Assassination Triggers Fears of New IRA Phase in Belfast
In Belfast, Sen John Barnhill, a 63 year old Protestant Unionist, was killed when a gunman shot him at his farmhouse door. A second assailant planted a 50 pound gelignite bomb beside the body before it exploded, wrecking the house and prompting warnings of a broader terror campaign.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
John Hulme
Antigovernment Democratic and Labor Party
Sen
John Barnhill
Unionist Party
American actor Frank Wolff dies by own action in Rome
Police report the American actor Frank Wolff 4 committed suicide in Rome. Wolff a familiar tough guy in Italian Westerns and gangster films starred in five recent movies including Death Occurred Last Night. He played Constanzo Ciano in Veronica Trial, Mussolini's son in law.
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Rome
Frank Wolff
Wolff
Verona
Constanzo Ciano
Italy
Benito Mussolini
UPI
Snoopy the San Carlos Dog Wins Gold Crown
Snoopy, a five year old mixed dachshund beagle in San Carlos, earned a $40 gold crown on a tooth after a car accident. Veterinarian Robert Maahs said it was cosmetic and functional, noting stainless steel crowns are common in other animals, but gold was chosen for ease of molding. Snoopy is the pet of Rex Van Rixel.
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San Carlos
Calif
Snoopy
San Francisco
Robert Maahs
Maahs
Rex van Rixel
Yugoslav Passenger Arrested for Air Crew Interference
Mladen Petrovic of Washington D C a Yugoslav alien is led from Kennedy Airport Police Headquarters after being arrested and charged with interfering with a Braniff flight crew on a Houston to New York flight Petrovic reportedly held a stewardess at gunpoint and demanded to be flown to Cuba.
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Mladen Petrovic
Washington, D.C
Kennedy Airport
New York
FBI
Braniff
Houston
Petrovic
Cuba
UPI
Congress Seeks End As Foreign Aid Debate Looms
Congress moves toward adjournment as Senate and House race toward a year end pause and a temporary foreign aid settlement may delay final action. Senators Fulbright Cranston and Symington reportedly plan a debate that could block adjournment and stall the limited aid package.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Indian Troops Closing In On East Pakistani Capital
Describes military pressure around Dhaka with emphasis on the war’s impact on civilians including an Aiken County boy seeking shoes for Christmas and families aided by the Salvation Army. A mother states seven children with six in school and the husband in prison seeking Christmas relief.
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Aiken County
Aiken Jaycee
Salvation Army
Indian forces near Dacca amid fierce East Pakistan fighting
Indian troops close on Dacca from three directions with a battalion paratrooped north of the capital. Pakistani defense crumbles while Lt. Gen. Niazi refuses surrender. Guerrillas await a city wide uprising as airstrikes destroy Sabre jets. Fighting also reported around Khulna and Dinaipur Hills.
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Dacca
Pakistan
A.A.K. Niazi
Meghna
Narsingdi
Daudkandi
East Pakistan
Khulna
Dinapur
Hills
Second Arrest Reported On Morals Charge
Aiken police charged 21 year old Kenneth Edward Waldo with indecent exposure after incidents on Newberry Street near the University of South Carolina Aiken campus. Waldo, of 906 Edgefield Ave NW, was arraigned before Magistrate Glenn Holley and released on $1000 bail. Det Meek Patrolman Canepa and Public Safety Director Busbee led the investigation. A second man, Vernon Leroy Corbett 19 of Perry, was charged with eight counts of indecent exposure and one count of child molesting and held on $5000 bail after arrest near Clearwater Elementary School by Sheriff’s Investigators Ray and Boyd Friday morning.
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Aiken
J.C. Busbee
Kenneth Edward Waldo
Edgefield Ave
Glenn Holley
Newberry Street
University of South Carolina
Max Meek
James D. Canepa
Busbee
Paul D. Grant
Vernon Leroy Corbett
Perry
VJ. Ray
E.H. Boyd
Clearwater Elementary School
Tax Commission Director Guest of Aiken Rotary
Robert C. Wasson director of the South Carolina Tax Commission spoke at the Aiken Rotary meeting. Appointed by Ernest Hollings and named head by Gov. McNair in 1967, he previously served seven terms in the State House and is a Laurens County state senator. He leads the National Tobacco Association and once led the Southeast Association of Tax Administrators.
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Robert C. Wasson
South Carolina Tax Commission
Rotary
Wasson
Ernest Hollings
Robert McNair
House of Representatives
Laurens County
National Tobacco Association
South Eastern Association of Tax Administra
Greenwood Beauty Crowned Junior Miss South Carolina
Barbara Lyles, 17, of Greenwood High School, was named South Carolina’s 1972 Junior Miss and will compete in Mobile, Alabama. Debra Williamson of Aiken was runnerup, with Lyles performing a dance on Israeli struggles as her talent. Lyles earns a $500 scholarship and $200 in merchandise and will serve in public relations for Springs Mills Inc.
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Greenwood
South Carolina
Mobile
Ala
Barbara Lyles
Greenwood High School
Cheryl Carson
Aiken
Debbie Williamson
Miss Lyles
Miss Williamson
Teen Times
Aiken High School
Springs Mills Inc
Kay Bozard
Newberry
Rebecca McPhail
Blackville
Linda Goldstein
Columbia
Santa
North Augusta
New Ellenton
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Richard EF Mooney
LM Spruell
Bill Vernon
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Dercey Lybrand
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Hunter
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Howard G Hook
Gerhard Dessauer
Lawrence R Wardio
Leonore K Krauseie
George A Stromide
Joseph Bla
Edythe M Link
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Pam Inabinet
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United States Army
Tax Commission
Tors
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Greenwood Beauty
Nerup
Mary Oliphant
Chester
Lilla Kellett
Rock Hill
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