Powell's Paris Night Club Trip Highlights Foreign Currency Dilemma
The article notes Rep. Adam Clayton Powell faced criticism for taking two assistants to the Lido in Paris and paying with U.S. funds. It examines the broader issue of U.S.-owned foreign currencies totaling billions, how they are limited by law, and the risk of inflation if spent in bulk to aid foreign economies.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Clu
Paris
United States
Powell
Dillon
Bartlett Harvey
Economic Progress Division
Agency For International Development
U.S
Kennedy
Congress
GAO
Bank of
Italy
Congress Gets Down To Work In Budget and Draft Debates
Congress opens with a draft extension vote in the House and a Senate plan to curb new spending. The $15.8 billion military authorization faces a roll call amid GOP-led cuts. A GAO critique urges better use of foreign currencies and counterpart funds to save money, with examples from India and France.
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Congress
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Senate
Kennedy
End of Testing Erases Iodine 131
A radiologist reported that with the end of atmospheric nuclear weapons testing iodine 131 in milk cannot be detected. Dr Cade W Moeller of the Northeastern Radiological Health Laboratory said no problems are foreseen from iodine 131 or strontium as long as conditions stay the same.
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Boston
Cade W. Moeller
New England Dairy and Food Council
Northeastern Radiological Health Laboratory
Winchester
Irish Debate Over Shamrock Name Leaves Confusion
Washington special notes eight plant varieties commonly called true shamrock. Irish botanists list several clovers and wood sorrel as contenders. the Flora of the British Isles dropped shamrock as a plant name. Severe winter decimates Ireland's shamrock crop ahead of St Patrick's Day.
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Washington
Maureen
National Geographic Society
British Isles
United States
St. Patrick’s Day
Ireland
Thomas Dinely
Wool Textiles Seek Quotas on Wool Imports
Washington AP management and labor leaders in the wool textile industry press the Kennedy administration for import quotas. They reject recourse to the Tariff Commission as slow and uncertain, urging action under the Trade Expansion Act or through defense-related and multination trade agreements.
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Kennedy Administration
Wool Textile Advisory Committee
Christian A. Herter
Federal Tariff Commission
Herter
Tariff Commission
Office of Emergency Planning
Defense
State Department
Congress
Massachusetts
Seven Missing In Tornadoes Wake In East Tennessee
Seven persons were reported missing after a tornado outbreak battered Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi. Four dead and scores injured were tallied as a storm system swept from Alabama toward the Smokies, with floods hampering search of Parrottsville and surrounding areas.
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Alabama
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Cullman County
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J. Frank Manderson
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Limestone
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Madison
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Huntsville
Marshall Space Flight Center
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Vaiden
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Ackerman
Lawrenceburg
Alabama Line
Murfreesboro
McMinnville
Mid- State
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