De Gaulle Seizes French Helm Quick Move To Stabilize Algeria
De Gaulle takes control claiming a six month free hand by decree with bills fast tracked through Parliament. He aims to restore order in Algeria and end a possible breakup or civil war while abolishing censorship and forming a center coalition. The cabinet met at Flysce Palace to draft three extraordinary power bills.
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France
de Gaulle
Assembly
Algiers
Algeria
North Africa
Pflimlin
Rene Coto
Flysce
Iby
Pans
Socialist
Fraince
Mount Pulaski Tank Car Explosion draws mass exodus
A massive blast at a Mount Pulaski railroad yard shattered windows for miles and left the town looking like a ghost town. Residents fled as fire raged for hours. 1009 Pulaski residents were housed in Lincoln while authorities deployed National Guard troops to prevent looting.
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Tiershs
Contro
Civil Defense
Pulaski
Lincoln
Arthur Bidwell
Illinis
National Guard
Springfield
Trio Trapped Three Hours Beneath Boat Capsized In Storm
A mother Mrs Marcus Bauer and her two sons Ronald and Michael were trapped for three hours in a overturned cabin cruiser on the Mississippi River near Grafton Illinois. Rescuers Harry Reider and George Garrett swam 30 feet to the wreck, chopped an air hole, and enlarged it to free the family. Mark and Marcus Bauer swam to shore.
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Grafton
Mississippi River
Here
Marcus C. Bauer
Ronald
Michael
Belleville
Harry Reider
George Garrett
St. Louis
Raither
Garrett
Explorer II May Fall To Earth This Month
Cambridge report from Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory says Explorer II, America’s third artificial satellite, may reenter late this month. Observatory notes Explorer III’s demise was forecast for late June with Sputnik II’s carrier rocket likely to plunge next fall, probably in November.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPD
America
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Rises With Fatal Crashes
A Memorial Day AP survey details deadly crashes across states. Six died in a Mount Vernon New York head on collision after earlier speeding warnings. A Perdido Alabama train hit a stalled car. four teens perished near Smiley Texas. one man died in Vermont. The 415 death record last year remains a pace.
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Texas
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Perdido
Ala
Smiley
Vermont
John Seymour
Lexington
Mass
Associated Press
Rebels Killed in Lebanon Clash Near Tripoli
In Tripoli Lebanon fighting between rebels and the army continued with at least 12 rebels reported killed on Saturday and around 20 killed over three days in the port city, where the revolt against pro Western President Camille Chamoun began May 8.
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Tripoli
Lebanon
UPI
Camille Chamoun
Eddie Fisher Remains Hospitalized After Mild Appendicitis
Singer Eddie Fisher stayed under observation at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital on Sunday after a mild appendicitis attack. Doctors said no operation is planned at this time.
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Eddie. Fisher
Hollywood
Eddie Fisher
Cedarg of Lebanon
Births Reported From Methodist Hospital
Congratulations to several families for newborns at Methodist Hospital. Names include Kenneth Privett and Arnold Drake with sons weighing 9 pounds 1 ounce and 6 pounds 1¼ ounces, Capt. and Mrs. Norman Welch with a 7 pound 13½ ounce son, J L Hampton’s son at 7 pounds 2 ounces, C W Crelia with a daughter, Ramon Sots with a 7 pound 9½ ounce son, Albert Pierson with a daughter, and Richard Moore with a son weighing 6 pounds. Fathers’ occupations listed as police officer, utility salesman, military, truck driver, blacksmith, West Texas Compress, and municipal engineer.
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Kenneth Privett
60Th St
Methodist Hospital
Arnold Drake
Norman Welch
Reese Village
Reese Afb
J. L. Hampton
C. W. Crelia
Ramon Sots
Lubbock
Lauf Clinic
West Texas Compress
Richard S. Moore
Goodnight Hospital
Municipal Power and Light Ca
Red Fishing Boats and Soviet Buoy Activity Near North America
A photograph analysis notes the red buoys as conventional markers with no visible electronic gear. It suggests Russia may use buoys for vessel location or observation points while U S Navy Atlantic barrier planes patrol near Argentia Newfoundland. Neil H McElroy says deep concern exists but Russian subs unlikely to enter territorial waters.
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U. S. Navy
Argentia
Newfoundland
North American
Buenos Aires
Atlantic
Pacific
Sec. of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
McElroy
Storms Hit Midwest and Great Lakes Regional Weather
Storms sweep Kansas Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan with little damage. Drizzle and 40 degree readings appear in the Great Lakes region. Snyder Colorado City sees half inch rain at 4 30 pm with wind and hail. Spur reports .2 inch moisture from lightning showers. Lubbock tops 95 degrees then falls to 71 with a dust gust and brief lightning. Weather Bureau forecasts more South Plains storms with hot Presidio at 112 and Corpus Christi at 86.
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Kansas
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Great Lakes
Snyder
Colorado City
South Plains
U. S Weather Bureau
Texas
Presidio
Corpus Christi
Four Hurt In Wrecks Near Lubbock Early Sunday
Four persons were injured in automobile accidents in and near Lubbock early Sunday with only Hazel Witt among them still hospitalized. Witt, 24, of 4308 18th St., was treated for injuries after her car overturned north of Slaton on U S 84 at 2 30 a m. Sunday. Robert Ed Moore, 30, of Slaton, was treated and discharged. Saul M Andrade, 27, and Elizabeth Bastillon, 9, of 1503 Baylor were also treated and discharged. Andrade's car collided with Pedro Rodriguez, 28, Rt. 4, Muleshoe, at 1 37 a m near 1st Street and Avenue K.
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Lubbock
Hazel Witt
18Th St
West Texas Hospital
Slaton
U. S
Robert Ed Moore
Moore
Saul M. Andrade
Elizabeth Bastillon
Baylor
Andrade
Pedro Rodriguez
Rt. 4
Muleshoe
1St Street
Avenue K
East West Talks Seek Nuke Test Ban Details
Russia proposed Moscow talks on a nuclear test ban and may include Poland Czechia and neutral scientists with India as an option. The talks could finish in under two months with a three nation US panel led by Fisk Lawrence and Bacher. Russia suspended tests but warned of resuming if Britain and the United States do not halt tests.
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Russia
Eisenhower
Geneva
Khrushchev
Moscow
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
India
China
U.S
James Brown Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Ernest O. Lawrence
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Robert F. Bacher
California Tech
Bacher
Britain
Manikan
Hollywood
Calcutta
Bridge Building Sermon Inspires Penance Theme
Pope, after widespread Far East travels with Methodist work, centered his Sunday night sermon on Bridge Building as a means of penance. He linked reconcile with bridge building and cited Paul on the ministry of reconciliation, noting a bridge joins one side to the other.
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Cises
Municipal Coliseum
Pope
Far East
Paul
Ministry of Reconciliation
Bridges of understanding urged by Pope at baccalaureate
Dr. Pope urged bridge building in public life to understand other viewpoints and unify a divided self. He warned against exclusive mindsets and cited India US misunderstandings, stressing religious unity and the need for a world peace bridge. Military cadet commissioning and ROTC events followed the service.
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Pope
Manikam
Eivangelical Lutheran Church of South
Methodist Seminary
God
Army
Air Force
Terry D. Allen
U.S. Army Ret
el Paso
Harry F. Collins
Itech
J. Chess Lovern
First Methodist Church
Tech
James G Allen
J. Ralph Grant
First Baptist Church
Charles Lawrie
Two Houses Slide Down Crumbling Oakland Cliff
In Oakland California two unoccupied houses valued at 27000 dollars each began sliding from a crumbling cliff on Sunday after Saturday’s quake. Authorities report no injuries or immediate danger to nearby residents.
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Oakland
Calif
France names Maurice Couve de Murville foreign minister
Maurice Couve de Murville, 51, a veteran diplomat with Europe, Middle East and North American experience, is chosen by General de Gaulle to lead France’s foreign relations for six months. His career spans prewar finance, wartime service, Rome envoy, Egypt, NATO council, and ambassadorship in Washington and Bonn.
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de Murville
West Germany
United States
Antone Pinart
Republcans
Finance Ministry
Joseph E. Dynan
PARIS
Charles de Gaulle
France
Europe
Middle East
North America
Maurice Couve de Murville
Georges Bidault
Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
Algiers
Vichy
Couve
Italy
Eisenhower
Allied Consultative Council For
Rome
Egypt
Foreign Ministry
Bidault
Washington
NATO
Bonn
Red Raider Club to elect officers at Lubbock Coliseum
1958 59 officer elections will be held at the Red Raider Club meeting in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum at 7 30 p.m Tuesday. Incumbents Prather Fulgham and Murphey hold current posts with Leete Jackson Jr signed as executive vice president. Wives invited and non members urged to attend.
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Red Raider Club
Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
Leete Jackson Jr
Wayne Prather
Everett Fulgham
Tom Murphey
W. L. Stangel
Fred W. Sparks
Athletic Council
Jimmy Edmondson
Claude Jmonk Simons
Tulane
Lubbock Lions Club
Prather
Porter
Texas Tech Athletic Department
Fisherman's Tale Has New Twist
A Floydada man visiting his son at Methodist Hospital displayed fishing gear in the room and later realized he had taken the wrong car trunk. He asks observers not to call Santa but to contact him for the gear mix up.
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Santa Claus
Saint Nick
Methodist Hospital
W. B
Jack) Henry
Flovdada
Jackie
Texas Tech
North Pole
Henry
Floydada
Belkin Transforms Yeshiva Into a University Leader
Dr Belkin, who became dean of the theological seminary at Yeshiva and then its president by 1943, expanded the school into a multi campus university. The budget rose to 6.5 million dollars with 3.59 orthodox students and a sizable push to train rabbis, while Belkin pursued funds and growth across New York City.
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Belkin
Ithin
Selma Ehrlich
Yeshiva
Theological Seminary
Ife
Dr. Belkin
New York City
Stern College For Women
Albert Einstein Medical College
Man Shot In Lubbock. Munoz In Critical Condition
Natalio Munoz, 33, of 316 N Ave QO, remained in critical condition at Methodist Hospital Sunday after gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen from a Saturday North Lubbock altercation. Police reported no arrest had been made by late Sunday.
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Natalio Munoz
N. Ave
Methodist Hospital
Lato
North Lubbock
Bandit Robs Service Station Kid With Gun
A 25 year old thief struck Lokey at a service station, knocked him to the floor, and robbed the cash register and the youth's billfold. The gunman, about 5 feet 9, 165 pounds with dirty blond hair and brown eyes, wore a uniform shirt blue jeans and fled after telling Lokey to stay hidden for 20 minutes. Police quoted $215.29 taken. no arrest had been made early today.
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Lokey
H. H. King
41St St
Sevice
Lokeyr
Fourteen Die As DC 3 Crashes in Algeria
An Air France DC 3 with fourteen aboard including ten French soldiers crashed about six miles southwest of Valieres during a flight from Algiers to Tindouf. The crew of three and one Air France agent were also among the deceased in the Saturday accident.
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Algeria
Ate France
Valieres
Algiers
Tindouf
Air France
Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Cow Knocks Wheels Off
A Vega airline DC-3 belly landed without wheels after a cow wandered onto the landing strip at Jamiltepec, Oaxaca. Pilot Luis Davila Minozcano aimed for the nearby field, the strike tore off wheels, then he regained altitude and diverted to Oaxaca airport for an emergency landing.
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Oaxaca
Mexico
Sidal
Luis Davila Minozcano
Jamiltepec
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