Bombings and gunfire follow mass protests in Armagh Ireland
Bombs damaged central Armagh and gunfire hit troop patrols as Catholics marked the first anniversary of internment laws. No casualties were reported though a soldier wore a bullet in his flak jacket. In Belfast, riots surged after the capture of IRA leader Martin Meehan, with 2,000 youths attacking troops in Ardoyne and rubber bullets used to disperse them. Meehan’s fate remains undecided as Whitelaw contemplates scaling back internment. Londonderry braces for protests over the Apprentice Boys parade despite cancellation.
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Army ends costly Cheyenne helicopter program
After six years and 400 million dollars, the Army scrapped the Cheyenne gunship project. It notified Congress and Lockheed and will seek bids for a smaller less costly aircraft. The move follows the earlier cancellation of the MBT70 tank, deemed too expensive and sophisticated.
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Senate panel approves 29.6 billion revenue sharing bill
Senate Finance Committee completed work on a 29.6 billion revenue sharing bill for cities and states. The measure phases out a 75 percent federal matching program for social services and replaces it with grants totaling 1 billion dollars annually from 1973. It includes child care and family planning provisions for welfare mothers and bases distributions on population, income, and tax effort.
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Senate Finance Committee
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D-La
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Casualties drop in Vietnam as week yields high enemy toll
In Saigon the South Vietnamese command said last week’s military casualties were the lowest since the North Vietnamese offensive began, while enemy losses rose to their highest in three weeks. U S forces reported seven Americans killed and 38 wounded, with three nonhostile deaths, versus prior averages. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong deaths reached 2,250, government troops 463 killed, 2,115 wounded, and 114 missing.
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Campaign expense reports show Arkansas race spendings
Democratic candidates released spending figures with McClellan at 532607 for his runoff win over Pryor. Pryor reported 230325.69. Several rivals filed little or no statements by the May 30 primary deadline, with runoff statements due Saturday. Governors and other races showed varied expenditures from Bumpers to Tucker to Thornton.
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Pryor
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Foster Johnson
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Q. Byrum Hurst
Hot Springs
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Paragould
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Vernon H. Whitten
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Atty
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Fort Smith
Ray Thornton
Richard S. Arnold
Texarkana
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Rogers
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Huntsville
Screwworm attack launched by state and federal officials
State and federal health officers launched an effort against a screwworm outbreak in Little River County. Veterinarian Dr Oren Kelsey said a screw worm lab in Mission Texas was releasing 200000 sterile flies near Foreman farm owner Bill Stewart whose cattle are infected. Officials will drop flies weekly through August with an additional 60000 from the federal program as long as infection danger lasts.
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Little River County
Oren Kelsey
Arkansas
Mission
Tex
Bill Stewart
Foreman
Kelsey
Espionage decision goes to judge today
M Sgt Walter T Perkins faces a military judge for deliberation on charges he tried to pass vital defense secrets to a Soviet spy in Mexico City. Col Joseph Peck will hear final arguments after Perkins, a 20 year Air Force veteran, rested his case. his wife Michiko testified dialing alcohol and domestic abuse. Perkins pleaded innocent by reason of temporary insanity due to acute alcoholism and has been jailed since Oct 18 at Panama City.
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Walter T. Perkins
Mexico City
Joseph Peck
Perkins
Air Force
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Palo Verde
Calif
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Col. Peck
Panama City
Rider end the war riders for Senate vote
A House vote centers on a rider ordering U S forces out of Indochina this year linked to a prisoner release and cease fire In a fight that could sink a $21 billion foreign aid package House leaders including Speaker Carl Albert warn the pullout mandate may doom the aid bill while Morgan says foreign aid continues on an interim basis if troops stay in after the vote The deadline was moved to Dec 31 to stretch past the elections and allow withdrawal The plan would require withdrawal as long as prisoners are returned and a cease fire holds with an exception for protective withdrawal forces
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U.S
Indochina
Carl Albert
Gerald R. Ford
Albert
House Foreign Affairs
Senate
Nixon
Morgan
House
Arkansas Weather Summary For 24 Hours Ending 7 A M
Experiment station report notes 24 hour period ending 7 am with high 98 and low 65 inches rainfall .80. Arkansas forecast shows cloudy to partly cloudy conditions with a warming trend through Friday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms today and tonight, becoming widely scattered Friday. High today mid 80s to mid 90s, low tonight mid 60s to low 70s, and Friday highs mostly in the 90s.
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