Ireland violence escalates as leaders seek quiet
In Belfast and Darlington authorities report fresh guerrilla violence amid talks among Northern Ireland leaders to end three years of sectarian strife. Key unions invite Bri tain to political settlement while SDLP, DUP balk over internment and inquiries. A Newry courthouse bomb and a Belfast night parade fuel tensions.
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Northern Ireland
Willian Whitelaw
Britain
Ulster
Darlington
England
Unionist Party
Brian Faulkner
Alliance Party
Northern Ireland Labor Party
Newry
Irish Republic
Prisoner release becomes campaign issue in 1972 race
Three American POWs in Hanoi have become a political flashpoint as McGovern accuses Nixon of delaying their return and Laird defends the administration. Maj. Edward Elias, Lt. Mark Gartley, and Lt. Norris Charles are in North Vietnam with families present, while Nixon plans multiple speeches and Agnew tours key states amid the campaign trail. Shriver, recovering from illness, visits a Pittsburgh ethnic picnic before heading to Texas.
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Hanoi
Sen
George McGovern
Melvin R. Laird
New York
Laird
McGovern
Edward Elias
Air Force
Mark L. Gartley
Navy
Norris
Flags Return as Japan and China Open Talks in Peking
In Peking the rising sun flag flew for the first time in 27 years as Prime Ministers Chou En-lai and Kakuei Tanaka opened six days of talks. They sat for a horseshoe table in the Great Hall of the People and reviewed an honor guard of 360. A draft treaty was discussed likely replacing the 1952 Taiwan peace pact.
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Japan
Chou In-lai
Kakuei Tanaka
China
Chou
Tanaka
Masayoshi Ohira
People’s Republic
Taiwan
U.S
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Ohira
Masao Takashima
Takashima
Foreign Ministry
Shiichiro Asao
Robbery money recovered in Lake Tahoe casino heist
Federal authorities recovered 126000 plus of the 178500 stolen in the Harrah's Casino robbery at Lake Tahoe, the largest casino robbery in Nevada history. FBI agent Vern Loetterle said the money was found in the Lake Tahoe area. Four men were charged Saturday by federal and Douglas County authorities.
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Agnew Targets Key States in Campaign Drive
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew concentrates on Texas Illinois and Florida as crucial to Nixon victory, with plans to boost Republican Senate and House candidates. He begins with a San Antonio speech and continuará touring the region.
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Agnew
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House
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Largest Hope melon wins at 1972 fair and health notes
O F Lloyd grows the biggest Hope watermelon weighing 139 pounds in 1972 while Pat Rateliff secures second with a 136 pound melon and Jim Burke takes third. Local health updates report Mrs A T Johnson recovering from surgery at Wadley Hospital Texarkana and Jim James along with Mrs J R Bennett returning home from hospital. Arkansas Association of Insurance Agents officials plan to attend the 76th NAIA convention in New York with George Frazier of Hope among attendees. Agnew campaigns include stops in Illinois Wisconsin Florida Mississippi and Louisiana as GOP seeks support in southern states ahead of the 1972 election and ties Democratic rivals to McGovern in wave of GOP messaging. In Texas Agnew will attend a reception for Sen John Tower in a presidential year drawing larger Democratic turnout.
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Jim Burke
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Tennessee
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George McGovern
Texas
Sen
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Five die in state in highway wrecks
Five people were killed on Arkansas highways in a weekend AP count from 6 p.m. Friday to Sunday midnight. James L. Barber, 27, of Newark died when his motorcycle collided with a car east of Searcy on U.S. 67. Jimmy Seabough, 2, of Kensett, the car’s driver, was treated at a Searcy hospital. Charles Rutledge, 17, of Marianna, rode on a car front fender while dove hunting and fell off. the car driven by Donald R. Cash, 16, of Marianna, ran over him. Howard McCasland, 50, of Mustang, Okla., was killed when struck by a tractor trailer on Interstate 30 near Texarkana. James McCradie, 29, of Mammoth Spring was injured fatally on U.S. 63 near Mammoth Spring in a head-on with a tractor trailer. Edison Holcomb, 53, of Camden died when his car left U.S. 79, went through a bridge banister into a bar ditch, and overturned. Illinois is a major battleground in the race for its 26 electoral votes. Republican Sen. Charles Percy is favored to win re-election over Democrat Rep. Roman Pucinski, but GOP Gov. Richard Ogilvie faces a hard re-election against Democrat Daniel Walker.
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Arkansas
Associated Press
James L. Barber
Newark
Searcy
U. S
Jimmy Seabough
Kensett
Charles Rutledge
Marianna
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Rutledge
Donald R. Cash
Mariannan
Howard McCasland
Mustang
Okla
Interstate 30
Texarkana
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Mammoth Spring
U. S. 63
Edison Holcomb
Camden
U. S. 79
Illinois
Charles Percy
Roman Pucinski
Richard Ogilvie
Daniel Walker
Memorial notices for two local women
Mrs. Katie Hargis, 78, died Sunday morning in a local hospital. Survived by son Arthur L. Hargis of Dallas, sister Ida Thompson of Fairoak CA, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Herndon Chapel. Burial Memory Gardens. Mrs. Gorda Crutchfield Riley, 69, died Sunday morning in a Texarkana hospital. Survived by husband Loren P. Riley of Hope, niece Judy Sweet of California, nephew Jim Arnold of Little Rock. Services 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Herndon Chapel. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Arthur L. Hargis
Dallas
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Fairoak
Calif
Herndon Chapel
Rev
C.C. Truitt
Memory Gardens
Herndon Funeral Home
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Texarkana
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Hope
Judy Sweet
California
Jim Arnold
Little Rock
Robert Hyatt
Ashdown
Rose Hill Cemetery
Herndon
Rockefeller enters hospital after cyst suggests malignancy
Former Gov Winthrop Rockefeller, 60, is in a New York hospital for observation after a cyst at the back of his left armpit, removed during a recent physical. The cyst, sent to a lab, showed signs of malignancy, per a memorandum to employer and friends.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York
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