Debating U.S. coinage metal shift under silver strain
Treasury debates whether to replace silver in dimes quarters halves and dollars with copper nickel copper core or copper silver skins. Officials warn silver supply dwindles with 350 million ounces used last year and reserves near a billion ounces at West Point.
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UPI
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
United States
U. S
Congress
U.S
West Point
N.Y
Free World
Simon D. Strauss
American Smelting and Refining Co
New York
Calif mayor backs bill to bar topless bathing suits
Ruth Benell mayor of Pico Riviera testifies before a legislative committee supporting a measure allowing local governments to ban topless bathing suits. She says tops were once covered but the bottom fell out, underscoring concerns over public decency.
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Sacramento
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Ruth Benell
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Pico Riviera
Easter Seal Drive in Nevada Raises $53000
The Nevada Society for Crippled Children and Adults reports a successful Easter Seal Appeal with about $53,000 raised, well above a $50,000 goal and likely close to $60,000. President K. Chambers Kellar and Executive Director Richard W. Rhyne praise volunteers and note nationwide support, with the society running treatment centers in Reno and Las Vegas and programs for school children and mobile speech therapy.
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Reno
Nevada Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc
Nevada
Kellar
Richard W. Rhyne
Las Vegas
Nevada Elks Association
Rhyno
National Society For Crippled Children
Grizzled Prospector Days Gone in Modern Mining
Dr. Charles Park Jr of Stanford’s School of Mineral Science notes the traditional prospector has faded. He says today’s explorer is a geologist using field and lab work with gear like electronic beams radar and X ray instruments to locate minerals, including possible offshore deposits, though large sea mining remains speculative.
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Pacific Southwest Mining Conference
Park
California Boy Killed By Auto Near Lovelock
Gary Moore, 14, of Vacaville California was killed when he ran into a car on U S Highway 40 three miles west of Lovelock. Franklin Winter 25 Travis Air Force Base California drove the car and was not cited. Moore had left his family's truck at a service station and was returning when the accident occurred.
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UPI
Gary Moore
Vacaville
Calif
Here
Franklin Winter
Travis Air Force Base
California
Sierra Club Weekend Hikes To Desert Game Range Harris Peak
The Sierra Club plans a Desert Game Range hike in Sawmill Canyon with Villis Fischer leading and Baine Cater guiding the area. The Sunday climb of Harris Peak will start from Twin Lakes Shopping Center at 8 a.m. and reach the 10,018 foot top after a 500 foot rise, returning by early afternoon.
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Sawmill Canyon
Twin Lakes Shopping Center
Villis Fischer
Baine Cater
Hedid Coates
Harris Peak
Charleston Ridge
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