De Gaulle forces win landslide in first round
Charles de Gaulle's Gaullist alliance won 9.9 million votes in the first round of parliamentary elections, ahead of the Communist led left with 8.8 million. Communists claim foul as de Gaulle calls for runoff victories next Sunday to solidify power.
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de Gaulle
Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
Waldeck Rochet
France
Gaullists
Federation of the Left
Center Party
Socialist Party
Pierre Mendes- France
Grenoble
Jean-Marcel Jeanneney
Georges Pompidou
Maurice Couve de Murville
Michel Debre
Pierre Messmer
B52s Hit Large Viet Cong Ammunition Dump
U S B52 bombers destroyed a Viet Cong ammunition dump near Saigon. The large stockpile continued exploding six minutes after the aircraft departed, highlighting the extreme power of the strike and its immediate aftereffects.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
Candy Triggers Floods In Texas And Storms Hit Midwest
Tropical storm Candy brought six inch rains and tornadoes through east Texas with flooding forcing 85 residents from homes in Victoria. Tornadoes grazed El Campo and near Corpus Christi while winds reached 46 mph at Palacios. Storms spread to the Plains and Midwest with damage across Illinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin Ohio and more, though injuries were scarce.
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United Press International
Candy
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Brenda
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Guadalupe River
Victoria
Tex
el Campo
Corpus Christi
Palacios
Plains
Midwest
Grand Island
Nice
South Bend
Ind
Lockport
Ill
Central City
Washburn
la Porte City
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ohio
Wyoming
Colorado
Fatal injuries end life of 18 year old in Pa. crash
An 18-year-old man from New Wilmington died at Greenville Hospital from a skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage after a three motor cycle crash on Pa 18 south of Conneaut Lake. Robert Gary Smith was struck after slowing to turn, and his bike hit another rider. Survivors include his parents and several siblings. A separate report notes two Mercer County boys, Jerry Harrin and Frank Eubank Jr., drowned while fishing at Shenango Reservoir.
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New Wilmington RD 2
Greenville Hospital
Pa. 18
Conneaut Lake
Robert Gary Smith
Alexander B. Donaldson
Mercer County
Crawford County
Smith
West Berm
Manson F. Hover
Atlantic, Pa
James W. Crispen
Sharon
Robert
William J
Thelma Nottingham Smith
Shenango Steel Buildings
West Middlesex
West Middlesex High School
West Middlesex Methodist Church
Debora Lynn
Dale William
James Edward
Paul Leslie
Ralph Martin
P. W. Smith
Clark, Pa
Marcine Nottingham
Greenville RD
Anna Nottingham
George Cunningham
Russell Perry
Heywood Cemetery
Sharpsville
UPI
Shenango Reservoir
Jerry Harrin
Frank Eubank, Jr
Farrell
Hickory Two
Reykjavik
Iceland
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Berlin
Defense Organization
NATO
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S Naval
Keflavik
Russia
East Germany
Weather update for Western Pennsylvania with thundershowers
Partly cloudy, warm and humid weather continues through tomorrow with scattered afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms. Highs in the 80s to around 90, lows 60s to low 70s. no precipitation recorded. Shenango River at 5.1 ft, last year 4.2 ft.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Deaths in area announced for June 24 1968
Obituaries list several local residents with ages and addresses including Margaret C Fleckenstein 322 East North Street Robert G Smith 18 New Wilmington Road Joseph Yachum 78 823 McGrath Avenue John O DeLorenzo 89 1105 Pollock Avenue Anthony C Barry Jr 18 Ellwood City William D Pritchard 76 Youngstown and Lulu Wimberly 56 1212 Division Street.
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Margaret C. Fleckenstein
E. North St
Robert Gary Smith
New Wilmington RD
Joseph Yachum
McGrath Ave
John O. DeLorenzo
Pollock Ave
Anthony C. Barry Jr
Ellwood City
William D. Pritchard
Youngstown
Lulu Wimberly
Division St
United States Considers Three Year Metric System Study
Assistant commerce secretary John F. Kincaid says the US faces a growth in metric use abroad and Congress has a bill to authorize a three year study on adopting the metric system. He cites potential time and education cost savings but warns of expenses from switching and weaponized software and hardware changes.
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Washington
UPI
United States
John F. Kincaid
Commerce
House
Senate
Kincaid
Commerce Department
Chemistry Industry
Great Britain
Hooligans blamed for soccer tragedy
In Buenos Aires police blamed hooligans tossing burning newspapers for a stadium stampede that killed 70 and injured 65 during a River Plate Boca Juniors match. Witnesses mentioned gate 12 being shut while fans surged toward exits as flames hurled from improvised torches.
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Wilbur G. Landrey
Gate 12
Argentina
Boca Junior
River Plate
Buenos Aires
Boca Juniors
Miss Iowa Chosen At Grove City Pageant
Susan Alane Thompson, 20, of Grove City Pennsylvania was named Miss Iowa in a Davenport pageant. The Drake University sophomore succeeds to the title and will compete alongside Susan Robinson representing Pennsylvania in Atlantic City. Thompson, daughter of Air Force Maj and Mrs Abe Thompson, expressed joy and resolve.
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Davenport
Iowa
Lova
Police Evacuate Resurrection City as Defiant Residents Face Arrest
Police moved into Resurrection City to clear the shantytown after a 8 p.m. deadline with about 100 residents staying to be arrested. The action followed teargas and reports of stones and bottles thrown from the camp as Rev. Ralph Abernathy criticized police and authorities.
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Michael Anders Washington
UPI
Resurrection City
Washington Metropolitan
Ralph David Abernathy
Agriculture Department
Congress
U.S. Park
Hosea Williams
SCLC
Abernathy
Milwaukee
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