France backs Johnson dollar curbs policy endorses
Paris reports the French government strongly endorsed Saturday the policy announced by President Johnson to curb the outflow of dollars. The endorsement signals a unified stance on measures aimed at stabilizing the U S balance of payments and maintaining currency confidence.
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New York Times
Paris
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United States
Congress
Western
Europe
Finance
Michel Debre
Nicholas Deb
Katzenbach
Absenteeism in Congress Reaches High Levels in 1987 Session
An AP analysis shows that during 1987 Congress averaged 63 representatives and 18 senators not answering roll calls, rising in the final six weeks to 67 reps and 23 senators. Illness, personal matters, and timing of committee business contribute, while some absences reflect campaigning and travel outside Washington.
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Washington
Congress
Vistnam
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Thomas J Dodd
D-Conn
UN report notes ineffective LSD controls spark international dispute
The Secretary General's report to the United Nations discusses rising concerns over LSD and other synthetic narcotics. It highlights a clash between the Narcotics Commission and the World Health Organization on whether to pursue inclusion in the 1961 narcotics convention or a separate agreement for LSD.
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New York Times
United Nations
N.Y
Commission On Narcotic Drugs
World Health Organization
Commission
Narcotics Commission
McCarthy Challenges War Critics In New York Appeal
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, speaking to New York backers, accused some leaders of not speaking their minds on Vietnam. He urged a Democratic alternative to Johnson, criticized the war, and warned of a general malaise as Nixon looms. The Coalition for a Democratic Alternative endorsed McCarthy after a delegates’ vote.
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Eugene J . McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Minnesota
McCarthy
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
America
Dump Johnson
Sen. McCarthy
Coalition For A Democratic Alternative
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Largest funeral in Cape Town history for heart donor
Thousands of mourners gathered at St. Luke's church and Woltemede Cemetery in Salt River for Clive Haupt, 24, whose heart now beats in Dr. Philip Blaiberg, a 58 year old dentist, as Cape Town marked its largest funeral amid police dogs and guarded crowds. Dr. Barnard led the transplant team and Mrs. Blaiberg attended.
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David J. Paine
Associated Press
Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Slaiberg
Blaiberg
Christian N. Barnard
St. Luke's Anglican Church
Salt River
Clive Haupt
Wolteméde
Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Haupt
Father of Surgery Dr Philip Lyng Physick
The article notes Philip Lyng Physick born in Philadelphia in 1763 as the Father of American Surgery and credits him with pioneering soda pop for medicinal use in 1807 alongside chemist Townsend Speakman. It also covers Barnard's remarks on heart transplant plans in South Africa, comparing Blaiberg and Washkarsky cases and discussing post operative heart function and rejection concerns.
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Philip Lyng Physick
Philadelphia
Townsend Speakman
Physick
Terrorism toll in Vietnam rises with 1967 deaths
AP reports Viet Cong killed 3 820 civilians in 1967 and kidnapped 5 368, over double the previous year. Ambassador Komer notes growing brutality amid alleged plots to topple local leaders and pacification workers. The Dakson attack killed about 260. a captured notebook hints at possible uprisings.
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Saigon
U.S
Robert Komer
Montagnard
Dakson
South Vietnam
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