Suspects Arrested in Texas in City Murder Plot Case
Thirteen suspects appeared before Special District Judge Roy Moore and pleaded innocent. Bond amounts varied from 2,500 to 3,000 dollars. The group faced charges including delivery of LSD, possession with intent to distribute LSD, heroin, amphetamines, and marijuana. The conspiracy allegedly targeted an undercover agent set to testify locally.
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Texas
Special District
Roy Moore
Ronald McNutt
Gore Blvd
Mary McNutt
James C. Megerle
Hq. Btry
38Th Artillery
Fort Sill
John J. Romano
N. 40Th
Yates
31St Artlery
Fort Sil
Oye Cc
18Th Artillery
D. Perkinz
40Th Aviation Battalion
Patricia Caren Love
Lynda McCracken
Nina Fay Bone
Dennis Neil Criqui
Pomona
Kan
John David Inverarity
Lawrence
Catholics and British hold talks in North Ireland
In Belfast a revised police count marks 500 dead in three years of sectarian violence since Aug 1969 as secret peace talks begin between British officials led by William Whitelaw and Catholic SDLP leaders. Militant Catholics plan protests to mark internment anniversary with road blocks.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Whitelaw
SDLP
IRA
71 Year-Old Woman Arrested In Slaying
In Miami 71 year-old Mattie Davis was arrested after fatally shooting Edward L. Dukes 30 following an alleged earlier assault on her and her niece. Dukes an ex mental patient with a prior police record died within hours after the shooting. Authorities debated charging Davis with murder as investigators pursued the case.
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MIAMI
Mattie Davis
Arthur Beach Beck
Edward L. Dukes
Dukes
Davis
Mrs. Davis
Sgt. Beck
Paul Shepherd
Boy saved from alligator by bystander and mother
A Florida boy named David was pulled from an eight foot alligator's jaws after his leg was caught in its mouth. He received 20 stitches, then was hospitalized for infection. The incident follows several recent alligator attacks as housing growth brings more encounters.
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Gators
Clifford C. Frye
The
Game Commission
Frye
Flood-Ravaged Tiny Town Faces Long Clean Up
In Forty Fort Pennsylvania the June flood overwhelmed the borough hall clock at 9 35 pm as the river breached a 38 foot dike. Mayor Balcomb says full recovery may take next summer with thousands displaced and about 500 bodies still missing from nearby affected areas.
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Forty Fort
Ernest Balcomb
Wyoming Valley
Don Salwoski
Wilkes-Barre
Balcomb
Navy to expand women roles across armed services
The Pentagon plans to promote women to admiral ranks where possible and open midshipman programs and joint war colleges to women. WAC director Bailey says expansion aims to support a volunteer Army by next summer, with the corps growing to 15 900 by next June and 24 000 by June 1978. The uniform will be modernized, skirts kept, and women cleared for noncombat technical and heavy equipment roles.
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Joint War Colleges
Armed Forces
WAC
Mildred C. Bailey
Bailey
Wacs
House
Armed Services
Defense Department
Council Revisions Pass on Charter Vote Change
Lawton Oklahoma council approves amendment to move to simple majority for overturning planning commission on appeal. Mayor Whitaker cast decisive vote. later council member Cleo Craig supported the measure 4-3. Other items include sewer work 210 feet and weekend drag line use at Lawton Country Club.
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Lawton Metropolitan Area
Roper
Seibold
Beller
Wolverton
Ferguson, Moore
Hooper
McClung
Wolf Creek
Lawton Country Club
Country Club
Planning Commission
Vietnam War bombing raids pound Quang Tri and Hue regions
U S air forces launched extensive raids around Dong Hoi 45 miles north of the DMZ and near Hue targeting fuel drums and troop concentrations. North Vietnamese losses were reported with hundreds killed across Quang Tri and Que Son Valley while U S fighter bombers destroyed tanks near Quang Tri City.
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Quang Tri
Hue
Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri City
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Bastogne
Checkmate
Saigon
Que Son Valley
da Nang
U.S
North
South Vietnam
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Artillery Unit Trains At Fort Sill
Six members of B Battery 7th Field Artillery from Fort Campbell Ky resume aerial field artillery training at Fort Sill. CWO David M. Shehee AH-1G Cobra pilot fired the first rocket for the 101st since Vietnam during a training exercise. Pilots will depart Fort Sill after nine days of training learning new firing methods.
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7Th Field Artillery
Ft. Campbell, Ky
101St Airborne Division
Vietnam
Fort Sill
Slayings Probe Leads to Arrests After Anonymous Calls
Authorities received two hours of anonymous tips about the slayings. One caller offered information on a pickup for questioning, another appeared at police headquarters voluntarily before arrests. State official Bill Mayberry noted the driver licensing division would close fees for the Siler family in Seminole.
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State Commissioner of Public Safety
Bill Mayberry
Siler
Seminole
Slaying at Center Leads to Warrant for Dumond
A warrant issued for Dumond after a shooting at Center. The victim told police before dying that Cherry assaulted him with two other men present. Jackson died two hours later at Reynolds Army Hospital. Cherry had recently seen Cherry's ex-wife. Cherry was detained Friday night with his two children at 1129 N. 31st. Hinds, present at the slaying, was questioned by police and CID and taken into custody at Fort Sill CID office.
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Dumond
Cherry
Jackson
Reynolds Army Hospital
Hinds
Fort Sill
Border clashes threaten with huge Soviet and Chinese forces
An Izvestia commentary portrays border disputes with China as unequal and unworthy, recalling the 1969 Damansky Island clash where Soviet forces reported 31 dead. Kosygin pursued border talks, but no progress. both nations bolstered frontier units with over a million Soviet troops cited by Prof. Lucian Pye.
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Peking
Russia
People’s Republic of China
Izvestia
Ussr
Damasky Island
Ussuri
Far
Alexei N. Kosygin
China
Lucian Pye
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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William Henry Creighton
Ulster Defense Regiment
Creighton
Magheravelly
Irish Republic
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Trator
William Whitelaw
Social Democratic and Labor Party
Richard Ger Stein
WIEST
Public Square
James Peipon
U.S. Housing and Urban Develoment Department
Agnes
NAVY
Red Cross
Francis X. Tobin
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
William Dillon
Roy Morgan
Greater
Lake Ellsworth
Cache Creek
U.S. Command
Vinh
Dmz
Sill
CTE
Elmer County AsSessor
Pol. Adv
Garland Clark
Pye
Europe
Sheridan
DIAL
Raulston Furniture
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