De Gaulle declares emergency as revolt chiefs rounded up
Paris reports De Gaulle using near-dictatorial powers to arrest revolt leaders in Algeria and tighten control at home. A cabinet session set for Friday follows a drastic reshuffle plan with Soustelle possibly leaving the government. Unofficial counts say 25 to 40 arrests in Algiers, while right wing figures face house arrest or guards, and a decree powers bill passes Senate 226 to 29.
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Paris
Cheries de Gaulle
North
Golc
Jacques Soustelie
Algeria
Soustélie
Atomic Energy
Sahara
Soustelle
de Gaule
Michel Debre
Algiers
de Gaulle
Alain de Serigny
Echo-d'Alger
Bernard Lefevre
France
de Gale
Senate
Nixon Helps Block Bigger School Aid Bill
Washington reports the Senate debated a new Democratic plan to boost school aid with 8 million dollars yearly for four years in federal grants for school construction and teacher salaries. A Clark proposal for 1.1 billion yearly was defeated on a 4 to 4 tie after Nixon voted to table reconsideration, ending chances to revive Clark’s amendment.
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Nixon
Washington
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Joseph S. Clark
Clark
Eisenhower
Lyndon B
Johnson
D-Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Dirksen
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois Rain Expected
Cloudy conditions bring light rain to Southern Illinois tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Lows near 42 tonight, highs in the upper 40s Friday, and Friday night lows in the upper 30s. Yesterday's low 27, today around 40 morning, 42 evening. Precipitation totals about 0.10 inches from yesterday to today. Sun up 7:06, sun down 3:23. Crab Orchard Lake 1 inch above spillway. Little Grassy Lake at spillway. Devil's Kitchen Lake 7 feet below spillway.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Devil's Kitchen Lake
Eleven U S cities honored for citizen progress
Eleven U S cities including two in Illinois were named All America Cities for making progress. Winners announced by the National Municipal League and Look Magazine include Altoona East St Louis De Soto Lamar Missouri Fargo North Dakota Norfolk Virginia San Juan Santa Fe Springs Seattle Vallejo Winston-Salem.
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New York
U. S
Illinois
Ing
Progress
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Alto, I
East St. Louis
de Soto
Fargo
Lamar
Colo
Norfolk
Santa Fe Springs
Calif
Seattle, Wash
Vallenjo
Winston-Salem, N.C
Kennedy Re-elected President Of Railroad Brotherhood
William Parks Kennedy, 67, was re-elected president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen at the union convention in Cleveland, Ohio, defeating an insurgent challenge.
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Kennedy
Cleveland
Ohio
William Parks Kennedy
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Union
Textbook of Pediatrics becomes collector item at UT
In Memphis on February 4, a new edition of Textbook of Pediatrics edited by Dr. Waldo E. Nelson has 1419 pages and has become a collector's item at the University of Tennessee Medical School. Reportedly another person compiled the index, showing little care for the pediatrics section, with quirky entries under B between biotin and birth.
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Memphis. Tenn
University of Tennessee Medical School
Waldo E. Nelson
Yeople University
Nelson
Engineers OK Wage Arbitration
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers announced it will seek arbitration of its wage dispute with U S railroads. Guy L. Brown said the board could award a fair sum, noting past failures in 1954. The BLE aims to avoid a strike while pursuing wage and work rule settlements.
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Cleveland
API
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Guy L. Brown
Brown
BLE
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Chicago
Bus Truck Crash Kills Three in Louisiana
A butane gas truck collided with a St Tammany Parish school bus five miles north of Covington Louisiana killing the bus driver Nina Mae Revere 47 and two pupils Sylvia Jenkins and Christopher Lechans 6 along with 1 23 injured and several critically hurt The driver of the trailer Shirley 31 Mobile said he jackknifed after seeing headlights from behind the bus amid a heavy downpour on the return trip from Covington Schools to Bush Sun and Waldheim. Mrs Jenkins rescued her daughter from the wreckage as rescue workers arrived.
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Covington
Here
Nina Mae Revere
Bush
Sylvia Jean Jenkins
Christopher Lechans
Waldheim
Wessel
Shirley
St. Tammany Parish
Robert Jenkins
Sylvia Dean Jenkins
Heroic defense measures urged by Gen Taylor before Senate
Gen Maxwell D Taylor warned the Soviet Union could gain military superiority next year unless heroic measures are taken now. He urged a full policy rethink, modernization of ground forces, and a mobile Jupiter missile option, criticizing overreliance on nuclear arms and urging an airborne alert.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
Soviet Union
Taylor
Senate
Mexican Light & Power Co. Ltd
Mexico City
Senate Space Committee and Preparedness
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Eisenhower
Sen
Lyndon. Johnson
Dtex
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jhhe
United States
U. S
Army
Navy
Air Force
Tayior
Strategic Air Command
Thomas S. Power
Aylor
Power
Hisenhower
Strategic Air Commands
New York
Thomas D. White
White
House
Sen. Johnson
Congress
Air Force Withdraws Manual On Washing General's Dog
A blue bound Air Force pamphlet instructed enlisted men on how to wash the general's dog and set his tea table. The pamphlet drew House scrutiny as officials promised a new directive barring duties that benefit only officers.
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Washington
Air Force
House
Stephen S. Jackson
Jackson
Albert B. Clark
Clark
Frank J. Becker
RNY
Syria Israel border clash shifts to Sea of Galilee region
Reuters reported renewed border shooting between Israeli and Syrian forces near the Sea of Galilee area. An Israeli patrol near Shaar Yashiya was fired upon at 12:30 pm. one border policeman was lightly wounded. Syrian accounts said an armored car was damaged after Israeli vehicles breached the demilitarized zone. no casualties were reported for Syria.
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Sea of Galilee
Galilee
United Arab Republic
Palestine
U.A.R
Glad It's Over: Convict Wife Seized in California Parole Case
Irene Marie Robbins formerly Ruth Crum, 45, a California parolee with an Illinois criminal record dating to 1938, faces extradition after police traced her past. Gov. Stratton signaled favorable consideration if facts hold, while Robbins awaits arraignment on a fugitive charge and vows to tell her story.
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Chicago
Fed
Robbins
Ruth Crum
Cook County
Illinois
Franklin Robbins
Havana
Ilinois
Diem sends tips to Formosa hotel staff during visit
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Viet Nam has sent 1000 to hotel employees and others who aided him on his Formosa trip. The funds will be distributed by the South Viet Nam Embassy.
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Taipei
Formosa
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
VFW to Court Martial Sheriff after gambling raid
Sheriff Harald Whitten faces potential court-martial by VFW Post No. 1306 in Hillsboro after a raid on clubrooms. The post ousted Whitten for entering with a fine paid to resolve gambling charges, while the post also defends his right to enter. Mayor Don Andrews ordered a 30 day suspension of the club liquor license for gambling equipment, and a court order to destroy two slot machines was approved by Montgomery County Judge William A. Gines Jr.
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Hillsboro
Tit
Harald Whitten
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VEW
Whitten
VFW
Louis Feldman
Kansas City
Post
Feldman
Don Andrews
Finch Murder Trial Casts Light on Wife Death Cause
In Los Angeles on February 4 AP reports the Finch murder trial readiness to reveal how a fight over a gun led to the wife’s fatal back shot. Dr. R Bernard Finch, 42, denies murder and conspiracy, claiming the tragedy occurred during a struggle with his wife and Carole Tregoff.
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Los Angeles
Finch
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Jack Cody
Carole Tregoffo
Tregoft
Raymond Jr
Miss Tregoff
Grant B. Coopser
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Dr. Finch
Graitt Cowper
Unis
Becker
Syria-Israel
Jerusalem
Gardena
Irene
Mar‘e Robbins
Frank
Ian
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