Extremists End Strike In Northern Ireland
Belfast reports that Protestant extremists called off a violence laden strike after two days of meetings led by Rev. Ian Paisley. Authorities said the walkout aimed to pressure Britain to act against the IRA and preserve Protestant rule in Ulster. The move followed clashes, injuries, and a reopened economy in Protestant areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
IL Tofalure
Jan Paisley
United Unionist Action Council
Ulster
Action Council
UDA
Paisley
Larne
Irish Republican Army
Danville All-America City Festival Parade Opens Page One
The Danville Festival in the Park parade features the All-America City banner, Tot Spot float, and Mar ching Eagle Band from George Washington High. Seniors, junior high bands, scouts, coeds, and beauty queens join from Gretna to Bassett with Goodyear Danville and Averett College among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Park
Tunstall
Blairs
Danville Christian School
Gretna
Spot
Lame of Liberty
Uncle Sam
Danville
George Washington High School
West Main
Clarke Ware
oc+cassion
van Buren Knick
Dan River High School
Uger
Gretna High
Bassett
G.W. Carver
Fieldale-Collinsville
Jumior
Bonn
Missy Jones
Lafrances Wilson
Ebony
Wendy McLaughlin
Pittsylvania County
Wanda Lanier
Ibarruri returns to Spain to lead renewed Communist push
Dolores Ibarruri known as La Pasionaria lands in Madrid after 40 years in exile in the Soviet Union. She vows to rejoin politics and lead her legalized Communist party in Spain’s first postwar elections. Clashes erupt in the Basque country as protesters demand autonomy and the release of prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Dolores Ibarrivi
LA Pasionaria
Soviet Union
Barrurl
Dolores
Barajas
Tbarruri
Moscow
Taxi
Ibarruri
Agate
Tass
Tharrurl
Downtown Weather Log Friday and Saturday Summary
Weather log records Friday evening calm conditions with 76 degree temperature and light winds. Saturday shows temperatures near 87 with calm winds and no significant precipitation noted.
Judge Set May 24 ruling on Danville bus contract
Friday hearing over the bus subsidy shows officials and business owners split on impact. Mayor Clarke and Vice Mayor Harris praise continued service while opponents warn of irreparable taxpayer losses and possible injunctions before Festival in the Park weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Danville
Robert H. Clarke
Clarke
Charles H. Harris
Harris
Thorit T. Winstead
Brooks
A. K. Anderson
Howard W
Stony" Bolton
Anderson
Barton
Lawrence G. Wilson Jr
Wilson
Mles
Williams
Burr
Barr
George Still
Cty
Aubrey D. Dodson
David M. Spangler
EB. £. Wilmarth
Womack
Wilmarth
Bart
Urban Mass Transit Administration
Coure
UMTA
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Texas
Sandra Ilene West
Bruce A. Allman
Robert Clarke
Charles Harris
West Main Street
Deborah Mart
Pallee
Barrari
Iberia Airlines
Pamplona
Bilbao
San Sebastian
Sparruri
Dara
National Weather Service
Noaa
U.S
Virginia
North Carolina
Holland Road
Caswall Co
N.C
Tana
Boundary Line
Laovo Helland Road
State Line
Bendall Real Estate Auctioneers—Realtors
Mace Bulldog
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