Spain at a crossroads after 30 years of war and Franco rule
In Madrid the aging Generalissimo Franco faces a rising generation with new needs seeking change. A constitutional readjustment and a potential royal succession loom as Spain weighs continuity versus liberal reforms within a reformed but controlled system.
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Tad Szulc
New York Times
Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco Bahamonde
Franco
Generalissimo
Don Juan de Borbon Y Battenberg
Frustrated investor mood spans the nation in 1966
A New York Times survey links tight money and the Vietnam conflict to widespread investor frustration. Brokers nationwide report cautious clients, rising cash holdings, and a shift toward bonds as the market remains unsettled through May. Investors in Dallas Boston Cleveland Miami San Francisco Chicago and Richmond cite inflation, deflation, and international fears as key worries.
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Vartanig G. Vartan
New York Times
New York
Detroit
Raymond W. Michtel
Moitte
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
Viet Nam
Dallas
W. Robert Wigley Jr
E. F. Hutton & Co., Inc
New York Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Boston
Teledyne
Big Board
Cleveland
Allen Lowe
Sheraton
Miami
Francis Xevier
James O’brien
Goodbody & Co
Sutro & Co
Tintner
Scott Davis
Ralph W. Davis & Co
Chicago
Democrats Blame Credit Headaches On Federal Reserve
In a generation tight money era, Democrats in Congress press criticism at the Federal Reserve for rising interest rates and scarce credit. Rep. Wright Patman and Sec. Henry Fowler blame Fed actions while fiscal policy failures worsen the squeeze on banks, savings, homebuilders, and borrowers.
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Federal Reserve
M. J. Rossant
New York Times News Service
New York
Congress
Andrew Jackson
William Jennings Bryan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F Kennedy
Kennedy
White House
Rep
Wright
Patman
Eisenhower
Federal Reserve System
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Reserve
Nevada voters weigh Laxalt shift from Birchers to pragmatism
Carson City political scene centers on Paul Laxalt as he shifts from Goldwater conservative to pragmatic challenger of Gov. Grant Sawyer. The 1966 narrative highlights his purge of Birchers, outreach to labor, education spending plans, and Nevada’s rapid growth from 265000 in 1958 to over 500000 in 1966, amid debate over his true conservatism and electability.
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Laxalt
Goldwater
Nevada
Barry Goldwater
Ainst
Howard Cannon
Grant Sawyer
John Birch Society
Birchers
Woodrow Wilson
Sawyer
Republican Party
Carson City
Clark County
Las Vegas
America
Exchange Students Bring Home Odd National Souvenirs
About 3,086 exchange students from 59 nations returned with quirky keepsakes and pounds. They listed items such as old Ohio license plates a broken ski a flour sifter and Playboy magazines alongside commonplace mementos from the United States. Most gained 6 to 35 pounds, totaling over 15 tons, as they reflected on American life and habits.
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Washington
Ohio
Playboy Magazine
United States
White House
American Field Service
Stella de la Garma
Mar del Plata
Argentina
Hans Joerg Niebergall
Bremen
Germany
Jose Filomino
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Jose
Annie Ringot
Paris
Moulton Firm Expands With 40 000 Sq Foot Addition
COULTON construction on a 40 000 square foot addition to the Lawrence Corp is complete and in operation. President Alan Borestein says the project will bring a big employment boost with 50 to 75 new workers hired recently. Plant now employs about 380 with over 500 projected by October. A sprinkler system is installed and training is organized under Mary Lee Terry to teach new workers sewing machine operation.
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Borestein
Mary Lee Terry
Meters Stolen in New Delhi Rise to Five Daily
In New Delhi thieves increasingly steal meters, averaging five daily, prompting officials to plan moving meters inside homes. The stolen meters are sold to buyers seeking scarce metal.
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New Delhi
FCC orders partial radio program duplication ban in cities over 100000
The FCC seeks to end 50 percent or more duplication between AM and FM schedules in large cities by Jan 1. Half the broadcast day must have different programming on AM and FM outlets. It aims to boost diversity and may push toward wholly separate AM and FM ownership in the future. New York area currently has 56 sources. non-duplicating rule will raise that figure.
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Spain
Franco
Spanish Republic
Jack Gould
New York Times News Service
New York
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Bach
Beethoven
Sinatra
Crosby
New York City
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Europe
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Shearson, Hammill & Co., Inc
Richmond
John D. Wise Jr
J. C. Wheat & Co
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Tom Wicker
Nev
Paul Laxalt
Moulton Firm
FCC
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