De Gaulle Called After Pflimlin Resigns in Paris
Paris awoke to a 30,000 strong demonstration against De Gaulle as Coty summoned him to form a new government after Premier Pflimlin resigned. De Gaulle aimed to meet Coty amid political upheaval, while deputies rebuffed his move to govern without a formal mandate.
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Coty
de Gaulle
Pflimlin
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Rene Coty
Guy Mollet
Antoine Pinay
Pierre-Henri Teitgen
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
Iby
Pierre Pflimlin
France
National Assembly
Pilimlin
Jules Moch
Assembly
Eisenhower sees recession largely spent, opposes tax cuts
President Eisenhower told reporters the recession has largely spent itself and that the economy weathered the slump well. He argued against general tax cuts to avoid added deficits and said only existing relief for small business is warranted. He declined to forecast a recovery date and urged careful study of tax policy. He also commented on France and De Gaulle, and opposed wage and price controls.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Hisenhower
France
Lebanon
Gen
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
10 000-Foot IFR Order For Airliners
Washington UPI reports that starting July 1 all flights above 10,000 feet will be under federal air traffic control and must operate under IFR even in good weather. Airlines seek voluntary expansion and pilots must file flight plans and use federal airways.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Federal Airways
House votes to reverse bid on Alaskan statehood bill
In Washington the House rejected sending the Alaska statehood bill back to the Insular Affairs Committee by 199 to 174, overturning Tuesday’s move to kill the measure and keeping the effort alive.
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Washington
House Today
Insular Affairs Committee
Speedup in Missile and Sub Plans Approved by House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee moved to speed up missile and anti-submarine programs, recommending 38.31 billion dollars in new defense funding for the coming fiscal year, approving 113.6 million more than the Defense Department request. It vetoed proposed cuts to the National Guard Army Reserves and Marine Corps, funded nine new nuclear submarine launchers, and allocated 2.733 billion for research and development including 510 million for space research. All figures await House action next week.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
National Guard
Army Reserves
Marine Corps
Eisenhower
House
Two Burned In Marshfield Fire
In Marshfield two workmen, Robert Rux and Edward Kowalk, were burned while searching for a gas smell in the basement of the new General Telephone Co. exchange building under construction. Rux, 21, sustained extensive second degree burns to face arms and back, Kowalk, 23, was less seriously hurt and hospitalized.
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Marshfield
Nameless War Dead Return in Capitol Honor
The nameless World War II and Korea dead arrived aboard a destroyer and lay in state in the Capitol rotunda. Vice President Nixon and dignitaries saluted as flag draped coffins were placed beside each other for Memorial Day observances. Thousands watched the ceremony from the steps and public areas as a combined Army Navy and Air Force guard escorted the processional casket set.
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Washington
America
Korea
Nixon
Capitol
Army
Navy
Air ‘Force
Naval Gun Factory
Burglars Take Every Can of Coffee in Warehouse
A gang entered a warehouse Tuesday night and stole all available coffee cans, ignoring other canned goods as they staged the biggest coffee break on record. No injuries reported and police are investigating leads.
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Dieterich, I
UPI
House Group Approves Tax Extension Bill
Washington AP The House Ways and Means Committee voted 21 to 2 to extend corporate and excise taxes at current rates for one year sending the bill to the House for action next week. An amendment to cut auto excise tax failed 19 to 2 with Rep. Machrowicz and Rep. Mason opposing. The panel kept rates unchanged through mid 1959 amid potential Senate action and election year budget concerns.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Thaddeus M. Machrowicz
D- Mich
Machrowicz
Noah Mason
R-Il
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Three Pilots Die As Jets Collide At Cannon AFB
Three pilots died when two USAF jets collided over Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis New Mexico. A two seat F100F and a single seat F100D crashed during an emergency landing. Capt William R Gilmore 30 of Interlaken New York Lt William R Jarmon 24 of North Arlington Virginia and Lt Leslie Ikeda 28 of Honolulu were identified by the Air Force as the deceased. Gilmore and Jarmon piloted the two seat aircraft as the collision occurred at low altitude during radio failure.
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Clovis
N.M
Cannon Air Force Base
Air Force
William R. Gilmore
Interlaken
William R. Jarmon
North Arlington
Leslie Ikeda
Honolulu
Gilmore
Jarmon Twere
Navy Satellite Fails to Orbit During Vanguard Test
Cape Canaveral report states the Navy's second basketball sized satellite failed to reach orbit after launch by Vanguard. The 20 inch sphere traveled about 2,000 miles before plunging into the Atlantic. Engineers cited improper horizontal boost as the reason for the failure in the fourth attempt.
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Vanguard
Navy
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
John P. Hagen
Project Vanguard
Hagen
Oshkosh Chamber Members Attend Civil Defense Parley
Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce members traveled from Winnebago County Airport to Battle Creek Michigan for a civil defense industry conference aboard the Kimberly-Clark airplane. Attendees include E C Garthwaite Russell Carlson Conrad Ben Pitcher and Hans Thorgrimsen.
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Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce
Winnebago County
Battle Creek
Mich
Chamber
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Leonard Pasek
E. C. Garthwaite
Delfox Rug Company
Russell Carlson
Paine Lumber Company
Conrad
Appleton
Moderate quake rattles near Berkeley after SF tremor
A moderate earthquake centered 75 miles south of San Francisco was recorded at 4 09 p m yesterday on the University of California seismograph. No reports of damage or injuries were filed.
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Berkeley
Calif
San Francisco
University of California
Pickle Planting Man Journeys 291 Miles
Thom Koutsoukos aged 27, who later changed his name to Johnny Pickleseed, undertook a 291 mile pickle planting trip through Indiana and Illinois. He explained his aim was to be a deliverer of dill picks, reflecting a lifelong ambition.
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Chicago
Thom Koutsoukos
Johnny
Indiana
Illinois
Mansion owner hid 290000 cash in secret cellar
The estate of James M West, a Houston multimillionaire rancher and oilman, reportedly left about 290000 in cash hidden in a cellar of his mansion. An armored car moved the money to Texas National Bank in seven trips, as West died at 54, leaving large but unfiled assets and trusts for heirs and four grandchildren.
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Houston
Tex
James M. West
Laway
Alty
Robert H. Parsley
West
Texas National Bank
Eisenhower signs postal rate and pay boosts
President Eisenhower signed a bill increasing mail and advertising rates and boosting pay for about 520000 postal workers with a retroactive wage rise. The plan, effective August 1, raises letter stamps from 3 to 4 cents, air mail from 6 to 7, and post cards from 2 to 3 cents, with further newspaper and magazine rate changes coming January 1.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Air Mail
Fond du Lac to Proceed With Lake Water Pipeline
Fond du Lac will proceed with plans to increase water supply by piping from Lake Winnebago after Circuit Judge Bruce Beilfuss dismissed objections from Citizens Municipal Government League. The PSC order approved the four mile pipeline with bids around 2.444 million dollars. council had paused action pending court ruling.
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Fond DU Lac
Cirurt Court
Winnebdaze
Bruce Beilfuss
Neillsville
Citizens Municipal Government League
Public Service Commission
PSC
East Germany Abolishes 1939 Food Ration Cards
Berlin AP reports Communist East Germany scrapped Hitler era food rationing cards from 1939 and raised wages for more than three million workers to help offset rising food prices. West Germany ended rationing a decade ago.
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Berlin
East Germany
Hitler
West Germany
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