Nations Gather To Solve US Dollar Woes
Paris reports a coalition of 11 Western European nations plus Sweden and Switzerland meeting to steady the dollar after a devaluation. Key figures include George P. Shultz Paul Volcker and Arthur Burns as they weigh options from selling gold to restricting currency outflows.
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Paris
United
States
Canada
Japan
Indonesia
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Paul A. Volcker
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
West Germany
Nixon
United States
IRA Bomb Squad Ties London Attacks to Belfast IRA
Irish Republican Army sources in Belfast say ten suspected IRA members questioned by Scotland Yard over London bombings belong to the squad that planted the explosives. Seven men and three women were arrested at Heathrow before gelignite cars exploded outside the Old Bailey and Whitehall offices, killing one and wounding 243.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Belfast
Scotland Yard
IRA
Ireland
Heathrow Airport
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Central Army
Whitehall
England
Dragnet
Fleet Street
Britain
Parliament
Law Courts
Army
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
Provisional
Northern Ireland
Tornado Debut Hits Galesburg to Walnut Area
A tornado carved a 20 mile path from Galesburg through Erie to Walnut causing mobile home wrecks and church damage. Power and telephone lines were interrupted, debris blocked roads, and thunderstorms swept across the region with measurable rainfall in Chanute Topeka and Emporia.
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Chanute
Kan
Galesburg
Erie
Walnut
Highway Patrol
St. Patrick's
Topeka
Emporia
Docking Proclaims Kansas Bank Week in April
Topeka Governor Robert Docking, a Kansas City banker by background, designated Thursday through April 9 to 14 as Kansas Bank Week, inviting banks and the public to observe the event with activities and recognition of the banking industry.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Docking
Arkansas City
Kansas Bank
Witness Tells Of Interference In Ellsberg Russo Case
CIA analyst Samuel A. Adams described a government effort to bar his full testimony in the Pentagon Papers espionage trial. His remarks delayed testimony from McGeorge Bundy and fueled defense requests for more details, while Judge Matt Byrne barred outside discussions from jurors.
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Los Angeles
Central Intelligence Agency
Samuel A. Adams
Pentagon
Adams
McGeorge Bundy
Bundy
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
US District Court
Matt Byrne
Ellsberg
Russo
CIA
William DePuy
U.S
Vietnam
Justice Department
Typhoid Fever Probe Targets South Dade Migrant Camp
A congressional subcommittee will examine the handling of a typhoid fever outbreak at a South Dade migrant labor camp. Doctors allege slow health-department response, with 148 residents hospitalized and 72 confirmed cases. Speakers include Rep. Lehman and Reps. Rogers and Fascell.
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Homestead
Fla
William Lehman
Paul Rogers
Dante Fascell
Florida
House Agricultural Labor Subcommittee
South Dade County
John Frey
Miami
Milton Saslaw
County Health Department
Frey
South Dade Community Health Center
Lehman
Dade County
South Dade
Variety Children’s Hospital
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Peace Corps
VISTA
Byrne
Sears
ORA
Shaw
Henry Block
Esch
NFL
Kansas Stars
FDIC
Chicago
Southwestern Bell
P. O
St Louis
Missouri
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