British to arm helicopters with machine guns in Ulster
Belfast report says British Army will outfit helicopters with machine guns but not for riot use. An army spokesman noted the armament could be fitted in about ten minutes and would be employed only in very specialized situations. Police seizure details also noted.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Heath
Harold Wilson
Wilson
United States
Britain
Ireland
Londonderry
Royal Ulster Constabulary
RUC
Frazier found guilty in Ohta mansion murders
John Linley Frazier, 25, was convicted of five counts of first degree murder for the Santa Cruz mansion killings of Dr. Victor Ohta, his wife Virginia, their two sons, and Dorothy Cadwallader. The verdict came after nearly three days of deliberation. a sanity hearing and potential death penalty await.
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Redwood City
Calif
UPI
John Linley Frazier
Santa Cruz Mansion
Victor Ohta
James Jackson
Frazier
Peter Chang
Chang
Santa Cruz County
Anta Cruz
San Mateo County
Charles Franich
Ohio
Ohta
Virginia
Taggart
Derek
Dorothy Cadwallader
Ford price hike blocked by Price Commission
The Price Commission denied Ford Motor Co a 4.4 per cent request, allowing an average 2.9 per cent rise for 1972. The panel also denied a 1.3 per cent Oscar Mayer increase, citing cost-based justification and higher margins. Other automakers saw varied approved hikes. Separate notes praised unions for restraint on wage rises within the 5.5 per cent guideline. Unemployment lists shifted with metropolitan declines and expanding smaller-city unemployment, while the U S signaled openness to dropping a 10 per cent import surcharge amid currency talks.
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UPI
Price Commission
Ford Motor Co
American Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
General Motors Corp
Ford
Oscar Mayer Co
Madison
Wis
Oscar Mayer
Pay Board
George H. Boldt
Ohio
Carpenters District Council
Millwrights Union Local 1454
Cincinnati
Labor Department
United States
Rome
U.S
Fresh South Viet offensive extends into tri border area
South Vietnamese forces with U.S. air and artillery opened a new offensive in the Central Highlands near the Cambodia border, 175 miles north of the rubber country front. U.S. helicopters were downed and pilots wounded as air strikes targeted guerrilla positions. Thieu toured front lines as clashes and shelling continued near Kontum and Chrum.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Central Highlands
Triborder
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Pleiku
Kontum
Tri-Border
Thieu
Chrum
Nixon seeks allied reassurance ahead of Peking Moscow talks
President Nixon undertakes a series of meetings with five major allies France Germany Britain Canada and Japan to reassure them that no behind the scenes pacts will be made during upcoming summit talks with China and the Soviet Union. The talks aim to ease strains caused by U S monetary and trade policies and to prevent a united European front against Washington.
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UPI
Nixon
Peking
Moscow
White House
United States
France
Britain
West Germany
Japan
Canada
Europe
Willy Brandt
Eisako Sato
Russia
China
Kremlin
Bonn
Tokyo
Brandt
Sato
Georges Pompidou
Edward Heath
Pierre Trudeau
U.S
Butz Endorsed by Farm Bureau as Agriculture Secretary
The American Farm Bureau Federation endorsed Earl L. Butz for agriculture secretary, abandoning neutrality after Chicago directors sent telegrams to all 100 senators. Butz, a Purdue dean and former Eisenhower aide, faces Senate confirmation amid mixed support from Grange NFU and NFO factions.
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Washington
UPI
Organization of Farmers
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Senate
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Chicago
U.S
Nixon
Buzz
Purdue Universiy
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Clifford Hardin
Senate Agriculture Committee
National Grange
National Farmers Union
NFU
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Mother stabs two kindergarten teachers in San Francisco
In Hillcrest School, Rose Hardy, a mother with four children, stabbed teachers Joan Hoskey and Shirley Bayerle as about 26 students watched. Hoskey is critically injured. Bayerle’s condition improves though she may lose sight. Police say Hardy claimed insult sparked the attack and surrendered later.
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San Francisco
UPI
Rose Hardy
Shirley Bayerle
Joan Hoskey
Miss Hoskey
Mrs. Bayerle
Lanny Warren
Bayerle
Kenney
Hardy
City Prison
Johnson says silence on issues not proof of Nixon policy
Former president Lyndon B. Johnson cautioned that his silence on major issues does not prove agreement with the Nixon administration. In a Monday interview with Marianne Means of King Features, Johnson joked about an “ex-President's club” of which he is the only voting member.
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Washington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Marianne Means
King Features
Elephant profit from Surin roundup tops tourism draw
Gov. Chalong Watcharkorn of Surin province said the annual elephant roundup yielded a 10000 dollar profit. Part of the proceeds will fund two elephant breeding villages. The event remains a major tourist draw in northeastern Thailand. Meanwhile former President Johnson defended his silence on Nixon era policy while stressing limits of briefings and his support for resisting Europe troop withdrawal. He noted Eisenhower’s warning about overbearing government. In Atlanta, Lockheed and the Air Force announced a 100 member team to study the C5 aircraft to set test criteria and standards for future designs.
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Bangkok
UPI
Chalong Watcharkorn
Surin
Thailand
Johnson
Nixon
U.S
Europe
Atlanta
Lockheed-Georgia Company
Air Force
Lockheed
Williamstown double bill and Bennington GWTW screening
The College Cinema in Williamstown shows M A S H at 7 p.m. and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at 8:55 p.m. Bennington's Harte Theatre repeats Gone With the Wind at 7:30 p.m. with a G rating.
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Williamstown
Paul Newman
Harte Bennington's
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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