Economy Freeze in England
Eight cabinet meetings decide where the economic axe should fall. Effective midnight, the dawn payment on cars, motorcycles and house trailers rises from 25% to 40% and the maximum repayment time shortens to two years. Down payments on most other forms of credit buying rise. new regulations expected to cut credit buying by 448 million. A 110% surcharge on duties on beer, vines and spirits, hydrocarbon oils, and gasoline substitutes is announced. Postal and telecommunications tariffs rise, yielding 56 million. A one year 10% su rcharge on some forms of direct taxation is projected to yield 72.8 million. Nonessential building is cut back, and the cost limit for projects is reduced from 280,000 to 140,000. Nationalized industries cut new equipment purchases by 226 million in 1987-68, military and civil expenditures by 280 million. A six-month wage freeze, then further restrictions. a price freeze. a 12-month price standard with no elaborate enforcement. overseas travel allowances cut from 700 to 149. Foreign travel encouraged with hotel expansion loans. Gifts to outside the sterling area cut from 700 to 140.
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Sterling
Sinatra Mia Farrow wed in four minute Las Vegas ceremony
In a swift Las Vegas hotel ceremony, Frank Sinatra married Mia Farrow with Jack Entratter officiating. The couple emerged smiling on the patio as the ceremony ended in about four minutes. Guests included William Goetz and Red Skelton. The couple plans to fly to London after a two day US stay.
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Jack Entratter
Sands
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Miss Farrow
Maureen O'Sullivan
John Farrow
William Goetz
Red Skelton
Entratters
al Freeman
Freeman
Las Vegas
Cocoa Beach
Fla. U
Frank Sinatra Jr
Mia Farrow
Frank Jr
Adi
United States
London
Hollywood
New England
Doughnut Publicist Bert Nevins Dies at 56
Hollywood PA I Bert Nevins a publicity man who began at 16 handling school tennis publicity and later promoted the doughnut baking industry died at 56 at his Hollywood home He claimed to have convinced Emily Post that dunking doughnuts was socially acceptable and in support of the same client persuaded Dwight D Eisenhower to dunk a doughnut at a 1952 reception during his presidential campaign
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Hollywood
Fia
Bert. Nevina
Nevins
Emily Post
Geo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vatican Methodists Plan Joint Study
Vatican City reports the Roman Catholic Church and the World Methodist Council will form a joint committee to explore common Christian study and action. The move signals cooperation between the two traditions and an interest in shared programs.
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Vatican
Vatican City
Roman Catholic Church
World Methodst Council
Gemini 10 Aims for Agena Rendezvous and Space Walk
Gemini 10 crewmates Young and Collins work to rendezvous with Agena 8 and then plan a space walk. They face the challenge of gas exposure from lithium hydroxide and limited fuel after early maneuvers. Ground teams monitor orbital maneuvers, adjust altitude, and prepare for the next rendezvous with Agena left in orbit since March.
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Collins
Gemini
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Thej
Houston
Philadelphia
Frank Sinatra
Mia Farrow
Navy
Colfing
Air Force
Agena
Agena 8
Colins
Buck Rogers-styte
Agena 10
Cleveland Calls More Troops to Quell Riots and Looting
chaotic riot coverage notes Cleveland urging National Guard, with ongoing clashes and arson in streets. Officers report rioters and Black residents among affected groups as troops arrive late in the day, street actions continue through the night.
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Cleveland
iPhone Strikers Return to Work Amid Guard Presence
San Francisco faced a split guard deployment as 2,000 workers divided into two 1,000-strong groups alternating 12 hour shifts. Some strikers returned to work at Pacific Telephone offices, aided by local guards and barbed entry gates. Other cities saw clashes and arrests as riots spread with 1,700 Guardsmen nearby Chicago and 34 arrested in Cleveland after a sequence of confrontations.
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Colma
America
Rlot
Buile-Lin
Locher
Jacksonville
Fie
Chicago
West Side
Cleveland
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