Europe moves to stem franc slump with market closings
Paris and other Western European markets shut to curb franc devaluation as the Group of 10 nations met in Bonn to tackle a global monetary crisis. Prime Minister Maurice Couve de Murville announced 400 million dollars in budget cuts while France battles to defend gold and dollar reserves.
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Jet makes safe landing after mid-air fire
A Continental Airlines 707 diverted to Denver after an explosion and fire threatening 70 aboard. Passengers included Sea Hansen. FBI arrested Lawrence Havelock on federal aircraft destruction charges with $10,000 bail. Aircrew and staff fought flames as masks dropped and the jet landed safely on a foam runway.
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Politec showdowns' gunfight injures three San Francisco officers
Three police officers were wounded, two seriously, in a noontime shootout with eight Black Panthers amid an $80 gas station robbery. Lt. Dermott Creedon and Sgt. Robert Flynn were hit as they halted the truck near police headquarters. Inspector Michael O'Mahoney and three patrolmen arrived as suspects fled. The eight Black Panthers were charged with armed robbery and assault with intent to murder.
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Berkeley
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William McCool
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Westlake firm awarded 277000 after seven year insurance delay
U S District Judge Ben C Green ordered 277000 to Lakewood Manufacturing Co for a seven year settle of a fire damage and business interruption claim against 11 insurers. Company president Stephen C Pepling 71 says the delay inspired a musical play about insurance claims.
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Westlake Company
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JFK feared death in first term says Dr Travell
Dr Janet G Travell said Kennedy confided he did not expect to survive his first term. She recalled his remark about presidents elected in years divisible by 20 dying in office and his worry over a second term. He also dismissed doctor presence in motorcades, saying a physician could not have changed Dallas.
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Groppi denies he was ousted in Milwaukee riot drive
Rev. James Groppi resigned as adviser to the Milwaukee Youth Council of the NAACP amid claims of pressure from the NAACP national office and local adult branch. He said the move lets him focus on St. Boniface parish and build a militant social action group. Lawrence Friend, leader of the youth council, said Groppi quit under pressure amid Black nationalists and militant protests.
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Canada weighs changes to NORAD defense role
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau told the House of Commons Canada may increase or reduce its NORAD forces or withdraw entirely. Ottawa renewed the pact last spring for five years, with three Voodoo interceptor squadrons and two Bomarc missile sites, and both nations can withdraw on a year’s notice.
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Colorado
Signal Oil to Drill Under Downtown Los Angeles
Signal Oil and Gas Co. won the contract to slant drill under the downtown civic center in a 65 acre area including the music center and county hall. The board of supervisors approved a bid of 137000 plus a one sixth royalty with the county to gain royalties from all produced. A separate lease secured by the county retirement board bids 421180 plus one sixth royalty to drill under 20 acres including the hall of administration.
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Londonderry clashes injure at least eighteen outside factory
In Londonderry Northern Ireland Catholic and Protestant demonstrators clashed outside a factory injuring at least 18 people. About 200 youths marched to protect Catholic workers who were reportedly stoned as they left after the shift. Bottles and rocks were thrown. police used batons and shields to restore order.
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RFK Remembered On 43rd Birthday At Arlington Cemetery
A cluster of wreaths marked the grave of Sen Robert F Kennedy on what would have been his 43rd birthday at Arlington National Cemetery. He was assassinated in Los Angeles last June and is buried beside the eternal flame near John Kennedy's widow Ethel Kennedy. Ethel, expecting her 11th child, was under doctor orders to rest at her McLean Virginia home and did not plan to visit the grave.
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Johnson urges full opportunity for all at Urban League dinner
President Johnson challenged economic advisers and critics while addressing the Urban League in New York. He urged government business and labor and schools to ensure the right to opportunity, warned against unemployment as inflation medicine, and highlighted progress and persistent gaps in Negro incomes poverty and adolescent employment. Whitney M. Young announced a Lyndon Baines Johnson scholarship fund at the University of Texas.
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Italians consider new premier in coalition talks
Rome AP The national council of the Christian Democratic party met to decide on forming a coalition with the Socialists and to propose a new premier. Giovanni Leone resigned as premier after five months of a minority caretaker regime, inviting a return to a center left coalition.
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Italy
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Emilio Colombo
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Leone
Battery Car Hits 139 MPH Run Across Salt Flats
Ford spokesman says the Autolite Lead Wedge powered by 20 lead acid batteries set an average speed of 138.862 mph across the salt flats led by driver Jerry Kugel. The Tear-mounted motor mirrors forklift designs and introduces a new game in speed runs.
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Ford Motor Co
Jerry Kugel
Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards Go To Five Scientists
Five winners share the 1968 Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards including Dr. Marshall W. Nirenberg and Dr. E. Gobind Khorana for deciphering the genetic code and Dr. William F. Windle, Dr. John H. Gibbon Jr., and Sen. Lister Hill for contributions to physiology surgery and medical policy. Each award carries a $10,000 prize.
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