Militants Blow Up Two Catholic Churches in Ballymena
Militants detonated two bombs a half hour apart in Ballymena in a Northern Ireland town near Belfast. Army spokesman blamed Protestant extremists. no casualties were reported though both churches suffered heavy damage. Army troops dispersed a crowd as demolition experts worked to defuse a large bomb in Londonderry.
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London stores search for bombs in West End
London workers comb display merchandise for incendiary bombs found daily since Sunday. Police bomb experts examine Tuesday fire damage at the Central Office of Information while inquiries consider if a firebomb caused it. No injuries reported. An IRA claim was disputed by an IRA spokesman in Dublin.
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UPL
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West End
Central Office of Information
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
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French Nuclear Tests Near Tahiti Reported by Sources
French warships remain at Mururoa Atoll as officials hint at a possible fourth explosion in the 1974 Pacific test series. Experts from the Atomic Energy Commission may conduct one or two additional blasts north of Tahiti following July 21 and 27 detonations, despite protests at home and abroad.
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Tahiti
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Mururoa Atol
France
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Adin
Christian Claveria
Sairces Bald
Allende Backers Battle Near Chilean Presidential Palace
Clashes erupt between supporters of Allende and opponents in Santiago as barricades burn near the Presidential Palace. Riot police use tear gas and water cannons while gunfire and shrapnel injure dozens, including a National Party congressman. violence spreads from Congress toward surrounding areas in a day of turmoil.
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Chile
UPL
Coutral First Aid
National Party
Rodolfo Martinez
Salvador Allende
Congress
Peron supporters plan nationwide rallies in Argentina
Militant Peronist supporters plan demonstrations across Argentina to mark the killing of imprisoned guerrillas a year ago at the Trelew Naval Base. Youth groups call for protests to honor those who died for national liberation as right wing factions used a bomb against an organizer office in Cordoba.
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UPT
Juan Domingo Peron
Argentina
Trelew Naval
Alejandro Lanusse
iThe
Peronisé
Buenos Aires
Navy delays pursuit of 349 million overpayment to Lockheed
The Navy plans to delay seeking 349.24 million in an overpayment to Lockheed Suplist Building and Construction Co of Seattle while the firm appeals. In 1968 69 Lockheed filed claims for 169 million in unexpected costs for seven landing craft and five destroyer escorts built 1963 65. A Navy spokesman said complex reviews led to provisional payments totaling 49 million, later reduced by June 4 to 6.8 million of which 42.245 million should be refunded. Lockheed appeals to the Armed Services Board of Contracts Appeals.
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UPI
Navy
Lockheed Suipbuiding and Construction Co
Seattle
Lockheed
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Unithd
Tockheed
Millon
Armed Services Board of Contracts Appeals
California hitchhiker seeks $7000 after theft and disappears
Robert Trent 25 from El Cajon was picked up near Richfield Utah by two men. They fled with his $70 as he was taken to a hospital for injuries. Police traced him to Las Vegas and San Diego where he later called from a hospital to say he wanted his money back.
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UPI
California
Doug Bolton
Robert Trent
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Trent
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Walter Trent
Cedar City
Bolten
Las Vegas
San Diego
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China Faces Soviet Pressure as Leaders Seek Political Stabilit
China’s leaders held a major meeting in Peking amid fears of Soviet pressure. Moscow’s anti pragmatist campaign and calls for intervention heighten concerns over defense minister vacancies and party guidance as Beijing warns of possible aggressive moves against China’s nuclear program.
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Peking
Soviet Union
Moscow
Hou Enai
Runang China
Sesto
Leonid T. Brezhnev
Defense secretary warns on more military closings
Secretary of Defense Jamies R. Schlesinger tells the armed services to prepare for possible new base closings and cutbacks next year. He directs reviews of base requirements with mid-December deadline for expandable installations.
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Jamies R. Schlesinger
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Congress
Nixon
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Schlesinger
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Navy
Air Force
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Defense
Robert
McNamara
Women plan NOW weekend nationwide artsy protests in 1972
National Organization for Women and 500 chapters plan a double header weekend of liberation fairs and signature drives across 21 states to push the Equal Rights Amendment, economic equality, and a minimum wage bill. Arle Scott says activities highlight hunger, poverty, and women’s rights, with a push for a new Women’s Equality Day.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Wolden
Nat Fional Organization For Women
NOW
Arle Scott
Scott
Congress
Ms. Scott
Garbage collectors strike continues in Pacifica
The Coastside Scavenger Co. strike enters its ninth day with drivers seeking higher wages and better benefits. About 9,000 residential customers rely on the firm, which has kept serving commercial accounts, apartments, hospitals, and convalescent homes. City officials offered passthrough options for overflowing trash on weekend days.
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Pacifica
UPI
Coastside Scavenger Co
Dave Thompson
Coastside
Hornes
Barry Goldwater Rescues 3 Men and a Woman at Newport Beach
Senator Barry Goldwater reportedly jumped into the water to save three men and a woman after a speeding boat bumped them off near Newport Beach California. His secretary Judy Eisenhower said Goldwater recounted the incident after returning to Phoenix en route to Hawaii.
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Phoenix
Arix
Barry Goldwater
Newport Beach
Calif
Arizona Republican
Judy Eisenhower
Goldwater
Seator
Eisentownr
California
Hawaii
Government safety panel deems Lille Wonder TV Antenna hazardous
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission labels the Lille Wonder TV Antenna unreasonably hazardous and moves to remove it from shelves. Commission Chairman Richard Simpson urges immediate disconnection and asks the FTC to probe allegedly misleading advertising by Windsor House of Island Park New York and Sunset House of Los Angeles. The Brooklyn maker A K Gledele Co. produced the device which plugs into home outlets and lacks a shock prevention device.
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UPI
U.S
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Comvission
Richard 0. Simpson
Federal Trade Commission
Windsor House
Island Park
N.Y
Sunset House
Los Angeles
A. K. Gledele Goep
Brooklyn
Simpson
Congress
Gelaber
Mondale proposes limits on White House security funds
Senator Mondale says he will offer an amendment to restrict federal funds for presidential security and retreats. The plan would require advance approval by the Senate and House appropriations committees and would curb a $1 million annual contingency fund with few restrictions. He cites Watergate as showing improper White House spending and mentions Nixon properties at San Clemente and Key Biscayne.
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D-Minn
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Hose Appropriations
Minnesota
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Nixon
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Calif
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Tle
Mandala
White Unis
Bus Crash Breaks Bar Routine at Vesuvio Cafe
A municipal bus crashed into the Vesuvio Cafe in North Beach after the driver warned that the air brakes failed. The vehicle plowed through a plate glass window, narrowly missing patrons. no injuries were reported. Bartender Hal Thues noted patrons paused drinking for about six seconds. Police questioned the driver, James Dawson, who claimed the bus "jumped the cart."
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San Francisco
Hal Thues
North Beach
Sid Dawson
Toplass
State Department to Send Mission on East Berlin Embassy
The State Department will dispatch a diplomatic team to East Germany this weekend to discuss establishing an American embassy in East Berlin. Joan M. Clark will head the mission, the department said on Tuesday. The meetings will mark the first official State Department contact with East German officials in Bern since the GDR’s 1949 proclamation.
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State Department
East Germany
East Berlin
Joan M. Clark
Bureau of European Affairs
Bern
German Democratic Republic
Gdr
Imprisonment hearing paused for landlady in case
A postponed pretrial hearing for landlady Mrs Bonie Blanchard 55 delaying trial on false imprisonment charges for keeping an 85 year old man Victor Hartman in poor condition after repeated garbage can foraging. Hartman recovering in hospital while psychiatric evaluations are arranged. Carlisle Pennsylvania reports noted later remarks by Hartman on treatment. Police had difficulty locating Hartman previously.
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LPT
Coor
Bonnie Blanchard
Victor Harlan
Hartman
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