Policy Studied Silver Is At Crossroads In U S Monetary Role
Washington AP reports silver stands at a historic crossroads as a storehouse of U S monetary value while Treasury officials say enough silver remains to cover through late 1968 as copper nickel coins phase in. A 24 member Congress created coinage commission will study silver policy and timing of price maintenance. The mining and industrial sectors expect price increases, with annual industrial use rising to about 150 million ounces, boosting Treasury sales to private industry from its current stock of about 591 million ounces.
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U.S
Treasury
Congress
Chicago Plans To Build New McCormick Place
Chicago officials vow a new McCormick Place will rise after the fire destroyed the 10 acre complex. One security guard, Kenneth S. Goodman, was found dead. exhibits and conventions were disrupted as damage estimates ranged from 10 million to 150 million for contents. Mayor Daley pledged rebuilding, while critics urged careful appraisal and possible relocation.
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McCormick Place
Buth
Robert I. Quinn
Lake Michigan
Mer Quinn
National Houseware Manufacturers Association
Edward J. Lee
Richard J. Daley
Leon Despres
Joan L. Waner
Daley
Detion
Col
Robert R. McCormick
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Beatings Alleged At Prison By Gov Rockefellers Report
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller released a 67 page state police report detailing torture beatings and extortion at Tucker State Prison Farm based on inmate testimony. He urged creation of a legislature commissioned study to improve conditions and act on the findings.
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Robert L. Shaw
Little Rock, Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Tucker State Prison Farm
Rockefeller
Criminal Investigation Division
State Police
Oral E. Faubus
Bill Wells
Arkansas House
O. E. Bishop
Hartke proposes bombing monitoring board for Vietnam policy
Sen. Vance Hartke urged President Johnson to create a board to judge if bombing in North Vietnam serves U.S. interests. Rusk and Wheeler defended raids while Hartke pressed for impartial advice on morale and supply lines as U.S. forces rise to about 405,000 in Vietnam with projections to 475,000 this year.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Vance Hartke
North Vietnam
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Indiana Democrat
Hanoi
Hartke
Wheeler
Pentagon I
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
South Vietnam
U.S
Patrick Shaw
United Nations
U.N
U Thant
Thant
Vietnam
Congressional Republicans
Everett M. Dirksen
Foreign Relations Committee
Red China
Hoffa Opens Trucking Contract Talks With 5 to 7 Percent Demands
Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa tabled wage demands for 450,000 trucking workers ranging from 5 to 7 percent. The talks with about 12,000 firms led by Trucking Employers Inc. begin as Hoffa faces possible imprisonment on jury tampering charges. He hopes fringe benefits bring total increases and notes the master contract aims for three years.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Trucking Employers Inc
Supreme Court
Republicans Demand Budget Cut to Avert 6 Percent Surtax
GOP response to Johnsons State of the Union urges a bold drive to cut domestic spending and scrap the 6 per cent surtax. Dirksen attacks foreign policy missteps and trade, while Ford backs 8 per cent Social Security boosts and a plan to share federal tax revenues with states and cities.
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State of the Union
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Gerald R. Ford
Supreme Court
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