Heath Lynch clash sharpens UK Ireland rift
Britain and Ireland trade bitter reproaches after Prime Minister Edward Heath condemns Jack Lynch for interference in Northern Ireland. Lynch fires back about military solutions as violence wounds Belfast and the North nears another fatal day, with pressure on both sides to pursue a peaceful settlement.
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London
Britain
Republic of Ireland
Edward Heath
Jack Lynch
Northern Ireland
Heath
Lynch
United Kingdom
Unions Reject Nixon Wage Freeze Policy
U S unions reject Nixon wage freeze policy as AFL CIO chief George Meany leads a 3000 word rebuke calling the plan gimmickry and a giveaway to big business. Meany vows strikes and demand for back pay once freezes end, criticizing Hodgson and Connally while stressing contract renegotiations.
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Nixon
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Treasury
John Connally
Connally
Three men shot in Ulster attack in Belfast
In Belfast Ballymurphy a house invasion by two masked raiders left three men wounded including two soldiers on leave from Germany and a 17 year old youth. One man remained in serious condition as police blamed extremist republicans for the violence, part of Northern Ireland's 12 day flare up.
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Lynch
Heath
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Belfast
West Germany
North
Faulkner
Dublin
London
Ireland
U.K
Ballymurphy
Army
Germany
Ulster
Irish Republic
Londonderry
James O’hagen
U.S. weighs aid cut over Thieu single candidate election
Reports say the United States may withhold or reduce aid to South Vietnam if President Nguyen Van Thieu is the sole remaining candidate in the October 3 election. In Montreal, about 120 students protested, urging release of Quebec political prisoners jailed for political reasons.
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Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Montreal
Quebec
Americans hold line on import surcharges
Ottawa debates response as Trudeau calls a special cabinet session after Canada failed to obtain exemptions from U S import surcharges. Benson and Pepin warned of harm to Canada’s industry and unemployment, while Washington stays tough and calls for broader currency and trade reforms.
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John Connally
Canada
Ottawa
Trudeau
Washington
Europe
Edgar Benson
Jean-Luc Pepin
Benson
U.S. Treasury
John B. Connally
Finance
Nixon
Pepin
U.S
Japan
United States
Convict Escape Blamed on CIA in Mexico City Heist
Mexican lawyer Victor Velazquez claims New York murderer Joe Kaplan escaped from Santa Marta Acatitla prison by helicopter with Venezuelan accomplice Castro Contreras, alleging CIA involvement. Kaplan, 41, was serving 30 years for Vidal murder. guards watched a detective film as the escape unfolded. Police question governor and staff as a light plane awaited north of the city.
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Mexico City
Reuter
New York
United States Central Intelligence Agency
Victor Velazquez
Joe Kaplan
U.S
Luis Melchior Vidal
Kaplan
CIA
Velazquez
Vidal
Antonio Castro Contreras
Santa Marta Acatitla
Castro Contreras
Here
Bolivian unrest flares as rebels seize Santa Cruz
AP reports a 10 month old military government declares a nationwide state of emergency after an anti-government protest in Santa Cruz erupts into fighting. A rebel-held radio says army rangers and a small air group joined the insurrection led by Victor Paz Estenssoro and Mario Gutierrez, while President Torres claims the regime remains secure and vows to crush fascism.
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Santa Cruz
Bolivia
Torres
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement
Mario Gutierrez
Socialist Falange
Common Market council fails to agree on policy
Brussels AP reports the six member Common Market council with Britain as a prospective member failed to unify on a joint crisis plan tied to U.S. policies. France and West Germany clashed, while a reopening of foreign exchanges was agreed for Monday after a weeklong shutdown.
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Brussels
U.S
Common Market Council
Britain
France
West Germany
Treasury
Mario Ferrari-Aggrandi
Italy
Raymond Barre
Common Market Executive Commission
Wage dispute sparks citywide police strike in Sydney NS
Sydney Nova Scotia faced a police walkout after wage talks collapsed leaving 58 officers off duty. Drag racing, open drinking, looting and multiple accidents littered the downtown as seven officers guarded a liquor store. Ten people injured in four crashes and power outages followed mobile chaos as union rep Manning McIntyre demanded city concessions while talks stalled.
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Sydney
N.S
George Street
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Hodgson
George Shultz
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O’hagen
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