Pound Devaluation Roils Markets and British Politics
The 14.3 percent pound devaluation sends shockwaves worldwide with Spain Ireland Denmark Israel and Hong Kong matching moves while France and de Gaulle resist. In Brussels Common Market talks back the move via IMF funding and UK bond hopes. Prime Minister Wilson defends the plan saying exports will lift Britain from boom bust constraints, as Conservatives call for resignation and new elections. The Bank of England and US Fed raise discount rates to curb outflows and Johnson pledges dollar gold terms remain fixed at 35 dollars an ounce.
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London
Spain
Ireland
Denmark
Israel
Hong Kong
Michel Debre
Charles de Gaulle
International Monetary Fund
United States
France
Harold Wilson
Britain
Dak To Battle Deepens in South Vietnam Campaign
U S paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade were cut off for 24 hours near Dak To as North Vietnamese forces pressed with heavy ground fire and mortars. An American relief force arrived at dusk, casualties mounted, and U S helicopters faced capability limits amid the fiercest highlands fighting to date. Air and ground operations continued around Hill 1416 and Dak To as U S and South Vietnamese units reported dozens of dead and wounded and multiple enemy losses.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Associated Press
John Lengel
Dak
Highlands
Hanoi-Haiphong
Pentagon
Hanoi
Dak To
Demilitarized Zone
U. S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
U. S
U. S. 4Th Infantry Division
4Th Division
Hill 1416
U S population reaches 200 million milestone in 1965
The United States marks a 200 million population around 11 am EST led by commerce secretary Alexander B. Trowbridge. The Census Bureau clock shows net gains from births and immigration, while the Population Reference Bureau disputes counts, claiming 206 million or more. The note covers births, deaths, migrations, and historical counts from 1790 onward.
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Washington
United States
China
India
Soviet Union
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Commerce
Census Bureau
Commerce Department
Reference Bureau
Southwest Ohio forecast mixed rain and light snow
The Southwest Ohio Miami Valley area will see occasional light rain mixed with snow this evening changing to showers later. Low temperatures are expected to dip to 30 degrees, following yesterday's high of 48 and low of 28.
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Ohio
Miami Valley
Women Keep Secrets Slower Than Men, Study Indicates
A humorous quip notes that women can keep secrets as well as men but suggests it may take more women to do so. The remark plays on gender stereotypes with a light, comic tone.
Heart transplant experiment ready at Stanford
Doctors say world first human heart transplant could occur when ideal donor and recipient appear at Stanford Medical Center Palo Alto as Journal of the American Medical Association reports. Shumway notes experience with animal transplants backs cautious readiness for trial while noting donor criteria, brain death timing and rejection suppression drugs.
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Chicago
California
Stanford Medical Center
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Shumway
Stanford
Palo Alto Medical Center
Residents risk to save items as chlorine spill looms
Newton Alabama residents rushed home in busloads to grab clothing keepsakes and pets amid a 100,000 gallon chlorine gas threat from a 49 car Seaboard Coast Line derailment. Over 3,000 evacuees fled Saturday with two boys missing. Fires were contained as am monia and propane tankers burned and a cracked chlorine tanker hull raised danger.
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Newton
Ala
Skeet Pate
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Reds En Route To Discuss New York Moscow Airline
A Soviet IL62 jet airliner departed Moscow for talks in Washington on establishing a regular New York Moscow air route. Dmitry Petrov leads civil aviation officials to discuss certification, with return planned by week’s end.
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Reds
New York-Moscow
Moscow
United States
Dmitry I. Petrov
Civil Aviation
Washington
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Soviet Union
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