Dollar crisis ends in Europe report on currency shifts
Speculators eyed limited dollar sales as Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands revalue and rebalance. The postwar dollar weakness spreads through European markets with higher import prices for Americans and tourism costs rising, driven by Vietnam war outlays and a worsening U.S. balance of payments.
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Amsterdam
Belgium
London
U.S
U. S
Sweden
Denmark
Europe
Austria
United States
Military Mother 8 Sons Honored At San Diego Service
Mrs. Kirby Newman 59 of Twin Falls Idaho was named Military Mother of the Year by the San Diego Armed Services YMCA. She attended church with eight sons seven active Navy members and wives six grandchildren plus a visit to the Naval Training Center in San Diego for the honor and Bible presentation.
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San Imego
Kirby Newman
San Diego
Arthur Ki. Hodges
Naval Training Center
US command in Viet plans no probe of massacre story
In Saigon a US command spokesman said there will be no inquiry into allegations by ex Sergeant Danny Spencer Notley and five Vietnamese women that Americal Division troops killed 30 to 60 villagers in Truong Khanh in April 1969 after a booby trap killed a soldier Notley testified before a congressional panel that the unit killed unresisting women and children in revenge US military records place the Americal Division in the area April 16 to 19 with one death, an injury, a bombing, and 18 bodies found in the hamlet The Notley account differs on details and timing and notes My Lai 19 months earlier involved troops from the same division's 11th Brigade.
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Americal
Ington
Congressional
Danny Spencer Notley
Notley
Ronald V. Dellums
D-Calif
Truong Khanh
St. Paul
Minn
Leutenant
U.S
Wootley
T'rwong Kanh
Wonel
Quang Ngai
My Lai
Americal Division
11Th Brigade
Capitol Stereo Tape Club billing dispute in Thousand Oaks
A Thousand Oaks reader complains of a $90.64 charge for tapes not received. ACTION LINE advised replying with the unreceived tapes list. the club will correct billing after verification. In Long Beach, a reader asks about Air Pollution Control Car duties on freeways and fines for smoky vehicles.
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Thousand Oaks
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Lakewood
Boxing Gyms Nearby With Sign Up Fees Listed
The Seasite Gum and Locker Club on Seaside Blvd in Long Beach charges $5 per month for boxing instruction at a gym that offers a boxing bag but no ring. Davis and Torrance Gymnasia at 7805 Maover St in Los Angeles also lists boxing sign up, with $5 monthly fees and instruction. The Long Beach YMCA at 60 Long Beach Blvd offers informal boxing classes with a trainer but no ring.
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Seaside Blvd
Long Beach
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Torrance
Maover St
Los Angeles
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Mothers to Attend Delivery Line at Long Beach Hospital
Ladies seek to have husbands present at birth and must get attending physician approval. Long Beach Community Hospital at 1720 Termino Ave offers a six week class series led by head delivery room nurse Dorothy Gilmore. First class May 1. for more details call 407655 Mra Litkewond.
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Call Community Hospital
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Bishop enthrones Ethiopia’s second patriarch at Trinity Cathedral
Archbishop Theophilos was enthroned as Ethiopia's second patriarch in a colorful investiture at Trinity Cathedral Addis Ababa. The ceremony marked the first time an Ethiopian led the patriarchal throne, reflecting the church's historical autonomy since 1951. Ethiopia has long embraced Christianity since the fourth century.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Theophilos
Trinity Cathedral
Airlines may aid Amtrak in short-haul shifts
A member of Amtrak's board predicted airlines could assist the rail firm by perfecting its short-haul service. The idea is to allow airlines to phase out short flights and focus on long-range business, rejuvenating the nation's railroads.
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New York
Amtrak
Americal Division labeled hard luck unit in Vietnam pullout
The Americal Division once the largest Army unit in Vietnam faced heavy scrutiny after the My Lai massacre tainted its record. At peak about 24,000 soldiers, it was reorganized from three brigades in 1967. Recent weekly summaries show American forces reduced by 6,300 to 267,100, while allied commands report renewed North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks with high South Vietnamese casualties during the Buddha's birthday cease fire.
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My Lai
Americal
Quang Ngai
Quang Tin
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Taday
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Emmys honor George C Scott and 1970 winners
George C Scott won his Emmy and accepted it marking his third win and added nominations for The Andersonville Trial and other NBC and CBS programs. Lee Grant and Margaret Leighton were honored among actresses and supporting roles. The event recognized Hal Holbrook Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson hosted the televised ceremony noting NBC led with 35 Emmys.
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NBC
Dewhurst
Miss Grant
Dewhurst Scott
Senator
Hal Holbrugh
Gory
National Academy of
Ed Sullivan
Academy
CBS
ABC
Public Broadcasting
David Frost
Johnny Carson
Hollywood Palladium
Trial set for nine Jews in Leningrad hijack plot
In Leningrad nine Jews accused of involvement in a hijack plot are to face trial Tuesday, marking the second such case. Twelve people were arrested at Leningrad Airport on June 5, ten of them Jews, before a plane bound for Sweden could depart. They had been tried in January and received heavy labor camp terms. In Washington, Albert W. Hawkes, a New Jersey senator from 1949 to the era, died Sunday in Palm Desert, California.
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Leningrad
Sweden
Washington
Albert W. Hawkes
U.S. Senatot
New Jersey
Palm Desert
Calif
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