Bankers and economists hail new dollar policy
Bankers and private economists say measures to support the dollar have so far worked, signaling a move toward more orderly foreign monetary and trade relations. They cite the yen float and a British rate cut as positive signs and expect rates to new alignments possibly by year end. If successful, this could precede removal of the 10 percent tariff on imports.
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New York
William Wolman
First National City Bank
Franklin R. Saul
the Treasury
Saul
International Monetary Fund
Washington
Ben
United States
Britain
Charlotte Homicide Rate Tops Nation
FBI crime report shows Charlotte Mecklenburg Union counties averaging 24.7 murders per 100 000 in 1970 with 101 killings across the area. Union County had nine cases. Charlotte-Mecklenburg reached 27.3 per 350 000. Police say most victims were black and knew assailants. Local leaders call for better jobs and living conditions while experts call the rate a statistical anomaly.
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FBI
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Union County
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
Ken L. Miller
al Pruitt
Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore Leads Nation in Violent Crime Rate in 1970
FBI figures show Baltimore metro area tops the nation with 1 in 100 residents affected by violent crime. The rate drops slightly from 1969 to 1970, while New York City records the second highest rate and Detroit Miami and Jacksonville follow. The city itself ranks second to Washington in violent crime among large U.S. cities.
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Baltimore
FBI
New York City
Howard
Anne Arundel
Harford
Detroit
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
Baltimore Police Department
Washington, D.C
U.S
San Francisco
Washington
St. Louis
Three Die In Piney Mountain Plane Crash Near Cumberland
A Piper Cherokee 6 crashed atop Piney Mountain northwest of Cumberland killing three businessmen. The Civil Air Patrol located the wreck Thursday during a search with 120 men and six CAP aircraft. Victims were Leonard M Glass 51 Pikeville Md Jonathan Willemain 22 Phoenix Md and pilot Paul Houriet Wauwatosa Wis.
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Cumberland, Md
Piney Mountain
Cumberland
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Leonard M Glass
Pikesville
Jonathon Willemain
Phoenix
Paul Houriet
Wauwatosa
Wisc
Deaths of soldiers as violence escalates in Northern Ireland
Gunfire at a border station killed an 18th soldier this year as a speeding car escaped across the border. In Londonderry a British major was shot in the stomach during a day of terror. The IRA blamed for the Belfast bombing that damaged the Protestant party HQ and cars.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
National
Kinnawley
Irish Republic
Londonderry
Robin Alers-Hankey
Alers-Hankey
Protestant Unionist Party
Tistory
Inred
Irish Republican Army
Catholic Irish Republic
IRA
Government Electricity Board
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Charlotte, N.C
John H. Geiger
Des Plaines, Ill
American Legion
Alfred P. Chamie
of the Legion
Houston
Frederick
the International
Thomas Johnson
Colonial Music Shop
Watson's Family Restaurant
Patrich Street
Pounch
Frederick Music Center
Frederick Shopping Center
Mer
Place 44, Inc
South Market Street
S&h
Gatma
Frederick City
ESSO
Patrick Streets
Coca-Cola
Arennder
Rau
Coca-Col
Coca-Cola Company
Frederick Coca-Cola Bottling Co
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