Peace Wall Is Being Built in Belfast Tensions Rise
British troops push aside Protestant and Catholic barricades to install a peace wall in Belfast. Crowds jeer as Army wire blocks street entrances and Catholics flee to refugee camps across the border. Belfast remains under a partial curfew as Gerry Fitt and officials demand safety for all families.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Wall
Irish Republic
Ian Freeland
Berlin Wall
Freeland
Fal
Prestant Shankill
Gerry Fitt
Israeli Jets Pound Egyptian Army Vehicles in Sinai Area
Israeli planes struck Ras Abu Dareg and Ras Za farana in the Sinai region, killing and crippling Egyptian army vehicles as Moshe Dayan warned of heavier strikes. A Cairo communique said one Israeli plane was shot down over the Gulf of Suez. Jordanian and Israeli forces clashed along the Dead Sea cease fire line with mortars and howitzers for 30 minutes.
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Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
Egypt
Ras Abu Dareg
Ras Za'farana
Port Suez
Israel
Cairo
Gulf of Suez
Sinai Peninsula
Jordan River
Dead Sea
Amman
End of Viet Cong 72 Hour Cease-Fire Probed
The 72 hour Viet Cong cease-fire to mourn Ho Chi Minh ended at 1 am Saigon time. U.S. spokesmen reported slow field reports and no immediate renewed attacks, while Hanoi warned of fighting. American forces largely held defensive ops, canceling B52 raids, as Thieu weighed changes with Abrams and Berger.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
U.S. Command
da Nang
Hanoi
Communist Party
le Duan
South
Nixon
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Nation's Leaders Say Farewell To Dirksen
Everett Dirksen, famed U S senator and orator, laid to rest after a funeral at National Presbyterian Church. President Nixon delivered the eulogy. burial set in Pekin Illinois. Senate and Illinois delegation attend as Chief mourners.
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Dirksen
Washington
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Pekin
Congress
Edward L.R. Elson
National Presbyterian Church
Nixon
Capitol Rotunda
Mamie Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Senate
John W. McCormack
Illinois
House
Louella Dirksen
Kansas
Frank Carlson
California
Thomas H. Kuchel
Thore
Army
Elson
Charles H. Reckard
New Orleans
Dispute Over Radar Warnings in Indiana Plane Collision
A spokesman for small airplane owners challenges air traffic control claims about inadequate radar warnings before Tuesday’s Indiana crash. Max Karant of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association contends airport radar should have alerted that two planes were on a collision course.
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Washington
Indiana
Max Karant
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Jack H. Frets
Indianapolis
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Air Transport Association
Nuclear blast rocks western Colorado Project Rulison
Project Rulison detonated 40 kilotons underground at 5 p.m. EDT near Grand Valley Colorado to free natural gas from mesaverde sandstone. The quake felt miles away injured no one. recorded magnitude 5.5 near Golden. Weather delays pushed detonation. officials warned no radiation expected.
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Colo
Colorado
Hiroshima
Japan
Atomic Energy Commission
Austral Oil Co
Mesaverde
Horizon
Grand Junction
N and W Asked To Prove Loss In Pocahontas Train
State Sen. Henry E Howell questioned Cecil S Goodrich costs manager for Norfolk and Western Railway about expenses after the Powhatan Arrow was discontinued May 2. He argued the $800,000 loss in the Arrow would not be saved and sought a work sheet on repair costs for standby locomotives. The Pocahontas remains the only N and W passenger train between Norfolk and Cincinnati.
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Norfolk, Va
Henry E. Howell
Cecil S. Goodrich
Norfolk & Western Railway
Goodrich
Howell
The
Railroad
Norfolk
Cincinnati
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jerry F. Laughlin
Norfolk & Western
Powhatan Arrow
Laughlin
Petersburg
N&w
Letting Of Contracts To Pave Runway Postponed
Mercer County Court delays awarding the runway resurfacing contract for the county airport. Commissioner Bernard Wilkinson cites investigation of financing and cites a Sun editorial as a factor. W & H Contracting of Bluefield bid $14.50 per ton for two inch asphalt, with an estimated cost of $85,000, no price ceiling stated.
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Mercer County Court
Bernard Wilkinson
W & H Contracting Company
Bluefield
Wilkinson
Toronto Heiress Kidnapping Ends With Safe Return
Mary Davis Nelles, 26, daughter of a Toronto magnate, was found unharmed after 38 hours bound and blindfolded in a kidnapper’s car. The ordeal began at her Claremont home and ended near Footes Bay in the Muskoka cottage area after $200,000 ransom was paid and detectives aided the rescue.
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Toronto
Mary Davis Nelles
Claremont
Footes Bay
Mus
Koka Cottage
Henry Radcliffe Nelles
Nelson Davis
Marshall Davis
Nelles
Kremlin accuses Red China of delaying border talks
Izvestia article based on captured Chinese documents and weapons accuses Peking of daily border intrusions into the Soviet Union. Tass distributed the piece detailing alleged Chinese military activity including a July 20 attack on Kirkinsky Island near Damansky Island.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Red China
Izvestia
Peking
Tass
Kirkinsky
Ussuri
Manchurian
Damansky Island
Paris Peace Talks Postponed After Viet Cong Argument
Paris session delayed from Thursday to Saturday after a dispute between Viet Cong and allied sides over Ho Chi Minh mourning. Viet Cong proposed Friday for next round. US and South Vietnam opposed Friday, sought Saturday. Saigon accused the Viet Cong of using Ho’s death for propaganda before agreeing to Saturday.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Paris
Viet Cong
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
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el-Feki
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Collbran
Anis Kelley
L&m Merchantile
Glenwood Springs
Ralph Maggard
Rifle
Ground Zero
Rookcliffs
Blast
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
Denver
ACPA
National Transportation Safety Board
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