Dollar Slips as European Rates Shift Amid Crisis
European exchange officials kept markets closed during the monetary crisis while the dollar softened. In London the rate neared $2.47 per pound with steady traveler activity, in Frankfurt the dollar fell to 2.7980 marks, and in Paris banks limited exchanges to 500 francs with travelers seeking American banks at around 447 francs per dollar.
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Europe
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West Germany
Paris
Currency tensions hit American travelers in Europe and Zurich gold moves
American visitors in Switzerland faced higher costs as winter vacation packages rose in price and exchange rates shifted from the official 3.19 francs per dollar to about 3.10 for cash. In Austria Americans could exchange up to $200 at 1914 schillings per dollar as market expectations grew for a new international monetary system. Dealers reported subdued bank trading while gold prices varied, slipping in London to 83 an ounce and rising to 84.50 in Zurich.
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Europe
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Satellite Photos May Aid Pollution Lawsuit Over Lake Champlain
Erets 1 satellite imagery may be used in a lawsuit against a New York paper mill accused of dumping waste into Lake Champlain. Scientists say photos show pollution plumes and acid wastes near New York harbor, with Vermont seeking court action to curb pollution.
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ERTS-1
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A.O. Lind
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New York Harbor
Jones Beach
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
New Carrollton
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Jaycees Honor City Policeman Steve Abla for award
Lawton Jaycees named Officer Steve Dale Abla outstanding police officer for the third quarter. The 24 year old patrol division member revived a heart attack victim in November and received a plaque at a weekly Jaycee meeting. Abla has worked with the Lawton Police Department since July 17 1972.
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Lawton Jaycees
Abla
Jaycees
Ron McPherson
Mieling Drive
Lawton Police Department
Female Gets Top Position In Army Unit
Eddie Lee Turner, who escaped Ottawa County Jail on Saturday with three hostages, was recaptured in Denison Texas after a hitchhiker tipped police. Turner, before serving seven years for robbery with firearms, was being brought back to Miami Oklahoma where his trial was moved to Thursday. The hostages were George Diwachak Bernie Pennington and Clinton Boyd and Turner had forced Boyd’s car before being stopped.
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Ottawa County
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Denison
Tex
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
George Diwachak
Michigan
Bernie Pennington
Clinton Boyd
Boyd
Robert Gee
Floyd Ingram
Ozark Airlines AMFA talks recessed on offer rejection expected
Negotiations between the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association and Ozark Airlines paused as the union reviews the company's offer. Local 24 AMFA president Samuel Smith said the talks in Washington ended without a new proposal and the union plans to reject the offer as below the 5.5 percent guideline.
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ST. Louis
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
Ozark Airlines
Samuel Smith
AMFA
Washington
Richardson ties Hanoi aid to cease-fire in South Vietnam
Defense Secretary Richardson says U S aid to North Vietnam could be redirected to reconstruction only if a real cease-fire exists in South Vietnam. He notes 2.9 billion in the Southeast Asia budget could fund reconstruction as fighting subsides, with no hidden funds planned. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese delegates walk out of Saigon meeting over POW exchange issues.
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Saigon
Infant Moon Showered Earth With Fiery Debris
Space Center Houston AP report describes lunar samples showing giant meteorite impacts on the infant moon. Dr. W R Muehlberger notes debris reached Earth during an Orion Oriental impact about three billion years ago, with material possibly tossed as far as Phoenix and Atlanta. More than 700 scientists attend the Lunar Science Conference at Johnson Space Center.
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Tal
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
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University of California
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