Police Seek Irish Gunmen in Northern Ireland Killings
Police appealed to the public for help locating the gunmen who killed three young British soldiers in Belfast. London said over 3,000 more troops were ready to deploy if needed amid about 4,200 stationed in the province. An Army spokesman noted Belfast had an unusually quiet night with a small post office explosion and a second unexploded bomb found. Elsewhere, an explosion behind the labor exchange at Dungannon, County Tyrone, lightly injured a night watchman.
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Egyptian Researcher Emery Dies at 67 in Cairo Hospital
Prof Waller B. Emery, a leading Egyptologist and Edwards professor at the University of London, died at the Anglo American Hospital at 67 after strokes at Sakkara. He sought the Jonghost tomb of Imhotep, directed Egypt Exploration Society work since 1952, and reported a 1948 find of a gateway to the tomb.
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Libya to reroute oil to Europe to pressure prices
Libya signals new steps to bypass foreign oil companies and sell directly to European governments. The plan aims to force Europe to accept Libyan oil at Libyan prices, risking suspensions and impacting US and NATO allies as oil profits shift away from American firms.
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Snipers Kill Two Police In Campus Riots in Puerto Rico
In San Juan on the Rio Pedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico, snipers killed Maj. Juan B. Mercado head of the city riot squad and Sgt. Miguel Rosario Rondon, plus ROTC Cadet Jacinta Gutierrez Ortiz. Sixty-two injured as 50 students were arrested amid three hours of rioting sparked by pro independence factions and clashes with pro American cadets. Governor Ferre condemned the violence and vowed measures as mobs damaged shops and hurled Molotovs. a Coast Guard helicopter was forced to retreat during the unrest.
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UPI
University of Puerto Rico
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Miguel Rosario Rondon
Jacinta Gutierrez Ortiz
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Ferre
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Rondon
Maj. Mercado
Renton
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Enchilada Eating Contest Sparks West Texas Rivalry
John Sauray, a Sul Ross State freshman from San Antonio, wins the first annual enchilada eating contest by consuming 32 chili and cheese enchiladas in 3 hours 15 minutes. Paige Freeman, a 114 pound sophomore, takes the women's title with 21 enchiladas in half an hour before collapsing from the heat.
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Migration patterns shift as blacks move South to North
A census and Urban Institute studies show U.S. migration is aging, with a southward gain slowed by black out-migration. Blacks leave the South for the North at decreasing rates, while whites migrate more, reshaping urban centers and central-city demographics. The black population reaches 24.6 million, 10.2 percent of the total.
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Free Trade Battle Erupts In Congress Over Japan Offer
President Nixon rejected a Japanese proposal to curb noncotton textile exports to the United States over three years, triggering a fresh clash in Congress led by House Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills. Mills vows to block new quotas, while textile interests cheer.
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