Silverless coins move to metal substitutes in U S changeover
President Johnson asks Congress to remove silver from dimes and quarters and reduce silver in half dollars. The plan introduces cupro nickel sandwich coins that look like present coins and will circulate alongside old coins for years. Experts defend intrinsic value while noting silver hoarding and rising coin demand.
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Sylvia Porter
Johnson
Congress
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American Mining Congress
Canada
Switzerland
Mexico
Treasury
Free World
John B. Stevens
International Silver Co
Sinclair Weeks
Silver Users Association
Robert A. Wallace
the Treasury
U S Planes Bomb Bridges Near Hanoi
U S Navy planes struck bridges 50 and 55 miles from Hanoi and hit other targets in North Viet Nam. In the South 230 attacks on Viet Cong targets were reported in the prior 24 hours.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
USS Navy
Red Capital
Ninh Binh
U.S
Vinh
Dong Hoi Airfield
Midway
Tuan Loi
Dong Xoai
Phu Bon
Phuoc Vinh
Vung Tau
La Crosse Tribune Brief Item June 15 1965
Short blurb from the La Crosse Tribune dated Tuesday June 15 1965 notes delivery on RFO June 16. The fragment provides minimal context and lacks names or events to extend.
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la Crosse Tribune
RFO
This Day In History June Fifteenth Highlights Milestones
The June 15 historical roundup notes events from 1215 Magna Carta signing to 1619 Jamestown landings. Other entries include Franklin’s kite experiment in 1752, Washington’s Continental appointment in 1775, Wilson’s 1916 nomination, and later U.S. and Allied milestones through 1965.
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Associated Press
King John
Runnymede
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Continental Army
Woodrow Wilson
U.S
George II
Greece
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hamburg
Philippines
Japan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tokyo
U.S. Supreme Court
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Ment
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Cairo
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Peking
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