IRA weighs cease fire and talks with Protestants in Northern Ireland
Belfast sources say the Provisional IRA is seriously considering a cease fire as a prelude to possible peace talks with militant Protestants. British moves to withdraw troops and repatriate Irish prisoners have created a new climate. A truce is seen as closer than since 1971 amid political collapse and reduced violence reports. A bomb damaged a Catholic school with no injuries. Police log shows sharp drop in shooting incidents from April 1972 to May this year. 39 assassinations last month, with detentions rising.
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Italy teeters as cabinet crisis sparks economic turmoil
Rome reports President Leone seeks a caretaker coalition to avert a worsening economy after Premier Rumor's center left government collapses over inflation funding. The crisis risks a devaluation of the lira, soaring oil costs, and potential Communist support amid a 20 percent inflation surge.
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Luigi Preti
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Chamber of Deputies
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Emilio Colombo
United States
West Germany
Communist Party
Indefinite delay ordered in Ehrlichman trial
Federal Judge Gesell halted the Ehrlichman conspiracy trial due to President Nixon's refusal to surrender key defense evidence. The judge rejected a White House compromise and said he would soon enforce subpoenas, while Ehrlichman’s co defendants in the Ellsberg break in proceed Monday.
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John D. Ehrlichman
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Gesell
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Ehrlichman
Ellsberg
Nixon
Pentagon Papers
Daniel Elisberg
William S. Frates
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
William H. Merrill
Merrill
U N forces widen buffer zone between Israeli Syrian fronts
United Nations observers push a buffer zone in the Golan Heights aiding a disengagement. Troops move from Quneitra, Israel to abandon land by Friday, with a second pullback phase set for June 18 and final lines by June 26 under Kissinger talks. Also reported is the capture and death of Israeli pilot Avi Lanier after October War.
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Golan Heights
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Quneitra
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Syria
Middle East
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Avi Lanier
Jerusalem
Lanier
Ash Wednesday at Harte Theatre with Elizabeth Taylor
At the Harte Theatre on Main Street the film Ash Wednesday starring Elizabeth Taylor is showing without Burton. Also playing are Arnold at Twin Cinemas and two features at Cinema II including Nurses' Report and Love, Swedish Style. Blazing Saddles at Manchester Shopping Center Theatre is rated R with times via local for details. In Jerusalem the three party government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin narrowly lost a parliamentary vote on foreign currency controls by 43 to 40.
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Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
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Will Nixon Abide By Supreme Court Ruling Question
Washington window reports a White House crisis over whether President Nixon will follow a definitive Supreme Court ruling. The issue centers on tapes from Watergate and potential impeachment pressures as Jaworski seeks 64 more tapes for seven trial defendants. A ruling loyalty clash looms between the White House and the high court, with possible crisis implications.
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Supreme Court
Washington
White House
Charles Alan Wright
High Court
Wright
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St. Clair
Leon Jaworski
Buckley sees votes to impeach Nixon in House and convict in Senate
Erie Pennsylvania UPI Conservative commentator William F Buckley said there are enough votes in the House to impeach President Nixon and enough votes in the Senate to convict. Buckley told reporters he believed a House impeachment bill would pass and the Senate would convict, stating yes to both questions. He added that if Vice President Ford assumed the presidency, he would be renominated easily.
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UPI
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Nixon
Gerald Ford
Ford
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Lawyers seek dropping charges in Watergate case
Washington based report notes Sirica to hear pretrial motions as Mitchell and Strachan seek dismissal arguing pretrial publicity and their televised testimony tainted the case. Strachan’s attorney Br ay and Mitchell’s attorney Hundley urge dismissal or trial postponement while other aides challenge indictments. Buckley predicts political dynamics hinge on Nixon’s status and Kennedy’s primaries with Wal lace influencing Democratic prospects.
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John N. Mitchell
White House
Gordon C. Strachan
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sam J. Ervin
Hundley
Mitchell
John M. Bray
Strachan
Bray
Sirica
Maine and Virginia voters face crowded primaries
A Maine gubernatorial primary features ten candidates with a poll showing about half of voters undecided. Officials expect under half of Maine’s 550000 enrolled voters to cast ballots, while six governor nominees and 250 legislative seats are at stake. In Virginia, Democrats challenge incumbents in two House races as Congress terms seek renewal, with candidates including Parris and Broyhill.
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Maine Sunday Telegram
Washington, D.C
Stanford Parris
Joel T. Broyhill
Parris
Broyhill
Arlington County
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