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On June 24 the Treasury shut its windows for redemption of silver certificates. From now on such paper certificates will be fully redeemable in paper silver, just as the international holdings of dollars will be convertible into paper gold according to the proposals of the International Monetary Fund. Question. If the paper silver dollar is internationally convertible into the paper gold dollar, will paper become so much in demand that we’ll have to convert to paper paper?

Worried about gun control? Last May the students of the State University of New York (Albany) could read a campus leaflet that invited them to Chicago August 25 to 30 (cc: LBJ) and instructed them in weaponry: “How to make a fire bomb—Fill one soda or whisky bottle with one-fifth sulphuric acid and the remaining four-fifths with gasoline or a kerosene-gasoline mixture. Cork the bottle. Dip a strip of cloth in a mixture of water, sugar and potassium chlorate and let dry. When fully dry, wrap tightly around bottle and fasten with cord or wire. When bottle breaks, the acid and chlorate automatically ignite the gasoline. ‘This is a highly volatile mixture—be careful.’ Smokey the Bear.”

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On June 24 the Treasury shut its windows for redemption of silver certificates. From now on such paper certificates will be fully redeemable in paper silver, just as the international holdings of dollars will be convertible into paper gold according to the proposals of the International Monetary Fund. Question. If the paper silver dollar is internationally convertible into the paper gold dollar, will paper become so much in demand that we’ll have to convert to paper paper?

Worried about gun control? Last May the students of the State University of New York (Albany) could read a campus leaflet that invited them to Chicago August 25 to 30 (cc: LBJ) and instructed them in weaponry: “How to make a fire bomb—Fill one soda or whisky bottle with one-fifth sulphuric acid and the remaining four-fifths with gasoline or a kerosene-gasoline mixture. Cork the bottle. Dip a strip of cloth in a mixture of water, sugar and potassium chlorate and let dry. When fully dry, wrap tightly around bottle and fasten with cord or wire. When bottle breaks, the acid and chlorate automatically ignite the gasoline. ‘This is a highly volatile mixture—be careful.’ Smokey the Bear.”