European Banks Suspend Trading in U S Dollars
Banks across Western Europe halted trading in the dollar as speculators rushed to convert to marks amid a European monetary crisis. West Germany's central bank led the move with others including Switzerland the Netherlands Austria and Belgium following.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
U.S
West Germany
Switzerland
Netherlands
Austria
Belgium
Karl Klaser
Brandt
Bank of France
Paris
London
Bank of Engand
American Express
Geneva
Zurich
Bank of England
Willy Brandt
Nixon to Back Lockheed Loan Guarantees Face Congress Fight
President Nixon appears ready to risk a stiff congressional battle to provide federal loan guarantees for Lockheed Aircraft Corp. to avert a collapse that could cost 25,000 jobs. House and Senate Republicans expect a $250 million guarantees bill within two weeks after talks with the President.
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Washington
Nixon
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Leslie C. Arends
Ilinois
White House
20 Presumed Dead In Massive Cave-In
In Chicoutimi area, a massive clay deposit cave-in buried about 40 houses along three streets near St. Jean Vianney. Some 200 residents are affected. 20 presumed dead and 15 missing, with at least 12 hospitalized. Rescue teams using military aid face ongoing slips in the liquefied clay and darkened conditions.
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Raul Tremblay
Civil Protection Service
St. Jean Vianney
Laurentian Mountains
Quebec
Tremblay
Saguenay
Air Force
Bagotville
Quebec City
Chicoutimi
Nixon proposes independent Legal Services Corp for the poor
President Nixon sent a plan to Congress to create an independent Legal Services Corporation to provide civil legal aid to the poor. It would supersede current OEO efforts, fund neighborhood offices, and bar lawyers from criminal defense to protect the program’s independence and avoid political influence.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Legal Services Corp
Office of Economic Opportunity
Legal Services
Water Rationing In Effect In Drought Parched Florida
Florida endures record drought with 7,366 fires burning 560,518 acres in a season. Gov. Askew weighs Bethea plan to ban nonessential use from Everglades, while weather officials call it the worst drought on record. Eight-county regions restrict lawn watering and car washing as water managers shift power sources and Miami enforces conservation measures. Anodized notice of drainage locks at Indian River Farms prompts 24 hour vigilance.
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Miami
South Florida
Reubin Askew
Everglades
John Bethea
State Division of Forestry
Bethea
Collier County
Askew
National Weather Service
Florida
S. Army Engineers
St. Lucie Lock
Okeechobee Waterway
Garrett Sloan
Miami Water Department
Clifford O’key
Miami Beach
Indian River Farms
Vero Beach
Fair and cooler tonight with overnight lows in the 40s
A dry pattern continues with cooler air tonight. overnight temperatures fall into the 40s across the area. Forecasters expect light winds and clear to partly cloudy skies, with no strong storms in sight.
Public Relations Spending Blasted in Wisconsin Budget Debate
Gov. Patrick J. Lucey faced Republican criticism and Democratic defense over hiring Guggenheim Public Relations of Washington for 30,000 in highway safety advertising. Sen. Walter Hollander halted partisan wrangling by noting the venture originated with a Republican governor and legislature. Weening said funds include federal sources and that 80 percent of Guggenheim's work is public service broadcasting. Critics questioned cost versus local firms and alleged political payoff while supporters cited safety outreach and nationwide precedent.
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Madison
UPI
Patrick J. Lucey
Senate
Walter Hollander
Rosendale
Hollander
Weening
Richard Ogilvie
Nixon
Guggenheim
John C. Shabas
R-New
Five Tons of Marijuana Seized From Mercy Wiggins
Federal agents chased and boarded the 60-foot Mercy Wiggins off the Golden Gate and found 333 bags containing 20 to 70 pounds each of marijuana totaling about five tons. The seizure, linked to a year-long probe, involved six men and two women charged with conspiracy to import and smuggle marijuana.
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SAN Fancisco
Customs
Myles Ambrose
U.S
U.S. Customs and Coast Guard
Mercy Wiggins
Pacific
Golden Gate
Andiamo
San Pablo Bay
San Francisco
San Diego
Harry McCue
James Olson
Captain Cook
Hawaii
Richard Michael Rigg
San
John van Diver
van Diver
Coast Guard
Point Barrow
Wiggins
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Fenton
Mich
Flint
Lockheed
Burbank, Calié
Rolls Royce Ltd
Hugh Scott
Ilubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund S$. Muskie
Maine
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Vance Hartke
Penn Central Railroad
Lockheed Joan
Mike Mansfield
Society
Winnebagoland
Lucey
Berlin
Wisconsin
Tacey
Roger Murphy
Waukesha
Murphy
Joint Finance Committee
McDonald, Davis
Schmidt
Carl Thompson
D-Stoughton
Milwaukee
Jack Olson
MacDonald
Davis
Fred Risser
Risser
State Building Commission
Chicago
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