French Revolt Against the Establishment Under De Gaulle
Our Daily Bread editor analyzes France’s undeclared economic war led by student and worker protests against the regime of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. He argues France must overhaul manufacturing and distribution to avoid bankruptcy, citing price controls, standardization gaps, and restrictive advertising rules as core issues fueling unrest.
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Alex. H. Washburn
France
Charles de Gaulle
United States
U.S.A
Gen. de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Demonstrators Rally at Supreme Court Hurl Rocks
About six protesters shouting Viva Viva forced entry at the Supreme Court and threw rocks through a main door office. Police restrained four court police and the group left a card reading Nosotros venceremos. No injuries reported as a Northwest Indian fishing rights ruling sparked the protest by the Poor People’s Campaign.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Democratic tax package eyed by Arkansas budget panel
The Joint Budget Committee proposed a Democratic tax package to raise funds for state agencies, colleges, and welfare. It includes a 2 cent cigarette tax rise, a 20 percent levy on wholesale cigars, and funds for teachers, welfare, nursing homes, and prisons, and suggests using the governor's contingency fund. Governor Rockefeller signaled possible support for a 2 cent cigarette tax increase. The panel plans to advance the bill in the Senate, with projected new revenue around 4.75 million dollars, while also recommending additional funds from existing sources for education and prisons.
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Little Rock
Joint Budget Committee
The
General Assembly
Senate
House
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Clarence Bell
Parkin
Bell
Jack Oakes
Augusta
Nashville Man Dies in Wreck
Nashville resident J. Robert Compton, 87, died in a Tuesday car-truck collision on Arkansas 4 three miles east of Nashville. The truck driver, Fred Caldwell Jr. of Nashville, was uninjured in the wreck.
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Associated Press
Nashville, Ark
J. Robert Compton
Nashville
Arkansas 4
Here
Compton
Fred Caldwell Jr
Caldwell
Buffalo Boy Gets Gift Helps Walk Again Story
A 12 year old Buffalo boy who lost both legs to a mortar shell received a $100 gift from a Missouri donor via President Johnson. The funds were sent to Saigon for the boy, Truong Van Cao, who is at the National Rehabilitation Center. He is learning to use new legs after amputation at Cho Ray Hospital following Tet offensive damage.
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Carl Robinson
Saigon
Huynh Thi Gai
Misssouri
Truong van Cao
Cho Ray Hospital
Nancy Ashley Smith
St. Louis
Johnson
U.S. Agency For International Development
John F. Thomas
Minneapolis
U.S. Army
Cu Chi
Cao
National Rehabilitation Center
The Young Dream of the Future and the Past
HAL BOYLE reflects on aging and memory versus youth fantasy. He notes memory paints scenes of what has been, not what might be, contrasting it with the young’s hopeful future dreams. The column weaves in nostalgic vignettes of school yearbooks, coal basements, stockings, bike rides, tin penny whistles, and family memories. It ends referencing THE YOUNG on page three.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Familly
Orange Object Sighted by Sub Searchers Reported
Washington AP reports the Navy sighted an unidentified orange object north of an Atlantic area thought linked to the missing submarine Scorpion and its nine crew members, providing the only clue to the sub’s whereabouts.
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Washington
Navy Today
Johnson vows no more bombing reduction without Hanoi restraint
President Johnson says peace envoys will stay in Paris indefinitely but will not further curb U S bombing of North Vietnam without similar restraint from Hanoi. After briefings by Cyrus Vance, he spoke at a news conference as Senate Leader Mansfield urged patience, noting prospects may take weeks or months. Vance plans to return to Paris later this week.
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John M. Hightower
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Vietnam
Harriman
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
Johnson
Washington
Thuy
Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
U.S
Hanoi
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Khe Sanh
Saigon
Bonnon
France
Eduardo Mondlane
Mozambique
Streets to Interchange to Be Studied
The Board reviews State Highway Department plans to connect Highway 4 Interchange with a road from Highway 29 Interchange in the north town, then south along Edgewood behind the High School to join Highway 29 South. Shover Road would link Highway 4 to the North-South Road at Edgewood. A Zens group urged locating east of Edgewood citing school impact and costly right of way.
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State Highway Department
Edgewood
Shover
Zens
Laundry Fair Rescheduled for June 6
The Laundry Fair, drawing strong interest despite weather alerts, is moved to Thursday June 6 at the Coliseum from 1 30 p m to 3 30 p m and 7 00 p m to 9 00 p m. Exhibits cover new products fabrics and equipment for homemakers with displays by Home Furniture Hamm Tire and Supply Goodyear Collier Furniture and Appliance Hope Hardware Sears Roebuck and fabric suppliers.
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Weatherman
Home Furniture
Hamm Tire and Supply
Goodyear
Collier Furniture and Appliance
Hope Hardyware
Sears,Roebuck
Fabric Center
Lewis McLarty Haynes Brothers
Wests
Replians
Safeway
A&p Grocery
Kroger
Sears-Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
J. C. Penney
Ren Coffea
A&p
Kro
Senate OKs 5 Billion Housing Bill for Poor Families
The Senate approved a 5 billion housing bill with subsidies to help low income families buy homes or rent apartments. The measure passed 67 to 4 and moves to the House Banking subcommittee for similar action. President Johnson praised the plan as the largest and most comprehensive housing bill in U.S. history.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Ralph David Abernathy
Poor People’s Campaign
The
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate OKAYS Two Attacks Hurl Back by Marines
AP dispatch from Saigon reports U S Marines thumping two major Viet Cong assaults near Khe Sanh and South Vietnamese troops advancing on Saigon outskirts. Gen Westmoreland says the war has intensified but the enemy is not winning. U S gunships used rockets against snipers as Phu Lam and Gia Dinh towns near Saigon are cleared.
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George Ester
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Khe Sanh
William C. Westmoreland
Gia Dinh
Phu Lam
House Vows $6 Billion Cut If Tax Increase Passes
House voted to insist on a $6 billion spending cut if a $10 billion income tax increase is approved. It defeated a bid to slash the cut to $4 billion, the amount President Johnson would reluctantly accept.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Star newsboy Jimmy Dodson loses wallet on route
All Around Town reports Jimmy Dodson, a Star newsboy, misplaced a wallet with about $8 in cash during his paper route. Ralph Routon and Larry White found it and returned it to the grateful youth. Memorial Day closings noted for Hempstead County Courthouse. offices reopen Friday May 31.
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Star
Jimmy Dodson
Ralph Routon
Larry White
Happy Youth
Hempstead County
Oregon primary shocks McCarthy bid in 1968 race
Oregon voters yield a surprise McCarthy lead over Kennedy with 44 percent to 38 percent while Nixon dominates the GOP ballot with 72 percent. Delegates awarded split 35 for McCarthy and 18 for Nixon as results trickle from 1,987 of 2,599 precincts.
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Walter
Mears
Associated Press
Wester
Portland
Ora
Sem
Eugene
McCarthy
Oregon
Robert Way Fas
Hhey
California
Richie M. Nixon
Macarthy
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Rhal
Sort
Johnson
Nixon
coMeearthy
Ronald Reagan
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Morse Faces Tight Race In Oregon Primary
In Portland area results, Senator Wayne Morse leads former Congressman Robert Duncan by a slim margin with 2,170 of 2,599 precincts reporting Morse 130,667 and Duncan 129,463. Third candidate Phil McAlmond trails as Morse seeks renomination in a long contest marked by narrow margins.
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Portland
Ore
Wayne Morse
Robert Duncan
Oregon
Gr Mullinorth Comte
Duncan
Morse
Phil McAlmond
Strangewilled
Shor
Law School
Senate
Iseed
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