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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...price fixed for gold in 1934. That heresy prompted rumors in Paris that the U.S. would embargo further sales of its gold. Two weeks ago, in a Senate speech, New York Republican Jacob Javits added to the doubts by urging that the U.S. pull out of the London gold pool, stop selling gold to foreigners on demand, support the dollar by buying and selling foreign currencies as other countries do. (The Treasury promptly denied any such intention.) Then there were reports that South Africa, the leading gold producer, might switch from Britain to France to mar ket its metal. South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Symptoms of Malaise | 3/15/1968 | See Source »

Predictably, the gold rush spread ripples through stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic. The price of gold-and silver-mining shares spurted on the London Stock Exchange in response to heavy domestic, continental and U.S. orders. On the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow-Jones average dipped to a 14-month low of 827.03, then rallied a bit to end the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Symptoms of Malaise | 3/15/1968 | See Source »

...subsequent runs on gold have drastically shrunk the transition time. "The monetary system is now in a continuous and drawnout crisis," says Roy L. Reierson, senior vice president and chief economist of Manhattan's Bankers Trust Co. Last week Reierson added his voice to those demanding that the London gold pool be closed, and that the U.S. limit its $35-an-oz. sales of bullion to the settlement of debts with other countries. That "selective convertibility" recipe stops short of outright dollar devaluation be cause some gold would remain avail able at today's price. It would also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Symptoms of Malaise | 3/15/1968 | See Source »

With all the precision of a well-planned military maneuver, the National Cash Register Company of Dayton last week held meetings with 50,000 businessmen in 120 North American cities, along with press conferences in such overseas commercial centers as London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Sydney and Hong Kong. In New York City's new Madison Square Garden, where the principal meeting took place, NCR Chairman Robert S. Qelman, 58, explained the reason for what NCR described as a 48-hour saturation program. Beginning in September, announced Oelman, NCR will start delivering a new, third-generation computer system, the Century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Down to the Corner Store | 3/15/1968 | See Source »

...July 2nd, Harvard was paired first against the Leander Rowing Club, the best of the British eights. The London Morning Post called it a splendid struggle." Leander took the lead, but the Americans, rowing "with great dash," overtook them before the half way marker, and won by a length...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History Of Harvard Sports | 3/15/1968 | See Source »

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