Printing Money Changes Spark Treasury Director's Skepticism
Henry J. Holtzclaw, head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, dismisses most currency change ideas as lowering money quality. He cites proposals from colored bills to altered portraits, mottos, and sizes, noting the confusion and risk of counterfeiters if designs shift too often.
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Henry J. Holtzclaw
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Branch of
the Treasury
U. S
Holtzclaw
Treasury
Holtz¢law
Germany Makes Surge Against North Sea Flooding Progress
Germany has largely won its battle to reclaim land from the North Sea coast. The Lower Saxony project aims to drain 1.45 million acres between Emden and Hamburg, creating 700 miles of tracks and enabling cattle grazing on drained fields. The plan, originally costing 1.5 billion marks, has built 225 miles of strengthened dikes 73 sluices and 1,375 miles of drainage canals with 61 pump stations. Unemployment in the region helped speed the work, drawing needed labor from other parts of Germany.
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Wilhelmshaven
Germany
UPI
North Sea
Marsi
Att Ac
Lower Saxony
Holland
Zuider See
Law proposes armed crews and cockpit vision glass after hijack
Washington UPI reports Congressman Chelf frames legislation to arm airliner crews and lock cockpits behind one way glass with secret codes and signals to alert officers if a crew member is held at gunpoint. The bill follows an Eastern Airlines hijacking by a Cuban gunman.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Frank Chelf
Dky
Eastern Airlines
Chelf
Surgeon General Criticizes Fluoridation Opponents
UPI reports Luther L. Terry attacks water fluoridation opponents who befog the issue and harass supporters. He notes only about one third of the urban population enjoys community protection against dental cavities from fluoridated water in the current AMA journal.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S
Luther L. Terry
Current Journal of the
American Medical Association
Terry
Ghana President Arrives in Prague During Europe Tour
President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana arrived in Prague as part of a European tour that also included Moscow Warsaw and Budapest. He continues to visit iron curtain capitals on this mission.
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Vienna
UPI
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Prague
Europe
Moscow
Warsaw
Budapest
Crippled Dog Finds Joy in Front Yard Swing
Duke the two year old curly white poodle with one black eye and one black ear enjoys a home made front yard swing after paralysis left him unable to walk. Joann Reynolds and Mrs. Annie Eddins Drummond care for him, wheel him in a doll buggy, and watch as townsfolk pass by noting his doll like stance. The dog remains a protective watchdog despite his mobility limits.
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Memphis
Tenn
UPI
Duke
Joann Reynolds
Annie Eddins Drummond
Joann
Cardinal Canali Near Death in Vatican
Cardinal Canali aged 87, premier of the Vatican state and fifth oldest Sacred College member, slipped into coma with bronchial pneumonia. Doctors said there is no hope of recovery and that death could come at any time as attendants remained at his bedside.
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Vatican City
UPI
Nicola Cardinal Canali
Canali
Vatican State
Sacred College
DA Considers Prosecution in 15YearOld Killing
Maricopa County attorney weighs whether to prosecute Dennis Jackson 58 for the death of Leslie Smith 15 after an inquest jury ruled Smith was slain by Jackson. Jackson testified he fired to scare intruders he believed to be adults. Smith, son of a Phoenix pool builder, was shot in the back as wheels were stolen from Jackson’s car.
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Phoenix
UPS
Maricopa County
Charles N. Ronan
Smith
Jackson
Gold Rooster To Have Trial In Nevada Court
A solid gold rooster taken from the Sparks Nugget Casino will face a full jury trial on October 2 to determine if it is a work of art and exempt from the 1934 Gold Reserve Act. Owner Dick Graves argues it is art. attorney Paul Laxalt requested the trial before U.S. District Judge Sherill Halbert.
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Carson City
Nev
UPI
Sparks Nugget
U.S
Dick Graves
Paul Laxalt
Sherill Halbert
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