Ups and Downs of French Republics Through the Ages
A concise history traces France from the 1792 revolution and Louis XVI’s execution to the rise and fall of Napoleon, the 1848 revolution, Louis Napoleon’s rise, the Second Empire, the Third Republic, and de Gaulle’s postwar provisional government leading to the Fourth Republic with Vincent Auriol.
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France
Louis XVI
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon I
Russia
Napoleon
Elba
Waterloo
Louis Napoleon
Napoleon III
Bismarck
Louis Thiers
de Gaulle
Fourth Republic
Vincent Auriol
Fighting Flare Between French Tunisian Forces Deepens Crisis
Fighting between French and Tunisian forces erupts in Tunisia after a French bombing of Gafsa airport. Premier Pflimlin seeks constitutional reforms to curb cabinet turnover as De Gaulle's power bid meets strong political backing. Military moves include Lorillot's cross Mediterranean mission and Salan’s ambiguous stance amid protests in Algiers.
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Paris
Tunisia
Pierre Pflimlin
Habib Bourguiba
Tunis
Gafsa
Algeria
France
Charles de Gaulle
Antoine Pinay
de Gaulle
Pflimlin
National Assembly
Algiers
Henri Lorillot
Rew
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Lorillot
Raoul Salan
Salan
Col. Juille
Cost Of Food Pushes COL To April Peak
The living cost index rose 0.2 percent from March to April to 123.5 percent of the 1947 49 base. Higher food prices especially fresh fruits and vegetables drove the gain though officials expect a May decline and a stable summer level. About 1.25 million workers may see pay boosts in June with 750,000 more tied to April index changes.
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Washington
Ewan Clague
Labor Department
Detroit
Clague
U S approves arms sale to Indonesia amid policy shift
Washington officials announce licenses for about half a million dollars of small arms sale to the Indonesian government. The weapons are described as suitable for police work and officials say the sale will not alter the balance with rebel forces. Diplomats see a possible policy shift.
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Washington
United States
State Department
U.S
Indonesia
Dies In River After Diabetic Blackout Near Downtown Milwaukee
Dewey G. Wilson 54 of Whitefish Bay died when his car plunged through a guardrail into the Milwaukee River near downtown after a suspected diabetic blackout. Two men nearly rescued him. an investigator notes the victim carried a diabetic emergency card. The crash occurred east of the North Water Street Bridge. Sharon Figlinski died from internal injuries after being run over by a wagon on her parents farm in rural Shiocton.
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Milwaukee
Dewey G. Wilson
Whitefish Bay
Milwaukee River
Wilson
Anthony Eubber
North Water Street Bridge
Wisconsin Avenue
Green Bay
Sharon Figlinski
Benny Figlinski
Shiocton
Propulsion Expert Links Reds to Two-Stage Sputnik Rockets
Navy Vanguard project propulsion expert Kurt Stehling told an Air Force Association dinner that Soviet Sputniks likely used two stage rockets. He cited stage lengths and thrust estimates for first and second stages, noted probable alcohol and liquid oxygen propellants, and compared Vanguard and Jupiter C configurations to early Explorer launches.
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Ling
Navy
Vanguard
Soviet Union
Stehling
Air Force Assn
Oe Stehling
Hicles
Red
Army
Explorer
Collisions Kill 61 in Month Congress Takes Up Air Traffic Reforms
Detroit reports tensions as General Motors and the United Auto Workers resume talks amid a stalled three year contract. A NLRB hearing sees GM defending bargaining readiness while UAW President Walter Reuther presses for clear representation of craftsmen and production workers.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Reuther
Ford
Chrysler
NLRB
Boyd S. Leedom
Seaton
Near collision reported between Capital jet and Air Force bomber
Washington four capital airlines reported a near crash over Ohio as a B47 bomber crossed within 500 feet of a Viscount jet propeller airliner en route to Baltimore. The incident occurred a day after a Maryland Air National Guard jet rammed a Capital airliner near Brunswick killing 12.
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Washington
Capital Airlines
Air Force
Capital
Ohio
Baltimore
Maryland Air National Guard
Brunswick
Cleveland
Northwest
Toledo
Jesse Bradford
Eisenhower Orders Special Study to Eliminate Midair Collisions
President Eisenhower directs the Air Coordinating Committee to study air safety measures to reduce midair collisions after a Maryland crash that killed 12. He will meet with Rep. Preston and Rep. Clevenger, top lawmakers probing the incident, while ongoing hearings push for a new independent federal aviation agency.
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Prince Preston
D-Ga
Cliff Clevenger
Ohio
White House
Eisenhower
Preston
Clevenger
House
Jack Anderson
Air Coordinating Committee
Air Force
Elwood R
Pete) Quesada
James C. Hagerty
E. R. Quesada
Mr. Quesada
Congress
Pyle
U.S
Senate Commerce
A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Monroney
Senate
Federal Aviation Agency
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House Commerce Committee
Edward P. Curtis
Eienhower
John A. Blatnik
D-Mini
Maryland
Capital Airlines
Capital
Baltimore
Dga
State Student Hurt In Fall From Hotel Room
Philip Johnson 18 of Florence Wisconsin fell from a fourth floor hotel room onto a concrete sidewalk in Washington. Johnson was on a Florence High School tour with 36 classmates and was in critical condition after sharing a room at the Ebbet Hotel and sleeping on a cot by an open window.
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Washington
Philip Johnson
Florence
Wis
Johnson
Ebbet Hotel
Compromise Postal Rate Bill Passed, Sent To White House
The House approved a compromise postal bill raising first class letters from 3 to 4 cents and airmail from 6 to 7 cents with rates to rise Aug 1 if Eisenhower signs. It includes a 10 percent postal worker pay hike retroactive to Jan 1 and totals about 550 million dollars in annual revenue.
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Washington
House
White House
Eisenhower
Senate
Chamoun Vows Not to Quit Under Riots Pressure
Lebanon's President Camille Chamoun declares he will not resign amid two weeks of bloody riots. He accuses the United Arab Republic led by Egypt’s Nasser of directing the unrest to push Lebanon away from pro Western policies and says he is the constitutional authority. The UAR denies the charge as Lebanon seeks an Arab League Council meeting to discuss the crisis.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
Middle East
Chamoun
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Cairo
Arab League Council
League
Buttomer Seeks New North Central Air Route to La Crosse
Frank Buttomer vice president for transportation and sales urged the La Crosse Chamber committee to back an additional North Central Airlines route over La Crosse. He said a nonstop Minneapolis Chicago service using Convair equipment could arrive in a year or two and asked Gov Vernon M Thomson to press the State Aeronautics Commission to approve. The plan already has support from several Wisconsin cities, but the state agency opposes it, citing fears of becoming a trunk line and reducing local stops.
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la Crosse
North Central Airlines, Inc
Chamber
Buttomer
Minneapolis-Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Washington, D.C
Vernon M. Thomson
State Aeronautics Commission
Mgr
Everett H. Woenrmann
Henry W. Rebhan
Rhinelander
Wisconsin
North Central
Minneapolis
Owe
Thomas Jordan
Howard Morey
Bottomer
Convair
Chicago
Madison
Milwaukee
Forest Fire Under Control In Iron County
A 300 fire fighters including volunteers battled Wisconsin's largest forest fire in a decade near Mercer Iron County burning over 1000 acres. 80 men stayed overnight in the burned area while Hurley Woodruff Mercer and Park Falls students aided a day earlier. District Ranger Bill Carew called it the worst since 1948 caused by sparks from a fishing camp fire on Beaver Creek Flowage being driven by 20 mph winds gusting to 35 mph.
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Wisconsin
Iron County
Mercer
Hurley
Woodruff
Park Falls
Bill Carew
Beaver Creek
Flambeau
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Louis Phillippe
Louis
Louis Napoleon III
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Frederick
Reds
Vern Haugland
Kurt Steh
Air National Guard
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Korea
Arlington National Cemetery
CAA
Monroney-Harris
Commerce Department
U.A.R
Saad Afra
Britain
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Wisconsin Rapids
Oshkosh
Wausau
Beloit
Stevens Point
Clintonville
State Commission
Iron Co
Meade Alcorn
Paul Butler
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