De Gaulle’s Gaullists win big in first round of French elections
National Assembly results show 142 Gaullist followers elected with strong gains in Metropolitan France. Runoff elections set for next Sunday as opposition warns the battle continues. Widespread inflation looms amid May crisis aftermath and wage protests.
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Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Center
France
Party of Modern Progress and Democracy
Pierre Mendes-France
Grenoble
Canada vote looms as Trudeau leads in polls
AP reports Canada is set for a Liberal to gain a majority in the national election. Polls and surveys credit Pierre Elliott Trudeau with driving a strong Liberal surge, while Robert Stanfield contrasts as the Conservative challenger. If maintained, the Liberals could secure over 150 of 264 seats, ending Pearson era volatility.
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Toronto
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Trudeau
Robert Stanfield
Northeast reservoirs fill as heavy rains end water shortage
May and June rains fill Northeast reservoirs to capacity reversing drought fears. Hydrologists report record stream flows in Ohio New Jersey and New York while New England sees adequate supplies. Quabbin Reservoir stands at 48 percent full June 1 with levels at 506.99 feet on June 18 enough to last years without rain.
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Washington
Ohio
New Jersey
New York
Weather Bureau
Boston
New England
New York City
Quabbin
Burglaries Hit Anna Bakery And Nearby Yards
Four youths are being held in Anna jail after a burglary at the Davis Pastry Shop on 312 S Main St Anna. About midnight Thursday $600 in cash and checks were taken. Police say checks and a silver dollar have been recovered and arraignments at the county courthouse in Jonesboro were expected today.
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Anna
Davis Pastry Shop
S. Main St
Dallas West
West
Jonesboro
Severe storms lash Chicago area injuring six
Thunderstorm with high winds and hail swept parts of the Chicago area causing extensive property damage and six injuries. Power outages hit Evanston Skokie Morton Grove and Lincolnwood as four teens were hurt in Alsip when a carnival booth collapsed in winds up to 60 mph. A diesel engine hit a freight train near 86th and Rockwell injuring two railroad workers. The incident occurred during heavy rain.
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Chicago
Evanston
Skokie
Morton Grove
Lincolnwood
Alsip
86Th
Rockwell Streets
Obituary and prison death reported in local pages
John H Huffman 77 of Christopher dies at Miners Hospital his funeral set 2 PM Tuesday Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher with burial in Mulkeytown Cemetery He survived by wife Ona McGlasson daughter Edith Mardis four grandchildren and six great grandchildren An inmate George B Skelton 36 at Menard Prison found dead in bed on 24 hour duty inquiry expected natural causes likely heart attack Skelton held one to five year burglary sentence his funeral and Lincoln burial to be handled by Welge Funeral Home Chester
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John H. Huffman
S. Thomas St
Christopher
Miners Hospital
Mulkeytown
Henry
Sophronia Davis Huffman
South Side Baptist Church of
Modern Woodmen of America
Huffman
Ona McGlasson
Edith Mardis
Menard Penitentiary
George B. Skelton
Max P. Frye
Skelton
Frye
Menard
Parole Board
Lincoln
Welge Funeral Home
Chester
Boat Carrying 10 Dashes Over Dam in Dayton Tragedy
A motorboat with 10 people drifted over a dam on the Miami River at Dayton Ohio. Seven were rescued and three, Junior Ben Holt Shirley Williams and Warren Williams, were missing and presumed drowned. Holt had been towing Woodford Williams on water skis when the engine failed and the craft wedged on rocks.
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Dayton, Ohio
Miami River
Ben Holt
Shirley Williams
Warren
Holt
Williamses
Dayton
Montgomery County
Woodford Williams
Fire calls Carbondale and Du Quoin incidents
Fire crews responded in Carbondale to Hilton Motors at 321 N. Illinois after a break in causing about 1000 dollars in damage. In Du Quoin a shed at 450 N. Howard St. was destroyed after an incident at 4 p.m. Also a gasoline spill near Felts Hall at Southern Illinois University required cleanup.
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Carbondale
Hilton Motors
Illinois
Felts Hall
Southern Illinois University
du Quoin
N. Howard St
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Elkville
Willard E. Hughes
de Soto
Walter F. Miles
William A. Crescent
Pinckneyville
James Gooden Jr
The
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Millstadt
James H. McClesahan
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Warrenville
Ilinois
Peoria
Maroa
Aurora
Lincolnland
Vermilyea
Maroa-Forsyth High School
Springfield
State Department of Public Instruction
Hulda Williams
Benton
N. du Quoin St
Lynnwood
Amanda Sanders Summers
Franklin County
Edward Spencer
Henry Williams
Eakin Grove
Williams
Earl Spencer
Elgin
Minnie Moore
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Sawyer
Smith-Alsop
Helleny
Herrin
Treece Supply
West Frankfort
Brooks Anna
Green’s House of Color
GAC
GAC Finance Corporation
Herrin Herrin Gac Finance Corp
N. Park Avenue
Marionilinols Gac Finance Corp
W. Main Street
West Frankfort I Hinois Gac Finance Corp
FCC
Gordon
Goss
S. Illinois
Hewitt’s Drug Store
Gene Rothschild
Marion
Pepsi Cola Bottling CO
North Market Street
Marion, Illinois
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Summum
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Sun Spot
Vermont
Indiana
Kentucky
America
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S. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana
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