Silver Dollar Reserves Drained At Pace Amid Minting Freeze
A Treasury official said the silver dollar reserve is dropping by about one million per day, leaving roughly 13 million in stock and signaling possible rapid depletion within two weeks unless Congress approves funds to resume minting. The note cites backflow from collectors and potential suspension of silver certificate redemption.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Treasury Department
Opposition to Jonas Assured as 12 Seek N C District Race
The Associated Press notes Democratic opposition to Rep. Charles R. Jonas is secured with filings by State Sen. W D James and attorney Marvin Lee Rich. Twelve candidates filed by the noon deadline across North Carolina's 8th District.
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Associated Press
Charles R. Jonas
W. D. James
Hamlet
Charlotte
Marvin Lee Ritch
North Carolina
L. H. Fountain
Alten A. Lennon
Charles F. Carroll
Su Se
Public
Light Smokers Face Tobacco Issue In North Carolina Race
AP dispatch notes NC candidates debate tobacco, with Beverly Lake a non smoker and opponents Preyer and Moore cigar users. Moore says he smokes cigars and cigarettes occasionally while Lake quit years ago. All emphasize need for NC health research and tobacco jobs, stressing tobacco’s importance to state.
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Richardson Preyer
Dan K. Moore
Moore
Lake
Preyer
Charlie Clay
North Carolina
Wilson
Cheats Death Supervoltage Ray Retards Cancer
Dr Ruth Guttmann of Columbia University presented to the American Cancer Society seminar that high dose supervoltage X ray treatment extended survival for inoperable lung cancer patients. In 82 cases after exploratory surgery, 58.5 percent lived more than a year, with some surviving three to eight years after treatment.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Palm Beach Shores
Art World Mourns Behan in Dublin After Death
In Dublin crowds in pubs and theaters mourn Brendan Behan the famed Borstal Boy and Irish playwright. He died at Meath Hospital at 41 after a five day coma from liver trouble jaundice and diabetes described by doctors as secondary to liver disease.
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Dublin
Brendan Behan
Behan
Meath
Salinger Opens Campaign Faces Eligibility Question
AP reporting shows Pierre Salinger pressing a California Senate bid amid a possible court challenge to his eligibility. Salinger resigns White House post and competes against Engle Cranston and McLain as California Democrats weigh backing, with Gov Brown backing Cranston. Meanwhile Pennsylvania Gov Scranton wins swift bill approval on a controversial plan to raid a fund, and party figures like Goldwater and Glenn discuss race dynamics and impact on campaigns.
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Washington
White House
Pierre Salinger
California
Senate
Salinger
Virdeadline
Pees Pee
Engle
Alan Cranston
Los Angeles
George McLain
Gov
Edmund
G. Brown
Cranston
Brown
Frank Jordan
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
House
Scranton
Hijacking Of Cuba Copter Probed In Key West
Two Cuban defectors hijacked a Cuban military helicopter en route to the United States. The pilot Jose Maria was shot dead. Sergio Roque, 17, was captured near the aircraft. The defectors Guillermo Santos and Andres Izaguirre were questioned in Miami by immigration authorities.
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Fla
United States
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Atlantic
Miami
Cuba
Ter
Key West International Airport
Sergio Roque
Gullermo Santos
Andres Izaguirre
Jose Marcia
Santos
George Faraldo
Ao Epee
Faraldo
Dick Agnew
Goldwater Optimistic After California Campaign Swing
Senator Barry Goldwater closes a 10 day California tour from Oregon to the Mexican border with optimism that he is near victory. He attacks President Johnson over foreign policy and calls the plan to destroy 480 B47 bombers in a Soviet swap a unilateral disarmament by the United States.
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San Diego
Calif
Barry Goldwater
California
Arizona
Oregon
Goldwater
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
Saigon Apology After Cambodian Air Attack Escalates Tensions
Saigon protesters say Cambodian fighters shot down an American-piloted Vietnamese plane while Saigon apologized for an air raid on a Cambodian border village. 16 Cambodians were killed as talks stalled, and the U.S.-supplied Cambodian T28 aircraft was involved. The Vietnamese pilot was seriously injured. an observer died.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Cambodia
South Piet Nam
United
Red
Ments
U.S
Chantrea
Soviet to Free Injured Airman Welch in East Germany
Soviet authorities announced the release of 1st Lt. Harold W. Welch after he was wounded when three American fliers were shot down over East Germany on March 10. An Air Force ambulance took Welch from Berlin to Magdeburg where he remains in a Soviet military hospital. his fate and that of the other two airmen, David I. Holland and Capt. Melvin J. Kessler, were not clarified.
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Welch
Air Force
David I. Holland
Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
Riot Death Toll Rises in India Riots
Death toll in religious riots across India climbed to 64 as troops moved in to quell Hindu Muslim clashes. Rourkela in Odisha state saw the latest bloodshed with 28 killed and 59 wounded in a Friday outbreak.
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New Delhi
India
Rourkela
Remarkable Woman Funds Education Through Family Loan
The youngest of 19 children Mrs Tennie Highfill Fox funded a $15000 loan fund at High Point College to aid worthy students. The feature notes her lifelong commitment to youth growth and spiritual development in the Sunday Enterprise. The issue also previews a Leslie Carpenter column exploring Civil Rights Medicare bills and Truman's Athens press refusal in a broader look at current events.
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Tennie Highfill Fox
High Point College
Charles de Gaulle
France
Congress
Truman
Athens
Leslie Carpenter
The
Sunday Enterprise
Delay Seen On Rights Bill Vote
Washington AP report says Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen doubts a civil rights bill vote will occur before Easter. He notes Southern opposition and long debate. few speakers have few repeat speeches as the stalled motion to take up the House bill remains unresolved. Byrd questions discrimination standards tied to employer race proportions.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
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Dixie
Byrd
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