U.S. Proposes Paper Gold Monetary System Reform
The United States unveiled a plan to revamp global money rules, allowing currency fluctuations and IMF SDR based valuation, ending gold as a reserve, with Shultz detailing the approach at the IMF meeting. Nixon linked monetary reform to wider trade and job policies while warnings about speculators were issued.
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United States
Treasury
George P. Shultz
International Monetary Fund
Shultz
U.S
Nixon
IMF
Ance
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
Newport News Bombards North Vietnam as Air Campaign Expands
U S jets and naval ships, led by the cruiser Newport News, bomb North Vietnam amid a six month offensive slowdown in the south. Major fuel depots near Thanh Hoa are hit as Newport News and Providence fire on military targets from Thanh Hoa to Vinh. Two Air Force planes reported down and an OV10 crew was killed in the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Hanoi
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Newport News
Thanh Hoa
Providence
Nouth
John S. McCain
Vin
Quang Tri City
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong Delta
da Nang
Norway votes no to Common Market moves to resign
In a nationwide referendum 53.9 percent opposed European Economic Community membership, 1..d firms report 1,074,100 against and 918,240 for. Prime Minister Bratelli says his minority labor government will resign, creating a political vacuum and uncertain economy.
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Oslo
Norway
Trygve Bratelli
Bratelli
Ostlo
EEC
European Economic Community
France
Italy
West Germany
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Denmark
Britain
Ireland
Jens Otto Krag
Brussels
Norbert Schmelzer
Socialist Peoples
Tar kettle blaze behind New England Telephone building
Biddeford firefighters answered a morning fire at a tar kettle behind the New England Telephone and Co. building at Center and Jefferson streets. Workers heated the tar to repair the roof of the structure.
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Biddeford
New England Telephone & Co
Center
Jefferson Streets
Gromyko pushes UN ban on nuclear weapons pledge
At the United Nations Andrei Gromyko urges the General Assembly to adopt a declaration renouncing force and banning nuclear weapons. He submits a resolution for the renunciation of use or threat of force and permanent prohibition of nuclear arms. Rogers and Waldheim push terrorism measures and a world conference on terrorism.
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United Nations. NY
General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Willliam P. Rogers
U.N
Rogers
Moscow
Nixon
Washington
U.S
Middle East
Assembly
Kurt Waldheim
Waldheim
Munich
United States
Soviet Union
Jacob A Malik
Today's Chuckle About Job Raises and Days Off
A light reflection on how a request for a raise can seem minor while asking for a day off carries weight. The piece plays on workplace perception and the balance between effort and relief.
Death in Northern Ireland reported in regional pages
A Northern Ireland death is noted in a brief item across pages 13 and 16 17 with local references to ongoing conflict context and regional coverage. The fragment mentions the event as part of the day’s brief notices without graphic detail or follow up.
First Hot Shower POWs Return From Hanoi Homeward Flight
AP report follows Navy Lt. Mark Gartley and Lt. Norris Charles along with Air Force Maj. Edward Elias as they leave Hanoi for home aboard a Chinese turboprop. The release patterns include antiwar activists, hotel farewell, and a reunion under Chinese and Vietnamese hosts.
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Peking
Dien Bien Phu
Navy
Mark Gartley
Minnie Lee
Garney
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Gartley
J.g
Norris Charles
Nanning
Charles
Olga
San Diego
Calif
Air Force
Edward Elias
Cora Weiss
David Dellinger
William Sloane Coffin
Richard Falk
Hoa Binh
Tran Trong Quat
Quat
Elias
China
Maine Governor urges unconditional POW return
Governor Kenneth M. Curtis calls for the three POWs released by North Vietnam to be brought home without U.S. military interference. One captive is Navy Lt. Markham Gartley. his father lives in Greenville. A release party spokesman said the group would reach New York via Moscow and Copenhagen with a Copenhagen news conference planned.
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Minnie Lee Gartley
Dunedin
Fla
Markham L. Gartley
Greenville
Maine
Phat Diem
Hanoi
U. S
Olga Charles
Norris A. Charles
San Diego
Calif
Peking
United States
Augusta
Kenneth M
Navy
New York
Antiwag
Vincent McGee
Moscow
Copenhagen
McGee
Committee of
Vietnam
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DiCenzo Contractors
Calais
Hollis Center
Eugene Webb
State Highway Division
Salmon Falls
Webb
Art Nadeau
Cambodia
Highway 7
Tay Ninh Province
Sacramento Executive
The
United Nations
Inside the Journal
Abby
Northern Ireland
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Abi
Curtis
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