European dollar flood prompts West German finance crisis
West German and four other nations halted some dollar trades to curb speculation that shifts dollars to Europe amid a potential mark revaluation. Cabinet discussions in Bonn and possible new securities aim to soak up excess dollars as officials coordinate with the U.S. Fed and Treasury. Officials warn the crisis could force the mark higher or be allowed to find a market level, with Bank of France continuing dollar dealings.
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Otto Doelling
Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Bonn
U.S. Treasury
Europe
United States
U.S
Bank of France
Paris
Earth Swallows 35 Houses in Quebec Cave-In
Civil defense officials say at least 20 people are believed dead with 20 more missing after a massive earth collapse swallowed 35 homes and vehicles in St. Jean Vianney, 115 miles north of Quebec. Rescue teams in heavy rain search mud filled pits 700 feet wide and 200 feet deep, risking more collapses as water fills the void.
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Chicoutimi, Quebec
St. Jean Vianney
Area Civil Defense Operation
Pau-Emile Tremblay
Maurice Roy
Roy
Quebec
Aluminum Co. of Canada
Arvida
Saguenay
Woman Held For Arson, 2 Daughters Perished
A Wisconsin case reports Oconomowoc mother Joanne Hagness charged with two counts of first degree murder after a fire killed her daughters Marlene 9 and Mary Kay 4. Gasoline-soaked garments found in upstairs hall and living room. motive unclear. a fourth daughter survived with burns.
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Waukesha
Wis
Joanne Ruth Hagness
William G. Callow
McConnell
Marlene Hagness
Mary Kay
Nancy
a_ factory
Record Seizure Nets Five Tons Marijuana on Mercy Wiggins
Federal officers chase and board the Mercy Wiggins off the Golden Gate and seize five tons of marijuana valued at about 1.4 million dollars. The operation involved 30 officers, Coast Guard cutters, patrol boats, aircraft, and a helicopter, with arrests across three vessels and a San Francisco marina static. Bail set at 100000 dollars for several named suspects.
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San Francisco
Customs
Myles Ambrose
U.S
U.S. Customs and Coast Guard
Mercy Wiggins
Andiamo
San Pablo Bay
San Francisco Marina
San Diego
Coast Guard
Diehards Plan Capitol March Protest On Congress
Antiwar demonstrators muster on the grassy Capitol mall amid mass arrests as about 1500 youths join a rally near the White House. Police prevent entry to Lafayette Park while lawmakers and supporters condemn the protests and praise security measures.
Madison Man Takes Banner From Protester
A brief scuffle erupted between an irate citizen and antiwar demonstrators at the federal building in Madison. Police moved in and the man left. the banner was returned to protesters. About 1,000 demonstrators gathered on the University of Wisconsin campus with no incidents reported. State workers joined the protest at the federal building, while police kept order in the streets and at Bascom Hall.
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Madison
Wis
Federal
Federal Building
Bascom Hall
Donor of Land for Central High Site Dies
Louis Rehfuss, 83, of 1732 Cass St., who donated the land for Central High School at Losey Boulevard and Green Bay Street, died Wednesday morning May 5 in a La Crosse hospital. A former geologist, he was also a noted high school gymnast and basketball player. Since returning to La Crosse in 1951, he attended nearly all state high school basketball tournaments, earning the nickname "fourth assistant coach" from Central High mentor Jerry Seaman. Sletten-McKee-Hanson Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Louis Rehfuss
Cass St
Losey Boulevard
Green Bay St
la Crosse
Rehfuss
Central High
Jerry Seaman
Sletten - McKee- Hanson Funeral Home
Public May Be Banned From Dry Everglades
South Florida endures a record drought with 7,366 fires scorching 560,518 acres. Gov. Reubin Askew weighs a drastic ban on public access to the Everglades, while landowners and essential workers remain allowed. Water restrictions expand across eight counties as Miami taps cut back utility use.
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Miami
South Florida
Reubin Askew
Everglades
John Bethea
State Division of Forestry
Florida
National Weather Service
South
Garrett Sloan
Miami Water Department
Clifford O’key
Miami Beach
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Richard Hansen
McCue
Virginia Marie Pope
John Ferris Pope
Kealakekua
Gordon Maack
Kailua
Kona
James Russell Vukich
Robert Craig Light
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Wash
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van Diver
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Lee Byrd Washington
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Pennsylvania
William Brock
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Nixon
Rally At Justice
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