De Gaulle Moves Confidently in Rough Terrain in Parliament
Editorial views General De Gaulle steering France through a crisis with a multi party cabinet excluding Communists. Votes in National Assembly and Senate show growing support. He seeks a workable constitution reform while balancing Algerian policy and party interests. He can resign anytime, a tool critics fear he may overuse.
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de Gaulle
Charles de Ces
National Assembly
Senate
Ise
France
Gen. de Gaulle
Poli
Who's To Blame For Inflation Fortune finds white-collar blame
Fortune magazine in its June issue argues that white-collar workers rather than blue-collar staff drove inflation over the last decade. It bases this on Fed data showing a 60 percent rise in non production white-collar employment and higher salary shares, with productivity gains slowing when these workers are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortune Magazine
Fortune
Federal Reserve Board
United States
Texas pianist jokes clash with UAW strike notes
Van Cliburn hails from Texas yet youngsters are not likely to swap six guns for piano. UAW members at General Motors without a contract appear to have missed the escalator this time around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Cliburn
Texas
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Quiet Illinois town shaken by tank car explosion
In Mt. Pulaski Illinois a Sunday explosion of a cena solvent tank car damaged 500 homes killed two and injured over 30. Authorities and Civil Defense took control as residents evacuated then returned to repair and insurance reporting. The event underscores risk from ordinary railroad traffic.
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Mt. Pulaski
Logan County
Illinois
Seaboard
Kenvil
South Amboy
N. J
Texas City
Texas
Mt. Pulaki
Royal denial over Princess Margaret marriage rumor
Buckingham Palace rejects reports Princess Margaret will wed Capt Townsend. Royal spokesmen fail to sway the princess in the next office. The Bethlehem Steel president earned 623336 in 1957 including salary and bonus, a figure echoed in Bethlehem I beam pricing.
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Buckingham Palace
Margaret
Capt. Townsend
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
Legislation Sought for Assessments in Bloomington
Bloomington officials urge state law changes to allow paying assistants beyond June 1 as the county pushes toward a 1958 quadrennial real estate assessment. Township and county officials note current statutes limit funding and call for a statewide reassessment plan under a county supervisor of assessments.
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Bloomington
Joseph DePew
Leo Haas
Harry W. Talley
Obituary Reading Habits and Christophe's Notable Circle
A Chicago interview with Arthur Allyn notes retirement unlikely for a LaSalle Street dealer. The column discusses obituary reading as a contemporary interest and previews Christophe Smith's Baby Book with Christophe photographed with visitors like Carl Sandburg, who predicts lasting peace if warmongers are deterred.
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Arthur C. Allyn
LaSalle Street
Chicago
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
Fraternity
Carleton Smith
New York
Bement
Christophe
Carleton
Smiths
Beekman Place
Ivan Ivanovitch Lebed
Soviet Union
Charles Ventura
New York Herald-Tribune
Friend
Carl Sandburg
Smith
Ventura
Sandburg
Cen tenary at Jalna adds a family tree to the series
The Jalna novels by Mazo de la Roche span 30 years and fifteen books. The latest, Cen tenary at Jalna, from Little, Brown, includes a genealogical chart placing main characters on the White Oak family tree and will interest readers familiar with the series.
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Mazo de la Roche
Jalna
Little, Brown
Whiteoak
Garden chores urge tomatoes to brave June
The reader recalls choosing to plant tomatoes now and jokes about varieties like Kentucky Wonders. A sweater is worn for outdoor work as the gardener considers timing for tomato outdoors and the effort to string plants hand over hand.
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Kentucky
General de Gaulle shown with further striking changes
The latest pictures compare General de Gaulle to his earlier self and to Maurice Chevalier, noting his greater transformation since his comeback.
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General de Gaulle
Maurice Chevalier
Who Will Pay For New Regime Fourth Republic Gone
Joseph C. Harsch reflects on the French Fourth Republic's end and the mixed legacy it left. He contrasts the regime's liberal freedoms and postwar recovery with its eventual crises and asks who will bear the costs under a new government led by de Gaulle.
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Joseph C. Harsch
Christian Science Monitor
Paris
Fourth Republic
France
Voltaire
Place de la Republique
Marianne
East End
Horn Tooters
General de Gaulle
Algeria
Against Tribal Laws Revolt In The Desert
A report from Jiddah on Bedouin frustration with the Mutaween Wahabist enforcement now under Crown Prince Faisal. Observers note crackdowns, veiling rules, and public punishments while a reformist mood grows among educated youth and desire for schools.
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Ali
Jiddah
Puyadh
Faisal
Mutaween
Saudi Arabia
Carbondale High School to air radio play on athletics emphasis
A Carbondale University High School advanced speech class completes tape recording for a radio play about emphasis in high school sports. The production, based on a trial and research findings, aims to bring the problem alive and showcase public speaking and sound technique.
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Carbondale University High School
Southern Illinois University
William Buys
University School
Kay Loder
Buys
Hand Named to McKendree Group Advisers
George H. Hand, vice president for business affairs at Southern Illinois University, is named a charter member of the McKendree College advisory to the President. Hand chairs the Carbondale First Methodist Church finance committee and serves on Methodist Conference missions and finance. McKendree, founded in 1828 in Lebanon, is the oldest continuously Methodist controlled college with about 250 full-time students.
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George H. Hand
Southern Illinois University
McKendree College
Lebanon
Ill
McKendree
Webb B. Garrison
Hand
College Corporation
Carbondale First Methodist Church
Commission On Missions and Finance
Southern Illinois Conference
The
Methodist Church
United States
Candid Comment on Pedestrian Safety by Editorial Column
A Wall Street Journal opinion piece argues that strict driver caution is needed to reduce pedestrian accidents. It warns of drivers speeding toward pedestrians and suggests tighter enforcement as a remedy.
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Wall Street Journal
South Dakota Leads in Federal Grants and Returns
The report highlights that South Dakota residents received 75 cents back per dollar paid to federal taxes in grants-in-aid, the highest ratio among states. Nationally grants to individuals and to state and local governments totaled about 6.5 billion dollars in 1957, with four programs dominating: old-age assistance, highway construction, veterans readjustment, and soil bank payments. Illinois received 242.8 million dollars in 1957 grants, amounting to 25 dollars per capita, with total 1957 allocations rising from prior years.
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South Dakota
Treasury
Truman
Eisenhower
Congressional Quarterly
New Jersey
Wyoming
California
Texas
New York
Illinois
Ilinois
Air National Guard
Army National Guard
Campbell named delegate to Golden Age convention in St Louis
Harry M. Campbell of Herrin will attend the second annual Golden Age and Senior Citizens Clubs convention June 5 to 7 at the Sherator Jefferson Hotel in St Louis. He will lead a workshop on Job Opportunities for Senior Citizens and describe the Herrin Eagles Lodge activities on the Jobs After 40 program.
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Harry M. Campbell
N. 16Th St
Herrin
Golden Age and
Senior Citizens Clubs
Sherator - Jefferson
St. Louis
Campbell
Herrin Eagles Lodge
The
Eagles
France Shows Growth as Birthrate Tops Western Europe
France, boasting the region’s highest birthrate, reports a population rise of 434 700 in 1957 signaling continued demographic expansion for the nation and its industries.
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France
Europe
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4Th Republic
William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Carbondale University High
Southern Illinois Uni
Versity
Marsha Wiehn
Jane Herr
Wayne Robison
Darrell
McKendree Group
U. S
Washington
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