French Premier Seeks Emergency Powers Over Plot Against Republic
Paris AP reports in a tense session the National Assembly approved emergency powers for Premier Pflimlin to crack down on subversive activity. The vote, 461 to 10 to 114, grants arrests searches censorship and the ability to dissolve organizations as France faces a political crisis surrounding General de Gaulle.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Pierre Pflimi
Pflimlin
Assembly
Council of the Republic
Pflimain
Robert Lecourt
Jean Lip- Losi
de Gaulle
Lipowski
Dey Gaulle
France
Committee of Interior
Eee
Soviet Space Weather and French Politics Amid Turbulent Times
The schedule notes Sputnik JH will pass over Long Beach area at 8 33 pm, with overcast skies possibly obscuring view. Reports include critical debate in France over De Gaulle and government liberties as ministers clash over Communists and the Soviet space program.
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Sputnik JH
Soviet Sputnik IIIl carries no passengers says official
Professor Eugene Fysherov, head of the Sputnik program, states no animals or people were aboard Sputnik IIIl. He notes the mission aimed to extend instruments and test spaceflight, while criticizing US launches as not yet matched and affirming future lunar and interplanetary ambitions.
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Moscow
Eugene Fysherov
Senate committee to probe Nixon Latin trip violence
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to begin an inquiry into violence Nixon faced in Lima and Caracas and broaden it to Lebanon where CIA libraries were burned. Testimony will include State and CIA officials, with Morse pressing questions on agency awareness of risks. Nixon returned home to a triumphant reception after an eight country tour marked by mob hostility.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Lebanon
Theodore Francis Green
D-Ri
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Lima
Peru
Caracas
Venencia
U. S. Information Agency
Green
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Ond Nixon
South America
Lost Vanguard I Rocket Tracked By Scientists
Cambridge scientists at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said the final stage of Vanguard I’s rocket, which sent America’s grapefruit satellite into a high orbit, is lost in space. Moonwatch teams were asked to locate the five foot tube tumbling in various orbits possibly 2,000 miles or more from Earth, potentially circling for two centuries.
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Cambridge
Mace
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Russia
Sputniker
United States
America
Vanguard
Lion Attacks Child in Washington Zoo Cage
A lion pulled a two year old girl into a zoo cage and killed her at the Washington Zoo. The victim was Julia Ann Vogt of Chillwack British Columbia visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs Harry Jackson. Police said she slipped past an outer barrier and approached the cage.
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Washington
Young harp seal defies captivity in endless circling
At New York Aquarium a two month old harp seal named Number One keeps circling the 150 foot tank since last Sunday. Aquarium officials fear it may take weeks to swim home while the youngster weakens from lack of appetite despite force feeding vitamin B-1 and tranquilizer injections. Scientist Christopher Coates says the seal’s urge to travel is natural and uncertain to manage, as the aquarium adds six harp seals to its collection.
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New York
York Aquarium
Canada
Aquarium
Christopher Coates
Coates
Coney Island Aquarium
Wife Slain by Former Ski Champ Ulland
Ulland a former national ski jumping champion shot his wife Catherine Ulland 54 with a 30-30 Winchester rifle at their Oakland home and then turned the gun on himself. Police said he later told officers I did the wrong thing. Mrs Ulland's sister Edith Guthridge said he had been tense and undergoing hospital treatment.
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Oakland
Sigurd Wiland
Clifford Anderson
Ulland
Brothers
Norway
Tlland
Anderson
Don le Strange
le Strange
Ulands
Catherine Alland
Met
Edith Guthridge
San Leandro
iRuss Make New Disarming Bid
London Soviet Russia declared readiness to negotiate a radical solution to disarmament while warning Western powers against dictating terms. It repeated proposals for an immediate ban on nuclear tests a renunciation of nuclear weapons by major powers and the creation of an atom free zone in central Europe.
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London
Russia
Europe
Councilman Attacks Ravine Deal as Gyp in Hearing
Los Angeles councilman Pat McGee condemns the Chavez Ravine swap with the Dodgers calling it a white elephant and unfair while Dodger president Walter O Malley warns they may leave if the plan fails. Key figures include Karl Rundberg A C mayoral aides and lawmakers amid a June 3 referendum.
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LOS Angeles
Wrigley Field
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chavez
Ravine
Pat McGee
Rene Led
Dodgers
Ball
Wrigley
McGee
Dodger-city
McGhe
Dodger
Walter O'Malley
Chavez Ravine
Solons Vote Reshuffling of Pentagon Defense Bill
Washington UP report notes the House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a new defense reorganization bill praised by Chairman Carl Vinson as aligned with President Eisenhower. The President sent a congratulatory letter but urged two changes, which the committee refused. the measure remains a substitute for the President’s April 16 proposal. The bill preserves civilian secretaries over each department and sets supervision through the defense secretary, with Congress able to block transfers by simple majority, not veto override.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Eisenhower
Vinson
Eee
Congress
Vinson Tal
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Weather outlook with cloudy to partly sunny skies
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Saturday with a shift to partly sunny conditions in the afternoon. Temperatures not specified.
Trujillo Aid Jailed and Freed in Torrance
A Dominican Republic official known as Sued was jailed for nearly four hours in Torrance after a failed sobriety test. He claimed diplomatic immunity and refused to sign booking forms before being released on own recognizance after Dominican Consul General Camarena arranged his freedom. He confronted a photographer during the incident.
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Torrance
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Billy Glenn Newhouse
Victor Jose Sued
Ucle
Redondo Beach
Hawthorne Ave
Farmington
Lee
A.m. Page
Adolfo
Camarena
Caiming
Telegram
Trujillo
Beach Combing Item Sparks Weekend Finds
A brief note from Beach Combing reports seaside treasures spotted along the shore. Local residents and visitors shared small discoveries, including shells and driftwood, enhancing the coastal strolls this weekend.
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Russ
Soviet Union
Hare Group
Solons
101St Airborne Division
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Puerto Rico
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O’malley
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