De Gaulle Moves Left In France Election Call
France's government urged a clear majority in elections set for June 23 and 30 to stabilize the nation. Prime issues include wage strikes, with major industries still walking out while smaller plants resume activity. De Gaulle strengthens security as he reshuffles ministers and orders possible reserve mobilization. Georges Seguy of CGT seeks renewed talks with government and management.
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Paris
National Patan
Yves Guena
Communist Party
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Georges Seguy
Guilty of Killing Daughter Receives Death Sentence
In Fort Myers Florida an illiterate fruit picker, James Richardson 31, was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his oldest daughter Betty Jean Richardson, eight, after an all white jury rejected mercy and sentenced him to death. He was also charged with murder in the death of his second child Susie as part of the same killings involve parathion poison in a meal.
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Fort Myers
Fila
James Richardson
Betty Jean Richardson
Susie
New Leaders of Poor Plan Accelerated Protests
Washington AP report says new leaders J T Johnson and Leon Hall will push protests to Congress and HEW. The plan aims to mobilize 3000 demonstrators in Resurrection City style encampments across Northern and Southern cities with action cadres in New York City Wilmington Richmond Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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Washington
Resurrection City
Washington, D.C
Congress
Young
SCLC
Department of Health, Education
J. T. Johnson
Leon Hall
Williams
Cam
Ena
Jackson
New York City
Wilmington
Del
Richmond
U.S. Savings Bonds See Higher Interest Rates
Washington AP reports officials raised rates on Series E and H savings bonds to 4.25 percent and boosted Freedom Shares to 5 percent. The move aims to restore profitability for the program amid Vietnam era funding pressures, with action dated by Johnson and implemented at the Texas White House.
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Washington
U.S
Johnson
Treasury
Texas White House
Vietnam
McCarthy and Kennedy Set TV Confrontation Tonight
Sens. Eugene J. McCarthy and Robert F. Kennedy plan an hour long nationwide TV session on ABC at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time. They will not directly exchange remarks but will comment on each other’s responses. Humphrey declined to join the program.
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San Francisco
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthy
Kennedy
California
Minnesota
Vietnam
U.S
Dominican Republic
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
Frank Reynolds
Robert Clark
William Lawrence
Hubert H. Humphrey
Calm in Louisville May Warrant Guard Pull-Out
National Guard authorities determine if two nights of calm in Louisville West End justify starting a gradual guard pull-out. About 2,000 troops remain on the perimeter of the mainly Black area where looting and rioting had prompted the deployment.
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Louisville
National Guard
West End
Paris Students Rally Against De Gaulle Regime
Several thousand students demonstrated in Montparnasse Paris defying President Charles de Gaulle’s efforts to restore order. No police were visible at the gathering though squads stood watch blocks away.
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Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
Paris
Defense Ministry
Montparnasse
Nationwide Western Union strike averted by tentative contract
A nationwide strike planned to begin at 12:01 a.m. EDT was halted by a tentative agreement. The old contract will be extended to allow 21,600 Western Union employees in CTU to vote on the new deal.
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Washington
Western Union
CTU
Stratton Seeks Post Office Plan Delay in Auburn
Rep Samuel Stratton announced a request to postpone plans for a new 3.5 million dollar Auburn Post Office building until the Vietnam war is settled.
Massena Strike Hits ALCOA and Reynolds Plants
Nearly 3,000 production workers walked out at the Massena plants of ALCOA and Reynolds Metal Co. amid ongoing contract talks in New York City. Company spokesmen said 2,400 struck at AMA and 570 at Reynolds as union leaders press for a national aluminum pact.
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Massena, N. Y
Aluminum Company of America
ALCOA
Reynolds Metal Co
U.s.-Canadian
AMA
Reynolds
New York City
Aluminum
Yale Chaplain Coffin Testifies About Antidraft Prosecution
Yale Chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr testified he goaded the government into prosecuting him on antidraft charges but denied conspiracy with Dr. Benjamin Spock or anyone else. He said a man must not surrender his conscience to the state and intended to precipitate a test case.
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Boston
Yale
William Sloane Coffin, Jr
Benjamin Spock
Peace Hopes Rise as Hanoi Signals Pause in Paris Talks
North Vietnam may shift its position to broader peacemaking topics without demanding an immediate end to bombing. Le Duc Tho arrives as new adviser to the Hanoi delegation led by Xuan Thuy. Talks in Paris lack progress but see social breaks and continued proposals on reducing Vietnam conflict.
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Hanoi
Paris
Jon M. Hightower
North Vietnam
U.S
Nhan Dan
United States
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
le Duc Tho
North Vietnamese
Communist Party
Central Committee
Tho
U.S. Am
Bassador W. Averell Harriman
Xuan “Huy
Oscow
Cyrus R. Vance
Harriman
Washington
John L Eon
William J. Jorden
International Conference Center
Vietnam
Saigon Front Battles as Viet Cong Holdouts Face Heavy Fire
Allied and South Vietnamese forces clash with Viet Cong in Saigon and surrounding areas. Government troops report 133 enemy killed in 24 hours and 18 U.S. dead with 57 wounded. Marines rescue two captured Americans near Hue. heavy fighting continues in Cholon and near Khe Sanh with significant casualties on all sides.
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Or (Ap
Tlee
Saigon
U.S
Associated
Presidential Palace
Hue
sonic boom shatters windows at air force academy
Fifteen people were cut by flying glass from about 300 shattered windows when an F105 Thunderchief broke the sound barrier during a low level pass over the Air Force Academy Colorado. None hospitalized. one needed neck stitches. Damage estimated up to $50,000 unofficially. An investigation sought to determine pilot negligence and potential charges.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Air Force
Academy
Vandenberg Hall
Donald G. Brotzman
Rcolp
Tolley to Retire as SU Chancellor At Syracuse
Syracuse AP Tolley 67 requests Board of Trustees begin search for successor this summer. A July 12 executive committee meeting will name a committee to consider candidates. Tolley led Syracuse since 1942 as enrollment rose to 24500 and assets grew to 120 million with endowment to 40 million.
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Syracuse
N.Y
William P. Tolley
Lyconn
University
Board of Trustees
Tolley
Dwight W. Winkleman
Honesdale
Allegheny College
Meadville
Holiday Death Toll Passes 20 Mark in State
New York State reports more than 20 deaths from accidents during the Memorial Day weekend. Showers are forecast Sunday as highway travel is expected to be heavy. The toll began Wednesday at 6 p.m. and ends Sunday midnight. Last year the four day period saw 40 traffic deaths in the state.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Deep Submersibles Deployed to Locate Missing Sub
The Navy dispatched two deep submersibles Link-Perry and Deep-Diver and the Ads Mark 4 diving system to the Azores region to search the shallow waters near the submarine Scorpion's last reported position on May 21. The equipment is to survey the ocean bottom south of the Azores where the nuclear sub was last heard from.
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Norfolk, Va
Azores
Link- Perry
Rome Riot Echoes Paris Chaos Flare In Embass y Contention
In Rome a street riot erupted near the French Embassy after students seized the University of Rome. Demonstrators clashed with police, burned cars and glass littered the streets, and the crowd burned a De Gaulle effigy in a protest spurred by Italian Communist and Socialist factions. The flare followed parliamentary elections that strengthened the Communists amid Socialist division within a center-left coalition.
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Rome
France
University of Rome
Tle
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Communist Party
Italy
Christian Democrats
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U. S
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Rep
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Stratton
Massena
Albert J. Totter
Frank C. Kodice
Khe Sanh
AF Academy
Arius Smith
Smith
McConnell Air Force Base
Kan
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