British troops launch massive push through Northern Ireland strongholds
Thousands of British troops with tanks bulldozers and APCs move into Roman Catholic districts at dawn in a drive to crush the IRA. The army reports early success amid gunfire and bomb attacks in Londonderry and Claudy, with fatalities and hundreds wounded as civilians flee the violence’s spread.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Tony Coutts-Britton
2Nd Battalion
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Coutts-Britton
Andersontown Road
Shaw Road
New bombardment of Quang Tri City begins
UPI reports American and South Vietnamese artillery total 20000 rounds in a bid to clear Quang Tri city, held by Communists since May 1. Despite raids, Citadel fortifications and entrenched forces hinder attempts to recapture the provincial capital.
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Quang Tri City
Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
Quang Tri
New Records Set at Santa Barbara County Fair Junior Livestock Auction
The junior livestock sale at the 1972 Santa Barbara County Fair set new records with 548 animals auctioned between 11:30 a.m. and 9:15 p.m. totaling $151,712.85. Four-H and FFA projects included 83 swine 100 beef and 365 sheep. The top price was 8.75 per pound for a 105 pound grand champion lamb raised by Scharlet Clement sold to Pea Soup Anderson. The grand champion 4-H swine weighed 212 pounds and sold for 8.25.
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Santa Barbara County Fair
Karen Ollikkala
Santa Maria
Robert P. Stephen and Son Construction Company
Solvang
Stephen
Jim Church
Don Smith
Bob Shelly
Mindi Jeager
Debbie Weber
FFA
Tragic 12-Year-Old Killed in Orcutt Crash
A 12 year old Lompoc girl Geneva Renea Howze was killed and her sister Delores Elaine Howze 14 injured along with the driver Jeffrey Alexander Wall 19 in a highway 101 crash near Orcutt. Wall leaned to fetch a cigarette package, car spun out and overturned ejecting all occupants. Geneva pronounced dead at 2 35 p m at Vandenberg Base Hospital. Delores injured listed satisfactory, Wall listed satisfactory. Funeral arrangements pending at McPeek Mortuary.
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Lompoc
Orcutt
Geneva Renea Howze
Tsgt
George Howze
E. College Ave
Delores Elaine Howze
Vandenberg Air Forces Base Hospital
Highway 101
California Highway Patrol
CHP
Wall
Howze
McPeek Mortuary
Eagleton decision near showdown in McGovern race
The fight over Senator Thomas Eagleton remaining as running mate with George McGovern nears a critical decision. Key strategists urge Eagleton to quit the ticket amid questions about his past treatment in the 1960s and amid a wave of mail responding to his disclosure.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas F. Eagleton
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Eagleton
Overn
Allen J. Ellender
Louisiana
Workmen's compensation overhaul urged by commission
A 15 member study panel urges extensive reform of state workmen's compensation laws over three years with uniform federal standards if states fail to act. Proposals include broader coverage, liberalized benefits, and improved medical and rehabilitation services. The report cites 14 000 annual deaths, 90 000 permanent impairments, and 2 million lost workdays at $9.3 billion in costs.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Nixon
Wallace rules out 1972 bid amid health wait
Governor George C. Wallace says he is not a candidate for the American presidential nomination and cannot accept a draft. A party official suggests a draft could surface at the Louisville convention, but Wallace would not commit to future races. He has been paralyzed by a May assassination attempt and will follow doctors advice not to campaign actively this political year.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
George C. Wallace
Herbert Horton
Odessa
Tex
Wallace
Louisville
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Claudy
U.S
William Whitelaw
Province
London
Kuwait
Randy Cleveland
Cabrillo Ffa
Jeffrey Alexander Wall
VAFB
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
South
Mission Hills
Lompoc Hospital
Elks Lodge
H Street
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