Dollar gains strength as France and other nations adjust rates
The Bank of France sets new support levels for the franc and dollar, while other European currencies realign. Banks and hotels in Lisbon and Berlin adjust practices amid rate shifts. a legal intern position is authorized in the district attorney's office with interviews to begin January 3.
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Court narrows reading of 1968 firearms law
The court, by a 5 to 2 vote, limits a key provision of the 1968 law. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and Justice Harry A. Blackmun dissented, arguing the provision covers all firearms possessions by convicted felons. Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote the majority opinion.
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Nurse Joyce Gale Appointed Treasurer of State Nurses Association
Comanche County Memorial Hospital director of nursing services Mrs Joyce Gale RN is named treasurer of the Oklahoma State Nurses Association through September 1972. A nurse for 27 years she is a past president and board member of the state SNE organization.
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Police Seek Two Suspects After Assault
Police said a woman was taken to Memorial Hospital after an assault. She is expected to be questioned more fully when she can answer questions.
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Nixon World Ties Strained Over India Pakistan War
Heath criticizes Washington over handling of the India Pakistan crisis. He notes Yahya Khan’s march toward a collision course and says he and Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas Home are mystified why the United States did not realize East and West Pakistan unity was doomed. He plans to raise the issue with President Nixon and discuss Western powers’ approach.
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Porcupines Named Native to Forested Areas
A note identifies porcupines as native to forested habitats. The observation highlights their natural distribution and association with green, wooded regions.
Tax reform changes extend family exemptions for 1972
Congress passed a law to raise deduction rates next year though not effective for April 1972. IRS says the net effect maintains spending power for families. A sample family earning $8000 with a stay at home wife shows weekly withholdings drop from 13.30 to 11 if claiming extra exemption. Social Security rate rises 5.4 percent and the wage base lifting to $10,000. Senator Russell Long plans hearings on the bill.
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Vian Man Held After Killing in Sequoyah County
Assistant District Attorney Paul Carlile said Paul Sutterfield was killed in his home. A man was taken into custody in Sequoyah County after the Sunday incident. No charges have been filed at this time.
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North Vietnam War Moves, Air Battles and Advancing Fronts
MIGS join air battle as two planes are shot down in North Vietnam. U S air power steps up strikes on airfields while North Vietnam vows retaliation. Combat along Laos Cambodia borders intensifies with shelling of Saigon and advances at Plain of Jars and Phnom Baset.
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Bhutto’s Path in Pakistan’s Turbulent Rule
Asghar is beaten at anti-Yahya rally while Noor Khan leads a Lahore protest march urging Yahya to quit or be shot. Diplomatic chatter says over 200 diplomats will swap trapped exchanges. Pakistan broke ties with India after New Delhi recognized Bangladesh.
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