British Troops Guard Ireland After Weekend Bombings
British troops guard key sites in Northern Ireland after weekend bomb blasts in Belfast and rioting in Londonderry. About 6,000 troops stationed. police handle civil disorders as reinforcements are prepared. Explosions crippled power and water facilities. nine city post offices and a bus station burned. The attacks are tied to political strife over Ireland’s division.
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Nigerian Peace Talks Collapse
Nigerian and Biafran delegates met in Monrovia under OAU auspices but peace talks collapsed after reports of Umuahia fallen. Biafran leader Odumegwu Ojukwu and aides moved headquarters to Orlu while ICRC confirmed relief offices shifted from Umuahia. Mbanefo warned unity terms were unclear, stressing Biafra’s strength lies in villages.
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Biafra
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Monrovia
Liberia
Louis Mbanefo
International Court
the Hague
Biafran
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Africa
Mbanefo
Tiny Beetle Found In Pack Of Cigarettes
Washington AP reports scientists discovered a tiny beetle, trogoderma glabrum, in a sealed cigarette pack from Virginia headed to Pennsylvania. The insect normally attacks cereals and dried milk and was not previously found in tobacco.
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Agriculture Department
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Pennsylvania
13 Killed in Traffic Accidents Across North Carolina
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reports at least 13 deaths from weekend traffic crashes. Names include Sharon Coward 15 of Belmont on a Gastonia collision and Isadore Fox 71 of Hopewell Junction N Y in a 1 95 crash north of Fayetteville. Others from Caswell Duplin Robeson and surrounding areas are listed with ages from 7 to 71.
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Gastonia
Sharon Coward
Belmont
Isadore Fox
Hopewell Junction
N. Y
Fayetteville
Calvin Turner
Leasburg
U. S. 185
Yanceyville
Caswell County
Wayne B. Sanders
Trinity
High Point
Larry Kendell
Batavia
Richland
Onslow County
Donald Wayne Pegg
N. C. 119
Quincey Leo Sutton
Rt. 2
la Grange
Michael Allen Mull
Ralph Hamer Mayfield
Valdese
Charles Alexander Koontz
Mocksville
Lindora Stephens
Chadbourn
Robin Smith
Whiteshall
Dorise Logan
Forest City
Viet Cong Steps Up Spring Offensive
Viet Cong shells 350 bases in South Vietnam as ninth week of attacks raises allied casualties. A rocket hit U S Marines watching a movie near Da Nang killing two and wounding 46 while North Vietnamese regulars pressed near the demilitarized zone. North Vietnamese regiments killed 38 across the weekend. attacks hit Da Nang Nha Trang Vinh Long Pleiku and Dong Tam. An Army helicopter was shot down near Saigon with one dead and three wounded. The National Liberation Front accused Nixon of widening the war and called for unconditional foreign troop withdrawal.
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Vinh Long
Mekong
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