Mont Blanc and Grand St Bernard Tunnels Set to Open Under Alps
Italian and Swiss workers plan to open the first highway tunnel beneath the Alps with the Grand St Bernard project to connect Italy and Switzerland. A second Mont Blanc tunnel will link Courmayer and Chamonix, shrinking Paris Rome travel distance and boosting European commerce.
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St. Bernard
Alps
St. Gothard
Simplon
Frejus
Tenda
Milan
Italy
Mont Blanc
Horace Benedict de Saussure
White Tower
France
Switzerland
Austria
Europe
Grand St. Bernard
Saint-Rhemy
Bourg St. Pierre
Courmayer
Chamonix
Paris
Rome
Turin
Geneva
Riviera
Belgium
Holland
Scandinavia
Prague the Paris of the East under Communist rule
Prague is praised abroad as a glamorous capital with night clubs dining and international foods yet life under President Antonin Novotny hides secret police and curbs on freedom. Tourists see material plenty while Czechs lament limited speech and movement and state ideology governs even schooling and church access.
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Czechoslovakia
Paris
Antonin Novotny
Soviet Bloc
Golden Prague
West
Bonds battle at U.N. over 200 million issue
In a General Assembly vote 58 to 13 with 33 abstentions, blocs debate U.N. bonds. The Soviet bloc opposes while nations including the United States Britain West Germany and many neutrals pledge substantial purchases. Thant appeals for support as funding for Congo and Middle East forces faces default issues.
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Britain
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India
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Australia
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Canada
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Thant
United Nations
Cuba
Belgium
France
General Assembly
Kennedy
U.N
Congo
Middle East
Soviet Union
China
Italy
Security Council
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Income Tax Crisis Faces Gay Monaco
Paris reports Monaco faces a tax crisis as France weighs bringing income taxes to the principality. Prince Rainier fears tax duties would end Monaco’s independence while France holds firm, with talks underway and Monaco reliant on France for energy and internal functions.
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Prince Rainier
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
United States
England
France
Panama
Liberia
Paris
United Nations
Goulart and Kennedy Compared as Allies and Leaders
Brasilia is home to Joao Goulart a wealthy president seeking reform and development. He travels with Kennedy sharing age faith and political aims while facing a transitional government and ongoing tensions with the military. They converge on friendship and potential continental benefits.
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Joao
Jango) Goulart
Latin America
Jongo Goulart
Janio
Quadros
Goulart
Washington
Kennedy
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Forces Inter
Brazilian Congress
Joao Mendes
Council of Ministers
Tancredo Neves
United States
London's Debs Season Opens With Record Spending
Britain's debutante season kicks off in London with an estimated 5.6 million dollars spent by parents to launch daughters into society. About 600 debutantes this year will attend more than 500 dances and numerous parties through August, amid high costs for clothes, music, food, and venues. The season also features major social events such as the Derby on Epsom Downs, Henley, and Royal Ascot, with the aim of engagements for eligible young women. Prominent debutantes include Diana MacLeod, Amanda Heathcoat Amory, Katherine Steinberg, and Suki Marsham Townsend.
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London
Britain
Diana MacLeod
Iain MacLeod
Conservative Party
House of Commons
Amanda Heathcoat-Amory
Lord Amory
Katherine Steinberg
Suki Marsham-Townsend
Lord Romney
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