IRA Leader Convicted in Six-Month Jail Term
Sean MacStiofain once hailed as IRA commander was sentenced to six months in prison for belonging to the outlawed movement. He collapsed from a hunger strike, received pain medicines, and faced possible force feeding after conviction. Authorities fear protests as Lynch intensifies crackdown on the underground campaign in Northern Ireland.
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Dublin
Ireland
Sean MacStiofain
Irish Republican Army
Special Criminal Court
Marie
Mac Stiofain
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
MacStiofain
Jack Lynch
Peron Calls for Free Elections Without Restrictions
Juan Peron outlined his terms for political peace with Argentina's military government, urging free elections without disqualifications or prohibitions. He said elections should be held promptly and power transferred to the constitutional government and the winning party.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Argentina
Peron
Iay
Europe
Paraguay
Navy race hearings open on Constellation protest group
A House subcommittee began hearings on race relations in the Navy focusing on 123 sailors who refused to return to the aircraft carrier Constellation after being ashore in San Diego. A Monday session will address a Kitty Hawk riot and 46 injuries among 100 involved. Twenty-one sailors face court martial.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Constellation
Floyd Hicks
D-Wash
House
Armed Services Subcommittee
Kitty Hawk
North Vietnam
Interstate Four-Fifths Complete Says Volpe
Washington government report shows 33,796 of 42,500 planned miles of the interstate system now open to traffic with 8,704 miles remaining. Of those, 3,742 are under construction and 4,962 in pre-construction planning.
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Washington
VPI
John Volpe
Volpe
Not All Today’s Women Ponder Men, Says Wife Comic
A humorous line asserts that not all women spend every moment pleasing men. some are married, reflecting a light editorial tone about marital roles and daily life.
Syrians Shell Golan Heights With Heavy Fire
Syrian gunners bombarded Israeli positions on the occupied Golan Heights in a retaliatory strike. The clash marked the third flare up in five days along a 13 mile front. Israeli officials said they did not return fire to avoid widening the conflict while urging UN scrutiny.
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Golan Heights
Damascus
Israel
Syria
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Elia
Zeira
Nixon Discusses Mid-East On Meet-the-People Tour
President Nixon spent a Rockefeller Center meet the people walkabout greeting thousands. He spoke on football and friendship between nations while posing with Moshe Harel a Tel Aviv student and Ismail el Shamawany an Egyptian architect.
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Nixon
Mid-East
Rockefeller Center
Moshe Harel
Tel Aviv
Israel
Ismail el Shamawany
Cairo
Tin
Egypt
B 52s Keep Pressure On North Vietnam War Front
U S B 52 bombers pressed heavy raids over North Vietnam as Hanoi denounced the attacks The United States says bombing will continue below the 20th parallel until a peace accord is reached A second B 52 was damaged by a surface to air missile last week with two crew injured from the downed plane An Air America Caribou was shot down killing four on Thursday In South Vietnam tens of thousands protested along Highway 4 to show the government’s control of the Mekong delta
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
U.S
Vientiane
Laos
Air America
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Indo-China
Stalling Peace Talks Seen In Paris Across Key Obstacles
Reports from Paris cite snags in Vietnam peace talks including the plan for an international peace keeping force and South Vietnamese objections. Le Duc Tho reportedly erupted in anger during a session, while Thieu demands North Vietnamese troop withdrawal and U.S. signing delays.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Washington Post
le Duc Tho
Aline Mosby
Saigon
Thieu
Independence Palace
Kissinger and Tho pause Paris talks for nine days
Kissinger flew to New York after agreeing with Hanoi's Le Duc Tho to interrupt secret talks in Paris for nine days. He met Nixon at the Waldorf Astoria, exchanged low tone remarks, and declined to discuss substantive issues. Tho stayed in Paris awaiting a resumed session on Dec 4.
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New York
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Paris
Kissinger
Kennedy
Air Force
Waldorf-Astoria
Orly
Pham Dang Lam
Dll
Lam
Tho
Washington
Ronald L. Ziegler
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North Island Naval Air Station
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UPI Telephoto
John Claypoole
Lenhartsville
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Philadelphia
United Press International
Hu Zeira
United Nations Truce Commission
Truce Commission
Highway 4
Mekong Delta
U.N
Cyprus
Suez Canal
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Ronald Ziegler
Choisy le Roi
Nguyen van Thieu
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