France Faces Franc Devaluation Amid Global Crisis
West German Finance Minister Fraz Josef Strauss announced a French franc devaluation is likely after a three day emergency conference on the international monetary crisis. France contemplates a 10 to 15 percent drop, while Britain signals no pound devaluation. A $2.985 billion credit line was arranged by 10 nations to stabilize France, with $2 billion from G10 members and $985 million via Special Drawing Rights.
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Maurice Couve de Murville
Paris
Strauss
Britain
France
Group of 10
Bonn
International Monetary Fund
West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Waverley Change Order Under Study
County Commissioners reviewed a Board of Education request to reconsider a $1811 change order for Waverley Elementary School electrical inlets. The board declined to comment while action is awaited. Discussion also covered Thurmont Middle School plans and Catoctin High School’s transition to a five to eight middle school.
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Board of Education
Waverley
Russell Z. Horfman
Youth Night Observed By Mayor and Aldermen
Frederick officials host 11 local high school students who sat in on a city council meeting as part of the Optimist Club program. Youths acted as city officials while debates covered an automatic car wash on South Market Street amid resident complaints about water spray noise and lighting.
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Frederick
John A. Derr
Frederick Optimist Club
Charles W. Main
Fairer
Barbara Cornish
Maggie Verdi
John Billy
William Cleveland
Darryl Hall
Lucinda Newby
Margaret Sherman
James Judson
Michael Garner
Vernon Ambush
Oliver Cejka
Clarence Snyder
Optimist Club
South Market
Siscet
Stock Market Slightly Higher Amid Mixed Trading
New York stocks show a modest gain as advances slightly outpace declines by about 140 to 1. The Dow Jones industrial average climbs while officials promise corrective action on cited issues at the car wash project amid ongoing complaints and a December board meeting planned.
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New York
Cat
New Explosion Rips W Va Coal Mine Trapping 78 Workers
A second blast at Mountaineer Coal Co No 9 mine near Murrington West Virginia trapped 78 of 99 workers two days into the emergency. Flames shot upward as officials assessed the blast location at the intake shaft on Mod's Run and worked to cut oxygen to halt the fire.
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Mannington
W. Va
Mountaineer Coal Co
Rich Cp. Yoke
Leonard Gross
Consolidation Coal Co
Mountaineer
Mod
Grogs
Fort Detrick Economic Impact Steady at Twenty Five Million Annually
Fort Detrick contributes about 25 million dollars yearly to Maryland and Frederick County economies. Most of the money comes from 2,550 personnel with salaries of over 22 million dollars. 1,800 civilians and 750 military. The Procurement Directorate spends over 3 million in Maryland yearly on goods and services.
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Fort Detrick
Frederick
Installaton
Frederick County
the Post
Maryland
Department of Defense
Defense Department
First U.S. Army
Fort George G. Meade
Port Detrick
Family and friends honor JFK on fifth anniversary
Mourners gather at Kennedy grave on Cape Cod as Sen Edward Kennedy and family observe the fifth anniversary of John F Kennedy's assassination. Joan Kennedy and others lay flowers, with memorial services held across the United States and world in remembrance of the 35th president.
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Wasitington
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Robert T. Kenned
Joan Kennedy
Edward
Andra
Magh Auchinclosa
Jacquesline Kennedy Onassis
Vinitora
Cape Cod
Ohne
Dallas
Tex
America
The
United Men
Ward Kennedy
Fenomen
Kennecdy
U.S. Fires Into DMZ As Copters Shot Down
The U.S. Command reports four American helicopters shot down in 48 hours and artillery fire into the northern half of the DMZ for the first time since the bombing halt. Nine U.S. soldiers died in the crashes as air cavalry units sweep Tay Ninh and Central Highlands regions near Laos and Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Sale
North Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
United States
Ten Maryland candidates discuss disclosures in TV forum
Eight Democratic contenders for Maryland governor spoke on WBAL-TV and the League of Women Voters forum about public financial disclosures and ethics codes for state employees and lawmakers. They outlined qualifications and then answered questions. three candidates declined to promise net worth statements, while seven said they would consider it. The forum aired as interim Gov elect Spiro Agnew prepares to leave office and the legislature to select a successor.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland General Assembly
Wbal-Tv
State League of Women Voters
Spiro T. Agnew
Republic
Louis L. Goldstein
William 5. James
D-Hareford
Maryland Senate
Marvin Mandel
Balto
Hauge
Harry R. Hughes
Upper Shore
Senate
Del
Thomas Hunter Lowe
Francis \. Gallagher
Carlton R. Sickles
James Will
Gov
Apenew
Will
Agnew
Lowe
Mandel
James
Jerusalem Market Bomb Kills Eleven in Sabbath Shopper Chaos
A parked car packed with 440 pounds of explosives exploded at 9 00 am on Agrippas Street in the Matianeh Yehuda market area killing 11 and wounding 55 as shoppers prepared for the Sabbath. Police sealed the Old City and detained 500 Arabs amid reports of shouted anti Arab slogans. Prime Minister Ashkol called a high level cabinet session to address the attack.
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Jerusalem
APF
Holy City
Tev Ashkol
Old City
Agrippas Street
Matianeh Yehuda
Fire log report spans Walkersville and Middletown calls
Fire crews from Walkersville and Middletown responded to multiple calls within a 24 hour period. Incidents included a field to near WTI radio station and a stove-related fire on Tefferenn Street. Authorities logged locations Thurmont and Middletown with several responses recorded.
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County
WTI
Thurmont
Walkersville
Petties
Filton Avenue
Middletown
Pines
S. Tefferenn
Two Men Get Second Heart Transplants
Two patients received second heart transplants after earlier failures. Everett Thomas, 47, at St Luke's Hospital in Houston, is listed as satisfactory. Darrell Hammarley, 56, at Stanford University Hospital in California is listed as fair.
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Everett Thomas
St. Luke's Moseital
Houston
Tex
Darrell Hammarley
Staneford University Hospital
Stanford
Calif
Hammarley
San Jose
Norman F. Shumway
Denton E. Cooley
Thomas
Hils
Bean
Bank
Couple Found Murdered on Clarkson Nursery Farm in Arson Case
Police say a rural New Jersey murder scene at Clarkson Nursery Farm involved two grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyndby Clarkson, shot in the neck and throat. The house burned, arson suspected as kerosene was spread downstairs. the couple were found by their son Philip Clarkson and Dr. Allison Price.
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Tuckanor
Allison Price
Grape May County
Carl J. Records Jr
Charles Webb Sr
Upper Township
Webb
Tuckanee
Edward Peane
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