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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1972

Page

2

Irish leader recalls ambassador as embassy attack rises

Dublin reported Premier Jack Lynch announced recalling ambassador Donal O Sullivan to Britain and leaving Charles Whelan to handle affairs after strikes and bombing near the British Embassy. Police faced a mob throwing gasoline bombs injuring several officers while an incendiary device was found at the passport office. Lynch said Ireland would aid nonviolent Catholic groups in Northern Ireland and would seek support from any country for its policies.

Dublin Jack Lynch Britain Lynch Mi| 1 Northern Ireland Lysth Donal O'Sullivan Charles Whelan Trish Londonderry

Violence Flares in Northern Ireland IRA Clash After London Deaths

In Belfast a group shot and wounded a British officer and his pig farm owner in County Fermanagh as violence escalates after 13 civilians were shot by British troops in Londonderry. Hunger strikes arise at Crumlin Road jail, while Long Kesh inmates attempt an escape. Crowds mourn in London Derry with black flags and shrines.

Belfast William Bar Ulster Jaw Ulster Defense Regiment Mar Fermanagh Londonderry Crumlin Road Ulster Homeral Fairs Ministry Long Kesh

Humphrey Calls CIA Use to Fight Drug Smuggling

Sen. Hubert Humphrey urged using the CIA to locate and halt heroin smugglers, arguing the agency can find smugglers as it does subversives. He spoke at a Miami drug-treatment center during the Florida primary campaign, insisting the CIA should join the battle against drugs.

Michael Patect Hubert Humphrey Central Intelligence Agency Minnesota Miami Florida CIA Humphrey Nixon Administrat

Schorr Says FBI Probe Fueled Press Pressure

Washington correspondent Daniel Schorr testified before a Senate subcommittee that a White House ordered FBI inquiry into him last summer reflected a climate of suspicion hostility and nervousness fostered by the Nixon administration toward news media He said the probe continues to affect him and his network and urged concern for press freedom He noted two White House aides declined to appear and that the investigation began Aug 20 following a White House call about a broadcast on parochial school funding.

Washington UPN Cps Daniel Schorr White House Schorr FBI Subcommittee Ervin D-N, C Charles Colson Fred T Tic Malek Sehorr

States Differ on Age of Majority

Des Moines report explains long arc of how societies set adulthood ages, highlighting Iowa debate over drinking age and majority rights. The piece notes eight states have set 18 as age of majority recently, and cites political tension between Gov. Ray and Lt. Gov. Jepsen over whether drinking age should be 18 or 19.

Iowa Senate Thost Iowa U. S Nye Des Moines Iowa Demokrat Council of State Governments California Illinois Michigan New Mexico North Carolina Tennessee Vermont Washington House Senate Roger Jepsen Robert Ray Ray

Heaviest U S action in two months in Vietnam strikes

U S command reports seven additional American strikes against North Vietnamese missile and radar sites, five on Monday and two on Tuesday, with two Americans killed and four wounded near Saigon. The heaviest U S combat day in two months followed three clashes near Saber base as Viet Cong and air cavalry units fought.

Saigoin UPS U. S Saigon North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Trail Vietnam Qui Nhot South Vietnam VNAF She Yo Chi Minh Trail U. S. Navy Air Force U. S. Command Laos

Nonprofit label sparks honest corporate quip

A businessman quips to a colleague that their firm is a nonprofit in effect though not by design. The remark underscores evolving financial models and mission driven aims within modern commerce.

No Red China claimed by Soviet pocket manual

The Soviet Union rebukes China by omitting any reference to China or Albania in a new 271 page Communist pocket manual that lists 89 parties and 50 million members while a Moscow TV documentary portrays Maoist China as militarized and extremist. The film argues Mao's group would turn the Chinese populace into one vast army and calls for a return to true socialism. The Sino-Soviet propaganda battle intensifies after Nixon's Peking trip announcement.

Moscow UPI China Albania Soviet Union Africa Mao Fea Nixon Peking

Nixon Proposes 1.9 Billion Rural Aid Plan

President Nixon urged Congress to approve a 1.9 billion program to revitalize rural areas with loans for development and federal water and public works aid. The plan centers on a rural development credit fund to back up to 80 percent of project costs through the Farmers Home Administration, aiming to close gaps with urban areas.

Washington UPI Nixon Congress Agriculture Secretary Farmers Home America

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