Three More U S Soldiers Seek Swedish Asylum
Three more Americans deserting military service have asked Sweden for political asylum to protest the Vietnam War. The men Bertheaud Fulks and Burroughs spoke at a news conference tied to the FNL Group. They say they are refugees not deserters and plan to stay in Stockholm with Swedish friends.
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Jan Westergren
Stockholm
UPI
Sweden
Vietnam
U.S
FNL
Lawrence Bertheaud
New Orleans
Topica
Long Beach
Calif
Kenen Fulks
Boulder
Colo
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Robert Tench Burroughs
Arlington
8Th Infantry Division
Mannheim
West Germany
Bertheaud
Fulks
Vancouver
Japan
Soviet Union
Falk
William Percell
United States
Burroughs
Southeast Asia
Hidden Currency Flows Rob U S Payments in Vietnam
A Times report outlines how illicit currency trade in Vietnam uses envelopes with dollars, Swiss accounts, and gold to skirt controls. Banks acknowledge a possible $500 million illicit flow, while 1967 legal imports add $330 million to the U S balance of payments deficit.
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Saigon
Hong Kong
Laos
Tan Son Nhut
United States
Vietnam
World News Blaiberg Doctors Reported Worried By
Doctors attending Philip Blaiberg expressed general concern about the world’s third heart transplant patient. Dr Christiaan Barnard said nothing specific was worrying them as Blaiberg, a 58 year old dentist, received the heart of a donor.
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Neil
Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Philip Blaiberg
Christiaan Barnard
Barnard
Blaiberg
R. Martin Botha
Germany
Botha
Louis Washkansky
Sihanouk Foils Cambodian Plot To Kill Tito In Phnom Penh
Cambodian security police crushed a pro-Chinese Communist plot to assassinate Marshal Tito during his upcoming visit. Sihanouk said authorities arrested Chinese operatives with four crates of powerful grenades and urged military courts to swiftly condemn and execute the conspirators. Tito arrived in Karachi and will head to Phnom Penh next week for the visit.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Tito
Yugoslavia
Phnom Penh
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Marshal Tito
Indochina
Karachi
Belgrade
Insurance group plans shift costs in 1966 survey
A UPI report notes a Health Insurance Institute survey finding that 46 percent of employers fully paid employee coverage in 1966 and 54 percent paid part, while only about three in a thousand workers paid the full cost themselves.
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New York
UPI
Health Insurance Institute of New Group
Fashions Open With Brief Skirts And Bright Colors In Rome
Rome based Swiss designer Heinz Riva opened the Italian spring summer fashion week with skirts raised a few inches above the knee and bold silk prints in red yellow white and black. He showcased short hemlines on long gowns and tunics with trim details and flower motifs.
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Rome
UPI
Heinz Riva
Riva
Treasury and State Note Vietnamese Dollar Leakage Under $100 Million
Washington officials said investigations show leakage of dollars to Vietnam used for gold purchases remains under 100 million annually. Investigations continue as authorities assess scope and sources of the leakage.
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Washington
State Department
Treasury
Commodities Import Program Relays U S Rice Wheat Role
The Commodities Import Program relies on rice bulgur wheat and other foodstuffs supplied by United States growers. The note outlines how import choices are tied to domestic production and farmer supply.
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United States
France Warns On Gold
Premier Georges Pompidou cautioned the United States against perilous or discriminatory measures to balance its foreign payments. He warned that France would respond by sourcing goods from other nations if imports were restricted, and said Paris viewed US anti-French actions as unjustified and a sentimental reaction to Gaullist sentiment.
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Paris
UPI
Georges Pompidou
United States
Pompidou
France
America
West Germany
Spain
Belgium
Paris - Presse
Doctored for psoriasis finds relief with GHP treatment
A Pittsburgh reader reports 30 years of psoriasis improved after two weeks of GHP Ointment and Tablets. Scales vanished and skin cleared in six weeks, marking a first long-term improvement. Full details of a 14 day trial plan offered by Canam Co. Dept. 372 Rockport Mass 01966.
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Pittsburgh
Canam Co
Rockport
Mass
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