Second peso devaluation shocks Mexico near term
Anger and confusion greet a second sharp peso devaluation ordered by President Echeverria as Mexico shifts from a 12.50 peso per dollar peg to a floated rate then refloated to curb capital flight. The move follows a 58 percent devaluation last month and includes price controls, higher salaries, and tax increases to absorb inflation.
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Issac A. Levi
Associated Press
Mexico City
Luis Echeverria
International Monetary Fund
Ers
Echeverria
Mexico
U.S
Prisoner killed as guard scuffle ends jail escape attempt
Beaumont sheriff reports a prisoner killed after wounding two guards with scissors during an attempted escape at Jefferson County jail around 4 20 a m. Louis J Rubin of Beaumont is charged with armed robbery and attempted murder.
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Beaumont
Tex
Dick Culbertson
Jefferson County
Louis J. Rubin
Celanese to switch Pampa plant to coal fuel
Celanese Chemical Co plans converting its Pampa Texas plant to coal as boiler fuel in a multi million dollar project, the first step in a broader shift from natural gas to coal across its Bishop Bay City and Clear Lake plants.
Totie Fields Tells of Laughs After Amputation
Beverly Hills AP Totie Fields, 47, previewed a routine about her left leg amputation after a circulatory problem and phlebitis required seven months in hospital. She insisted humor remains: I have the same tongue and brain, I haven't lost my sense of humor.
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Calif
Totie Fields
Miss Fields
South Korea lobbying probe rattles U S support for defense
U S officials fear DOJ disclosures on South Korean influence payments may erode Congressional backing for Seoul defense. Investigators say Korean agents gave cash and gifts totaling up to $1 million yearly since 1970 to lawmakers and officials. Up to 90 current and former members are reportedly under scrutiny.
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Washington
State Department
Justice Department
U.S
South Korea
Korean Peninsula
Northeast Asia
United States
Soviet Union
China
Japan
Congress
Ford backs off Nixon programs in campaign shift
President Ford seeks to distance his administration from Nixon citing a clear difference as he campaigns in New Jersey Pennsylvania and moves to Ohio and Indiana. Carter advocates a likely tax cut in the next four years while promoting tax relief for lower and middle incomes.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Keystone State
Richard Nixon
New Jersey
Ing
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Pittsburgh
Sen
Bob Dole
West Virginia
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Joe Garagiola
Garagiola
Jerry Ford
Illinois
Time-out Box Removed at Aurora Elementary
Parents pressured the Aurora school district ending a practice of placing disruptive students in a cardboard time-out box at West Ward School. Superintendent Don Burling cited a communications foulup for the box's prior use. among pupils was 8 year old Steve Larson, left profoundly deaf by meningitis.
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Aurora, Neb
Aurora
Don Burling
West Ward
Steve Larson
Larson
Steve
Larsons
Hamilton County
Hastings
Charles Ponce
Mossler death linked to possible overdose in 1960s case
Medical examiners need further tests to confirm Can dace Mossler's death cause after autopsy findings suggested a sedative overdose. Preliminary tox results showed more than one drug, including ethchlorvynol, while authorities note a bottle of sleeping pills near her bedside at the Fontainebleau Hotel.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Candace Mossler
Mossler
Jacques Messier
Fountainebleau Hotel
Joseph Davis
Dade County
Texas A&M specialist proposes family life education method
A Texas A&M University family life education specialist from the Extension Service outlines a practical method to support家庭家庭沟通与关系 management. The approach emphasizes evidence based strategies and community outreach to help families improve daily interactions.
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University
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