General De Gaulle Spent 12 Years Preparing For Crisis
Ex paratrooper Jean de Lipkowski portrays Charles de Gaulle as a deliberate, disciplined leader who spent 12 years preparing for France's current crisis. The Dispatch notes his early unpreparedness in 1945, his studious self improvement, symbolic life at Colombey, and humility in declining honors while guiding national unity.
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General de Gaulle
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National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
France
Francoise Sagan
Karl Marx
Jacques Duclos
Colombey les-deux-Eglises
Colombey
Germany
The
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Lorraine
Rynaud
Jane
Gaulle
Gaul
London
Camberley
Dakar
Strong Government Can Unite France What Future Holds
The article discusses Gen. Massu's choice to restore order in Algiers by forming the Committee of Public Safety, the hesitancy of civilian leaders Gaillard and Pflimlin, and the broader question of Gaulle's decisive leadership. It weighs army influence, extremist risks, and the potential paths toward restoring sanity or repeating past autocrats.
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Algiers
Salan
Massu
Paris
Felix Gaillard
Gen. Massu
Pierre Pflimlin
Gen.Massu
Soustelles
Delbecques
de Gaulle
Soustelle
Delbecque
Roosevelt
Churchill
Jacques Soustelle
Franco
Salazar
De Gaulle Faces Testing Start After French Crisis
France crowns De Gaulle with a 329 to 224 vote but faces hard tasks to stabilize government and resolve Algeria. observers note a potential strong executive similar to the U.S. presidency and debate whether federation or independence for Algeria will prevail.
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France
de Gaulle
Algiers
Four decades saga of Alaska statehood in Congress
The Alaska statehood question has lingered for over 40 years with both parties endorsing it and past House passage in 1950. Alaska cites 1946 referendum and 1956 constitution ratification as readiness, noting its population would exceed many admitted states. Critics warn about land grants, but supporters say the principle remains clear and Hawaii is ready too.
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Congress
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Senate
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Virginia
Hawaii
Offbeat take on diplomacy and jokes about Moon cheese
The passage uses satirical, fragmented lines about red carpet scenes at Moscow airport and Khrushchev, mentions Henry Wallace and Benson planning a Russia visit, hints at negotiations over lunar cheese rights, and jokes about Rock and Roll in South America and Nixon's preferences.
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Nasser
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Australian Students Try to Storm U S Navy Destroyer in Brisbane
Australian students attempted to storm a U S Navy destroyer in Brisbane port. Sailors responded with a Repel Boarders order, driving the crowd away in a rare wartime precaution.
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Brisbane
Mobile
They Gathered at the River and the Academy
A column reviews Bernard Weisberger’s They Gathered at the River about revivalists led by Dwight L. Moody, noting camp meetings, frontier religion, and key patrons. It also surveys the American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters, naming new members Edith Hamilton and Saul Bellow among others.
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Bernard A. Weisberger
Little, Brown
America
Weisberger
Wayne State University
Detroit
Billy Sunday
Gypsy Smith
Dwight L. Moody
Lorenzo Dow
Beechers
New Republic
Overlin College
Illinois College
Jacksonville
Yale
Chicago
Marshall Field
Cyrus McCormick
The
Armours
Swifts
Illeveland
John D. Rockefeller
American Academy
National Institute of Arts and Letters
New York City
French Academy
Mark van Doren
Hope, Ill
University of Illinois
Columbia University
Academy
Edith Hamilton
Abraham Rattner
Raphael Soyer
Edward D. Stone
Albert Guerard
Arthur Miller
Saul Bellow
Kay Boyle
Robert M. Coates
Babette Deutch
S. J. Perelman
France
Great Britain
Farm life notes and a world of obituaries in brief
A NYT brief recalls farm childhood humor and animal care as well as Lionel Shapiro’s Montreal death at 50 author of The Sixth of June. It notes Nixon praising Theodore Roosevelt at the Library of Congress centennial exhibit, recalling a vigorous early president who died at 61.
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New York Times
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Montreal
Lionel Shapiro
Richard Nixon
Theodore Roosevelt
Library of Congress
Unfriendly Atmosphere Over Re-entry Problem
A man complains to a friend in a bar about his wife throwing him out. He seeks a solution to re entry and suddenly the topic shifts to rockets. The glum mood underscores a personal setback and a quirky misdirection.
Kangaroo Seeks Help Over Loss of Jumpiness
A quirky dialogue reports a kangaroo visiting a psychiatrist who notes the animal no longer feels jumpy, prompting a humorous exchange about its condition and the medical visit.
Dough Takes Center Stage In Everyday Life
The saying notes that while bread nourishes, dough also plays a key role in daily living, reflecting a cultural emphasis on money and sustenance.
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