Mountjoy Prison Riot Puts Dublin In Turmoil
Hundreds of IRA inmates led a six hour uprising at Mountjoy Prison tearing cages, seizing guards, and threatening to blow walls. Police clashed with outside crowds while Irish army prepared to storm the compound and free hostages. Two wardens were seriously injured and a prisoner wounded.
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Dublin
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Mountjoy
Irish Army
Up Ira
Ruaii O’bradaigh
The
Port Laoise
Provisional
Nationwide showers and hail interrupt warm spell
United Press International reports scattered heavy thundershowers broke a pattern of warm dry weather nationwide. Beulah North Dakota received an inch of rain with marble sized hail while Athens Georgia saw pea sized hail and Rapid City South Dakota endured a thunderstorm with winds up to 61 mph. Temperatures ranged from 40 degrees in Evanston Wyoming to 77 in El Paso Texas and Key West Florida.
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United Press International
Phoenix
Ariz
Beulah
N.D
Athens
Rapid City
S.D
Evanston
Wyo
el Paso
Tex
Key West
Fla
Flower Festival events fill Lompoc with fundraisers and dances
Local groups sponsor multiple flower festival fundraisers today and Sunday in Lompoc. Enchilada and tamale sales, bake sales, car washes, a teen dance, dinners, dances, games, and garden parties benefit Queen candidate Teresa Byrd, Vicki Diaz, Renee Linonao, Cynthia Bubba, Doris Howell, Helen Howell, and others. Public notices invite residents to no host parties and a glaucoma clinic.
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G.I. Forum
Vicki Diaz
Chemical Workers’ Union Hall
South I St
Renee Linenau
Ellis Lodge
Teresa Byrd
Braun's Pharmacy
North H and
Ocean Ave
Moose Lodge
West Laurel
Doris Howell
Ray
Texaco
North H St
Shritty Drug Store
Lompoc Shopping Center
Cynthia Bubba
The
Elks Lodge
North I Street
W. Laurel
Helen Howell
Lompoc
Gary Hart
Bruce Sharpe
East Locust
Alex Turner
South H St
Flower Festival
Lompoc Lions Club
Lompoc Valley Bowl
Sue Oneto
Moretti tax plan clears Assembly in election year clash
The Assembly narrowly approved Bob Moretti’s tax plan with 14 Republican votes, moving the measure to the Senate 56 to 16. It would total 931 million in year one and 1.4 billion next, with critics warning of income tax hikes and GOP leaders opposing the proposal.
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UPI
Ronald Eagan
Assembly
Bob Moretti
Senate
Moretti
D-Van Nuys
Reagan
William T. Bagley
San Rafael
Reagan Deems Prop 9 Catastrophic Blow in California
Gov. Ronald Reagan denounces Prop. 9 as extremist and a catastrophic blow to California. He warns it would wreck pollution control efforts, cost thousands of trucking and auto jobs, and impose strict fuel and energy limits ahead of the June 6 primary.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
People’s Lobby of
Los Angeles
Nixon summit eyed deal for Soviet grain purchases
Washington reports say US and Soviet negotiators laid groundwork for a pact in which the Soviet Union would buy about 200 million dollars of U S grain annually for up to a decade. Last year Moscow bought 135 million in corn barley and oats to boost meat supply.
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UPI
Nixon
U.S
America
Soviet Union
Moscow
Humphrey Says Nixon Made Secret Cold War Deal
Senator Humphrey alleged a secret agreement with the Soviet Union in which Moscow would not challenge the US blockade of North Vietnam. He urged Nixon to disclose any conditions, as he began his California primary campaign with a planned TV debate with rival George McGovern.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Soviet Union
U.S
North Vietnam
Humphrey
California
George McGovern
McGovern
Youth guilty of coed murder at OSU dorm
Marlowe James Buchanan, 17, described as bright and lovable yet with a temper, was found guilty of the stabbing death of Nancy Diane Wyckoff 18, in an OSU dorm. Judge Richard Mengler sentenced without a jury. maximum penalty is 10 years.
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Corvallis, Ore
UPI
Marlowe
James Buchanan
Oregon State University
Glendale
Calif Buchanan
Benton County
Richard Mengler
Nancy Diane Wyckoff
OSU
Reagan forecasts historic California budget surplus
Finance Director Verne Orr told the Senate Finance Committee that California will close next year with a $458.7 million surplus, far exceeding January forecasts due to welfare reforms, Medi Cal savings, better economy, and higher withholding tax receipts, amid Reagan’s squeeze cut and trim policy.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Verne Orr
Senate Finance Committee
Randolph Collier
d-Yreka
Reagan
State Finance Department
Orr
A. Alan Post
Davis murder kidnapping case delayed to end of May
Angela Davis and her defense team won a delay to Monday with a plan for an abbreviated defense that could send the case to jurors by the end of May. Judge Richard Arnason granted the pause as prosecutors finished presenting evidence and the defense weighs presenting minimal testimony.
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San Jose, Calif
UPI
Angela Davis
Richard E. Arnason
Miss Davis
Howard Moore
Moore
UCLA
Marin County
Arnason
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