Rain Storm Triggers Power Outage And Flood Warnings
A thunderstorm knocks out power to three blocks on South Elm for three hours after a lightning strike on a West Fifteenth pole. City crews restore power by 6:30 a.m. Rain totals rise to 5.03 inches for May in Ottawa with 11.50 inches year to date and flood warnings issued as the Marais des Cygnes river drops from a crest earlier in the day.
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Scott Payne
South Elm
Don Hamilton
Water and Light Department
West Fifteenth
Elm
Fifteenth
Eleventh
Ottawa
Midwest
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes
Main Street
Army Corps of Engineers
Paris Violence Declares Civil War Attempt By Pompidou
Premier Georges Pompidou called the Paris violence an attempt to spark civil war and ordered immediate dispersal of demonstrators. The unrest left two dead in Paris, hundreds injured, and hundreds arrested, with 456 treated at Paris hospitals and a 26 year old man killed by knife wounds.
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Paris
Georges Pompidou
France
Charles de Gaulle
Pompidou
Lyon
Latin Quarter
Strasbourg
BU Graduation Speaker Named
Baker University will honor the 154 member graduating class with commencement speaker Dr. Arthur S. Flemming former HEW secretary and NC Church leader. He will receive honorary Doctor of Literature. Retiring Kansas Senator Frank Carlson will receive an honorary law degree at the June 2 ceremony in Baldwin.
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U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
National Council of Churches
Baker University
Arthur S. Flemming
HEW
Baldwin
Kansas
Frank Carlson
De Gaulle's Ability Is Questioned After Speech
European editors question Charles de Gaulle's capacity to turn his referendum pledge into real reforms. UK outlets call the plan vague and politic, while others warn it may not ease the strikes or student protests. Broadcasts across Britain, Italy, and Sweden carried the Paris address with varied commentary.
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Rene Lacroix
Lyon
Paris
de Gaulle
London
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Europe
Daily Express
Times of London
Times
Liberal Guardian
Daily Telegraph
Dagens Myheteer
Stockholm
Sweden
British Broadcasting Corp
Briteain
US Plans More Pressure At Monday Peace Talks
In Paris, the United States plans to press Hanoi to admit North Vietnamese troops are in South Vietnam, with officials warning of a heavy offensive and tougher talks. Harriman and Thuy resume discussions after a four day recess, amid North Vietnam’s push for concessions on troop presence and withdrawal.
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Paris
United States
Hanoi
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Hae Nols
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Harrieman
Harriman
Beecomes
Johnson
Washington
Wileiham J. Jorden
Senate committee votes to cut school lunch funds
In Washington a Senate Appropriations panel sliced 14.4 million from the school lunch program while restoring nearly 5 million cut by the House in child poverty aid. Sen Mondale voiced concern the move could be punitive toward the Poor People's Campaign, as Sen Holland noted emphasis on aid for the very poor amid an Agriculture bill paving way for Senate action next week.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Walter F. Mondale
di Minn
Sen
Spessard L. Holland
DeFla
Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee
Holland
Senate Committee
Appropriations Committee
Petersburg Boycott Aims to Rehire Dismissed Garbage Workers
In St Petersburg Florida Negro leaders call a downtown boycott to force the rehiring of 211 fired garbagemen who went on strike May 7 for higher pay. City says they were not on strike and hired replacements, mostly whites, as the mayor cites wages between 1.27 and 2.27 per hour and a 0.20 rise sought by the workers.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Peetersburg
Marvin Davies
State Field
National Association For the Advancement of Coloured People
Davies
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George Zook Jr
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Rome
Il Mese Saggero
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Ottawa High School
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