U.S. Gold Drain Persists Amid Dollar Confidence Struggles
The United States continues to lose gold at a heavy rate despite crisis end, with April draining $156 million and 1967 totals exceeding any year since 1965. Officials urge higher taxes to restore dollar confidence. France halted gold purchases since Sept 1966 while Switzerland bought $25 million in May.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
United States
Britain
U.S
Congress
France
Treasury Department
Switzerland
London
Public gripe boxes yield single cigar wrapper in Liberty
Three weeks after city administrator Fred Snyder placed seven suggestion boxes in local stores banks and stations to collect residents complaints he opened the boxes to find only a single cigar wrapper inside indicating little public feedback.
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Liberty, Mo
Fred Snyder
McCarthy Wins Wisconsin At Large Delegates Amid Friction
Wisconsin Democratic officials approved Eugene J. McCarthy at large and alternate delegates after noting party strife over delegate selection. The state committee accepted a list from McCarthy's Wisconsin group, with 17 votes for statewide victory and 32 for district wins.
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McCarthy
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Richard D. Cudahy
Peterson
Cudahy
Hearing On Corporate Farming Set June 10
A Senate subcommittee will hold a June 10 hearing in Eau Claire Wisconsin on corporate farming and its effects in the upper Midwest. The hearings, led by Sen Gaylord Nelson, will examine water reserves depletion from irrigation and family farmers being pushed off the land by consolidation after the Omaha session where complaints were raised.
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Washington
Eau Claire
Wis
Senate
Upper Midwest
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Nelson
Omaha
Neb
Roundup Plan by 97-year-old Cowboy Targets Hippies
Las Vegas老人 Jack Hart, a 97 year old cowboy who has ridden since the Indian wars, says he fears hippies and would like to declare a roundup on all those creeps. The remark captures a mood of friction on a1960s era cultural clash.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Jack Hart
Flag Exempt From Tax Under Massachusetts Action
Boston AP Gov Volpe signs emergency measure exempting the American flag from Massachusetts sales tax. This action places the flag on a tax free list amid state urgency.
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Boston
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
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Ore
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la Crosse
Ava
Lacrosse
Northern States Power Company
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Caledonia St. la Crosse
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Sth Avenue
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