Gunmen attack youth and bomb incidents across Belfast area
Gunmen beat a youth and left a sign reading police informer before feeding him to a fence and leaving him hospitalized. Separately, soldiers found a five pound bomb outside a beauty shop in east Belfast and another bomb exploded at Crossgar City Hall causing minor damage. In Londonderry, three gunmen ambushed an eight-man army patrol injuring one soldier late Sunday night.
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Helfast
Belfast
City Hall
Crossgate
Londonderry
Country Music Association Awards Night in Nashville
The seventh annual Country Music Association awards show is tonight in Nashville. Nominees include Tom T. Hall in five categories and Mall Harper Valley PTA fame. Intertainer of the Year finalists are Tom T. Hall Roy Clark Merle Haggard Charley Pride and Loretta Lynn with national TV coverage.
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Nashville
Tenn
Country Music Association
Tom T. Hall
Mall
Uise
Harper Valley
Roy Clark
Merle Haggard
Charley Pride
Loretta Lynn
Moose in town chase ends with tranquilized death
A six foot tall 1400 pound moose caused a wild pursuit near the Newington Wellersfield line. Frank Ananziato recounts a man dodging the animal as it moved toward him. After a frantic chase through residential areas and roads, game officials cornered the moose on 184 Interstate Highway and killed it with a tranquilizer. Authorities suspect a heart attack contributed to its death.
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Jartport
UPN
Newington-Wellersfield
Frank Ananziato
Hartford
George Sicaris
184
Rockefeller kin found dead in New York home
William Avery Rockefeller, a second cousin of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, was found dead Sunday in a Bay Pond Park home in Santa Clara. Police said he apparently shot himself with a shotgun. He lived with his wife Betty on a 12,000 acre estate. A gun cabinet was found open and the shotgun lay beside the body.
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Saranac Lake
William Avery Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
Bay Pond Park
Santa Clara
Ruckefeller
Betty
James Johnson
Rockefeller
Fire fighting ranks high in US job dangers
A survey by the International Association of Fire Fighters places fire fighting as the second most dangerous U.S. occupation after titling and quarrying, with 74 fire deaths per 100,000. In 1972, 233 firemen died and 64,602 were injured, up 40 percent since 1970, compared with 57 police deaths per 100,000 and 4 per 100,000 manufacturing injuries.
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Washington
UPT
International Association of Fire Fighters
United States
Mushroom warning issued in Syracuse market incident
Two people were hospitalized after eating fresh mushrooms at a farmers market in Syracuse New York. Health officials issued warnings to avoid eating fresh mushrooms unless tested by the health department. The advisory did not apply to canned mushrooms.
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Syracuse. N.Y
UPI
Health Department
Detroit teachers vote on plan to end strike
Detroit schoolteachers vote on a plan to end the nation’s longest strike. Leaders urged a yes, but warned they won’t return until the board drops punitive damages. The settlement hinges on a panel to review teacher accountability, affecting 270000 students.
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Detroit
Detroit Federation of Teachers
William G. Milliken
Highland
Ind
Leadership Assembly
Indiana State Teachers Association
Cambodian plane hit by rebels near Phnom Penh crash
A Cambodian transport plane air dropping ammunition to government troops near Phnom Penh was hit by rebel ground fire and crashed at Pochentong Airport. A farmer saw five men flee the burning aircraft before explosions followed. A Western diplomat and Cambodian Air Force sources report no injuries. The plane was delivering ammunition to troops at Tramkinar, 22 miles southwest of the capital.
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Phnom Penh
UPT
Pochentong
Tramkinar
Disputed White Horse Mountain Outpost Raid
S Viets and Cong clash over the White Horse Mountain militia post near Hue and Da Nang. A Saigon spokesman reports two dead and 11 missing from the garrison, while the Viet Cong claim they were reclaiming what belonged to them and had controlled the base before the January cease-fire.
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Saigon
UPT
White Horse Mountain
Hue
da Nang
Viet Cong
White Horse
Minh
People's, Liberalian Armed Forces
PLAF
Thua Thien
Kidnapers guaranteed freedom in Cuba deal
Mexico maintained its offer to allow passage to Cuba for the band of kidnappers who released one of two prominent hostages, Dr. Anthony Duncan Williams, on the outskirts of the city. The whereabouts of industrialist Fernando Aranguuren remain unknown after his abduction by the same group.
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Uuadalajara
Mexico
Cuba
Anthony Duncan Williams
Rele
Fernando Aranguren
Williams
Denture Adhesive Claims Longer Hold for Stability
An advertisement-style item promotes FASTEETH Vowner denture adhesive as giving dentures a longer firmer hold for confidence. It urges regular dental visits and notes general health considerations, though text contains many misspellings.
Boston Protests Over City Reward for White Woman’s Fire Death
Mayor Kevin White defended the $5.01 reward offered for information in the fatal arson of Evelyn Wagler, a Chicago native. He acknowledged black community criticism as misguided and said the move aimed to root out the crime, while noting race tensions and fear in Boston.
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Boston
UPI
Kevin White
White
Evelyn Wagler
Chicago
Ishicks
Sat
Balloonist for Wyoming Flight Heads Southward
Malcolm Forbes, billionaire publisher of Forbes magazine, began a cross country balloon voyage from Hollister Idaho traveling about 120 miles into Idaho. The blue and yellow hot air craft touched down at Pocatello Municipal Airport but lifted again due to wind before anchoring.
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Springfield
Idaho
Malcolm Forbes
Wyoming
Ieaving
Secretary of Year found stabbed in Pittsburgh office
Mary Lee Walters 28, Pennsylvania's reigning Secretary of the Year, was found stabbed to death on the 8th floor of the Koppers Building in downtown Pittsburgh at 2 40 am. Her employer James G Foody reported she signed out at 6 pm Saturday though the date noted may be forged. Police ruled out robbery as a motive and noted her belongings remained untouched.
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Yorktown
N.Y
Yorktown Congress of Teachers
Focal School Board
Westchester County
New York
Thornton Community College
Chicago
Pittsburgh
UPI
Mary Lee Walters
Pennsylvania
Koppers
James G. Foody
Foody
Ralph Pamens
Foedy
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