Martha Mitchell to be buried in Pine Bluff after death in New York
Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell, estranged wife of former Atty. Gen. John Mitchell, died of a rare bone cancer in a New York hospital. She will be buried Thursday in Pine Bluff Arkansas, the town of her youth, as her children prepare to attend the funeral. Her life in Washington and in Pine Bluff was marked by publicity, a high-profile marriage, alimony disputes, and a longing for center stage.
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Tornado lifts motor home on turnpike as traffic backs up
News Service reports a tornado touched down on a turnpike in Oklahoma lifting a motor home and setting it down in traffic. An unidentified California woman died. driver injured as floodwaters rise and a man drowns after entering a stalled car in waterlogged streets. In Mississippi, a judge orders a World Airways jet held after a 36 hour dispute, affecting 248 passengers returning from England. delays stretch from London to Bangor then Jackson.
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IRA targets declared as legitimate under new terror law
In Dublin the Irish Republican Army said judges and police will be treated as legitimate targets under a new anti-terrorist law taking effect. The IRA headquarters announced that any Free State civil servant, court official, solicitor, colonel, judge, or police officer acting against republican prisoners of war in the occupied area may be attacked.
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Cod war talks open in Oslo amid Mediterranean tensions
Britain and Iceland opened talks in Oslo to end the cod war over fishing rights with a similar clash flaring in the Mediterranean as Tunisian gunboats seized an Italian trawler. Italy sent four warships, and a British-Icelandic delegation met at a government guest house, reports said some rapprochement emerged and talks would continue.
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President vows action after campus cannabis plants found
Agronomist Rodney Briggs, president of Eastern Oregon State College, praised the plant as beautiful yet pledged to root out the marijuana plants found in campus flower beds. Nobel laureate Jacques Monod died at 66 at his Cannes home.
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Kissinger and Meir Hold 90 Minute New York Meeting
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in New York for an exchange of ideas. After a 90 minute talk, Kissinger said they were old friends and discussed the Mideast, stressing there was no specific settlement sought. Meir called it a friendly conversation and offered counsel.
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Wilson to star in TV series on British prime ministers
Former prime minister Sir Harald Wilson will write and star in a three part series titled A Prime Minister on Prime Ministers. Yorkshire Television will produce at a cost of 00,000 with David Frost stating the series offers Sir Harold's highly personal look and will cover all British prime ministers from Walpole to Wilson, who announced his resignation March 16.
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King Juan Carlos arrives in Santo Domingo on world tour
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia arrived in Santo Domingo for a brief layover en route to Washington with a 21 gun salute at Las Americas Airport. President Balaquerr welcomed the royal party as security tightened and traffic was halted for the visit. Volpe joined Italian officials honoring 4,402 soldiers buried in Florence and read Ford’s Memorial Day proclamation. Dengarle stressed enduring friendship and thanked the U.S. for $25 million aid after the Friuli earthquake which killed over 900.
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