Irish Leaders Back British Efforts to Halt Northern Ireland Violence
Four main political parties including Protestant Unionists and Catholic groups unite to back British actions to end sectarian bloodshed in Northern Ireland. Police detained seven Protestant extremists in east Belfast as violence flares with sporadic clashes and a bomb blast near the border. Cardinal Conway and Archbishop Simms sign a church appeal for calm while authorities prepare charges under anti terror laws.
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East
Illiam Whitelaw
Britain
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Whitelaw
United Kingdom
Labor Party
Democratic Unioniste
Labor and
Alliance
William Cardinal Conway
All Ireland
George Simms
Protes
Tant Church of Ireland
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Israeli says roadblocks to Mideast peace remain
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban stated that despite King Hussein of Jordan signaling readiness for separate peace talks, obstacles persist in the Middle East. He cited Hussein’s Washington remarks and warned negotiations hinge on Israel accepting core principles in advance.
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United Press International
Abba Eban
Hussein
Middle East
Eban
Tel Aviv
Washington
Israel
Jordan
Nixon
United States
Addis Ababa
Mohammed Hasan el-Zayyat
el-Zayyat
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OAU
Yat
Egypt
America
Moscow
U.S
Suez Canal
Fire and blast tear through California chemical plant
About 1,000 people evacuated as a chemical plant at Textilana Corp in Hawthorne suffers a violent reaction while workers load sulphur trioxide tanks. Ten people treated for inhalation as white gas clouds drift over the 20 block industrial area.
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Hawthorne
Calif
UPI
Textilana Corp
Pentagon Papers Witness Testimony On Enemy Help Risk
Los Angeles based testimony centers on Pentagon Papers risk of aiding the enemy. Brig. Gen. Paul F. Gorman acknowledges a 1968 Westmoreland-Sharp report could have been more valuable if released. Defense attorney notes Sharp’s 1966 air strike details resemble sections of the papers. Gorman says the publication aimed to keep the public informed.
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Gorman
William Westmoreland
U.S.G. Sharp
U.S
Pacific
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Admiral Sharp
Weinglass
Sharp
Westmoreland
Agnew Returns From Asian Trip
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew arrived in San Clemente after visiting eight Southeast Asian nations to brief Nixon on U.S. policy following the Vietnam cease fire. He landed at El Toro and was flown to the Western White House for a Saturday briefing on the mission.
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Calif
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
White House
Agnew
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
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