Azores decision may mark end of the beginning in currency crisis
The Azores meeting is analyzed as a pivotal moment for Bretton Woods era reform. It discusses dollar devaluation, gold’s decline, and potential shifts to SDRs and flexible reserves, with long term implications for world trade, inflation control, and international finance.
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Munich
Pearl Harbor
Yalta
Bretton Woods
Treasuries
Azores
France
Nixon
Zeres
International Monetary Fund
Washington
Paris
Time and Race Bias in Social Time Perceptions
A monograph from the Trans-Ethnic Education/Communication Foundation cites a white professor’s party where white attendees arrive by 9 30 while many Black couples come later. It argues the delay reflects cultural time concepts, not inherent unreliability, challenging rigid White time standards.
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Los Angeles
Trans-Ethnic Education/Communication Foundation
The Feather Merchants Ralph Nader’s Consumer Crusade Explored
This profile assesses Ralph Nader’s impact as a consumer advocate. It notes his work beyond autos, including aviation, meat and poultry acts, and regulatory scrutiny. It cites GM litigation, Pan Am’s consumer director appointment, and industry reactions at Hot Springs meetings.
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Nader
Pan American World Airways
Pretty
Honeyblonde
Gail Selton
Miss Selton
John M. Barnes
Pan Am
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Center For the Study of Responsive Law
Food and Drug Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Aviation Administration
Allegheny Mountain
Hot Springs
Business Council
C. W. Cook
General Foods Corp
McCoy
Cook
Ralph Nader
Robert Choate
Betty Furness
Letter to the Editor on ambulance volunteers in Pecos
A reader defends ambulance responders after an accident west of Toyah. Bruce Hay M D of Pecos Texas argues volunteers risk their lives and deserve thanks, not complaints, for providing emergency service.
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Pecos Enterprise
The
Enterprise
Toyah
City of Pecos
J. Walter Lee
Gordon Garlingtons
Gordon III
Kennedy Airport customs check rattles nerves in column
Louise Cook recalls a passenger’s anxiety at Kennedy International Airport as the customs inspection system classifies declarations with color cards and triggers self doubt about seemingly minor purchases. The writer notes the nerve wracking process and the absurdity of last minute slips and wear marks on items.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
NEW York
Kennedy International Airport
France
United States
Christian Dior
Paris
Americans Lead World in Cigarette Use in 1967
The World Almanac reports Americans smoked about 528 billion cigarettes in 1967, averaging roughly 4,000 per adult annually, with total costs near 7.5 billion dollars.
Pecos News Highlights Holiday Spirit and Local Changes
Pecos residents celebrate a scaled holiday season with a wedding anniversary dinner for Dr. and Mrs. J A Leeman and a community Christmas effort. Local price hikes hit barbershop shaves and haircuts while civilian defense calls surge. Sheriff turnover, new city bids, and open-house events fill Pecos amid a busy week.
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J. A. Leeman
The
Methodist Church
Humble Humprey Tours Ohio Campaign Trail
Sincere Hokum Irrespressible HH blazes 72 trail in Bowling Green amid nursing home visits and a Rural development hearing. Hubert Humphrey, age 60, may soon declare for 1972 Democratic nomination, delivering warm greetings to elderly residents, staff, and volunteers along the campaign route.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Nea
Hubert Humphrey
West Virginia
Hubert
John Gilligan
Wood County
Humphrey
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U.S
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Thomas W. Benham
Opinion Research Corp
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C. B. MecCoy
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
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M. D. Pecos, Texas
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Boyle
Jesse Woods
Southern Railway
Henrietta
Jesse
W. H. Knox
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce, Lions and Rotary Clubs
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First Baptist Church
W. L. Ross
Reeves County
Balmorhea
L. H
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C. B. Burkhalter
San Diego Marine Base
Keith Camp
Leader Grocery and Hardware Company
Elgin
Charley Fitzgerald Jr
A. B. Nail
Art Rowhorde
Fremont
Neb
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Fritch
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Oleander
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Sincere Hokum
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