Three British Troopers Killed in Belfast Pub
Gunmen cornered three young British soldiers in a Belfast pub on Wednesday night and executed them with head shots. Fusiliers John McCaig 17 and Joseph McCaig 18 from Ayer Scotland and Donald McCaughey 23 of Glasgow were identified early today. An army spokesman called the murders callous and cold-blooded.
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IRA executes six this year as Northern Ireland violence rises
A police official linked a triple killing to IRA activity amid Belfast sectarian strife. The IRA seeks release of British authority and Northern Ireland unification with the Republic. Separately Egypt blamed Israel over territory talks while Indira Gandhi wins a landslide in India.
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Social Security Benefit Hike Planned For Quick Passage
Congressional tax writers reached agreement on a 10 percent Social Security increase retroactive to January 1. Sen. Russell Long will amend a House debt ceiling bill to push the measure forward, with Rep. Wilbur Mills supportive of both the increase and the bypass maneuver.
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Alessios plead guilty to conspiracy and tax evasion
John Alessio and his brother Angelo pleaded guilty in San Diego to conspiracy and income tax evasion. The agreement drops other charges against two brothers and a son. Sentencing is set for April 13. Civil liabilities could reach six million dollars. The pleas end the nonjury trial in its second week.
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Beard heads stir GOP over Agnew poster display
Maryland Republican legislator criticizes a Prince Georges County delegation room poster showing a hippie with love beads as depicting Vice President Spiro Agnew. Vernon Boozer says the image shocks him while Charles Blumenthal defends it as a young man named Ted Warshowski from Camelot Ohio.
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Critic Fires Symbolic Burn of Newspaper on Senate Floor
Lt Gov Lester Maddox burned a copy of an Atlanta newspaper on the Georgia Senate floor on Wednesday. The move came as the Senate faced charges it was a do nothing body and raised tensions among legislators.
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Johnny Carson Improving After Hepatitis Illness
NBC said Wednesday Johnny Carson is hospitalized since Sunday with a mild hepatitis case. Doctors have taken him off the infectious list as he improves.
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