Dollar Devaluation Questions Answered in UPI Q&A
Washington outlines devaluation basics with practical effects on prices for French wine Japanese cameras and German cars. It explains impact on travel and imports export benefits and aims to correct the balance of payments while noting uncertainties and policy plans including Shultz to Nairobi IMF talks.
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UPD
UPI
Gene Carlson
France
U.S
United States
Nixon announces U S Cuba agreement on hijacking curb
President Nixon said after months of indirect talks that the United States and Cuba reached a joint plan to curb airline hijackings. Secretary Rogers will provide details as talks continued through the Swiss embassy in Havana amid no formal diplomatic ties.
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UPN
Nixon
United States
Cuba
White House Rose Garden
William P. Rogers
Rogers
U.S
Havana
Caribbean
Rose Garden
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
NATO
Lincoln Day Banquet Hails Peace With Honor Speech
Tennessee Senator Bill Brock at the Boise Lincoln Day Banquet urged rejoicing in peace with honor. He praised Lincoln as a man of peace and said the president’s actions saved the union, expressing pride in the current administration.
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UPI
Tennessee
Bill Brock
Washington, D.C
Lincoln
Union
Brock
Penn Central Crisis Pushes for Federal Aid and Reorganization
The Penn Central seeks at least 600 million in government aid over three years to avoid shutdown. Trustees propose slicing the 20 000 mile system to 15 000 miles and cutting 5 700 jobs to reduce losses, as debate grows over bailout vs nationalization or reorganization.
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Robert F. Buckhorn
Washington
UPI
Penn Central
Congress
Treasury
George P. Shultz
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Shultz
House
Senate Economic Committee
Free Enterprisers
Four Men Die In Walla Walla Plane Crash
Four men from Walla Walla died when a twin engine Cessna crashed during approach to Walla Walla City Airport. Pilot Clifford L. Figart 29 and passengers Richard Heffel 41 Max Tysor and Stan Marks all from Walla Walla. Heffel Tysor and Marks were with the Army Corps of Engineers. The Red Carpet Flying Service plane was on the Lewiston Idaho to Walla Walla route. Rescue by snowmobiles followed reports of fire and flames near a wheat field.
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Wash
UPD
Walla Walla City-County
Clifford L. Figart
Richard Heffel
Max Tysor
Stan Marks
Walla “Wallac
Heffel
Tysor
Marks
Army Corps of Engineers
Red Carpet Flying Service of
Lewiston
Idaho
Nixon cites trip to Florida with Shultz on trade and Cuba hijacking pact
President Nixon says he will travel to Florida with Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz to discuss trade matters with the AFL-CIO executive council. He notes he and the secretary discussed the hijacking agreement with Cuba in a low, sometimes inaudible voice.
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Florida
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Cuba
Nixon
Secret Service Chief Fired Amid White House Tensions
Washington UPI report says Robert H. Taylor, head of the White House Secret Service detail, was fired after tensions with presidential assistant H.R. Haldeman. Richard Kaiser succeeds him. The rift dates to after the November election and peaked at Lyndon B. Johnson's state funeral. Taylor served as Nixon's chief agent through his first term.
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UPI
Robert H. Taylor
White House
Secret Service
H.R. Haldeman
Taylor
Nixon
Richard Kaiser
Haldeman
Lyndon B. Johnson
First POWs On Road To States
Two American prisoners of war began their 9000 mile journey home from Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, the first POWs to head back to the United States. Twenty more POWs, 16 Air Force and four Navy men, will be released soon by North Vietnam.
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UPI
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Washington
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Navy
North Vietnam
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San Diego
Calif
Glendon W. Perkins
Orlando
Fla
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Miramar Naval Air Station
Wake Island
U.S. Mainland
Perkins
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
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Noel Gaylor
Woods
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