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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...really unlucky man can break a tooth on a cheese soufflé, get bitten by the gentlest of Chihuahuas, lose a big poker pot holding four kings. Some ships are like that-for example, the U.S. Navy's destroyer escort Silverstein. During World War II, Silver stein* went aground on a Hawaiian coral reef, later was damaged in a typhoon. Fortnight ago, a locker of depth-charge-launcher cartridges exploded aboard the ship, injuring five crewmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Unlucky Ship | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

Little noticed in the frenetic rejoicing-put on daily so that Algerians would not lose heart while Paris hesitated-was a tall, slim man with the cold, blue-grey eyes of Flanders. Yet of all the gaudy generals and pompous politicians who harangued the Algiers mob, none had so good a claim to speak for the insurrection as 39-year-old Léon Delbecque. Despite his modest title-vice president of the Committee of Public Safety-it was Delbecque who had provided the organizational brains of the Algiers revolt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALGERIA: The Organizer | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

...chance that de Gaulle may be able to make these vital changes. President Coty and the French Assembly have taken a calculated risk that de Gaulle will be a deliverer rather than a dictator. They have much to gain and, in the present critical condition of France, little to lose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DeGaulle's Return | 6/3/1958 | See Source »

Contrary to the earlier story in the CRIMSON, the teams will not lose their minor sports status because of this move, but will rather continue on a club basis. This means that they will receive their minor insignia as they do at present...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Faculty Group Approves Golf, Lacrosse Funds Cut | 6/3/1958 | See Source »

CHRYSLER PAY CUTS will take three weeks' salary from all officers, two weeks' pay from employees earning more than $15,000 and one week's from those drawing more than $10,200. President Tex Colbert will lose $14,475 of his $250,900 yearly salary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Jun. 2, 1958 | 6/2/1958 | See Source »

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