World monetary crisis eased by 2 billion loan to France
Nations agreed to lend France 2 billion to stave off a devaluation of the franc. The move, a stopgap, did not end the crisis as Paris expected a 10 percent devaluation soon. Britain and West Germany announced austerity steps while Swiss bankers urged a new world monetary conference to reset currency values.
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France
Bonn
UPI
Franz-Josef Strauss
West Germany
Paris
Roy Jenkins
London
House of Commons
Britain
Strauss
Germany
Bank For International Settlement
Basel
United States
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
Switzerland
John A. Callcott
Group of 10
Europe
Harold Wilson
Sweden
Explosions Rock Mannington Coal Mine in West Virginia
Two new methane gas blasts rocked Mannington No 9 coal mine trapping 78 men 700 feet underground. Officials warned fires and gas delay rescue plans while urging further attempts to contact miners. United Mine Workers urged not to seal the mine, and government officials dispatched investigators to study the disaster.
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Mannington
W. Va
UPI
Mannington No. 9
Consolidation Coal Co
William Poundstone
Poundstone
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lou
Mod
Oakes Blocks Court Move To Remove Gas Logos
Attorney General James Oakes says he will block any court action by the Highway Board to prevent removal of 78 gasoline logo signs. The Travel Information Council ordered the logos taken down after denying a licensing request, citing the 1968 Anti-Billboard statute.
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Oakes
Highway Board
Travel Information Council
Philip H. Hoff
Harry Cooley
Inside Letters on Dorset land taxes and assessments
Dorset readers share views on land assessments and taxes in a mounted letters column. The page notes reader commentary reflecting local tensions over property valuation.
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Dorset
Hanoi calls on Washington for talks without Saigon
North Vietnam urged immediate direct peace talks in Paris with Washington and a seat for Saigon. spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le accused U.S. of serious DMZ violations and escalating strikes in Laos and Cambodia. Hanoi demanded tripartite talks with Viet Cong, warned failure to convene would be American fault. Saigon boycott keeps talks stalled. Paris focus on a Saigon coalition and U.S. withdrawal.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
Washington
Saigon
Nguyen Thanh le
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
United States
Indochina
South Vietnam
Bomb Blast Kills 11 In Jerusalem Crowd
A bombing in a crowded Nahme Yehuda market area in Jerusalem killed 11 people and left 55 wounded, as police detained Arabs for questioning and moved to prevent Arab district violence after the attack. The blast occurred near a French made car, amid a surge of similar incidents in Israel.
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Jerusalem
Nahme-Yehuda
Old City
Israel
Jordan
Herod’s
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Hanoi Seeks U.S. Exit Price for Vietnam Ceasefire
UPI reports Communist diplomats say Hanoi demands U.S. withdrawal from South Vietnam as a condition for a ceasefire. They cite a three-point plan including a coalition government, neutral status for Saigon, and phased U.S. withdrawal, with talks possibly lasting a year. The Soviet Union is said to be discreetly aiding negotiations to restart full talks.
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Hanoi
Paris
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
United States
London
UPI
Ho Chi Minh
Soviet Union
New York High Court Upholds Public Employee Strike Ban
The New York Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the Taylor Law ban on public employee strikes. It found the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association and its president John J. DeLury guilty of criminal contempt for ignoring an injunction during the February garbage strike. DeLury is jailed 15 days, fined $250, and the union faces an $80,000 fine plus 18 months of dues checkoff forfeiture.
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Albany
N.Y
Court of Appeals
Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association of
New York City
John J. DeLury
Stanley L. Fuld
DeLury
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Stewart L. Udall
Labor
Udall
John O'Leary
U.S. Bureau of Mines
J. Cordell Moore
JFK
John F. Kennedy
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Robert F. Kennedy
Peck
Highway Department
The
Vermont Petroleum Association
Montpelier
James Kanavaros
Bennington County
Nile Delta
Mansoura
Egypt
Interior Ministry
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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