Gunmen slain as Belfast violence raises Ireland toll
British troops killed two gunmen in Belfast raising the death toll to 20 in Northern Ireland’s guerrilla war. Fighting erupts across key Catholic and Protestant districts with mobs clashing, arrests, and civilians injured as 550 more troops are sent to reinforce 12,000.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
London
Ulster
Ireland
IRA
Falls Road
Ballymurphy
Ardoyne
Old Park Road
Londonderry
Newry
Derry
Governor Proposes Ohio Department of Environmental Protection
Governor Gilligan announces a plan to create a cabinet level Department of Environmental Protection replacing current boards and consolidating duties from Health and Natural Resources. The bill would form four bureaus and an autonomous Council of Environmental Quality with a new Environmental Trust Fund to manage fines and state environmental funds.
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Columbus, Ohio
Department of Environmental Protection
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Citizens Task Force On Environmental Protection
Water and Air Pollution Control Boards
Departments of Health and Natural Resources
Council of Environmental Quality
General Assembly
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Environmental Management Bureau
Enforcement Bureau
Environmental Quality Bureau
Finance Bureau
Environmental Trust Fund
Pressure Builds On Democrats To Reject Income Tax
Ohio politicians debate a $1.4 billion personal and corporate income tax as the Gilligan administration seeks a 1971-73 program budget. Sen. Michael Maloney says Democratic unity and GOP votes will decide fate in the Senate. Labor unions oppose the tax and may push a ballot measure if lawmakers do not act.
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Ohio
Senate
Michael Maloney
Cincinnati
Gilligan
Maloney
Ronald Mott
Parma
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers Union
House
Ways and Means
Shaw
Hovey
Rioting Convicts At Idaho Penitentiary Injure Inmates
About 50 inmates were high on drugs during a riot at the Idaho Penitentiary in Boise. Two inmates were stabbed and two buildings burned as guards used tear gas on roughly 150 inmates. The uprising centered on a rule allowing clothing changes only every three days in 100 degree heat. Warden Raymond W. May, who said 50 were high on drugs, calmed the riot by promising no punishments and likely addressing the clothing policy. A hospital guard, David Bortz, 25, was stabbed. Charles Rice, 30, was stabbed. and Charles Sharp suffered eye injuries during the melee.
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Boise, Idaho
Idaho Penitentiary
Raymond W. May
David Bortz
Burley
Idaho
Bortz
Riot at Prison Ends With Tear Gas and Flames
Inmates riot as guards fire tear gas and a tunnel area is found vacant since Sunday. May and an aide entered amid 150 shouting inmates to quell the disturbance. Fire gutted a social service center and a recreation building while inmates brandished knives and baseball bats amid extreme heat and poor ventilation.
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May
Chile Aid Phased Out Despite Past Per Capita Lead
Washington sources confirm Chile was quietly removed from U S foreign aid due to economic considerations not because of Allende’s socialist government. Chile had received more per capita aid than any other South American nation over the past decade.
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Washington
Chile
United States
State Department
Salvador Allende
Teaching Changes Prove Successful in Ohio Schools
A survey of Ohio school superintendents by the Commission on Public School Personnel Policies finds that two thirds of districts are using new techniques such as team teaching and teacher aides. Sixty three percent report higher student achievement and twenty three percent note better attendance. Seventy seven percent favor changes from the traditional one teacher per classroom setup.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jobless Claims Drop After Auto Sector Layoffs Peak
Weekly unemployment claims fell to 24,105 for the week ending August 7 from 28,981 the prior week, signaling easing layoffs in automotive parts manufacturing as the peak in model-change related job cuts passes.
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Columbus, Ohio
Hamilton Bingo Games Halted by Police Chief
Hamilton Ohio AP Chief George McNally ordered all city bingo games halted until the law director rules on legality. Soviet Air Crash Kills 100 in Irkutsk Siberia last week, crash reported with about 100 fatalities among travelers.
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Hamilton
Ohio
George McNally
Moscow
Irkutsk
Siberia
Inside Classified and Editorial Sections Highlighted
A structured glimpse shows classified notes, obituaries, television listings, and women sections across the paper. Editorial page mentions essays and opinion pieces while other segments promise local notices and features in upcoming editions.
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