French take opposition to nuclear tests as a joke
Paris reports show broad French skepticism toward the Pacific nuclear tests. A father jokes his son would want money if he received no letter, reflecting a culture of indifference to protests. The press downplays demonstrations while the government warns ships to avoid the test area as tests approach.
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Paris
Wales
Britain
France
South Pacific
New Zealand
Mururoa Atoll
France Defends Nuclear Tests Amid Pacific Protests
Amid global protests nine Pacific nations including Australia and New Zealand press France over atmospheric tests. Unions boycott French goods and routes while ships and crews avoid French interests. France rejects ICJ ruling and defends high altitude device suspensions as safe.
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Australia
New Zealand
Britain
France
International Court of Justice
Hague
Pacific Basin
Japan
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Wister Marshal Shoots Brothers
Wister Oklahoma city Marshal Lonnie Boydston was suspended after a shooting at a tavern that left Johnny Jenkins dead and his brother Sam Jenkins critically wounded. Jenkins, age 26, was reportedly being escorted to a squad car when attacked. Boydston fired, killing Johnny and injuring Sam. District Attorney Dean Warren noted suspensions occur routinely in officer involved slayings.
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Duke Ellington
Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet
United States
Ellington
New York City
Wister
Okla
Lonnie Boydston
Poteau
Boydston
Johnny Jenkins
Jenkins
LeFlore County Memorial Hospital
Sam
Fort Smith
Tanaka Party Holds Own In Japan Election
In Tokyo municipal elections the Liberal Democrats retained 51 seats, with Komeito 26, Communists 24, Socialists 20, Democratic-Socialists 2 and independents 2. Minobe’s governorship not at stake as leftists gain modestly. The result steadies Tanaka amid smog and inflation pressures.
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Tanaka
Japan
Tokyo
Kakuei Tanaka
Tanaka’s
Komeito
Sokagakkai
Minobe
Liberal-Democrats
Russian Space Experts Arrive For Briefings At Houston
Thirty four Russian space experts including 10 cosmonauts arrived at Johnson Space Center for a three week briefing on a joint U S Soviet space flight. They will study Apollo hardware and flight plans with pairings of American and Soviet staff for detailed briefings.
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Houston
United States
Soviet Union
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Wister Marshal
Highway Patrol
LeFlore County
Otto
Sarge
Ryokichi Minobe
House of Councilors
Mea, Me
Prek
Kham
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
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