Ruble Devaluation Examined as Bookkeeping Change
AP analysis explains the Soviet move to a heavy ruble valued at about four times the old in gold terms. The shift is largely bookkeeping, with barter still dominant in USSR trade. The change aims to project higher value, but transaction limits and nonconvertibility keep practical impact minor.
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New York
Soviet Union
Kremlin
U.S.S.R
Cuba
Africa
Asia
Europe
United States
France
Warning to windbags and many quirky tidbits from papers
A collage of brief items notes that talkative people have more cavities, a San Francisco store offers a Cape Cod style doghouse, a Boston prep school item on Rivers versus Brooks postponed due to wet grounds, and a parachute autogyro design. It also recalls Rev. John E. Todd as early telephone applicant, a joke about a butter dish, U.S. post offices named after tribes, a job applicant quip, Hayes installing White House bathtubs, and satirical thoughts on voting and French papers.
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British Dental Assn
San Francisco
Boston Herald
Rivers
Brooks
John E. Todd
New Haven
Conn
U. S
Iroquois
Ill
Comanche
Tex
Pawnee
Okla
Seminole
Fla
Ute
Shawnee
Hiawatha
W. Va
Tomahawk
N. C
Chief
Mich
Worldwide Press Service
Rutherford B. Hayes
White House
Kennedy headlines and vaudeville curses in Latin press satire
A witty critique contrasts Kennedy era headlines naming him M K Kennedy with French style and Jacques moniker. It recalls vaudeville curses about misfortune for performers and jokes about media rating Cuba and Fidel casts. It ends with a newsroom quip about a four minute mile and a four minute egg.
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Kennedy
Senator Kennedy
Jacques
Vaudevillians
Cuba
Fidel
Rooney Seeks Alimony Relief in 4th Divorce Case
Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney asked a superior court to modify his property settlement with ex-wife Elaine Mahnken. A hearing is scheduled for December 8 after Rooney said the 1959 order requiring $1,750 monthly support is unfair. He also said he is broke with tax liens and debts over 87 000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Rooney
Superior Court
Elaine Mahnken
Rooney
Kennedy Vacation in Mexico Plans Visit to Acapulco
MEXICO CITY AP Robert F Kennedy and his wife Ethel arrived for a short vacation and will travel to Acapulco on Wednesday. He said the president elect will send Spanish speaking diplomats to Latin America and seek a good neighbor policy with Mexico and other hemisphere nations to resolve the Cuba problem.
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Mexico City
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Ethel
Acapulco
Kennedy
Latin America
Cuba
Mexico
Danville’s Jones Family Tops Local Honors at Year Start
Victor Samuel Jones is Danville Virginia’s first baby of the year. Patsy Lou Jones named Miss Danville in the Miss America prelim. Ed Jones receives the Chamber of Commerce distinguished service award from Chatham. Sara Lee Jones chosen Danville candidate for Queen of Tobaccoland. The Joneses are not related.
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Victor Samuel Jones
Patsy Lou Jones
Danville
Ed Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Chatham
Sara Lee Jones
Queen of Tobaccoland
Joneses
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
Abraham Lincoln
Bob Kennedy
Carolina
National
Carolina National
Federal Reserve Systems
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Wold
Santa Monicas
Winanar
California
Blue Pacific
Wilshire
International Airport
U.S.A
Hawaii
Massaglia
Joseph Massagla, JR
Sente Meaice
Colif
Hotel Mira
Hotel
Sainte CL
Long Beach
Calif
Wilton Gollop
NW. M
EL Rancho
Albuquerque
W. M
Waikiki
Washington, D. C
Raleigh Hertford
Denn
BOND
Pittsburgh
Sherwyn Cincienet
Linton
Denver
Cal
Park Lane
Chicago
Midwest
E. Walton
Danville, Va
SEARS
Furni
Ture
Teese
Serex
N. Main St
Price
Homart
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