West German Market Moves Raise Speculation Across Europe
In London AP reporting, a wave of speculation surrounds the West German mark after Charles de Gaulle’s resignation on April 28. Traders borrow heavily to buy marks, betting on a revaluation, while West German Chancellor Kiesinger ruled out any upward adjustment. The piece outlines who speculators are, from American tourists to corporate foreign operations chiefs, and notes the mark’s rise to 25 1/4 cents, with forecasts of potential gains if the mark is revalued to about 27 cents. It also details the risk of losses for borrowers if the mark doesn’t strengthen. In Wellsville Ohio, widower James W Brown and widow Stella Wright plan a May 18 marriage totaling 168 years of combined life plus 285 descendants.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Kurt Kiesinger
Europe
Frankfurt
Wellsville
Ohio
James W. Brown
Stella Wright
Brown
Alliance
Wright
Columbiana County
Lisbon
Britain’s Abortion Law Faces Heated Debate A Year On
Britain’s abortion law, enacted in 1968 to allow terminations under NHS care, remains contentious. Supporters hail its necessity and about 95,000 yearly expected abortions, while opponents claim it creates an abortion center and raises issues in private practice.
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London
Britain
National Health Service
West
Crossman
Dartmouth Students Sentenced in Contempt Trial
Forty five Dartmouth and other students were sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $100 each for criminal contempt after refusing to leave the administration building they had seized. Judge Martin Loughlin ordered immediate incarceration and suggested moving prisoners if local jails filled.
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Woodsville
N.H
Dartmouth
Martin Loughin
Loughlin
Herbert Ash
Grafton
Acc
Atty
George Papademos
Students For A Democratic Society
Thaddeus Seymour
Strike Halts Production of Chevyl
Detroit AP reports a continuing strike at seven General Motors Assembly Division plants cripples Chevrolet production. Ward's Automotive Reports shows standard-size Chevys down half and Chevelle down further, with total losses about 28,000 cars weekly. Sixty eight thousand five hundred workers affected. main issues wage differentials and seniority lists. duration uncertain.
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General Motors Assembly
Chevrolet
Ward
Automotive
Chevrolet Assembly
Fisher
United Auto Workers
Fisher Body
St. Louis
National Health Service Abortion Costs and Private Care
The association says most doctors respect the act and work easily under it. The NHS abortion costs the state about 60, with no charge to the patient. A private patient in Harley Street may pay 400 to 500 for a night in a private nursing home.
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National Health Service
Harley Street
Job Corps Reports Termed Unreliable
Washington AP Comptroller General Elmer Staats told the House Labor and Education Committee that Job Corps record keeping is unreliable hindering a $1.6 million survey of national poverty programs. He cited studies showing 29 percent of 362 former workers never worked for listed employers and waivers of eligibility standards for a third of 1,000 applicants. Perkins called the report worthless, while Staats defended that Job Corps has not improved enough since 1988.
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Elmer B. Staats
Und
Congress
House Committee
Staats
House Labor and Education Committee
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
Perkins
Government Accounting Office
Navy Plane Missing 300 Miles West of Portugal
A Navy F8E jet based in Rhode Island with four crew members aboard is missing 300 miles west of Portugal after a Wednesday launch on a routine training flight. Navy helicopters from USS Wasp and other ships are searching amid bad weather.
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