World Financial Crisis Erupts as Dollar Falls
Five major central banks including West Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Austria halted foreign exchange markets amid a dollar crisis. The move threatens inflation control and could trigger currency revaluations, tighter U.S. credit, and higher prices for Europeans and American travelers.
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New York
West Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Netherlands
Austria
Otmar Emminger
Badensbank
Bundesbank
U.S
Willy Brandt
Germany
United States
Bretton Woods
Fort Knox
Airlines Sell Planes As Well As Tickets
New York AP report says major airlines, facing overcapacity, sell off aircraft rather than just empty seats. United Airlines uses surplus sales to move older jets like 64-seat Caravelles still in good condition, often at deep discounts. Some sales involve 747s in play, though unlikely to go fully, with maintenance keeping planes near new condition.
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New York
Jay Dellman
United Air Jarlines
United
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dettman
Jury Duty Reunion With Judge Hughes First Jury
Dallas AP reports jury duty brought together C. Bailey a telephone switch man who served on Judge Sarah T. Hughes first 1935 jury as she was state judge. Bailey recalls collecting for a desk set and notes both have aged since then during a federal court session.
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Dallas
Battle Over Raising Tax Not Limited To Texas
State legislators faced a historic wave of tax proposals with AP surveys showing 10 states enacting rises, three rejecting them, and one with bills pending. Higher levies hit cigarettes, liquor, gasoline, sales, utilities, and corporate taxes while many trimmed welfare, education, and local aid.
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Associated Press
New York
Georgia
Rhode Island
Arkansas
Oregon
Alet
Vermont
Utah
Idaho
North Dakota
Kansas
Jimmy Carter
Indiana
Hawaii
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Francis W. Sargent
Sargent
Islature
California
Illinois
Sauerkraut And Raisins Awful and Other One-Liners
A jumble of jokes and quips on cooking flaws fashion and social quirks features lines about sauerkraut with raisins as an example of misguided taste and then shifts to observational humor on generals bosses brides and clever wordplay through brief anecdotes and reflections.
Traveling With Hubby No Women's Lib Bag
An AP report describes travel stereotypes where liberated women travel with husbands yet face systemic sexism. In airline offices, customs and hotels, clerks and officials defer to men, assigning tickets and processing passports to husbands while wives are marginalized and often unseen or required to wait, revealing entrenched gender bias in travel experiences.
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