New Year Night Preparations Across the U S
Americans face a mixed mood as New Year plans unfold. San Francisco hosts upscale dinners at Nob Hill with $40 to $55 per person while Salt Lake City groups hold candlelight services. Los Angeles gears up for Rose Bowl events and Times Square readies its midnigh hall as Guy Lombardo headlines.
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Nob Hill
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Salt Lake City
Foundation of God
Los Angeles
Miami Beach
Lester Moshcon
Nixon White House Received CIA Demonstrator Reports
John W. Dean II swore that the White House under Richard Nixon received CIA reports on demonstrators and radicals. The sworn statement cites CIA intelligence shared with presidential counsel and top advisers amid 1970s political protests.
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White House
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Los Angeles Times
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Ford
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Richard Ober
Intelligence Committee
Gold trading begins as ban on ownership ends
Americans start legally buying and selling gold bullion after a 41 year ban. Sen James L Buckley bought 22 ounces at 12:01 a.m. EDT in New York while a 12 year old in Michigan purchased a quarter ounce for 52.79 dollars. Banks and exchanges began dealing with cautions from officials and brokers.
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New York
James L. Buckley
Southfield
Mich
Carlonne Brown
Canada
Prices fall in Europe as gold easing continues
In London the morning fix for gold stood at 187.50 dollars per ounce, over ten dollars below Monday’s record opening and beneath the previous close. Zurich opened at 193 and slid to 192.50 by midmorning, after closing 196.25 on Monday.
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London
Europe
United States
Zurich
Actor buys first California gold bar. bites to test
Actor Dean Jones says he owns the first bar of gold to be sold in California in over 40 years. He paid 197.50 per ounce for a two ounce bar with wife Lory claiming half ownership. The event occurs as sales resume at midnight East Coast time.
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Los Angeles
Dean Jones
California
Jones
West Coast
Lory
Gold futures debut as Chicago exchange leads nation
About 100 traders packed the Mid America Commodity Exchange in Chicago as gold futures began after the end of a 41 year ban. A. Lawrence Carroll bought about 6000 dollars of futures at 196 dollars an ounce for an unknown client while Frank P. DiMaria called gold “the king of the commodities.”
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Chicago
Mid-America Commodity Exchange
U.S
Frank P. DiMaria
Greene & Collins Inc
A. Lawrence
Carroll
America
Walter R. Perschke
Veterans dividends rise for WWI WWII and Korea era vets
The Veterans Administration will start higher GI insurance dividend payments for World War I and World War II veterans on Wednesday. About 130,000 WWI veterans with USGLI policies prefix K will get an average $169. Some 3.2 million WWII veterans with NSLI prefix V will receive an average $83. Korea era veterans will get dividends for the first time.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
U.S
USGLI
National Service Life Insurance
NSLI
Middletown Weather Forecast Mixed Rain Snow Risk
Rain is forecast for the Middletown area tonight with lows in the mid-30s. A chance of showers is expected Wednesday with highs in the upper 30s. Yesterday's high was 45 and overnight low 35. The outlook calls for possible snow Thursday or Friday and partly cloudy skies Saturday.
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