France Devalues Franc By 12 1 2 Percent To Fight Slump
AP reports France devalues the franc by 12 1 2 percent to bolster a deteriorating economy. The move raises tourism buying power but raises fears for other European currencies. Finance Minister Valery Giscard d Estaing warned of zeroing gold reserves if not acted. The new rate places the franc at 174 U S cents versus the dollar, official devaluation 12 percent.
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PAR
France
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Ta R Giscard d’Estaing
Georges Pompidou
U.S
Washington
London
Bonn
Giscard d’Estaing
Solar Observatory Launch Studies Sun Flares and Sunspots
A new solar observatory OS0G launched from Cape Kennedy on Delta rocket aims to map 16 000 sun points for closeup studies of solar flares and sunspots. The craft reached a near circular four mile high orbit after 90 minutes, with sensors functioning and a hitchhiking PAC experiment also working to test future rocket stage observation platforms. Seven experiments aboard include two telescopes to study high energy ultraviolet X ray and gamma ray particles blocked by Earth, improving solar radiation storm understanding and space mission safety.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Car
OSOG
Robert MH. Gray
Earth
Nixon details new federalism and basic income plan
President Nixon proposes a New Federalism that shifts tax dollars and job programs to states while nationalizing welfare with a federal income guarantee of 1600 dollars per year for a family of four, plus supplements until earnings reach 3920, contingent on work. The plan expands federal manpower, adds daycare, and reshapes aid to dependent children, prompting cautious Republican support and questions in Congress about timing and oversight.
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Washington
Nixon
House Republi
Ean
Gerald Alford
Anti- Poverty Agency
Senate Approval Seen To CBR Warfare Curbs
Washington AP reports the Armed Services Committee chair expects Senate approval Monday of strict limits on testing, shipment, and storage of chemical and biological warfare agents. The amendment, tied to a $20 billion defense bill, requires Defense and Surgeon General clearance for tests, 30 day congressional notice, and bar on overseas storage without prior consent.
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Thomas J. McIntyre
D.nh
Special Armed Services Research Subcommittee
Senate Teaders
Seng
Gaylord Nelson
D. Wis
Charles F. Goodell
R.ny
United States
Surgeon General
Secretary of Defense
Congress
Mandel assails federal role in Maryland water pollution
Gov. Marvin Mandel condemned federal officials for being the primary polluter of Maryland waters and for offering inadequate aid to clean rivers and bays. Speaking at Perryman, he criticized the proposed $214 million federal share and highlighted pollution from the Naval Academy, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, and Washington DC, while praising local gains in Chesapeake Bay productivity.
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Perryman
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Watford County
Nixon
Washington
Mandel
Naval Academy
Ita
Bay
Fender
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Susquehanna
District of Columbia
Potomac
Baltimore City
Inner Harbor
Jailbreak Foiled by guards at Maryland jail
Five inmates attempted a mass escape from the Frederick County Jail by overpowering turnkey Raymond Lingg and trying to trap another guard, John Shaffer. Lingg and Shaffer resisted, called for help, and police arrived as the men were tied and restrained. Authorities praised Lingg and Shaffer for thwarting the plot, while Sheriff Jacobs criticized the low pay that endangers staff retention.
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Denis O'Brien Staaff
Frederick County
West Side
Raymond Lingy
de Toi
John Shaffer
Lingz
Shaffer
Lingg
Fate of CAC in Frederick County Board decision Monday
Frederick County Board of County Commissioners plans to decide Monday whether to assume the Community Action Committee CAC mission. Commissioners Collins Harman and Zorlman anticipate attendance as they consider redesignating, transferring, or taking over CAC functions with an Aug. 1 1970 effective date and 90 day notice due by July 31.
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Frederick County Board of County Commissioners
Community Action Committee
CAC
Commission
Charles E. Collins
News- Post
Collins
Russell Z. Florman
Wallace E. Hutton
Horman
Hutton
Harman
Court House
Blood Drive Urges Frederick Support for 150 Pint Quota
Blood supplies run scarce as hospitals postpone elective operations. Frederick residents urged to fill 150 pint quota at the Headmobile visit Monday Aug 18 from 2 to 6 44 PM at Evangelical Lutheran Church East Church Street. The prior Red Cross Bloodmobile visit occurred Aug 16 at Mato Farm Insurance Company in Linden Wills.
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Blood Ib
Frederick
Evangelical Lutheran
Marijuana Charges Debated In Court
A Frederick circuit court hearing on Friday failed to reach a ruling on suppression of state's evidence against five youths charged with marijuana possession. Judge Robert E. Clapp Jr ordered defense and state to file briefs with higher court precedents. The case concerns rights to privacy and probable cause. Defense counsel listed five defendants from Frederick area. police arrested them March 9, 1969 in a tent south of Rat Creek Drive. Grand jury indicted in May on possession and control of marijuana.
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Lings
Lingr
Shaffer
Lingg
Bowers
Frederick
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Clapp
Dwight Cary Gibbs
William Fowler Daniels Jr
RED
Dale Evan Schoonover
RFD
Storm
Graham
John Eugene Ramey
LL Paul W. Mossburg
Tfe
Carl Harbaugh
Rach Creek Drive
Grand
15 Year Old Held In Brutal Deaths
A 15yearold boy is in custody on homicide charges for the stabbing and strangling of Claudia Weintran and the death of her 18monthold son in Bethesda Maryland. The bodies were found after neighbors notified investigators of a gas odor. The boy, a neighborhood resident, was captured near Allandale Road in a brief pursuit by police. He has completed junior high school and is being detained at Montgomery County Detention Center in Rockville. A hearing is set for Monday. Mrs Weintraub had been estranged from her husband. the couple separated a week before July 31, the date the medical examiner cited for the slaying.
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Bethesda
Amiq
Claudia Weintran
Baltimore Avenue
Welne Trand
Allandale Road
Youn
Juenior High School
Montgomery County
Rockville
Weintrayds
Maryland A
Weintraub
Canada China talks stall over Formosa demand
Ottawa sources report talks to establish diplomatic ties with Communist China have stalled over Peking's insistence that Canada officially recognize China's claim to Formosa. Officials say most nations do not require such recognition, and Canada risks isolation if it concedes. No date set for next session. talks began February 12 in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Canada
China
Peking
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Foreign Affairs Department
Dapat
Otis Holm
Fire Log Summary for Clover Hill and Surrounding Areas
A fire log for a 24 hour period ending at 11:40 a.m. lists incidents across multiple counties. Trucks responded to a shed fire near Creagerstown at 12:30 p.m. and to a grass fire near Rocky Ridge at 6:06 p.m. Mutual aid from Graceham Thurmont Libermown Mi Libry assisted, with crews from Independents and others on scene.
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Bac Cathy
Clover Hill
Independents
Creagerstows
Graceham
Thurmont
Rocky Rige
Rocky Ridge
Buffalo Hoad
Harrisville
Libermown
Milabry
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Robert Davis
OSO
National Aeronautics and Space Aministration
Goddard Space Flight Center
Wilbur D. Mills
Thuse
Ways and Means Committee
Uis
Senate
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Seaboard
Warren Allen Bowers
Magnolia Avenue
Theodore Paul Wybdleracki
Mt. Airy
Eugene Ballard Anderson
Uniontown
Edward Michael Boddiford
Dundalk
Steven Eugene Clem
Ling
Heya
Crummell P. Jacobs
Jacobs
Frederick Howers
Edwin F. Nikirk
Edward Storm
James Graham
Robert Rothenhoefer
Nikirk
Brent Allan Gibbs
RFD 7
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