France Labor Move Shifts From Street to Ballot Box
The French great strike crumbled as Communists and unions pivoted to oust President Charles de Gaulle through elections on June 23. Army tank forces stood by, yet ministers reassured no combat troops would be used, while wage talks and resumed banking and gas services signaled a return to normalcy amid a $1 billion weekly strike impact.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Communist Party
Norma
Puegeot
Today
Defense Ministry
France
Waldeck Rochet
Sheriff Investigates Multiple Breakings in Area
Mason County deputies probe several break ins including the Dear Brothers Association club house in Hamlin Township where cash was stolen, a Summit Township cottage entry, and a Amber Township home theft of a barbecue knife set three dozen plastic cup holders and thirty dollars. One suspect was detained for questioning and released pending further investigation.
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Mason County Sheriff's
Dear Brothers Association Club
Hamlin Township
Summit Township
Amber Township
Boy Gulps Pet Turtle in Utah Toddlers Big Appetite
Brad Haines a two year old in Bountiful Utah swallowed a dime store turtle Myrtle causing two sleepless nights and a $400 medical headache. Doctors reported the turtle moved through his system from intestines to stomach and later vanished from X rays prompting a possible operation postponed to early next week. The child’s mother said the creature is likely to have costs and that his appetite has previously included rocks dirt and insects.
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Bountiful
Utah
UPI
Brad Haines
Brad
Myrtle
Russell Haines
South Davis Medical Center
No Definite Clue In Search For Nuclear Sub Scorpion
The largest sea search in Navy history entered its sixth day with officials reporting no definite clue to the Scorpion's whereabouts. Deep Diver and ADS diving systems were airlifted to the Azores as four search lines span mountains, depths, and a Norfolk approach lane. A WW II sub hull was found 70 miles off Virginia in 180 feet of water, but no link to the Scorpion emerged.
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Donald H. Maynorfolk
UPI
Navy
Azores
Scorpion
Palm Beach
Fla
ADS
Cruiser
Irving Banks
Atlantic
United States
Norfolk
Virginia
Bermuda
U.S. Navy
Compass Island
Atlantic Ocean
Invasion of Saigon Heats Up As Viet Cong Clash
UPI reports Allied forces fight house to house against at least 1000 Viet Cong during a third Saigon invasion in five months. About 500 guerrillas killed since infiltrators entered Saigon six days ago, with major combat in two sectors including a 10 block area in Cholon. South Vietnamese freed two U.S. Marines captured near Hue. U.S. jets and artillery hit two Soviet-made 100mm guns south of North Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPI
Cholon
U.S
Hue
Central Highlands
North Vietnam
Traffic Toll Well Below Last Year's Record 608
Michigan saw at least 15 dead in traffic as Memorial Day weekend opened, with national toll well below last year’s 608 deaths. Two children died in separate accidents near home, plus a 21-year-old man in Manistee County. Five drowned in Michigan waters. nationwide toll reached 268 by 9 a.m. EDT.
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United Press International
Michigan
Osterland
Marine City
Dennis Joseph Strzyzewski
Filer
Manistee
Rescheduled Scottville Memorial Weekend Softball Finals
Scottville Memorial Weekend Softball Invitational final rounds move to June 8 and 9 at McPhail Field due to wet weather. Tournament director Jim Graham announced the schedule remains the same per times originally listed, now on new dates.
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Scottville
District finances reviewed at Mason County Central meetings
Dr. Bacon outlined the district financial position from 1966-67 to 1968-69, noting salaries absorb 83 percent of the budget and cost rises in all areas. After a threatened millage defeat, the Board proposes a three mill increase plus debt retirement adjustments, with only two net mills new. Meetings are set for Carr Settlement, Walhalla, and Scottville to explain impacts and gather patron questions.
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Mary Struble
Mason County Central Board of Education
Riverton
Victory Townships
Bacon
Schoo
Carr Settlement
Walhalla
Scottville
Striking unions edge toward agreement in Detroit papers
In Detroit, two days of talks led by mediator Dr Nathan Feinsinger yielded a memorandum of agreement with the paper and plate handlers and progress toward settlements with typographers, photoengravers, and pressmen. The talks aim to end the 199 day newspaper shutdown tied to a Teamsters strike.
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Detroit
UPI
Nathan P. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
Detroit News
Free Press
Teamsters Union
Feinsinger
Dr Lamper to Speak at Mason County Eastern
Dr Nell Lamper associate professor of counseling at Western Michigan University and psychotherapist will deliver the Mason County Eastern commencement address on June 6. She holds degrees from Michigan State and Michigan. taught at University of Miami Sacrament. spent last year in India as a Fulbright Professor. Commencement is at Mason County Eastern gymnasium at 7 p.m.
Ludington High to Host Commencement Speaker Charles A Smith
Western Michigan University English professor Charles A Smith will deliver Ludington High School commencement remarks on June 6 at 8 p m in Hawley Gymnasium The noted humorist has long national and state recognition and has penned books and conducted radio and film projects He taught at the University of Michigan and joined WMU in 1935 He was born in Paw Paw and is married with four children
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Communist Party
Rochet
France
Daily News
Russ Miller Jr
Operation Information Corps
Ludington
Stearns Motor Inn
Charles A. Smith
Western Michigan University
Ludington High School
Hawley Gymnasium
Smith
United States
Air Force
General Foods Corp
Chrysler Corp
Chicago
International Platform Association
Midwest
Mystery Writers of America
Dictionary of International Biography
Dictionary of American Scholars
Speaker’s Bureau
National Management Association
University of Michigan
Sturgis Pressman College
Western
Paw Paw
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