France Pushes For More Frenchmen
France expands a sweeping family program to boost birth rates. Benefits include early maternity leave with full pay, child allowances up to age 20, free medical care, housing and transport discounts, and priority services for large families. Stakeholders include M. and Mme. Dupont, state agencies, and employers. France’s population rises from 40 to 45 million.
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Paris
NEA
France
Mme
Jean Dupont
Jean
Mme. Dupont
Kangaroos Use Tails as Rudders in Fast Jumps
Strong kangaroos maintain a 25 mile per hour gait aided by their tails acting as rudders for soaring jumps and rapid turns.
Tragedy at Niagara Falls claims four lives
Four people died when a small motorboat capsized above Niagara Falls and slid 162 feet to the rocks below. Victims include George Stewart 49 and his wife Jean 44 of Ridgeway Ontario and Stanley Tessman to Buffalo New York and his wife Gladys of 252 Leroy Ave Buffalo. The boat drifted through a dam gate after reported engine trouble as crowds watched in horror.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
George Stewart
Ridgeway
Jean
Stanley Tessman
Gladys
Leroy Ave
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara River
Ontario Hydrocontrol
Army Brass View Missile Spectacular
Three dozen Army officers at Ft. Knox watch PM! Preventive Maintenance Indicator a Redstone Arsenal closed circuit show in Huntsville. TelePrompTer produced with five directors and 28 engineers. training runs from Paris to Kwajalein. The star is a missile as enlisted men gain acting experience.
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Huntsville
Ala
Ft. Knox
OGMS
Redstone Arsenal
Army
Paris
Kwajalein
South Pacific
Redstone
Army Ordnance Guided Missile School
Joe Durand
Durand
TelePrompTer
Caps T
Channahon WSCS Sets Meeting and Picnic Plans
A WSCS special meeting at the Channahon Methodist church will review duties of individual members. The Channahon Democratic club schedules a final picnic plan session June 19 at 7 30 p m at the Robert Petrusa home. The outdoor picnic is set for June 25 at Ritoff's Grove starting 10 a m with all committee members urged to attend.
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Channahon — A
WSCS
Methodist Church
Channahon Democratic Club
Robert Petrusa
Ritoff
Millican Leads Army Show as Master of Ceremonies
Capt William W Millican a 33 year old former disc jockey from Gainesville Florida has become a familiar figure to Army brass He serves as master of ceremonies for a Ft Knox telecast with audience participation and Millican and his crew stand by in Huntsville to answer questions after each program.
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William W. Millican
Gainesville
Fla
Army
Captain Kangaroo
Ft. Knox
Millican
Huntsville
VFW Votes to Recenter Illinois Headquarters
Illinois VFW delegates at a three day state convention voted to keep the headquarters in Chicago and rescind the 1960 move to Springfield. They also approved holding the 1962 convention in Springfield and elected Arthur J. Muller as state commander with Harold W. Hill and John C. Heidemann in senior and junior vice roles.
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Rockford
Ill
Illinois
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chicago
Springfield
VFW
Arthur J. Muller
J. Richard Depper
Caseyville
Harold W. Hill
Kewanee
John C. Heidemann
Arlington Heights
List of named officials and towns in archival record
A fragment lists individuals with titles and places including W. F. Glassford Elgin quartermaster Thomas Russell Park Ridge judge advocate Dr. Thomas Kelly Wood River surgeon the Rev Marcel La Voy Aurora chaplain and Francis J. Arnold Park Forest state adjutant.
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W. F. Glassford
Elgin
Thomas Russell
Park Ridge
Thomas Kelly
Wood River
Marcel LaVoy
Aurora
Francis J. Arnold
Park Forest
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Rosette Hargrove
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
M. E
Agency
E. Jefferson ST
Morris
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Hartford Group
Hartford 15
Shuwaikh
Kuwait
Adolf Morath
Arabian Peninsula
Near East Foundation
New York City
Niagara
Army Brass View Missile Spectacular
BY Jack Stillman
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Ae Hk
West Washington Street
Grundy County Title and Abstract CO. Baum Building
Liberty Street
Saturn
Channahon
Bedford Plaza Shopping Center
Paul Cable
E. Jefferson Morris
Tii
Allan
Morris Daily Herald
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