Pompidou profile paints a complex public man
The interview sketches Georges Pompidou as a thinker with psychology and heart, haunted by doubt, and fond of poetry. Born 1911 in Montboudif, he rose from peasant stock to Parisian life, teaching, military service, and close work with De Gaulle. He values staying near people and pursues art, farming, and writing.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Auvergne
Montboudif
L’ecole Normale Superieure
France
Marseille
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Mme. de Gaulle
Pompidou Elected France Leader After De Gaulle Era
Georges Pompidou, a former school teacher and De Gaulle ally, won the French presidency with 57.78 percent over Alain Poher amid about 31 percent abstention. He promises liberal foreign policy, new faces, and a less abrupt leadership style. Poher will leave the Elysee, with Pompidou set to form a cabinet soon. The Communist boycott did not prevent the ruling shift.
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Chaban-Delmas
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Pompidou
France
Alain Poher
U S Deck Officers Strike For Raise
In New York and ports along the East and Gulf coasts deck officers walk out demanding higher pay to match ship captains. About 11,000 members of the International Association of Masters Mates and Pilots began the strike at 12 01 am EDT after contracts expired.
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New York
Gulf Coast
International Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots
Maritime Service Committee
Miami
New Orleans
J.M. Menefee
Louisiana
Negro Gangs Wound 4 In Sunday Shootouts
In Sacramento California Sunday night four people including three policemen and a 12.7s man were wounded during gun battles with youths in Oak Park. Police raided a Black Panther office using tear gas. windows were smashed and officers faced roaming youths across the area.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Oak Park
Business
Black Panther
Joseph Rooney
John Kearns
Kearns
Rooney
Supreme Court finds House lacked power to oust Powell
The Supreme Court ruled that in March 1967 the U S House had no authority to exclude Representative Adam Clayton Powell from the House membership. Powell faced removal amid a long dispute over his seating status and legitimacy as a member.
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Supreme Court
U.S. House
Adam Clayton Powell
Middletown Weather Outlook With Warm Weekend Track
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for clear sunny conditions today with a slight chance of scattered showers late tonight. Highs will be in the 70s to 80s, with Tuesday turning cooler in the 60s to 70s and possible late-day clouds and showers. Yesterday’s high was 64 and the low this morning 42, with a weekend rain total of 0.42 inches.
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Middletown
Allies Hit Reds Near Saigon in Biggest Thai Battle
Thai infantrymen backed by U S dive bombers helicopters and artillery engage a 500 man Viet Cong force about 20 miles east of Saigon. Military spokesmen report 212 enemy killed in six hours, with six Thais dead and seven wounded. No American casualties. Viet Cong troops of the 274th Regiment of the 5th Division harass the base until daylight. A Cobra helicopter gunship was hit but returned to base.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Associated Press
Jay Sharbutt
274Th
1200 Swabs In Pullout From Vietnam War Units
About 1,200 U.S. Navy personnel will be withdrawn from South Vietnam before the end of August as part of the 25,000 trooper withdrawal plan. The Navy units come from the Mobile Riverine Force in the Mekong Delta and support units in the North. Riverine forces arrived in 1967, fought with the 9th Infantry and South Vietnamese troops, with Marines in the North since 1965. In War Zone D, the Viet Cong 5th Division was involved in recent fighting, with 168 killed attempting to overrun a Black Panther Thai unit. three prisoners were captured, two died, and one was being interrogated. Earlier, the 25th Infantry Division reported 40 enemy killed 30 miles northwest of Saigon. one American was killed and 13 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
South Vietnam
U.S
Mekong
Navy
U.S. Army
North
Black Panther
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Firemen Quench Blaze as Cairo Sniper Firemen Battle Fire
In Cairo Illinois a large Elias Discount Store warehouse burned after a suspected bombing with sniper fire driving off fire crews. Police reported multiple false firebombing alarms and National Guard involvement previously. No injuries announced. taverns ordered closed. Cables burned near Cairo disrupted service.
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Cairo
Cairo, Ill
Pyramid Court
National Guard
DuQuoin
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Centralia
William Peterson
Elias Discount Store
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Hand
Communist Party
Jacques Duclos
U. S
Chu Lai
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Tanker Service Committee
American Maritime Association
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Houston
Boston
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Robert E. Kennedy
International Longshoreman'’s Association
Powell
Washington
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Arturo Michelini
Rome
Karl
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