Dollar Plunge Triggers German Bank Dollar Defense
The dollar faced heavy selling on European exchanges with major state banks buying over a billion dollars to defend the currency. West Germany’s Bundesbank bought a record 1 billion in the first trading hour as Bonn keeps propping the dollar amid rising inflation and tighter exchange controls. Ambassadors of ten major non Communist nations were summoned to Bonn to brief on actions in the monetary crisis.
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Editorials and Sections Listing
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Weee
Stennis Condition Grave After Additional Surgery
Sen J C Stennis stretched with grave prognosis after another operation at Walter Reed. The Mississippi Democrat, shot twice during a holdup last week, remained very seriously ill as doctors treated a suspected intestinal blockage. He is chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and one of Congress’s most senior members.
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John C. Stennis
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Margaret Syme
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FBI
Council Bans Legal Funds For Remap Panel In Lawton
Ward split controversy flares as Lawton council refuses city funds for defense of the redistricting plan. In separate action, City Manager Fountaine hires Jerry Cade of Oklahoma City as full time city attorney with Manville Redman retained as consultant.
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Adam Matthews
Cites Beller
Max Seibold
Roy B. Hooper Jr
Woody Wolverton
Fountaine
Jerry Cade
Oklahoma City
Lawton City
Manville Redman
Rogers To Head Some Prisoners Due Paris Delegation
The White House announced Secretary of State William P. Rogers will lead the U S delegation to the Paris Vietnam peace conference beginning February 26. Kissinger will fly to Bangkok then Hanoi and Vientiane to press for cease fire talks and meet regional leaders while a separate POW back pay and allowances program may reach up to thousands per veteran.
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Elsworth Bunker
South Vietnam
C. Emory Swank
Cambodia
McMurtrie Godley
Laos
Vientiane
Ziegler
Lee Rogers
Minesweepers to clear Hai Phong anchorage for port sweeps
Four U S Navy minesweepers ordered to clear an anchorage 35 miles off Hai Phong to base future mine sweeps from North Vietnamese ports. A Monday Hai Phong meeting between US and North Vietnamese military reps followed by the operation plan.
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Haiphong
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Draft Board Tries to Plan Amid Draft Doom Announcement
Comanche County Selective Service reports no new instructions after Melvin Laird’s January 27 draft end pledge. 18 year olds are being registered with H classification and no physicals, with guidance pending from area director next week as Col. Herbert Hope consults in Washington.
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State Selective Service
Washington, D.C
Congress Set To Free First U.S. War Prisoners
The ICCS chair Michel Gauvin said the first groups of American prisoners in Vietnam would be released around February 10. Officials noted two transfer sites near Saigon for Viet Cong prisoners, with U.S. troops reduced to under 20,000 as the cease fire timeline calls for all troops out by March 28.
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Gaigon
International Ceasefire Commission
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Canada
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Newsmen
Hanoi
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An Loc
Saigon
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Mekong Delta
Vietnam
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Rain Likely Across Lawton and SW Oklahoma
Forecast calls for a 20 percent chance of rain in Lawton and southwest Oklahoma on Wednesday. Today will be fair to partly cloudy and mild, with increasing clouds and a drop in temperatures tonight. Expect a high in the mid 50s, a low around mid 30s, and a Wednesday high in the mid 40s as a cold front moves south overnight.
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