Civil War Threatens In Ireland
In Belfast, Northern Ireland, violence spiked as a British soldier and two Irishmen were killed in a shootout with IRA members. A civilian died when a bomb exploded as it was about to be thrown, with 37 arrested as thousands of troops remained on alert after four days of nightly clashes between Catholics and Protestants.
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Ardoyne
Middle East cease fire extends for second time
The Middle East cease fire enters its second extension as pressure mounts for Israel to accept an Egyptian plan for a partial troop pullback from the Suez Canal. Egyptian President Sadat demands reopening the canal with limited conditions while Israel insists it be open to Israeli shipping. UN scrutiny grows amid potential deadlock in indirect talks mediated by Gunnar V. Jarring.
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Suez Canal
United Nations
New York
Golda Metz
Gunnar.v. Jarring
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Soviet Union
Anwar
Sadat
Egypt
Suez
Sinai Desert
Meir
Auto Insurance Reform Seen in North Carolina
North Carolina faces major changes in automobile liability rules as a legislative Insurance Commission report looms. Sen. Clyde Norton leads a yearlong effort amid concerns from drivers and insurers about rising repair costs and the high pool of assigned risk drivers. The panel may push steeper penalties for assigned risks or limit compulsory liability, aiming to stabilize rates while addressing disputes over coverage and costs.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Edwin
Lanier
State Supreme Court
Governor’s Commission On Automobile
Legislative Insurance Commission
Bob Scott
Clyde M.norton
McDowell
Robert M. “Mauldin
Charlotte
Commission
Kemper Insurance Co
Norton
Protec
Tion
Jack Rhyne
Gaston County
Rhyne
Mauldin
Marijuana on Campus Surges In Student Use
A 1970 survey reports rising campus drug use focusing on marijuana with Berkeley and USC as examples. It cites wide experimentation, varied attitudes, and concerns that regular use risks academic problems, while LSD and other hallucinogens show shifting trends across coasts.
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Berkeley
University of Southern California
The
Black Panthers
Students For A Democratic Society
Harvard
Columbia University
Families See Dads Walk on the Moon
Houston AP reports the Apollo 14 moonwalks by Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell. Roosa remained in orbit as wives and families watched with excitement, cheering the astronauts’ successful surface descent and experiments on the lunar soil.
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Antares
Shepard
America
Mitchell
Moon
Stuart. A
Roosa
Joan
Apollo 14s Moon Walk Reaches Crater Rim Failures
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Jr and Edgar Mitchell paused two thirds up a 400 foot moon hill Cone Crater unable to reach the rim amid exhaustion. They gathered rocks dug trenches and sank core tubes four feet deep before returning to Antares to prepare the return to Earth.
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Mitchell
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Shepha
Antares
What The Colleges Can Do
The Christian Science Monitor discusses campus drug use and possible college responses. It notes no clear solution exists, with options ranging from punitive action to education and treatment, and mentions universities like Columbia weighing dormitory policies to separate pot from harder drugs. Police involvement is considered for thefts and pushers.
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Columbia
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Mademoiselle Magazine
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AP Aerospace Winter
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Curtis Je ‘Sitomer
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