Bomb Blasts Kill 13 in Belfast and Londonderry
IRA bombs rocked Belfast and Londonderry on a weekend bombing spree. Police said 13 civilians and soldiers died with more than 70 injured as emergency teams flooded the city center and troops reinforced streets. A bus station blast and a car bomb in central Belfast were among the worst strikes.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Rock City
Londonderry
Queen Elizabeth Bridge
Lagan River
South Viet offensive reports Bong Son seizure disputed
Saigon says two battalions recaptured Bong Son with no enemy inside but field informants report troops 500 yards away and only token resistance. U S B52 strikes supported the push as Thieu aims to reclaim Bong Son and two other district towns in Binh Dinh amid a three month campaign.
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AIGON
Bong Son
Binh Dinh
Saigon
Ance
le Trung Hien
Saigon Command
Hien
Highway 1
Tam Quan
Hoai An
Nguyen van Thieu
Pace
Economy shows 8.9 percent GNP growth in second quarter
Commerce Department reports real GNP rose 8.9 percent in Q2, with inflation at 2.1 percent, the lowest since the Nixon wage price freeze era. June cost of living up 0.2 percent, marking strong economic expansion and easing inflation pressures.
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Commerce Department
Nixon
Labor Department
Nixon Administration
Harold C. Passer
Commerce
Passer
Record Gain in U S Pay Checks As Inflation Eases
The Labor Department reports a 0.2 percent rise in living costs in June with the largest yearly gain in real earnings for American workers since 1964. Average earnings rose to 135.39, while purchasing power increased 3.2 percent after inflation.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ohio River Valley Hardest Hit by Smog Alert
The Ohio River Valley faces a severe heatwave and dangerous air quality as 125 steel plants are told to prepare for shutdowns if an emergency is declared. A Bermuda high drives humid, mid tropical air, causing power blackouts and health complaints.
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Ohio
National Weather Service
Canada
Ohio River Valley
John Cashman
Ohio Health Department
Weather Service
East
Mississippi River
Gulf
Weather outlook for Lawton and southwest Oklahoma stays warm
Forecasters say mainly partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures and gusty southerly winds. Readings range from mid 90s today and Saturday to lows near 70 tonight. Thursday high reached 95 and low 72.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Nixon aides map plan to curb domestic spending growth
In Washington officials including President Nixon and cabinet members discussed countering Democratic pushes to raise domestic spending. In another item the Senate approved restoring Cape Canaveral’s name to Cape Kennedy.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Senate
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Cape Kennedy
Lydon B. Johnson
Fort Sill gets closer to$15 million construction program
The House passed the 1973 Military Construction Authorization Bill advancing a $3 billion package submitted by the Nixon administration. Fort Sill would gain a $10,403,000 enlisted men barracks complex a $3,475,000 confinement facility and a $1,080,000 main post library with final funding to await Senate action and a separate appropriations bill. Rep. Tom Steed announced the action.
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Fort Sill
Senate
House
Tom Steed
Labor chiefs back McGovern campaign drive in unions
UAW President Leonard Woodcock plans a labor campaign committee with Jerry Wurf and Floyd Smith to mobilize rank and file behind George McGovern. Meany’s AFL-CIO council declined to endorse either candidate, while Wurf and Smith voiced varied loyalties. The 1.4 million UAW voted to endorse McGovern, the first major union move for his bid. The Teamsters had aligned with Nixon earlier.
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International Machinists
Aerospace Workers
Woodcock
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor Federation
Executive Council
McGovern
Nixon
Mend
UAW
Teamsters
Nix
Woman Learns Political Race Is Shocking
Oklahoma City Mrs. B J Kennedy installing campaign signs for Senate hopeful Al Terrill touched an electric fence and likened it to how cows feel, noting the sting of the moment and sympathy for the livestock.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
B. J. Kennedy
al Terrill
U.S. Senate
Senate OKs Minimum Wage Hike in Historic Jump
The Senate approved raising the federal minimum hourly wage from 1.60 to 2.20, a record increase that could boost pay for 7.4 million more workers. The 65 to 27 vote included both Oklahoma senators and followed McGovern’s labor appeal. The bill heads to House-Senate conferees to resolve differences with the House’s 2.00 proposal.
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Fred Harris
Henry Bellman
House
Senate
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