Belfast street battle ends large anti internment march
In Belfast the largest anti internment march in over a year ended in a riot as hundreds confronted British troops with water cannons bricks and stones. About 7 000 people moved toward Long Kesh before being halted by soldiers in riot gear. In Dublin and London marches occurred with rubber bullets used in Dublin while London staged a peaceful protest against internment. The British government denied agents were involved in December bombings in Dublin.
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Belfast
Reuter
London
Dublin
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
Long Kesh
Curragh
Northern Ireland
Edward Heath
Jack Lynch
Dail
IRA
Israel faces UN censure over failed abduction attempt
United Nations Security Council faces a likely rebuke as Lebanon accuses Israel of diverting a Beirut takeoff flight to a military airport to seize a passenger believed to be George Habash of the PFLP. The jetliner carried 82 people and was released two hours later. Dayan cited intelligence that Habash was aboard, a booking he cancelled at the last moment.
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Reuter
Israel
Edouard Ghorra
Security Council
Beirut
Baghdad
Moshe Dayan
George Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP
Middle East Airlines
Iraqi Airways
Cabinet considers price controls amid rising living costs
Ottawa report says Cabinet eyes price controls as food prices spike and living costs rise. New Democrat leader David Lewis urges legislation to empower a food prices review board and propose a broad aid program including old age pension increases and a quarterly cost of living adjustment.
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Ottawa
Montreal
Trudeau
New Democrat
David Lewis
Lewis
Food Prices Review Board
Rail unions in Canada press for gains as regional strikes spread
Negotiators for 25 000 non-operating railway workers and rail companies meet with federal mediator Judge Alan Gold as regional walkouts continue in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the Maritimes. Ottawa cabinet to discuss food prices while talks proceed.
Buried Victims Count Rises in Houston Slayings Case
In Houston Texas sheriff officers unearthed a 24th body at High Island while pursuing more victims along the Gulf coast. The death toll nears 30, tying the Juan Corona case as America’s worst mass murder. Elmer Wayne Henley 17 faces court for murder as David Owen Brooks 18 is charged. Henley seeks a court-ordered psychiatric exam. Houston police prepare a news conference over claims police delayed the probe.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
High Island
Juan Corona
Califoronia
United States
Elmer Wayne Henley
Henley
Herman Short
David Owen Brooks
California
U.S
Dean Allen Corll
Charles Melcher
George Walker
State District Court
Melcher
Watergate probe seen inconclusive but shifting power
Senator Lowell Weicker said the Watergate hearings have shown inconclusive findings on Nixon's guilt so far. He noted the process has shifted power to Congress and aims to deter future law-breaking, while Nixon prepares a televised national address. Archibald Cox prepares to argue that no one is above the law, including the president.
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New York
Lowell Weicker
Rep. Conn
Nixon
Congress
Syed
Howard Baker
Rep. Tenn
United States
Baker
U.S. News and World Report
White House
Camp David
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Cox
John Sirica
U.S. District Court
H. R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Non-ops walk out in West Ontario and Prairies
Non-operating railway employees of Canadian National and CP Rail walked off the job across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Western Ontario including Thunder Bay and Armstrong. About 8 400 workers from express baggage telegraph to grain handling participated. The strike halts trains and most telecomm services for 48 hours while grain movements to Churchill and Thunder Bay continue under company requests. Federal Labor Minister Munro called the strikes very serious but not needing back to work legislation and mediation by Judge Alan Gold is expected to help resolve the dispute.
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Medicine Hat
Ted Anhorn
Anhorn
Montreal
Maritimes
Canadian Railways
Alan B. Gold
Richard Smith
Judge Gold
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
CP Rail
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Prairie
Thunder Bay
Armstrong
Val Grieg
Churchill, Man
John Munro
Quebec
Spanish jet crashes into homes near La Coruna
A Spanish Aviaco Caravelle jet carrying 79 passengers and six crew slammed into homes in Montrove near Alvedra Airport. Officials feared many aboard were dead while airport staff reported at least one survivor. Five people on the ground were killed, and the plane likely burst into flames before landing.
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Spain
Aviaco Airlines
Aviaco
Madrid
Montrove
Alvedra
Nortwest
Europa Press
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Railways
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