Foreign Currencies A Problem
United States owns billions in foreign currencies but laws and diplomacy limit use. Congress members' overseas junkets consume funds while embassies face shortages, risking inflation if large sums are spent at once. Officials warn better, prudent use could aid diplomacy without harming economies.
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Powell
U.S
Dillon
United States
Poland
Bartlett Harvey
Economic Progress
Agency For International Development
Otto Passman
D-La
Passman
Kennedy
Congress
Burma
India
Indonesia
Israel
Pakistan
Yugoslavia
Egypt
New Delhi
Harvey
France
Paris
General Accounting Office
GAO
George H. Staples
Joseph Campbell
State Department
Department
Germany
Poznan International
Italy
Britain
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Six Wrecks In City Probed Over Weekend
Decatur police investigated six traffic accidents across the city over the weekend. Incidents included a bicycle collision on 11th Ave and Moulton St W injuring a boy, a skidding car into a wall on Finley Dr, and multiple hits on La mar St and Moulton St near railroad tracks. Minor injuries were reported, with minor head injuries to a passenger in one crash.
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Decatur
11Th Ave
Moulton St
Kenneth Terry
Henry J. Ter
Moulton
William Howard- Key
8Th Ave
Baugh- Wiley-Smith Hospital
Charles K. Lindsey
Danville 2
Finley Dr
3Rd St
Lindsey
Stanley D. Carter
Gordon Dr
Lamar St
Desoto
Shirley A. Borden
Locust St
Lorene
J. Terry
Ora Mae G. Rogers
Rogers
John W. Rogers
6Th Ave
Church St
Billy Charles Morris
Majorie Butcher Chapmem
Abbay Dr
Nashville
Tenn
Elmer J. Boger
Cleveland
Lewis E. Pratt
Wilburn St
Athens
Wilson Sr
Shooting Of Girl Charged In 1963 Haystack Incident
Robert Chapman was arrested after Ruth Garner of Somerville filed a warrant accusing him of assault with intent to murder her eight year old daughter Linda Garner. A .22 bullet struck Linda near the right eye during play in a haystack on February 5 1963. Chapman was arrested February 6 and later released for insufficient evidence. The grand jury has not indicted him yet.
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Robert Chapman
Ruth Garner
Somerville
Chapman
Linda
Linda Garner
Death Of Boy Is Mystery
In Mission Kansas a 16 year old boy David Hopper shot himself with a .22 pistol after school in a storm shelter behind his home. A note found by police explained long standing trouble and planning for two weeks. His parents Allen and Margaret Hopper hope their story helps other families.
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Mission, Kan
David Hopper
Margaret Hopper
David
Kansas City
Allen
Mrs. Hopper
Sibyl Pool's Brother Dies in Montgomery
Ben M. Pool Sr. an examiner for the Alabama Department of Revenue died after a short illness in Montgomery. He is the brother of Sibyl Pool associate commissioner on the Alabama Public Service Commission. Funeral services will be Tuesday in Linden. Survived by his widow Betty, two daughters Gypsy Ann and Lynn, a son Ben M. Pool Jr., a sister Mrs. E B Glass of Linden, and brothers J Mills Pool and Russell M. Pool of Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Ben M. Pool Sr
Alabama Department of Revenue
Sibyl Pool
Alabama Public Service Commission
Pool
Linden
Betty Pool
Gypsy Ann Pool
Lynn Pool
Ben M. Pool Jr
E.B. Glass
J. Mills _ Pool
Russell M. Pool
Birmingham
David and siblings described with sensitivity and care
The passage notes David and his siblings Joe aged 14 and Jill aged 13. Hopper recalls David as different, sensitive, and quick to hurt, yet deeply concerned for others' feelings.
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David
Joe
Jill
Hopper
Murder charge in brutal slaying of Amanda Langford
Ex convict Billy Christa, 27, was charged with murder in the slaying of Amanda Langford, a 67 year old mother of 23. Her nude body was found in bed early Saturday by a son. Christa was linked to the case after a lie detector test and had recently been released from Kilby Prison.
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Huntsville
Ala
Billy Christa
Amanda Langford
Christa
David L. Thomas
Kilby
Madison County
Good news for asthmatics Specialist's discovery now makes it
Asthma relief claim describes a non prescription remedy Dr Guild's Green Mountain offered in cigarette or compound form, said to quickly ease choking coughing and spasms without internal drugs or injections and to be safe.
Asthma Formula Primatene Offered Without Prescription
The asthma formula most prescribed by doctors is now available without prescription. Primatene tablets claim to open bronchial tubes loosen congestion and reduce spasms, offering hours of relief without injections. Priced at 98 cents at drugstores.
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New York
N. Y
Albany GA Public Library Reopens Amid Racial Tensions
Albany plans to reopen the public library on a book lending basis with reference rooms closed as leaders monitor integration efforts. Four young Black girls, aged 12 to 15, were jailed for sit‑in at a drug store and will face hearings this week.
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Albany,ga
Albany
M. S. Page
Albany Movement
Volgograd Was Stalingrad And Change Took Four Days
In 1961 the city known as Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd after a four day period without a name. Residents recalled confusion as Stalin's statue and the Stalin Grad sign were removed and the city adopted a new identity amid mixed reactions.
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Volgograd
Stalingrad
Us.s.r
Stalin
Volga
A. A. Pushkarev
Novy
Joseph Stalin
Galya Batalova
Community School Schedule Listing by Time Blocks
A timetable shows events at Somerville Negro School from 9 to 9 30, Cotaco School from 9 45 to 11 15, Union Hill School from 12 15 to 1 45, and Hartselle Library from 2 15 to 3.
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Somerville - Negro
Cotaco
Union Hill
Hartselle
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