Bombers and Navy Unite in Heavy Vietnam Strikes
Nearly 100 U S B 52 bombers and a naval task force of over a dozen cruisers and destroyers pounded North Vietnamese positions near the demilitarized zone. The action supported a 20 000 man South Vietnamese counter offensive with aims to destroy enemy troops and cut off reinforcements while advancing toward Quang Tri City and Dong Hoi.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
Quang Tri City
Dong Hoi
U. S
Flaws Found in New F-14 Fighter During Tests
The navy reported 43 major flaws in F-14 test models during a preliminary evaluation late last year, with sixteen tied to safety. Officials told a House subcommittee that corrective actions are under way and most repaired aircraft should be ready for testing this summer. The testimony also cited 75 minor problems.
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Washington
Navy
House Appropriations
Chesapeake Bay
House
Subcommittee
Court OKs enforcement of Iowa anti gambling law on carnival games
Polk County District Court rules Atty. Gen. Turner may continue cracking down on carnival games with any chance element. Decision could shut down carnival games at fairs statewide. Gov. Ray opposes using BCI agents for gambling raids, citing other priorities.
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Des Moines
Polk
A. B. Crouch
Atty
Richard Turner
Crouch
Iowa
Turner
Robert D. Ray
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Attica Inmates Stay in Cells Amid Protest
About 900 of 1,200 Attica inmates remained in their cells to protest the furloughing of a popular nurse Mary Kingsley after last year’s rebellion. A spokesman said the two nurses were hired temporarily and one permanent spot exists.
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Attica
N.Y
UPI
U.S
Mary Kingsley
Catholic Women and Children Flee Belfast Fighting Zone
Nearly 4 000 Roman Catholic women and children camped in a football field after fleeing Lenadoon in Belfast as British troops faced IRA gunmen. Five more deaths this year bring Northern Ireland toll to 236. clashes included a land mine kill of two soldiers and shootings in Belfast. Father Jack Fitzsimmons led a night-long negotiation with officials as families sought troop withdrawal from the Lenadoon area.
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Colin Frost
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Crossmaglen
Strabane
Jack Fitzsimmons
Lenadoon Avenue
Irish Republican Army
Father Fitzsimmons
Casement Park
Lenadoon
IRA
Andersonstown
Morning People and The Rest of Us Chuckle
A brief humor item notes there are two kinds of people the early risers and the rest. The witty line plays on morning routines and contrasts schedules for a light everyday laugh.
Fischer Wins Third Game In World Chess Championship
Bobby Fischer won the third game of the world championship match in Reykjavik, narrowing the series as Spassky held a 2-1 edge in a 24 game contest. The match saw procedural dispute over venue and lighting, with referee Lothar Schmid moving the game back to the main hall after objections by Fischer and Spassky.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
UPI
Bobby Fischer
Russia
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Fischer
Lothar Schmid
Schmid
Gunman Surrenders After Eight Hostages Held at Virginia Bank
Everette Warner Wallace Jr., 22, of Richmond, held eight people hostage in a Bank of Chesterfield in suburban Richmond demanding 500000. He released three women first, then all five remaining hostages before turning himself in to FBI agents. No one was injured.
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Richmond
FBI
Bank of Chesterfield
Everette Warner Wallace, Jr
Wallace
Rioting at Maryland Penitentiary Seizes Hostages
Inmates at the Maryland Penitentiary took six hostages including two administrators as a five alarm fire spread through the facility in Baltimore. About 75 inmates held the captives while four guards were injured and hospitalized. The riot began with an escape attempt, causing $1.5 million in damage and prompting Gov. Mandel to meet with inmate delegates.
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Baltimore
Maryland Penitentiary
Bob Grans
State Corrections Department
Daley backs Democratic ticket in radio and news conference
Chicago Mayor Daley announced he will support every Democratic candidate at federal, state, and local levels. He said he has always backed the party nominees and sent McGovern a telegram with his statement. He did not name McGovern during the remarks.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Sen
George McGovern
McGovern
Daley
Democratic Party
Cook County
Washington
Thomas F. Eagleton
Eagleton
Missouri Democrat
Nixon
Dole
MacGregor
ABC
NBC
Meet the Press
California
First Christian Church
San Clemente
Democratic National Committee
Jean Miles Westwood
Salt Lake City
Agents Raid Delhi Fest Sparks Resident Outcry
State liquor agents raided an American Legion festival in Delhi at 10 30 p m Saturday charging the bartender with sale of liquor without a license Eldon Wilson of Delhi was charged with dispensing and permitting consumption without a license and bootlegging Jack Hammer an Earlville resident attended the festival A tire was slashed on a state agent s car no major incidents were reported continued on page 3 col 7
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Delhi
American Legion
Eldon Wilson
Jack Hammer
Earlville
Indictment of 2 UMW Leaders in Yablonski Slayings
Two United Mine Workers officials Albert Pass and William Jackson Prater were indicted on three counts of murder by a Washington county grand jury in the Yablonski killings. They had previously faced federal conspiracy charges. Pass is from Middlesboro Kentucky and Prater from LaFollette Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock”’ Yablonski
Albert Pass
UMW International
William Jackson Prater
Washington County
Pittsburgh
Pass
Prater
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BCI
Attorney General’s Office
Ulster Shooting Forces
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Bank
Maryland
Grans
Maryland House of Correction
House of Correction
Jessup
Ralph Williams
Marvin Mandel
Mandel
Classification Board
CBS
South Dakota
Thailand
Pacific
Indo-China
Nguyen van Thieu
Spiro Agnew
Clark MacGregor
Committee For
Robert Dole
G.O.P. National
Politeking
Delhi Fest
By Steve Helle
UMW
Yablonski
LaFollette
Tenn
Middlesboro
Annette Gilly
Cleveland
Huddleston
UAW
la Follette
UAW Research and Information Committee
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