Bomb blasts rock London near Old Bailey and Whitehall
Two car bombs exploded outside the Old Bailey and near Whitehall in London amid a Northern Ireland referendum, injuring many and prompting evacuations. A Scotland Yard device was defused, with police tying the attacks to the Provisional IRA.
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Old Bailey
Whitehall
Scotland Yard
Westminster
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Britain
Thames River
Phillip Reynolds
St. Bartholomew's
London Times
Dean Stanley Street
Conservative Party
Labor Party
the Times
Foreign Office
Alec Douglas- Home
John Gerrard
the Yard
Gerrard
Republic of Ireland
National Provisional Wing
Agriculture Ministry
Standby draft lottery opens with 1969 system change
The first standby draft lottery for men begins with two million 19 year olds in play. Numbers 95 and lower will be classified for possible induction if required next year, while higher numbers enter H holding. Four students pick capsules from plexiglass drums as the process starts amid calls for continued volunteer manpower.
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Washington
Selective Service
Byron V. Pepitone
Congress
Pepitone
Reserve
National Guard
Northern Ireland Votes in Referendum Amid Violence
British government asks Northern Ireland to choose remain with Britain or join the Irish Republic as clashes flare. A body with head wounds found near a polling station. 744th death in over 30 years of conflict amid gun battles and raids.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Irish Republic
Tony Devine
Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
Farm prices to escape controls in Nixon plan
The White House said farm prices will avoid controls as labor leaders urge restraint. Prices rose 3 percent last month to 22 percent above a year earlier, with cattle and hogs at record highs and Omaha steers at 44.20 per 100 pounds on the hoof, signaling higher beef costs ahead.
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Washington
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Ziegler
Agriculture Department
Omaha
Neb
The Pioneer Publication Details and Subscriptions
The Pioneer published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Pioneer a division of Scripps how to be Bemidji Minnesota postal rates include $18 yearly in trade zone and $20 outside, carrier subscription at $2.50 monthly.
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the Pioneer
Scripps
Ifft Newspapers, Inc
Hwy
South
Bemidji
Minnesota
Associated Press
Minnesota Newspaper Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Nixon aides hired political spy Segretti for campaigns
FBI records show Kalmbach and Chapin arranged payments to Donald H. Segretti, named by reporters as a political spy against the Democrats. Segretti received 16 000 dollars a year plus expenses, with total payments of 30 000 to 40 000 dollars between 1971 and 1972, wired from campaign funds. Segretti contacted by phone with White House figures and Watergate figures, as Senate probes mix into Gray nomination.
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Washington
FBI
Nixon
Donald H. Segretti
Senate Judiciary Committee
L. Patrick Gray III
Gray
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Dwight Chapin
Segretti
Kalmbach
Newport Beach
Calif
White House
Chapin
Mailmen to wear Bermuda shorts with hose in spring
The Postal Service announced an optional uniform change for about 250000 letter carriers and other workers allowing Bermuda shorts starting April 1. The policy requires black knee length hose, with no exceptions for knobby knees.
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Washington
Postal Service
Vital Dollars Fuel Cancer Crusade Aid
The American Cancer Society has invested over $272 million in research since 1945. Donations to the Cancer Crusade support life saving advances and ongoing vital work.
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American Cancer Society
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Washington Post
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Tunney
California
John W. Dean III
Russ and the Raiders
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