De Gaulle's Plan for Modern French Armed Forces
Paris reports a five year modernization plan for the French armed forces led by President de Gaulle. It calls for an atomic striking force, NATO integration, Algeria deployment, and a first nuclear capability expected in 1961. The plan faces budget and organization disputes and seeks US cooperation on nuclear development and isotopic separation to produce enriched uranium and an atomic submarine.
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N.Y. Herald Tribune
Paris
French National Assembly
Ve Gaulle
Assembly
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Algeria
NATO
Supreme Allied Command
West Germany
Sahara
Colomb- Bechar
de Gaulle
United States
Ons
Wich
Strike Ends At Ports On Great Lakes
Longshoremen at four Great Lakes ports return to work Sunday after a 20 day strike. Milwaukee employers and ILA members ratified a three year contract with pay raises and benefits totaling 40 to 69 cents an hour in the five ports. Duluth kept working under a contract extension. Toledo remains unsettled as separate negotiations continue.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Irving Friedmann
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Milwaukee
ILA
Cleveland
Buffalo
Duluth
Minn
Toledo
Ohio
Here
Capt
Bradley
Iron workers end strike in Indiana with wage offer
About 2 250 striking iron workers accepted a 31 cent hourly raise and will return to work in northern Indiana Monday. The stoppage tied up more than 250 million dollars in construction projects, called Wednesday by the Hammond Local 395 AFL CIO.
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Chicago
Indiana
Aflcio
Hammond
Ind
Most Favor Public Bomb Shelter Law
Princeton N J report shows a Gallup civil defense poll finding 71 percent favor a law requiring communities to build public bomb shelters. About 38 percent would pay up to 500 for a home shelter, with 21 percent thinking of building one.
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Princeton
N.J
Gallup
Ecumenical Council Commissions Set Up by Pope
Vatican City June 4 AP Pope John XXIII set up administrative machinery for the Ecumenical Council. He created 11 commissions to study matters for the gathering of cardinals archbishops and bishops and established several secretariats. One secretariat will help Protestants and Orthodox Christians follow the work and seek Christian unity.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Pontuf
Illinois Democrats complain over Los Angeles hotel space at convention
Richard Wesley reports Illinois delegates to the Democratic National Convention are frustrated by housing near the convention center. They blame DNC Chairman Paul Butler for allocating rooms based on how much states contribute. Illinois ranks 47th in contributions and seeks better, central, air conditioned lodging, with Col. Jack Arvey and Mayor Richard J Daley pressing for downtown space.
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Richard Wesley
Associaed
Wasington
Illinois
Los Angeles
Paul Buler
Butler
Illinois Democras
Hayward Hotel
Jack Arvey
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Dealers Seek Tobacco Tax Refund as Rate Drops
Illinois tobacco distributors may sue for refunds on floor stocks stamped with the 4-cent tax after the rate drops to 3 cents next week. An Illinois Assn. of Tobacco Distributors official says dealers paid the higher tax on stocks to be sold, while a state revenue official says reimbursements aren’t provided by law. A separate injunction bars spending protest funds from the extra 1-cent tax until accounting of the funds is completed.
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Springfield
The
Illinois Assn. of Tobacco Distributors
Illinois
Elias A. Najim
Association
State Revenue Department
Stratton
Najim
Chicago
William V. Brothers Friday
Joseph Lohman
Andrew Fassens
Calvin C. Campbell
Samuel A. Kanter
Powers Cancels Plan To Visit Russia For Son
Oliver Powers called off his trip to the Soviet Union to see his imprisoned son Francis, the U2 pilot. Sol W. Cury said the trip is cancelled for now, pending a more favorable time for his son's welfare. State Department said no instructions were given and advised only passport and visa procedures. Barbara Powers declined comment.
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Pound
Oliver G. Powers
Russia
Francis
Oliver Powers
Sol W. Cury
Cury
Norton
Powers
Cary
Washington
State Department
Department
Barbara Gay Powers
Gepartment
Oliver Owers
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Inez as Spanish form of the girl’s name Agnes
The name Inez is the Spanish version of Agnes for girls. It notes linguistic variation and cultural adoption of a given name across languages.
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Inez
Agnes
Lutheran Body 100 Years Old Plans Merger
The Augustana Lutheran Church in Rock Island Illinois marks its centennial while voting on merging with three other Lutherans to form the Lutheran Church in America. If approved, the new denomination would form in 1963, affecting 600000 Augustana members and the larger partner churches. The six day synod at Augustana College opens with notable speakers and ends with 42 ordinations.
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Rock Island, Ill
Augustana Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church In America
United Lutheran Church In America
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Augustana Church
Gunnar Hultgren
Church of Sweden
P. O. Bersell
Minneapolis
Fredrik A. Schiotz
American Lutheran Church
Augustana College
Jefferson Prairie
Wis
Beloit
Juneau
William A Egan
Coast Guard
Anchorage
Supersonic B58 Bomber Crashes in West Texas Storm
A Convair built B58 Hustler bomber crashed about 40 miles east of Lubbock during a thunderstorm. Officials say the jet is a Convair product from General Dynamics in Fort Worth. Deputies report no survivors and a farm laborer may have seen a parachute. confirmation is pending.
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Lubbock
Tex
Here
Texas
Strategic Air Command
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Bob Hale
Crosbyton
Convair
Juneau or Anchorage Capital Move Sparks Alaskan Debate
The Alaska capital location fight pits Juneau against Anchorage as voters weigh moving the capital 600 miles north. Proponents argue regional growth and logistics, while critics warn of economic loss for Juneau and delays in state operations.
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Panhandle
Convair Talks Resume Amid IAM Strike Threat
Convair and the International Association of Machinists resumed contract talks in San Diego as a strike threat looms. IAM halted progress, with walkouts at Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg, Warren, Offutt bases and four Convair sites. Convair offered 11 cents plus a cost of living raise. IAM rejected it as inadequate.
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San Diego
Calif
Convair and Machinists Union
U.S
Company
International Assn. of Machinsts
E. Marvin Sconyers
Sconyers
North American Aviation
United Auto Workers Union
Los Angeles
IAM
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wyo
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
Convair
Astronautics Division
The
Engineers and Architects Assn
Pioneer V Now 14 Million Miles From Earth
Washington reports the space probe Pioneer V is more than 14.3 million miles from Earth. Launched to a 515 million mile solar orbit on March 11, it advances about a million miles every four days as per NASA status at noon today.
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Washington
U.S
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Murillo Painting to Headline Krannert Museum Opening
A rare 17th century Murillo canvas titled Christ After the Flagellation has been acquired as the focal showpiece for the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois Champaign. Gifted by Mrs. Herman C. Krannert of Indianapolis, the museum space was provided by her husband, an alumnus. The university did not disclose price. The work, once in the Louvre, has rarely been shown in the United States.
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B. E. Murillo
Christ
Krannert Art Museum
University of Illinois
Herman C. Krannert
Indianapolis
United States
Europe
Louvre
Paris
Ozark Adds Flights and Weekend Service to Springfield
Ozark Airlines to add four jet prop flights bringing Springfield total to seven. Weekend routes run Springfield to Chicago via Decatur and Champaign and Springfield to Indianapolis via Decatur Champaign and Danville. American Airlines plans to suspend Springfield service next week per CAB ruling and hearing for objectors to protest the suspension.
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Springfield
Ozark Airlines
Chicago
Indianapolis
Jack Abrams
Ozark
Decatur
Champaign
Danville
American Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
American
Tornado disrupts Moore high school concert
A 300 strong crowd at a Moore Oklahoma high school band concert heard the storm outside as the conductor urged the musicians to play with all they had. The roof peeled away but no injuries were reported.
London vice locations flourish as street crime blights East End
In London’s East End and Soho, vice venues and strip clubs fill a "great evil" square mile as clergymen and Baroness Ravensdale condemn the Street Offenses Act. Sir John Wolfenden urges targeted action to shut down the evil clubs while authorities draft tougher powers.
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East End
Stepney
London
Soho
Baroness Ravensdale
House of Lords
Wondon
John Wolfenden
Ravensdale
Wolfenden
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