British Policy Of Internment Goes On Daily
Belfast writes of ongoing internment in Northern Ireland as Prime Minister Faulkner expands a program started six months ago. More than 1,000 men have been detained, with about 600 interned and 200 in detention in early February. Detainees face long interrogations, potential mistreatment, and rapid transfers to Long Kesh or Magilligan camps.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Crumlin
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Irish Republic
Maidstone
Faulkner
Long Kesh
Magilligan
Viet Cong Reject Nixon Peace Plan Says Hanoi
North Viet Namese Premier Phan Van Dong reports Viet Cong allies rejected Nixon eight point plan in Paris. Delegation says the Viet Cong voiced an energetic indictment of Viet Namization and the plan’s deceit, calling for Thieu to resign and Saigon’s policies to end, with a U S troop withdrawal timetable and elections.
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Paris
Phan van Dong
Nixon
North Vietnam
Dong
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
US State Department
Thieu
Singer Nina van Pellandt questions Clifford Irving Hughes affair claims
Danish singer Nina van Pellandt disputes Clifford Irving's Mexico meetings claim with Howard Hughes and says Irving asked her to marry him. She may testify before a New York federal grand jury probing Irving's Hughes manuscript affidavit. Other developments include subpoenas and possible questions for Robert Maheu and his son.
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Nina van Pellandt
Clifford Irving
Mexico
Howard Hughes
Irving
New York
McGraw-Hill, Inc
Hughes
van Pellandt
Newsmen
London
John Marshall
Clifford
Ibiza
John Meier
Richard R. Suskind
Majorca
U.S
Robert A. Maheu
Peter
Maheu
Hughes’ Enterprises
Nevada
Bomb Threat Disrupts Canadian Jetliner Diversion to Anchorage
A Vancouver airport locker contained a bomb, later disarmed, amid an extortion plot. The DC8 bound for Tokyo was diverted to Anchorage and kept overnight for rest. Toronto and Montreal flights faced searches with no bombs found. Ransom reportedly $100,000. initial weight claims varied.
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Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver International
Anchorage
Alaska
Tokyo
Toronto
Montreal
IRA Guerrillas Infiltrate Newry Amid Civil Rights March
British security forces report IRA operatives slipping into Newry to attack troops deployed to disperse a Catholic civil rights march. Roads are blocked, vehicles searched for arms, and a warning of possible armed violence accompanies the ban on public processions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Newry
Irish Republic
IRA
Londonderry
William Cardinal Conway
All Ireland
Republic
Royal Ulsters Constabulary
Britain
The
Civil Rights Association
Short Strand
Army
Far Left Poses Risk as Chile's Allende Confronts MIR
In Santiago the Allende government clashes with the MIR, the far left group. Government leaders warn MIR to halt illegal activity while MIR vows to escalate. Seven coalition parties say MIR actions hurt the administration amid four election losses in a year. Communist papers blame MIR for weakening the government and accuse MIR of irresponsibility. MIR retorts that Communists seek fascist deals.
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Allende
Popular Unity Coalition
Revolutionary Movement
MIR
Communist Party
Chile
Private Arbitration Studied For Strike
Top negotiators in the 120 day old West Coast dock walkout consider submitting issues to private arbitration. ILWU head Harry Bridges and Pacific Maritime Association president Edmund Flynn met with mediator Sam Kagel to resume talks as Congress weighs compulsory arbitration.
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San Francisco
West Coast
Harry Bridges
International Longshoreman’s and
Eee Union
Edmund J. Flynnsident
Pacific Maritime Association
Sam Kagel
ILWU
Bridges
Flynn
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Nixon
Manning
Murders Shake Boone as Family Is Found Dead at Home
In Boone North Carolina police investigated multiple clues after Brice Durham his wife and their 19 year old son were found dead in their home following a late phone call from Mrs Durham to her daughter in law Troy Hall rushed to the scene and found the bodies. An automobile registered to Durham was located down the road with lights on and an unspent bag of cash along with a silver plate from the home found in the car. Durham owned a Boone automobile agency and his son studied at Appalachian State University.
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Boone, N.C
Brice
Bobby
Bryce Durham
Boone
Durham
Appalachian State University
Reagan Backs Nixon In California Primary Push
Gov. Ronald Reagan confirmed his support for Nixon and urged a solid contest against a flip flop of Democratic critics as California's June 6 primary looms. Morton accused Nixon's critics of repudiating past policies at a Concord dinner. Muskie called for a defined withdrawal date from Indochina and POW release while campaigning in Wisconsin and Skokie.
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Robert L. Campbell
Associated Press
Nixon
GOP
California
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Rogers C. B. Morton
Morton
Concord
Maryland
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Skokie
Ill
Vietnam
Muskie
U.S
Indochina
Maine
Wisconsin
Muskie Urges End to Vietnam War at Wisconsin Address
At the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Muskie received a standing ovation after declaring the nation must halt the Vietnam War which he described as a dam on U S resources. Senator McGovern pressed for a televised debate in New Hampshire challenging Muskie to accept the offer.
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