Embassy burning prompts British protest and Dublin turmoil
Britain lodges a formal protest after its Dublin embassy is burned amid clashes sparked by Bloody Sunday events in Londonderry. Irish authorities apologize and pledge compensation while Parliament probes the killings. A 30,000-strong mob attacks official sites as violence surges across Northern Ireland.
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Britain
Irish Today
John Peck
Peck
Jack Lynch
Lynch
Dail
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Edward Heath
Civil Rights Association
Newry
GOP Denounces Muskie Campaign Speech In Indochina Row
White House led GOP counterattack after Muskie blamed Nixon terms for war failure and urged a date for total US troop withdrawal. Senators Brock Beall Dole Dominick and McGovern criticized Muskie while President Nixon’s team framed his remarks as partisan.
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Nixon
Indochina
Committee For Re
Muskie
House
Gerald R. Ford
William E. Brock III
Tennessee
Ronald L. Ziegler
Hanoi
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Trailer rental ad prompts rapid calls for Mrs Woodrow Wilson
Mrs Woodrow Wilson of Route 5 Athens placed a trailer rental ad and received 10 inquiries the same day, with calls continuing two days later. The notice highlights quick response times for rental listings.
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Woodrow Wilson
Route 5
Athens
Revised Petitions Set In Tax Vote Attempt
Columbus AP reports backers of a plan to put Ohio's new personal income tax to a vote will submit revised petitions to Attorney General William Brown within a week. Four of five Republican lawmakers voiced confidence they could overcome objections as Brown reviews documents to ensure legal compliance. If approved and certified, the measure could seek 318 414 signatures to appear on the November ballot, potentially repealing the tax as of 1973 with future tax proposals to receive statewide majority votes. The piece also covers campaign spending by McGovern and remarks by Lindsay Hartke Humphrey on national races and Ohio primary filings.
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William Brown
Brown
Joseph Tulley
Ised
Tulley
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McGovern
Arizona
Muskie
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
New York
Massachusetts
Florida
Hartke
Indiana
Vance Hartke
New Hampshire
Nixon
Hexachlorophene Raises FDA Alarm Over Baby Bathing
Washington AP reports hexachlorophene the germ killer tied to brain damage prompts FDA warnings. A 74 case infection spike in 22 hospital nurseries leads experts to call for further risk benefit studies and tighter infection controls while considering limited short term use.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Judge Grants 15 Day Extension For Convention Delegates
U S District Judge Ben Green granted a 15 day extension to file for national convention delegates and alternates. The order came just before the 4 p.m. deadline in Cleveland Ohio. The Jackson for President Campaign and Ohio McCarthy for President Committee led a group seeking an injunction. The Center for Political Reform Inc Cincinnati and Northeast Ohio prospective delegates joined the suit.
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Cleveland, Ohio
U.S
Ben Green
Green
Jackson
Ohio McCarthy For
Center For Political Reform, Inc
Cincinnati
Ohio
Merle Norman Dies at 85 Founder of Cosmetics Empire
Merle Norman, 85, who started making face cream on a kitchen stove while a medical student and built one of the last major personal cosmetics empires, died Tuesday in Sydney after arriving from Los Angeles.
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Sydney
Australia
Merle Norman
SEC proposes single central stock market system
The Securities and Exchange Commission backs a single central market with membership open to large institutions, to be run by exchanges and OTC brokers. Two congressional chairmen criticized the plan, saying the industry cannot regulate itself. Dock talks extend as longshoremen and PMA workers resume negotiations in San Francisco after 118 days of walkout.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Stock Exchanges
Congressional Committee
San Francisco
Pacific Maritime Association
West Coast
James Robertson
PMA
Pearl Bailey Receives Heart of the Year Award
President Nixon names Pearl Bailey as Heart of the Year for career success despite heart disease. He calls the award for individuals with coronary insufficiency and urges Americans to donate in American Heart Month during February to fight cardiovascular disease.
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Pearl Bailey
Washington
Nixon
Miss Bailey
White House
March 6 Tabbed Top Draft Number Reveals First Draftees
Ted O Neil of Boston and Robert J King Jr of Minneapolis hold No 1 drafts for 1973 as capsule lottery in Washington assigns first calls. Tulsa youths Terry Holbrook and William Shepard react to No 1 and duty while others born March 7 No 2 and Aug 3 No 3 stack against future calls. Nixon aims to end draft by mid 1973 with all volunteer forces.
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Selective Service Lottery
Washington
David D. Chase
Ted O'Neil
Boston
O'Neil
Robert J. King Jr
Minneapolis
Vietnam
King
University of Minnesota
Terry Holbrook
Tulsa
Okla
Holbrook
William Shepard
Nixon
War Planes Batter Supply Routes in Laos and Highlands
U S and South Vietnamese aircraft hit North Vietnamese supply routes through eastern Laos while bombers claimed destruction of four tanks and two armored vehicles in the central highlands. A37 jets reportedly hit an armored column as North Vietnamese forces mass near the border. separate claims list six PT76 tanks and four trucks destroyed and 15 enemy casualties.
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U.S
Laos
Highlands
Central Highlands
Cambodia
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