Agreement Dethrones Gold
Nations led by the United States have moved away from gold as the central reserve asset. The plan shifts toward dollars and potential use of Special Drawing Rights SDRs as a future chief reserve asset. Officials warn about a remaining dollar overhang in Europe and the need to manage convertibility amid changing monetary rules.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Paul Volcker
the Treasury
U.S
International Monetary
Europe
U S Sees SST Plans Amid Transatlantic Debate
French journalist Francois Dupuis called the United States nuts to cancel the supersonic transport project and predicted an SST in the air by 1980. He said Europe expects the U S to build an SST before the 1980s.
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Kansas City
United States
U.S
Europe
Francois Dupuis
L’express
Paris
Dupuis
Trans World Airline
Former Police Granted Probation In Theft Cases
Wyandotte County District Court parole board grants probation to four former Kansas City police officers and one deputy marshal. They admitted stealing television sets and appliances from an abandoned van and a local store, violating a misdemeanor theft charge after guilty findings.
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Kansas City, Kan
Wyandotte County District Court
William Lee Hussey Ihii
Jess Ernest Worten
Quines R. McKindra
Adrian K. Young
Roy Thomas Pierson
Burns
Kansas City
Kan
Maurice Chevalier in stationary condition at Necker Hospital
Paris AP reports 83 year old showman Maurice Chevalier remains in stationary condition at Necker Hospital. He has been hospitalized with a kidney ailment since December 13 and underwent artificial kidney treatment again without incident as doctors monitor his case.
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Paris
Necker Hospital
Maurice Chevalier
Chevalier
Retired Faculty Seek Board Action On Social Security
Karl Klooz emeritus bursar of Kansas University urges the Kansas Board of Regents to seek 30000 for equalizing retirement plan provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for about 39 former faculty members. He notes current faculty are protected from such inequities.
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Karl Klooz
Kansas University
Kansas Board of Regents
Paul Wunsch
Klooz
Kansas City Woman Cited By Nixon For Rescuing Boy
Mrs. Willie Rhodes saved 5-year-old Rawden E. Brown Jr. after a 10 foot tree limb pinned him. She transported the boy and his mother to a hospital when help was slow, and later received a presidential commendation on her 48th birthday.
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Kansas City
Nixon
Willie Rhodes
Rawden E. Brown Jr
Rhodes
General Services Administration
Snakes Outgrows Skin Prompting Molt Process
The article notes that snakes must shed their worn skin as they grow, a natural and ongoing process. The change allows for increased growth and reveals new skin beneath.
BIA Chief Hawkins to Visit Chilocco Indian School
Jim Hawkins director of Education for the Bureau of Indian Affairs will visit Chilocco Indian School in the first week of next year. Chilocco recently faced a disturbance on November 8 and last week demonstrators took over the administration building. Hawkins plans proposals to reduce student tension as classes close for the holiday season six days early.
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Chilocco
Okla
Washington
Jim Hawkins
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Chilocco Indian School
Hawkins
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BIA
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