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8 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesday, December 19, 1967 SERVICE PINS PRESENTED TO UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE WORKERS employment Commission Of- fice, Friday. Receiving their pins are, left to right, Vern Twenty-five year service pins were awarded to six workers at the Oshawa Un- Politics Seen Only Obstacl To Breaking Last Gold Link WASHINGTON (AP) -- The! Despite the gold cover, dollar good faith of the U.S. govern-/bills now cannot be exchanged ment and the strongest economy/for gold, even at the rate of 25 in the world--not the gold at/cents to the dollar. Fort Knox Ky.--is | the teal] Republican leaders already strength behind the U.S. dollar./have taken aim at the expected That's why government off-|bid to remove the gold cover cials see no technical problem/but their major criticism is of in eliminating the last domestic)/administration financial policy. link between gold and dollars--} "Eight years of deficits and! Perry, Sid Benstead, John Edgell, Miss Theresa Coyne and Miss Flora Purdie. Ed alice iepacamiasratonuesninnenceiont "| irresfonsible spending have brought the nation to the brink Baker, regional insurance officer made the presenta- tion. Herb Colmer, was un- able to be present to receive his pin. (Oshawa Times Photo) of financial crisis," the Republi- can _ co-ordinating committee said Monday "We deplore that the Johnson administration may soon find i necessary to request removal of the remaining gold backing be hind our currency, now 25 per cent, thus turning it wholly into paper money," the committee Statement sail. The United States is one of the few remaining industrial countries still linking its curren- cy to gold internally. the 25-per-cent gold cover. They! feel the only obstacles are polit- ical and psychological. Next year, the treasury de-| partment is expected to ask Congress to remove the require- ment that each $1 placed in cir-| culation must be backed by 25! cents in gold | This will free more than $10,-| 000,000,000 in gold for possible | sales to foreign countries and) reinforce U.S. policy to buy and sell gold at $35 an ounce--a poli- cy Officials say has made the| dollar as good as gold. | It's a keystone of the present | Open Daily ~ to 9 P.M. including Seturdays | 728-6555 ee WHEN YOU ENTERTAIN + + . set your table with all warmth and friendliness of the Poinsettias Orange Trees .... LOCKE'S FLORISTS OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE the day. $5, $6, $10 plants $4, $6, $10 plonts $4, $6 plonts $4, $7.50 plants $5, $6, $10 dozen Arrangements $4 ond up. ~ ~~~ ~~ AAR ABAARAAR AAA RROD SA AAA AR RA SALE! SHORT PARTY DRESSES 15.95 Brand New Samples Sargeant's 463 Ritson Rd. 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"The situation is pretty terri- ble," said Frank Chambers, Na- vajo tribal police assistant su-|crippled shepherd found frozen Navajo Tribe In Trouble Snow Maroons Thousands versons might be marooned in T the Pinon, Ariz., area in the iortheast section of the reserva- tion. Ahelicopter reported seeing mirrors on the ground in the region, signalling for assist- ance. operation. HOLIDAY MISHAPS one ot several caused by the massive storm in the southwest during the weekend. Three. sol- diers died when a chartered bus carrying servicemen home on Christmas leave overturned on an icy highway east of El Paso, eX. Other deaths included two oc- cupants of a single-engined plane which crashed onto a cen- while Bismarck, N.D., had six inches. The snow followed a weekend sleet storm-that snapped power. lines and trees and disrupted traffic Minnesota. in the Dakotas and High winds in the area and in neighboring states swirled the snow across fields and high-: ways, cutting visibility for mo- torists. tral New Mexico mountainside} during a snow storm. | Elsewhere, intense storms) buffeted parts of the northern plains and the central northern Pacific coast. Bad weather curtailed rescue The sheep herder's death was! Minot, N.D., and Lemmon, S.D., Ten inches of snow covered|javerage ! measures 130 decibels. NOISE PAINFUL An acoustics expert in the United States says a noise level andiof 120 decibels is painful to the human ear. Another says the: rock 'n' roll band perintendent. to death near his flock. 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