France Faces Banking Crisis as De Gaulle Moves to Stabilize Franc
France nears bankruptcy in foreign payments and faces a costly living surge. De Gaulle plans wage and price curbs to shore up the franc while seeking a path out of the international payments crisis that could delay the European common market launch.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Gen. de Gaulle
France
Switzerland
Germany
Venezuela
United States
de Gaulle
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Mexico's dam boom reshapes northwest frontier
Eight major dams in northwest Mexico drive irrigation and hydroelectric power fueling farming, industry, and migration from rural areas. Projects expand from Baja California to Sonora and Sinaloa, transforming desert plains into lush agricultural belts with cotton and diverse crops.
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Washington
Mexico
Northwest
National Geographic Society
California-Arizona
Guadalajara City
Baja California
Sonora
Sinaloa
Nayarit
Chihuahua
Durango
Fuerte
Mex
Ico
National Irrigation Commission
Ministry of Hydraulics
World Bank
United States Export-Import Bank
Nogales
Arizona
Hermosillo
Ciudad Obregon
Los Mochis
Jet Explosion Destroys Homes. Pilot Killed Near Deland
A Navy twin jet bomber exploded over Seville, 20 miles north of Deland, causing two houses to burn, a church damaged, and debris narrowly missing the Seville school. Pilot Lt Cmdr Robert W. Ramey, 34, of Sanford and Trinity, Texas, died. two crewmen parachuted to safety. Ground injuries included an elderly janitor with a heart attack.
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Deland
Seville
Here
Cmdr
Robert W. Ramey
Sanford
Trinity
Tex
Daniel N. Gerbis
Raymond M. Hite
Grading System Lets Communities Build School Report Cards
Columbia University experts publish the APSS Report Card a 23 page guide for communities to grade public schools using percentages expenditures per pupil and factors like community characteristics wealth and staff. The system aims to pinpoint shortcomings and suggest remedies while noting measures are not static and can change with leadership.
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New York
UPS
Columbia University
Associated Public School Systems
Columbia
Institute of Administrative Research of
Teachers College
APSS
John W. Polley
Orlando F. Furno
Willard A. Downie
Bernard McKenna
Paul R. Mort
The
Institute
Novak Chooses Between Gift Car From Trujillo Jr.
Actress Kim Novak has a decision pending on an $8,400 four door sports car presented by Lt. Gen. Rafael Trujillo Jr. The car, reportedly stored by a supposed business agent, sits while Novak weighs keeping it versus returning it. Columbia publicity head denies Novak has an agent and says she has not approved storage. Trujillo Jr., son of Dominican leader Rafael Trujillo Sr., recently returned from California after a Bel Air stay.
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Hollywood
UPS
Rafael Trujillo Jr
Kim Novak
Dominican Republic
Playboy
Mss Novak
al Horwits
Columbia
Trujillo
Rafael Trujillo Sr
Kansas
California
Bel- Air
National Airlines donates Dade hangar to schools
National Airlines will turn over its former maintenance hangar at Miami International Airport to the Dade County Board of Public Instruction. The move consolidates aircraft training at the new Aviation School site and expands adult education with aeronautical curricula. The 5.1 acre facility, built in 1945, marks a long negotiated transfer.
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National Airlines
Dade
G.T. Baker
Florida
Dade County
Dade County Board of Public Instruction
National
Dade County Schools
Joe Hall
Dade Ty Commission
Port Authority
Dade School System
Miami Technical High School
Lindsey Hopkins Vacation School
Miami
Aviation School
John B. Orr Construction Co
Pushbutton Jet Passes 1st Test
Edwards California AP Navy’s pushbutton fighter F8U3 known as Crusader III completes a 48 minute maiden flight over the Mojave Desert. Chance Vought says the aircraft is capable of twice the speed of sound and features an automatic flight control system activated by pushbutton commands.
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Edwards, Calif
Navy
Mojave Desert
Chance Vought
Roosevelt Advocated Flying Machines for Navy 1898
Theodore Roosevelt then assistant secretary of the Navy proposed integrating flying machines into the nation’s armed forces in 1898, marking a early push for aerial capabilities in military planning.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Navy
Serenity In Stars Myth Shattered By Shapley
HAL BOYLE reports Dr. Harlow Shapley challenges the idea of a lonely sky estimating about 100 quintillion stars in the known universe and up to 10 million planetary systems with life raising questions about contact and humanity’s sense of fellowship under crowded heavens.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Harlow Shapley
Harvard College Observatory
Dr. Shapley
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Sarasota
Kenton A. Herr
Warrington Dr
William H. Arnold
5Th Army Headquarters
Chicago
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Kim
Tress
Miss Novak
Air Force
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North Trail
South Gate Plaza
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