Drive To Defend Dollar Falls Short Of Goal
President Johnson's campaign to defend the dollar shows spotty results and is unlikely to meet the goal of cutting the balance of payments deficit from 1987. The plan relied on a $3 billion reduction, aided by a 10 percent income tax surcharge and $6 billion in spending cuts, but early figures suggest reliance on legislative and policy tools with uneven effect and growing concerns over overseas confidence in the dollar.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
United States
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Senate Finance Committee
U.S
Canada
Fowler
Finance Committee
Germany
New Mexico History Chapter Stolen From Car
Florence Hawley Ellis reported a missing 50 page chapter from her manuscript on New Mexico and Southwestern archaeology. The theft occurred from a car in front of her home. Marian Krebs, the typist, owned the vehicle. Ellis said she has the original so the chapter will simply need retyping.
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New Mexico
Santa FE
N.M
Florence Hawley Ellis
University of New Mexico
Marian Krebs
Ellis
Seven Sevenths Turn Lucky For Strickler Births
RANSOM Kansas Chad Robert Strickler born on the seventh day of the seventh month in 1967. He weighed seven pounds seven ounces. Parents Mr and Mrs Robert Strickler note family birthdays align with seven. Cape Town scene features vegetarian Anthony Green running Table Mountain in one hour 45 minutes to prove vegetarianism works.
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Ransom
Kan
Chad Robert Strickler
Robert Strickler
Cape Town
South Africa
Anthony Green
Table Mountain
Green
A Way To Figure That Interest Cost
Manhattan Kansas AP reports Kansas State University professors Dr Richard L D Morse and Albie Rasmussen created a consumer credit calculator. The one page form uses simplified actuarial tables to reveal that a 11 percent car loan quote totals about 11 percent for 12 months and shows total interest over time. Spokesmen say credit unions high schools colleges and universities use the tool nationwide.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
Richard L. D. Morse
Albie Rasmussen
Department of Family Economics
K-State
Forget Meat, She Tells India Forget Meat
In Bombay, Mrs. Rukmini Devi Arundale, head of the Indian Vegetarian Congress, urges vegetarianism to ease India's food shortages, arguing land can yield more than animals and calling it a nobler life. She notes Americans turning vegetarian to cut calories and fat. Meanwhile in Grand Junction, a surgeon finally removes a splinter from Mrs. Harold Cotham's toe after a 71 year wait.
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Bombay
India
Rukmini Devi Arlundae
The
Indian Vegetarian Congress
Grand Junction
Colo
Harold Cotham
Dial A Bus idea gains attention in transit study
Pittsburgh AP reports a city dial a bus concept where residents call a number and a computer directs a bus to their doorstep. The plan, one of 26 ideas from a three to five year government funded study, envisions curbside pickups, bimodal buses, larger seated vehicles, and priority rights for high occupancy trips.
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Pittsburgh
Ares
Gene Schaefer
Westinghouse Air Brake Co
Department of Housing and Urban Development
WABCO
Institute of Public Administration
Wilbur Smith & Associates
Bellion
Yankees
Viet's Ky Changes Face as Power Struggle Roils Saigon
In Saigon a shifting political drama sees Vice President Ky alter his image and stance as Thieu consolidate power. Ky retreats from a presidential bid, while Thieu strengthens allies and hints at removal or sidelining of Ky. The situation raises risk of instability before elections and amid Viet Cong pressure.
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Saigon
Sinui Yuetnamm
Wanhoyans Seysen
Binley
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Avilly
South
Bi- Hay
Hts
Whien
Thieu
Hunt
Tie Wearers I Dislike Work
TOKYO AP reports Wajiro Kon discusses neckties and their western introduction. He describes the necktie as a yoke that restricts movement and reduces labor efficiency, suggesting tie wearers have no desire to work. The Yomiuri Shimbun interviewed Kon on the topic.
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Tokyo
Japan
Somople
The
Yomiuri Shimbun
Wajiro Kon
Kon
Conductor doubles as soloist with Honolulu orchestra
In Honolulu, Robert LaMarchina of the Hendidi Symphony conducted the program and moved into the cello soloist role after Jacqueline DuPre withdrew due to a wrist injury. He shifted baton duties to associate conductor Yoshimi Taekeda, performing the Cello Concerto in B minor.
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Honolulu
Hendidi Symphony
Robert la Marchina
LaMarchina
Jacqueline DuPre
Symphony
Yoshimi Taekeda
Orchestra's Dvorak Program Continues With LaMarchina
LaMarchina returned to the podium to lead the remainder of the symphonic program after a brief interruption, delivering a complete performance of Antonin Dvorak's works as scheduled.
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Antonin Dvorak
LaMarchina
Alligator Found In San Antonio Pool
A gardener at a San Antonio apartment complex reported a supposed plastic alligator in a pool. They warned it moved and a five-foot live alligator was captured, then taken to the alligator gardens at Bracken Ridge Park.
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San Antonio
Tex
Archie Lang
Lang
Brackenridge Park
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