Italy Reopens Forex Markets Amid Lira Stabilization Watch
Italy resumes official foreign exchange trading after a 40 day shutdown as the lira steadies around 771 per dollar. Premier Aldo Moro faces a fragile minority government amid CIA and Lockheed probe fallout and ongoing monetary strain. The central bank signals measured intervention to support the lira if needed, aided by recent reserve increases and a $750 million loan from the New York Fed.
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Italy
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Milan
Moro
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New York Federal Reserve
West Germany
Treasury Ministry
Fruit supplies seen easing prices through June
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department predicts large fresh and processed fruit stocks will keep consumer prices steady or lower through June from last year. Prices at both ends of the chain may rise seasonally as stocks deplete while consumption climbs, with notable gains in fresh fruit and in processed products like juice.
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Agriculture Department
Rtment
Possible U.S. coin overhaul linked to dollar bills
The Pentagon notes a $1 coin, backed by inflation, may follow a revived $2 bill. A feasibility study by the Research Triangle Institute is due in May. If approved, a $1 coin could enter circulation about 18 months after a Treasury recommendation and congressional approval.
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Research Triangle Institute
Raleigh Durham
N.C
MacDonald
Treasury Department
Congress
Weather outlook shows mild temps with showers possible
Weather March continues February patterns with a low near 50 tonight and a high near 70 tomorrow. Showers may occur tonight and tomorrow with colder air forecast later in the week. Middletown record highs reached 71 Sunday and a 44 degree low this morning.
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Middletown
Oil secrets to Soviets claimed in double agent tale
Norman John Rees, a 69 year old Mobil Oil engineer, was found dead of a single gunshot in his Connecticut home amid reports he spied for the Russians from 1971 to 1975 and acted as an FBI double agent. Neighbors described him as quiet and well regarded.
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Conn
Norman John Rees
FBI
John Warren Rees
Rees
Heirs
Dallas Times Herald
Mobil Oil
Heritage Village
Eugene Kiernan
Kiernan
The
Mobil
Dallas
M.W. Kellogg Co
Times Herald
Anheuser Busch workers strike across nine breweries
About 8,000 workers at nine Anheuser Busch breweries nationwide walked out to curb Budweiser Busch and Michelob production. In St Louis some 4,000 local employees honored picket lines while Columbus and Jacksonville bottlers prepared actions. negotiations on a new contract had failed to reach an agreement.
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Anheuser- Busch
Columbus
Ohio
Jacksonville
Fla Teamsters Union
Teamsters Union
Kerwin claims Lindbergh heir suit in Hawaii court
Kenneth Kerwin of Sanford Maine says he is Lindbergh's kidnapped son and seeks to be named heir to Charles A. Lindbergh Sr estate in Hawaii court. His attorney Robert R. Bryan of Birmingham Alabama says the claim rests on his client's belief and past hospital treatment. The elder Kerwin of Groveton New Hampshire calls the assertion crazy and denies any parental disclosure.
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N.H
Kerwin
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Kenneth Kerwin
Hawaii
Lindbergh
Sanford, Maine
Robert R. Bryan
Birmingham
Ala
Circuit Court
Maui Island
Groveton
Bryan
Hopewell
N.J
Kenneth
Arteriosclerosis theory linked to homocysteine findings
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers tie high tissue levels of homocysteine to arteriosclerosis in two child deaths and show pyridoxine may prevent clotting in animal studies. Dr. Kilmer S. McCully cautions results are not yet proven for humans.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
United States
Kilmer S. McCully
Harvard Medical School
McCully
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