De Gaulle Frees Salan and 10 Right Wing Rivals Ahead of Election
President Charles de Gaulle pardons former General Raoul Salan and 10 other right wing foes tied to anti Algerian revolt. Dropped from prison are Georges Bidault and Colonel Antoine Argoud, among others, as France moves toward the June 23 and 30 National Assembly vote. No one remains jailed over Algerian war events.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Raoul Salan
de Gaulle
Salan
Algeria
France
Georges Bidault
Charles Lacheroy
Bidault
National Assembly
Col
Antoine Argoud
Munich
Frensch
Petit Clamart
Elysee Palace
White House
Mansfield backs gun bill expanding registration and permits
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield endorsed the Tydings gun bill calling for federal registration and state registries for all firearms. The measure gained support from several lawmakers including Magnuson Proxmire Brewster Hartke Javits Mondale Pell Randolph Smathers and Young as Johnson weighs the omnibus crime bill with added wiretap provisions.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Mansfield
James C. Eastland
Dmiss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
Commerce Committee
William Proxmire
Dwis
Daniel B. Brewster
Dmd
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Lift accident at border leaves one dead and others injured
A 41 year old Edmund Oklahoma man died and seven people were injured when a chair lift cable snarled at Raton Pass near the New Mexico Colorado border. About 30 people were stranded 150 to 200 feet in the air. Three injured include Richard Tobias and his son David plus Joseph Shelton.
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Raton Pass
Interstate 25
Raton
Hostility to U.S. Military Presence Grows in Japan
A mounting push to end the U S Japanese security pact gathers force in 1970. Prime Minister Sato favors the treaty but protests mount over the Itazuke base crash and the Swordfish submarine incident. Antiwar demonstrations outside the Oji Army hospital also feed resentment toward American forces.
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Japan
U.S
Eisaku Sato
Vietnam
Itazuke
United States
Sasebo
U.S. Army
Oji
Tokyo
Morale Slumps in City of Poor People Camp
The Washington Poor People's encampment near the Lincoln Memorial shows waning support and rising discontent. Numbers shrink from about 2,500 to 500 as sections split by race and ideology emerge.
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New York Times
Washington
Philadelphia
Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Last Kennedy shooting victim Paul Schrade leaves hospital
The 43 year old regional UAW official and Kennedy campaign leader was wounded in the Ambassador Hotel incident. He underwent skull surgery and left the hospital after recovery. Other victims included Mrs. Arthur Evans Irwin Stroll Ira Goldstein and William Weisel who testified to the grand jury.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Paul Schrade
United Automobile and Aerospace Workers Union
Kennedy
California
Schrade
Ambassador Hotel
Arthur Evans
William Weisel
American Broadcasting Company
Washington, D.C
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Irwin Stroll
Ira Goldstein
Continental News
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Agriculture Department
Department of Agriculture
Gloria Ann Bonali
Southern Illinois University
Texas Woman’s University
Denton
Texas
New York State University College
Grant
Associated General Contractors OF America
U. S. Super-Guard
Aluminum
Kaiser
Aluma- Kraft Sales & Mfg. Co
Emma
West Frankfort, Ill
Aluma-Kraft Sales
Emma West Frankfort
Illinois
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