No Trace Three Die In Belfast
In Northern Ireland violence spiked on Friday with three deaths from bombs and gunfire as London took control. British Secretary William Whitelaw announced immediate release of 73 detained IRA suspects and the end of the Maidstone prison ship interment. Sinn Fein leader Rory O Brien dismissed the move, while shootings and bombings hit Belfast Armagh Antrim and Londonderry leaving a soldier killed by a sniper in Ballymurphy and several blast casualties.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
London
William Whitelaw
Britain
Whitelaw
Maidstone
IRA
Armagh
Antrim
Londonderry
Ballymurphy
Bawnmore Grove
Scotch Street
Plunge of Rail Cars Injures 46 in Chicago Crash
Two cars of an elevated Chicago Transit Authority train plunged 30 feet to the ground during a heavy rainstorm injuring 46 people. One car landed in a vacant lot near a brick building. Fire units evacuated trapped passengers while power to rails was cut and a second train was halted for rescues.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
Fortieth Street
Wabash Avenue
Otto Marsham
Johnson Hospitalized After Chest Pains in Charlottesville
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson was admitted to the University of Virginia hospital for chest pains while visiting his daughter and son-in-law in Charlottesville. Doctors said he was stable, undergoing tests, and had experienced subsiding pains by early afternoon.
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Charlottesville
Lyndon 8. Johnson
University of Virginia Hospital
Richard Crampton
Isocrata
Hospital
Codie Ranier News
Johnson
Charles Robb
University City
Rabh
Crampton
Washington
Robb Home
San Antonio
Nashville
Chapel Hill
Tenn
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Office of Emergency Planning
Ellington
Judge Acquits Johnson County Supervisor in Gift Case
Iowa City Johnson County Supervisor Ralph Prybil was acquitted in district court Thursday on two charges that he accepted gifts and gratuities from county road equipment firms while in office. The judge urged officials to avoid even the appearance of wrongdoing as the case concluded.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Ralph Prybil
Laird vows bombing until North Vietnam withdrawals
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird condemned the North Vietnamese massive invasion of South Vietnam and said U S air and naval power will continue until enemy troops pull back across the DMZ and show willingness to negotiate. He warned the Paris talks won’t resume until conditions are met and noted U S ground troops would not be involved.
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Washington
Melvin Tt
Laird
South Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Paris
U.S
Southeast Asia
Bennett
Gullison
Nixon
Hyland
Johnson County
Cullison
Indo-China
Soviet Union
Foe Drives Onward Three U S Aircraft Lost In Action
North Vietnamese forces captured a district town 93 miles north of Saigon and opened a new front in the Mekong Delta as U S warplanes conducted more than 600 strikes across North and South Vietnam and Laos. The first air casualties in the campaign were announced with two Navy A 7s downed near Dong Hoi and six Americans missing. South Vietnamese troops fought near the DMZ and Quang Tri City as casualties mounted.
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U.S. Marshal’s Service
Texas
Des Moines
North Vietnam
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Old Beach
General Services Administration
GSA
Kansas City
Loc Ninh
Hung Tam
Lot Ninh
Saigon
Mekong
North
South Viet
South Vietnam
Ho Chi, Minh
Laos
U.S. Command
Llyod Thomas
Dmz
Dong Na
Keystone
Jhe
Quang Tri City
Widow Fends Off Prowler With 20 Inch Knife
Des Moines police report an 18 year old widow, Mrs Russell L Nixon, chased a man from her enclosed front porch with a 20 inch cart knife after he advanced toward her. She stabbed him three times, then pursued him about a half block before he fled.
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Des Moines
Russell L. Nixon
Peking Decries US Bombing and Shelling in Vietnam War
Communists in Peking condemned American raids as indiscriminate bombing and shelling of North and South Vietnam. Beijing accused the United States of attempting to blackmail the Vietnamese people with threats to intensify the war. The report cites official statements from the Chinese government published in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Cuma
U.S
North
South View
Naam
Ceausescu Returns Home After Africa and Arab Visits
Bucharest AP reports President Nicolae Ceausescu returned to Romania on Thursday after nearly four weeks abroad on official visits to eight African and Arab countries.
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Tout
Bucharest
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
Jobholders Up Price Rise Slows
Washington AP reports March employment rose 620000 to 81.2 million, with unemployment edging to 3.9 percent due to seasonal factors. Wholesale prices increased 0.1 percent, farm products and processed foods fell 0.4 percent, and average earnings rose 21 cents year over year to $3.87.
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Washington
Nixon
Jabir Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Doren
Dublin
Rory O’brady
Sinn Feinn
IRA Provisionals
LBJ
CLA
Spect Rbb
Fators
Lynda Bird Johnson
Stu
Dent
University of Vic
Ginia
Senate
U.S. Marshal's Service
Sidella
Marshal’s Service
Eatiris
Page J. Col
An Loc
Mekong Delta
Delta
Salunlay
Delts
Judge Rules
By Ford Clark
Reds
John Syland
Dukehart-Hughes Tractor and Hequipment Co.ress
Prybil
AmcConnell Air Force Base
Kan
Pacific
Hanoi
Piure
Tam
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