Vietnam Currency Reform Strains Wealthy Amid Exchange Change
Bangkok reports from Vietnamese travelers describe widespread despair among South Vietnam’s middle and upper classes as a new currency reform devalues old piasters. Many stored wealth at home, fearing banks, while exchanges were tightly restricted to individuals. The reforms also lower basic prices and nationalize some small shops, pushing cautious moving to countryside farms.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Saigon
South Vietnam
Students Drink From Fountain of Knowledge Journal Quote
Inside the journal a proverb notes some students drink from the fountain of knowledge while others merely gargle, reflecting on study habits and learning intensity.
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Fountain of Knowledge
Hearst Sought Admission to SLA Seven Weeks After Kidnapping
SAN FRANCISCO AP Patty Hearst reportedly sought to join the Symbionese Liberation Army to prove herself seven weeks after her Feb 4 1974 kidnapping. Rolling Stone based its account on unnamed sources who spoke to Hearst and were interviewed on NBC Today. The piece describes confinement in a closet four weeks after capture and Hearst attending SLA study sessions before and during the Los Angeles shootout aftermath.
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Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Kidna
SLA
Rolling Stone Magazine
Howard Kohn
David Weir
Patty Hearst
Bether Kohn
Weir
NBC
Today Show
Rolling Stone
Miss Hearst
Grou
Donald DeFreeze
Cinque
Los Angeles
Bill
Emily Harris
Harrises
Jack Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Kohn and Weir
Steven Weed
DeFreeze
Nancy Ling Perry
Willie Wolfe
California
Kathleen Soliah
Steve
Wendy Yoshimura
Steve Soliah
Boston Teachers Reach Tentative Contract After Strike
Boston teachers and the school committee reached a tentative contract after 23 hours of negotiations. The union plans to vote, with teachers returning to classes by noon if ratified, while the strike had disrupted attendance and prompted a federal judge’s injunction and contempt fines.
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Boston
Strikin
Schoo Committee
Sanford Kowal
Boston School Committee
Kathleen Sullivan
Joan Buckley
Boston Teachers Union
Ing
Buckley
Sullivan
Holiday Inn
Superior Court
Samuel Adams
Pike questions CIA competence on predicting attacks
Rep. Otis G. Pike declares U.S. intelligence may fail to warn of an imminent attack and accuses Secretary Kissinger of blocking the probe. CIA disputes the claim, insisting intelligence is the best in the world while Pike pushes for access to secret information and full House action.
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Washington
CIA
House Intelligence Committee
U.S
America
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
CBS
Pike
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Central Intelligence Agency
William E. Colby
Kissinger
Inmates Riot at County Jail in Alfred
An hour long riot at the Alfred County Jail damaged the cell block with plumbing, wiring, and bunks torn out. Sheriff Richard Dutremble said 30 deputies and eight state troopers contained the disturbance, injuring no one and detaining four to five inmates as investigators seek evidence.
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Fryeburg Fair
Maine
Pine Tree
Brian Thayer
Brick County
Alfred
Richard Dutremble
Dutremble
Joseph McClay
Biddeford Ice Arena Plans Head for Public Skating
Maynard Howe and Harry Bennett, Portland and Bath residents, announce plans to open the Alfred Road Biddeford rink for public skating this Sunday. The group outlines a busy season with college and exhibition teams, a new Seacoast league, broomball expansion, and figure skating lessons while pursuing renovations and a $3 snack bar setup. Richard Gunn and Robert Provencher will lead youth programs and operations, with work slated to begin next summer to reach 1,800 seats this season.
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Maynard Howe
Portland
Harry Bennett
Bath
Biddeford
Alfred Road
St. Francis
Nassau
University of Maine Portland-Gorham
Maine Nordiques
Seacoasteague
New England
Howe
Richard Gunn
Kennebunk Youth
Gunn
Robert Provencher
Bennett
Rose
Portland Savings Bank
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