups to study and discuss the state wide survey on public schools functions. Led by Dr Harold Benjamin the effort is funded by a 900 Ford Fund grant via CT Association of Public School Superintendents and CT Association of Boards of Education.
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Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents
Connecticut Association of Boards of Education
Harold Benjamin
Hartford
Dunigan
Madison Avenue
Maplewood School
Linwood Avenue
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Stratford
Milford
Samuel Summer Freedman
John Arcudi
State Board of Education
Ptas
Pickpocket Lifts Chihuahua in Chicago Taproom
In Chicago on May 30 an elderly man reports his Chihuahua pup was stolen from his pocket in a taproom. Frank De Rosaire, 70, chased the thief but only saw him flee. Weeks later, a friend bought a similar Chihuahua for 35 dollars, leading to a custody dispute to be heard by a municipal court judge.
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Chicago
Frank de Rosaire
de Rosaire
Train Stopped To Let Runner Board In Meriden
A May 30 report from Meriden says a passenger train halted just after leaving the terminal to let a woman with a suitcase catch the car. Observers attributed the stop to the engineer’s courtesy rather than revenue concerns as the train resumed its journey.
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Meriden
Nun's Auto Hit by Stolen Car in Norwich
A 16 year old Norwich boy, Robert Taggart, stole a car, evaded a roadblock by sideswiping a nun’s car, and fled into woods with two younger boys. The crash near the roadblock led to arrests two hours later in Baltic. Three women, two nuns, and a mother escaped serious injury. Sister Dennis Marie and her mother were treated for chest injuries. Taggart faces multiple charges including theft of a motor vehicle, driving without a license, breaking and entering, and property damage with arraignment set for June 30.
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Franklin
Robert Taggart
Baltic
Taggart
Sacred Heart Convent
Taftville
Dennis Marie
Louise Tatro
Willimantic
Mary Beatrice
Unknown World War I and Korean Unknowns Interred at Arlington
President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon presided over solemn rites for two unknown American soldiers at Arlington Cemetery. The nation mourned as 115,000 spectators watched a 21 gun salute and reverent prayers across the Potomac, with the unknowns interred in marble crypts beneath the tombs.
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Artington Cemetery
Potomac
Washington
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Arlington Carilton
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Supreme Court
Army Chaplains
Patrick J. Ryan
Uniformed Services
Nixon
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Air Force
Arlington National Cemetery
John C. Tetzler
Frank A. Lockwood
Picket Lines Halt Philadelphia Newspaper Distribution
May 20 1969 Philadelphia Inquirer Saturday editions failed to distribute as Teamster Local 628 set up picket lines around the building. The strike affects the Inquirer while the Bulletin Daily News and Courier-Post may follow. contracts for Inquirer Bulletin and Courier expired yesterday.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Teamster Local 628
Philadelphia Bulletin
Philadelphia Daily News
Camden
N. J
Courier- Post
The
Inquirer
Bulletin
Courier
Daily News
Strick
First Flight of Douglas DC-8 Marks Jet Era Test
The DC8 completed its first full flight from a runway at Edwards Air Force Base, lifting after a 3,500 foot roll and filming before 100 reporters and engineers. A 250 million dollar three year development plan under Douglas aims to begin airline deliveries mid next year with US service by year end. The craft reached about 350 mph in flight, with a cruise speed listed at 561 mph at 30,000 feet and a range of 3,900 miles.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Here
Ocean
A. G. Heimerdinger
Pratt & Whitney
Douglas
Santa Monica
U.S
Submarine disaster evacuation after collision with Stickleback
32 men evacuated from a sunken snorkel-type submarine after a collision with the destroyer Stickleback. The conning tower hatch was opened and crew escaped onto deck within three to four minutes as water flooded the control room. A naval inquiry was ordered, with Cmdr Swift stating rapid stopping and orderly ascent.
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Naval Board
Silverstein
Cmdr. C. S. Swift
San Leandro
Calif
Larry Hughes
Norton
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