Bombs Hurt Dozens Outside Old Bailey and Whitehall
Two car bombs exploded outside the Old Bailey and government offices in Whitehall injuring more than 150 people at Old Bailey and 14 at Whitehall. Bombs defused at Scotland Yard and near party headquarters. Police linked attacks to the Provisional IRA amid Northern Ireland referendum tensions.
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London
Old Bailey
Whitehall
Scotland Yard
Westminster
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Britain
Thames River
Phillip Reynolds
St. Bartholomew’s
London Times
Ex POWs Return to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery
Five former prisoners of war end six years in Communist camps and thank the American people for support. Maj Michael K McCuistion led the group back to Maxwell amid cheers from 500 plus onlookers. The prisoners included Lt Col Dewey W Waddell Capt Thomas M McNish Maj Kenneth W Cordier and Capt David F Gray Jr.
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Montgomery
Ala
Air Force
Maxwell Air Force Base
Nixon
Vietnam
Maj
Michael K. McCuistion
McCuistion
Dewey W. Waddell
Atlanta, Ga
Thomas M. McNish
Franklin
N.C
Kenneth W. Cordier
David F. Gray Jr
Tampa
Fla
McNish
Waddell
First standby draft lottery assigns birth date to June 27 1954 cohort
AP dispatches report that the first standby draft lottery for men not expected to be called assigns June 27 1954 births. Nixon urges Congress to let states tap 3.5 billion in highway funds for mass transit. Wholesale prices rise 1.9 percent the largest since 1951. In Talladega County embezzlement trial defense rests. Alabama Supreme Court orders resentencing of killer to life. A military plane crashes in Silk Hope North Carolina with at least 15 feared dead.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Montgomery
State Supreme Court
Alabama
Silk Hope
N.C
Chatham County
Sheriff’s Department
Wounded Knee Evacuations Under Way As Deadline Near
Women and children were being evacuated from Wounded Knee while militants bolster their forces ahead of a 7 p.m. EST deadline for nonresidents to depart. Seven more captives were to be released, leaving only one former hostage, a priest, in the village as federal authorities warned of potential action.
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F. Richard Ciccone
Knee
S.D
Wounded Knee
Justice Department
Carter Camp
American Indian Movement
FBI
Ralph Erickson
U.S
AIM
Pine Ridge
Richard Wilson
Charles Soller
Interior Department
Erickson
Wilson
South Dakota
Richard G. Kleindienst
Hanoi Aid Panel Set Paris Meet
The United States and North Vietnam announce a Joint Economic Committee to study postwar reconstruction aid in Hanoi. Meetings begin March 15 in Paris with three U S officials and three North Vietnamese members named to prepare groundwork for potential aid.
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Hanoi
Paris
Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Joint Economic Committee
U.S
Henry Kissinger
White House
Nixon
Edith Irving Sentenced Two Years In Zurich Autobiography Hoax
Edith Irving received a two year jail term in Zurich for his part in the $650 000 Howard Hughes autobiography hoax. Her husband Clifford Irving awaits a 24 year U S sentence while she faces potential parole before year’s end.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Edith Irving
Howard Hughes
Henry Ardinay
Clifford Irving
U.S. Federal
Louisburg
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
Irving
Edith
Austin and West Morgan Playoffs Broadcast by WDRM FM
WDRM FM will air Austin vs Carver at 2 30 p m and West Morgan vs Gurley at 7 30 p m in state tournament openers from Tuscaloosa. The broadcasts cover both 4A and 2A games today with APPLIANCE SALES ad line placeholders interjected.
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Wdrm- FM
Austin
West Morgan
Tuscaloosa
Carver
Gurley
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Decatur
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Dial
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Talladega
Talladega County
Luke Brewer
Paul Manhart
Capitol Hill
Commission
Maurice Williams
Agency For International Development
John Messler
AID
Saigon
Donald E. Syvrud
Secretary of the Treasury
Dang Viet Chau
Nguyen Co Thach
le Khac
Robinson Furniture
Second Ave
City Street Department
Bank St
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