Nine Nations Reach Accord on Paper Gold System
In Stockholm, nine Group of Ten nations agreed on a role for paper gold via SDRs to back international trade, aiming to reduce dependence on real gold. France balked at signing. Roy Jenkins said the nine faced solid accord despite French hesitation.
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Stockholm
Michel Debre
France
Rene Larre
U.S
Roy Jenkins
Rio de Janeiro
Debre
Sweden
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Canada
Japan
Rio
International Monetary Fund
Accuse Girl Of Arranging Theft Hoax At Cedar Rapids Drive In
Cedar Rapids detectives report a 17 year old girl orchestrated a $790 theft hoax at the Collins Road drive in theater. Two older women, Patricia A. Coats 21 and Shirley A. Dauber 19, are charged with larceny. Dauber posted bond, Coats held on $1000. The juvenile was turned over to probation and released to relatives.
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Cedar Rapids
Collins Road
Patricia A. Coats
Shirley A. Dauber
Fiftieth Street
Miss Dauber
Miss Coats
Suslov Seriously Ill in Moscow Power Figure
Mikhail Suslov 65 a leading Soviet power figure and politburo secretary was reported seriously ill in Moscow. He did not attend Yuri Gagarin's funeral and had previously spoken at Vladimir Komarov's funeral. Suslov has long been a top party official and is known to have tuberculosis.
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Moscow
Mikhail Suslov
Soviet Union
Vladimir Komarov
Yuri Gagarin
Suslov
Communist Party
Politburo
Leonid Brezhnev
Public Health Service Finds No Human Harm From Army Gas Test
The Public Health Service reported to Sen Moss that blood tests show no indication any humans were harmed by the Utah nerve gas test. About 6 400 sheep died after the March 13 test, and the army says there is no solid evidence linking the deaths to the gas though the sheep kill remains under investigation.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Sen. Moss
Utah
Army
Eight Killed In Collision In Unionville Michigan
A panel truck and a car collided at an intersection in Unionville Michigan killing eight people. All seven members of a family and a woman en route to Lent worship died in the fiery crash. Mrs. Fred Singer 36 was alone in her car headed to St Josephs Catholic church for services.
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Unionville, Mich
Fred Singer
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Parents reject Johnson sympathy note for son killed in Vietnam
In Charlotte, a Marine Corps family refused President Johnson's letter of condolence for their son Corporal Robert E Caldwell, killed near Khe Sanh. They said the note came from the top of his desk, not from the heart, and urged real moral and lasting support from the administration and the nation.
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United States
Svoboda Elected Czechoslovak President by Wide Margin
General Ludvik Svoboda, 72, elected president by 282 of 288 deputies in Prague after being nominated by the Communist led front. A former defense minister and Hero of the Soviet Union, Svoboda replaces Antonin Novotny as Czechoslovakia begins liberalization.
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Prague
Communist Party
Antonin Novotny
Czechoslovakia
Svoboda
Assembly Presidium
National Front
Soviet Union
Josef Smrkovsky
Romania
Cesimir Cisar
Saturn Delayed One More Day
Cape Kennedy AP reports the second Saturn 5 rocket launch postponed at least one more day with April 4 as the new target date.
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Saturn
Cape Kennedy
Teachers vote set Monday in Iowa City amid contract protest
Iowa City teachers planned a secret ballot after a Friday meeting of the Iowa City Education Association. Members could choose to return unsigned contracts to accept next year's salary or return unsigned and resign, signaling a protest under state continuing contract law.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Education Assn
Ther Association
Towa
Hanoi Says 2 American Women Will Be Released
The Vietnamese news agency reports two American women held since the Hue Tet attack will be freed before Monday. Sandra Johnson of Clio Michigan taught English at a Dong Khanh school and worked with the International Volunteer Service. Marjorie Nelson of Kokomo Indiana, a doctor, worked with the American Friends Service Committee in Quang Ngai. Details on how or where the release will occur were not provided.
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Tokyo
Hue
Vietnam
Hanoi
Sandra Johnson
International Volunteers
Dong Khanh Secondary Girls
Marjorie Nelson
Kokomo
Ind
Clio
Mich
Nelson
American Friends Service Committee
Quang Ngai
Miss Johnson
International Volunteer Service Agency
Second F-111 A crashes in Thailand during in flight emergency
A U S air force spokesman said a second F-111 A crashed in Thailand Saturday after an in flight emergency and both crewmen were rescued. Rebels increase pressure in South Vietnam as U S forces report village uprisings and ongoing bombing near Mu Gia Pass.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Thailand
North Vietnam
Air Force
Wesley Kimball
Canton
Okla
Kimball
U.S
Johnson to address nation on Vietnam policy Sunday night
President Johnson announced he will speak on nationwide television and radio at 8 p.m. CST to outline decisions on military policy in Vietnam. He will discuss troop levels, possible mobilization of national guardsmen and reservists, and a request for more war funding. He will not name a successor to General Westmoreland.
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Johnson
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
White House Rose Garden
Congress
William Westmoreland
U.S
Fire Truck Crash Claims Cedar Rapids Woman
A 68 year old Cedar Rapids woman died at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City after a car fire truck collision. Cecelia Seven of 2080 Eastern Boulevard SE died from massive skull injuries suffered in the crash at First Avenue and Fourteenth Street East.
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Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Cecelia Seven
Eastern Boulevard
Miss Leven
Odessa
Russia
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
First Avenue
Fourteenth Street E
Richard Wing, Jr
Johnson Avenue
LeFebvre Corp
Twenty-ninth Street
Fourteenth Street
Miss Seven
Jerry M. Stull
First Avenue NE
Bowie State Students Seize Campus Force Police Entry
Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew orders state police to secure Bowie State College after three days of campus protests. Students occupied buildings, switched on lights and water, while college president Samuel Myers seeks a controlled resolution. Protests include calls for more state funding and facilities concessions.
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Bowie, Md
Spiro Agnew
Bowie State College
Bowie
Agnew
Annapolis
Samuel Myers
Atty
Francis Bureh
Wisconsin Primary Crossovers Stir Voter Strategy
Wisconsin faces a crossover voting dynamic as Republicans may vote in the Democratic primary. Johnson and McCarthy vie for support while Nixon and Reagan fear crossovers could reshape outcomes. Wisconsin activists plan TV ads as supporters seek to maximize turnout in a fluid GOP conundrum.
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Wisconsin
Johnson
Eugene McCarthy
Leslie Aspin
Agriculture Freeman
McCarthy
John MacIver
Nixon
Reagan
Austria's Conservatives Hike Taxes to Bridge Deficit
Vienna heads to higher taxes as the Peoples Conservative party votes to double property levies and raise income taxes by ten percent to cover a 640 million dollar shortfall.
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Vienna
UPI
Austria
Peoples Conservative Party
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Kenneth Millsap
Eisenhower
Alexander Dubecek
Bohuslav Lastovicka
By Jack Walsh
South Vietnam
da Nang
Mu Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh
Cedar Rapids News
Maryland Collegian
Police
Myers
Kenneth Brown
mid-Atlantic
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Brown
Carl
Stull
Samuel F. Shiffler
Ames
Shiffler
Jesse Hunter
Cecelia Leven
Associated Press
G.O.P
California
Don Taylor
Lue
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