De Gaulle Granted Six Months Decree Powers by French Assembly
The French National Assembly voted 322 to 232 to grant Gen. Charles de Gaulle sweeping decree powers for six months, sending the measure to the Senate. Supporters hope for quick passage as De Gaulle aims to restore authority in Algeria and pursue constitutional reforms.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Senate
de Gaulle
Algeria
Assembly
Malraux
de Galle
Raoul Salan
Leon Delbecque
France
Ple
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois clears tonight
Tonight will be clear with warmer conditions following. Tuesday brings fair skies and warm temperatures with a low in the 50s and a high in the 80s. Tuesday night lows also in the 50s.
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Southern Illinois
Eisenhower and Dulles plan major talk on France and Soviet tests
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles schedule a foreign policy conference to discuss De Gaulle era relations with France and to map a U S Soviet reply on nuclear test talks. Khrushchev agrees to Geneva based scientific talks with U S Britain and others to set up a detection system amid possible moratorium.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
de Gaulle
France
Soviet Union
White House
Gen
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Khrushchev
Britain
Geneva
State Empl oyees Meet Tuesday Night In Carbondale
Robert E. Perz director of the Illinois personnel division will speak at the Illinois State Em ployes Assn Chapter 24 dinner meeting in the Southern Illinois University Cafeteria Carbondale at 7 p m Tuesday. All state employes invited.
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Robert E. Perz
Illinois Personnel Division
Illinois State Employes Assn
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Marion Man Held on Vagrancy Charge in Williamson County
Marion resident Walter McCabe, 67, was arrested Sunday by Marion Police and charged with vagrancy in Williamson County Court. He remains in the county jail awaiting arraignment.
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Marion
Hela
Walter McCabe
Williamson
U.S. Watches Soviet Vessels Off East Coast
The State Department says the U S Navy conducts routine surveillance of shipping near the United States. Soviet trawlers have been sighted near Grand Banks and along routes between the U S east coast and Europe, with reports of radar gear and constant vessel appearance.
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State Department
Russia
U. S. Navy
United States
Moscow
U.S
Grand Banks
Nova Scotia
Lincoln White
Europe
White
United States Navy
Dogs and cats must be vaccinated in Herrin
Herrin police chief Roy Cole announced a rabies vaccination drive for dogs and cats. The clinics will be held at St Mary's School grounds from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A collar and vaccination tag are required for dogs and a two dollar fee is charged for shots.
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Herrin
Roy Cole
St. Mary’s School
Cole
Girl Denied Legion Award for Not Being a Citizen
Roswitha Bernhardt 17 a Hanover High junior was denied an American Legion Auxiliary award for non citizenship. The Germany native and her parents arrived six years ago. the auxiliary chose Jane Melanson instead as most worthy girl in the senior class.
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Legion
Roswitha Bernhardt
Hanover High School
American Legion Auxiliary
Miss Bernhardt
Roswitha
Jane Melanson
Memorial Day Toll Hits 370 Traffic Deaths in Illinois
AP reports the extended Memorial Day holiday brought 370 highway fatalities in Illinois over 78 hours from Thursday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, plus 127 drownings and 88 miscellaneous deaths for an overall 585 death toll. The tally exceeds pre holiday forecasts and records set in 1955 and 1948.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Illinois
Marshall
N.C
Watseka
Calvin E. Edwards
Linda
Peggy
Two Killed As Explosion Rips Mt. Pulaski
A railroad tank car blast in Mt. Pulaski ignited by a petroleum solvent killed two crewmen Robert Glover and Jack Griffin and injured one. The town evacuated, National Guardsmen aided cleanup, and 1 million dollars in damage was estimated as two thirds of homes were ruined and many residents became homeless.
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Robert Glover
Jack Griffin
Mattoon
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois
Springfiel
Springfield
Lincoln
Central High School
Mount Pulaski
Commercial Solvents Corp
Monroe
Peoria
Ill
Roy Richardson
Illinois State Fire
Freeman Spur House Fire Rescues Two Young Daughters
A Freeman Spur five room frame house burned at 9 45 am. Carolyn and Lillie May Finney ages 5 and 3 were nearly trapped but were rescued unharmed by their mother and two neighbors. Firemen from Herrin and Freeman Spur controlled the blaze by 10 10 am with cause undetermined though kitchen fire is suspected.
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Freeman Spur
Carolyn
Lillie May Finney
John Finney
Finney
Herrin
Benson Lists Foes of American Economy
Ezra Taft Benson denounces the do gooders self serves and subversives as a coalition threatening the economy. He urged Republicans to fight for a GOP Congress and asked if Americans should govern their affairs or be controlled by a government they created. He blames Democratic influence for federal control in private business.
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Chicago
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
United Republican Fund of
Illinois
Eisenhower
Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake Spillway Notes
Readable fragment notes Crab Orchard Lake inches above spillway and Little Grassy Lake at spillway. Indicates water levels near critical spillway points with potential overflow risk.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Bees Siege Bloomfield Police Headquarter Beesquirming Standoff
A swarm of bees besieged the Bloomfield police headquarters for an hour. Officers deputized beekeeper Paul Schindler to lure the queen into a hive. The bees then settled after the queen’s capture.
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Bloomfield
N.J
Paul Schindler
Uneasy Truce As UAW Stays On Job Without Contract
Nearly 500000 Auto Workers report to 275 GM Chrysler and Ford plants across the country without a union contract. No incidents during first shift as Reuther urges restraint while officials watch for slowdowns. Negotiations stall with Ford and Chrysler as firms stand firm on extending 1955 contracts with built in wage rises. Time is on our side.
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UAW
Detroit
Auto
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
United Auto Workers Union
Walter P. Reuther
Stern
American Motors
Studebaker-Pack
Reuther
St Louis Storm Knocks Out 25000 Homes
A heavy rain and wind storm in the St Louis area Saturday felled trees and cut power lines leaving about 25 000 homes without electricity. Three people were not seriously injured as service was restored with little delay. Roofing and glass damage reported near Collinsville Illinois.
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St. Louis
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