SDRs may replace gold links in world money system
SDRs or Special Drawing Rights emerged as a potential substitute for gold as a global unit of value at the IMF meeting in Washington. Governments would borrow from the IMF and settle balances in SDRs rather than direct gold backing, with proposals outlining values in mixed currencies and gold reference.
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New York
International Monetary Fund
Monetary Fund
John Maynard Keynes
Bancor
Washington
IMF
America
Thieu Attacks Opposition on Eve of Election
In a 20 minute national TV address President Nguyen Van Thieu assailed dissident groups by name and condemned the opposition coalitions. Police seized Sunday editions of seven opposition papers as Thieu urged large turnouts despite Viet Cong threats and said he spoke as president not a candidate.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Hue
Thieu
Committee Against Dictatorship
Committee For Democracy and Peace
People’s Congress
Nguyen Cao Ky
BEA Turboprop Crashes Near Tielt Killing 63
A British European Airways Van guard plane en route from London to Salzburg crashed near Tielt Belgium. All 63 aboard are believed dead after witnesses said the aircraft exploded in the air. The turboprop liner, carrying up to 135, had stopped in Brussels on its way to Salzburg, with passengers mainly British.
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Tielt
Belgium
British European Airways Vanguard
London
Salzburg
BEA
Brussels
Commissioners approve lease for medical offices in Ottawa
In a 2-1 vote Franklin County commissioners accepted a lease with Medical Offices Inc. to build a one story facility on Ransom Memorial Hospital grounds for seven doctors with expansion to nine. Annual rent is 1200 dollars for 40 years with a 30 year renewal option.
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Franklin County
Medical Offices Inc
Corporation of Ottawa Doctors
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lee Nichols
George Atchison
Don Yockey
Hospital Board of Trustees
Britons questioned in espionage sweep tied to Lyalin leak
London AP report says Scotland Yard questioned several Britons and others picked up in a dragnet based on data from Oleg Lyalin, the KGB defector. Officials say some detainees may face charges under the Official Secrets Act as Britain expels 105 Soviet diplomats and tensions with Moscow rise.
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London
Scotland Yard
Oleg Lyalin
KGB
Lyalin
England
Guardian
Sussex
Dorset
Hampshire
Portsmouth
Soviet Union
Moscow
Irena Teplakova
Charlo knocks out Arlee in football rout halftime stop
Charlo High School dominated Arlee with a 76-0 halftime lead, prompting a halt labeled a technical knockout as Arlee failed to reach the second half. Charlo Coach Bob Halgren quipped about past games while his team pushed its scoreless streak to five opponents, totaling 342 points.
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Charlo
Mont
Arlee
Bob Halgren
Importers Move Ahead Ahead of Walkout Across U S Ports
Longshoremen's walkouts halted major ocean trade in most ports, yet economists see little immediate impact as importers had anticipated the disruption and stockpiled shipments. The East Coast walkout, West Coast lockout, and limited port openings left bulk mail idle and cruise passengers affected, with Nixon withholding emergency action.
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Associated Press
U.S
Association of American Railroads
Gulf Coast
Afl-Cio International Longshoreman’s Association
Louisiana
Maine
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
West Coast
Houston
Texas
ILA
Great Lake
Atlantic
Pacific
Nixon
Viets Suffer Setback and Launch Delta Counteroffensive
South Vietnamese forces report 18 killed and 64 wounded in an attack near Kien Thien in the Mekong Delta, while a separate Saigon push targets North Vietnamese troops along the Cambodian border. An eastward task force from Krek battles to halt the siege of Fire Base Alpha, as others close on Hanoi's 209th near Highway 22 between Krek and Tay Ninh, to safeguard Pace and its U.S. artillery support.
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Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Mekong
Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Kien Thien
Krek
Alpha
Hanoi
Highway 22
U.S
Pace
Thien Ngon
Stall Await KBI Report on Richardson Murder
Ottawa police and the sheriff's department along with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation pursue leads in the stabbing death of Mrs. Maude N. Richardson of 1116 North Poplar. County Attorney R. Michael Latimer says evidence sent to KBI headquarters in Topeka has not yet arrived as investigators question area residents and acquaintances.
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Ottawa
Sheriff's Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Maude N. Richardson
N. Poplar
R. Michael Latimer
KBI
Topeka
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Fear
Marjorie Mitchell
Cheryl R. Daugharty
Hickory
Mitchell
Judith A. Rogers
E. 9Th
Daugharty
Rogers
Oscar Graham
S. Hickory
Miss Rogers
Attorney General of
Kansas
Yockey
Nichols
Loyd Construction Co
David Laury
Com
East
Christmais
Europe
United States
New York Shipping Association
Delta
Washington, D. C
Joe Galegor
Kenny Sawyer
Galegor
Fred Doyle
Sen
Bob Dole
Capitol
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