Belfast Water Main Bombing Upends Irish City
Saboteurs described as real professionals blew up a third 54‑inch Belfast water main and damaged an aqueduct, triggering rationing for about 500,000 people. British troops to guard key sites, Northern Ireland mobilizes Protestant vigilantes amid Catholic protests and calls for equality.
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Belfast
UPS
Britain
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Silent Valley
Mourne
London
British Defense Ministry
Prince of Wales Regiment
Harold Wilson
No. 10
Downing Street
Lebanon Premier Karami resigns as protests rock Beirut
Premier Rashid Karami announced the resignation of his 16 member cabinet under pressure from critics over government force against pro Arab demonstrators. He submitted his resignation to President Charles Helou amid a state of emergency in Beirut and other cities.
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Beirut
UPI
Rashid Karami
France
Karami
Charles Helou
Helou
Lebanon
Israel
Tyre
Abdullah Yafi
Abdul Osseiran
Wheeler Defends U S Spy Missions
General Earle Wheeler defended the Pueblo seizure and EC121 surveillance as vital to protect American lives. He said missions are thoroughly reviewed at the highest levels and cited debris and unknown causes, with questions from Rep. Lennon and others about escort needs and flight necessity.
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Washington
UPD
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pueblo
Wheeler
Congressional
White House
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
North Korea
United States
Bray
Nixon
Robert T. Stafford
Rvt
Bill Nichols
D-Ala
Pacific
L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
Pike
Pentagon
BTPA Pushes Cuts in Bennington MT Anthony Budgets
The Bennington Taxpayer's Protective Association urged budget reductions of 200000 from Mt. Anthony Union High School and 70000 from Bennington School Districts amid scrutiny of increased tax burdens. Col. Raymond C. Murray leads the push, arguing excessive sports and music spending and new teacher hires warrant belt tightening this year.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Banner
Murray
BTPA
Supt
George A. Sleeman
Col
Mt. Anthony
Sleeman
BSD
Charles W. Keir
Keir
College Disturbances Blamed On Peking-Trained Agitators
House Republican leader Gerald Ford accused Peking trained agitators from the Middle East of fueling campus unrest in the United States citing the Sirhan Sirhan case. He urged DOJ scrutiny of up to 10,000 Arab students and possible visa violations amid calls to curb foreign influence on colleges.
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Washington
UPI
House
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Robert F. Kennedy
Middle East
Black Panthers
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Ford
Capitol Hill
Sirhan Sirhan
Bishara Sirhan
Jordan
Sirhan
America
United States
Peking
al Fatah
U.S
Viet Cong National Liberation Front
Five youths arrested in Hoosick Falls arson cases
Five area youths were arrested on second degree arson charges for fires in Hoosick Falls and nearby towns. The suspects, all Hoosick Falls Central School students, were arraigned and remanded to Rensselaer County Jail. Police linked the 15 fires from October 1968 to last Friday, noting beer cans at several scenes and that some suspects were not at all fires.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Petersburg
Grafton
Thomas F. Dooley
Hoosick St
James G. Mihuta
Hill Road
John N. Dowling
Gary D. Haff
Ber
West Hoosick
Route 22
Pine Valley Road
Johnson Hill Road
Hoosick Falls Central School
New York
Fishermen Fear Effects Of Atom Wastes in Water
Richard A Buck of Hancock NH and Dr Clarence Carlson of Cornell University spoke at a two day governor's conference on nuclear power urging more study of risks. Buck, national VP of Trout Unlimited, said benefits exceed risks but stressed need for land use planning covering fish and wildlife. Carlson questioned adequate studies on nuclear plant impacts on Cayuga Lake and aquatic life responses to temperature changes.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Richard A. Buck
Hancock, N.H
Trout Unlimited
Denver
Colo
Buck
Clarence Carlson
Cornell University
Cayuga Lake
New York State
Inside editorial debates Sirhan verdict as primitive justice
On the Inside an editorial labels the Sirhan verdict primitive justice rather than enlightened judgment. Letters to the editor discuss draft alternatives speech at Mount Anthony. A new monastery founded by skete monks in White Creek brings ecumenism.
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Randolph
Lawton Road
White Creek
N.Y
Mount Anthony
Skete
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Department of Justice
Rensselaer County
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