Western Europe Faces New Financial Crisis as Markets Close
Western money markets shut to halt speculative attacks on the franc pound and dollar. Bonn acts to curb surpluses with tax changes while France cuts 400 million in 1969 spending. Finance ministers from Group of 10 meet as markets await measures.
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Bonn
Financial Times
French National Assembly
Maurice Couve de Murville
Karl Schiller
Group of 10
Belgium
Britain
Canada
France
Germany
Netherlands
Italy
Japan
Sweden
Washington
NATO
Brussels
LBJ Challenges Nixon on Civil Rights Progress at Urban League
President Johnson challenged Richard Nixon to match civil rights gains as he urged government business and labor to ensure the right to opportunity. He spoke at the Urban League Equal Opportunity Days dinner in New York, outlining a broad push for economic expansion amid inflation concerns. Whitney M. Young announced a $100,000 Lyndon Baines Johnson scholarship fund at the University of Texas to aid a black student in public affairs.
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Johnson
National Urban League
Richard M. Nixon
New York Hilton
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Urban League
Whitney M. Young
League
Lyndon Baines Johnson
University of Texas
West New York Snow Pattern Confounds Western New York
The Associated Press reports a quilt of snow across Western New York with bone dry roads in some areas and heavy accumulations up to seven inches 50 miles south. Buffalo saw trace amounts while Rochester Lockport and Niagara Falls faced whiteouts and treacherous streets. In Batavia horses still trotted through near whiteout conditions with visibility reduced to 30 feet.
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Associated Press
New York
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Rochester
Lockport
Niagara Falls
Batavia
Decorate Grave For RFK Birth Anniversary
A cluster of nine wreaths marked the grave of Sen Robert F Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery on the 43rd anniversary of his birth. He was assassinated in Los Angeles last June and is buried beside the eternal flame near his brother President John F Kennedy whose assassination anniversary is Friday.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Nixon Plans Delayed Nuclear Pact Action Amid Czech Tensions
President elect Nixon will reassess the international situation, especially in Czechoslovakia, before deciding when to push the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. He endorses ratification but awaits normalization and has not set a timetable, pending Senate consideration.
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Richard M. Nixon
Czechoslovakia
United States
Nixon
Florida
Bahamas
U.S
Senate
Reds Up Da Nang Shelling Hit U S Infantry Units
In Da Nang heavy shelling by Communist gunners hit two U S infantry units, five district towns, and one provincial capital. A ground assault by about 150 enemy soldiers occurred near Saigon, with three hours of fighting ending as Marines and gunships repelled them and enemy casualties were tallied.
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Saigon
da Nang
U.S. 1St Division
21 Miners Located Or Rescued After Massive Mine Explosion
Thundering explosions trapped as many as 75 miners at Mountaineer Coal Company's No 9 mine near Mannington West Virginia. Sheriff Tennant said 21 had been located or rescued with eight found at shaft bottom. Rescue teams worked as smoke and fire filled entrances.
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W.va
Marion County Sheriff's Office
Coal Company
Robert Tennant
Mountaineer Coal Company
West Virginia
Penn
Sylvania State Line
Mountaineer
Consolidation Coal Co
Dave Davis
Llewellyn Portal
Tennant
Elmer Workman
West Virginia Department of Mines
State Struck Hospital Seeks Volunteers to Aid Patients
Queens Creedmoor State Hospital faces half staff and patient loads due to a strike. Volunteers are urged to help feed and care for remaining patients while officials evacuate and transfer others.
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New York
Queens Mental Hospital
Council 50
Afl-Cio American Federation of State
Creedmoor State Hospital
Queens
Bronx State Hos
Lillian
Creedmoor
Creedmore
State
Plane With 70 Aboard Survives Denver Fire Incident
An explosion and fire endangered a Continental Airlines 707 as it neared Denver with seven crew and 63 passengers. The craft landed safely after embers were extinguished on a foam runway. Passenger Lawrence B. Havelock, 47, was arrested on federal aircraft destruction charges.
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Continental Airlines
Clifford Hansen
R-Wyo
FBI
Lawrence B. Havelock
Lake George
Helga Wood
Hansen
Lander
Wyo
Havelock
U.S
Denver Veterans Administration Hospital
Wood
Dirksen Resting Comfortably After Medical Tests
U S Senate Minority Leader Everett M Dirksen was reported resting comfortably today after a series of undisclosed tests at St Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston New Jersey AP reports the update.
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U.S. Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
St. Barnabas Medical Center
Ferry Iruna Sinks After Collision in Cebu Harbor
At least six people drowned when the inter island ferry Iruna collided with the British freighter Eastern Moon in Cebu harbor. Initial reports claimed 200 missing, later navy updates confirmed six bodies recovered, including three children and three adults, with search ongoing.
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Interisland
Cebu
Navy
Bishop's Son Found Dead In Syracuse Overpass Drop
Jonathan G Sherman Jr 19 son of the Episcopal Bishop of Long Island was found dead beneath an overpass near Syracuse business district. He was a sophomore in Syracuse University College of Arts. The university confirms he is the bishop and Mrs Jonathan Sherman Sr of Garden City LI.
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N. Y
Jonathan G. Sherman Jr
Long Island
College of Arts
Syracuse University
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University
Bishop
Jonathan G. Sherman Sr
Cherry Valley Ave
Garden City, L.I
U. S. Population Rises to 201 Million
The Census Bureau reports the total U S population including servicemen overseas grew to an estimated 201,750,000 as of Oct 1, up about 2.0 million from the prior year. If only residents are counted, the estimate is 200,461,000, up 11.8 percent since the 1960 census with the 1967 Oct 1 figure at 199,734,000.
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Civil Service Employes Association
Rockefeller
CSEA
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U.S
Bureau
Powell Sentence Upheld by New York Court
Adam Clayton Powell was unanimously upheld by the New York Court of Appeals in refusing to free himself from a 30 day jail sentence tied to a libel judgment against the Harlem Democrat. The ruling affirmed lower courts finding Powell in contempt for two years.
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N. Y
Adam Clayton Powell
Court of Appeals
Powell
Harlem Democrat
Frisco College Reopens After Campus Violence
San Francisco State College reopens as students return to the campus while plainclothes police stand nearby. The institution, housing 18,000 students, had been closed last Wednesday amid violence tied to demands for better educational advantages for minority students and the reinstatement of a Negro instructor.
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SAN Francisco
San Francisco State College
U S Blocks Peace Talks Charged by Pravda
Pravda accuses the United States of blocking Vietnam peace talks. It also calls for an end to U S reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam, labeling them provocative overflights.
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Moscow
Pravda
United States Today
Vietnam
The
Communist Party News
U.S
North Vietnam
Argentina Raises Family Allowances to Limit Birth Control
President Ongania moves to placate church influence by boosting allowances for large families. Economy Minister Vasena says increases will apply to families with more than three children by year end. Current allowance stands at 2,100 pesos or seven dollars per child, paid by employers until age 18.
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Buenos Aires
Juan C. Ongania
Adealbert Krieger Vasena
Onagania
Argentina
Early Hong Kong Flu Cases Mild but Epidemic Expected
Surgeon General Dr. William H. Stewart says early Hong Kong flu cases are mild with two or three days in bed, and no serious aftereffects. He expects an active year with epidemic proportions, noting outbreaks in Marines in San Diego Needles California and suspicions in Colorado and New Jersey.
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Washington
Hong Kong
William H. Stewart
Stewart
Dr. Stewart
San Diego
Needles
Calif
Teachers Return to Three Ocean Hill Schools After Sit-Ins End
Teachers resume classes at three Ocean Hill Brownsville schools after angry parent protests ended overnight. State trustees removed the three school principals, restoring school access and governance.
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New York
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Prague Workers Strike Protest Freedom Loss
Token strikes erupted in Prague plants as students extended their sit-in by 24 hours to protest loss of freedom after the Soviet invasion. Workers halted briefly in some plants with whistles in the Vysočina district signaling solidarity with the students and challenging Communist leaders aligned with Moscow.
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Moscow
Vysocany
U N Assembly Defeats Bid to Seat Red China
United Nations debates over seating Red China end in a 58 to 44 vote with 23 abstentions defeating a resolution to expel Nationalist China and seat the Chinese Communists. Italy’s two China study group proposal also fails.
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Red
China
United Nations, N.Y
U.N
General Assembly
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Peking
United Nations
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Romania
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