Fire bombs hit London stores amid IRA warnings
In London, two small fires started by devices damaged Harrods and Liberty’s after a claim by the IRA Publicity Bureau. Police initially doubted political motive, then reassessed as more fires were reported. Across Ireland, clashes and violence continued with casualties and sectarian attacks in Belfast and Portadown.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Harrods
Knightsbridge
Liberty
Regent Street
Irish Republican Army Publicity Bureau
IRA
Dublin
Scotland Yard
Aldershot
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Portadown
UVF
Ulster Volunteer Force
Rails unions prepare to meet labor minister in Ottawa
In Montreal and Ottawa a rail dispute fuels strike pressure as non operating railway workers press for higher wages. Judge Alan Gold suspended talks for 48 hours, while CN and CP Rail presidents were expected to attend the Ottawa meeting with federal labor minister John Munro.
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Montreal
Ottawa
Alan B. Gold
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Thunder Bay
Belleville
Brockville
Toronto
Go Transit
Judge Gold
John Munro
Federal Labor Department
CP Rail
Canadian Railways
Veiner offers to pay hijacker's legal fees
Mayor Harry Veiner proposes to cover up to $5,000 for a lawyer to seek leniency for Mahmoud Toumi, the Libyan hijacker who forced a Boeing 707 to land in Tel Aviv. He argues Toumi acted to promote Arab Israeli peace and should stand trial, while condemning hijacking as wrong.
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Harry Veiner
Israel
Jerusalem Post
Mahmoud Toumi
Tel Aviv
Toumi
Weiner
Jerusalem
Middle East
New Zealand reports on French stack test at Moruroa Atoll
Prime Minister Norman Kirk said France's latest South Pacific test was a small device or weapon, the third in 1973 at Moruroa Atoll. He cited informed circles for the information and noted no further confirmation. Greenpeace claims French seizure of the yacht Greenpeace III and calls for inquiries and action in Canada and Tahiti.
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Wellington
N.Z
Reuter
South Pacific
Norman Kirk
New Zealand
France
Mororoa Atoll
Kirk
Defence Ministry
Paris
Vancouver
Greenpeace Foundation
Canada
Greenpeace III
David McTaggart
Rod Marining
Dave Barrett
Trudeau
Mururoa Atoll
Grenade wounds four in Cambodian capital
A guerrilla threw a hand grenade onto a busy street in Phnom Penh wounding four and damaging three cars. One person was arrested and three suspects escaped. In other clashes, government troops fought Khmer Rouge around Phnom Penh and Kompong Cham. Market bombs wounded and damaged shops as authorities blamed a terrorist campaign. In Saigon, 65 Viet Cong were killed near Tien Can with six government troops dead.
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Phnom Penh
Am Rong
Khmer Rouge
Tonle Sap
Mekong
Kompong Cham
Saigon
Tien Can
Mekong Delta
Nixon parade cancelled in New Orleans visit
President Nixon's motorcade through New Orleans was cancelled on Secret Service advice after a possible assassination conspiracy was uncovered. The agency asked police to arrest a former officer described as armed and dangerous, identified as Edward M. Gaudet alias Punchy, with officials not confirming charges. The White House cited a joint Secret Service FBI and police inquiry for the change.
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New Orleans
Nixon
Secret Service
Edward M. Gaudet
Punchy
White House
FBI
Agreement near in B C strike appeases ferry workers
A proposal to end the three day British Columbia ferry strike was to be recommended for acceptance to about 2000 unlicensed workers. Negotiations continue with 400 licensed workers not on strike as travellers faced long lines and empty ferries across Vancouver Island.
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Thailand
Souvanna Phouma
Vientiane
Pathet Lao
Vietiane
Victoria
British Columbia
Robert Strachan
Vancouver Island
Sidney
B.C
Port Angeles
Wash
Washington State
Anacortes
RCMP
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Paul Pendergrass
CPR
Here
Nanaimo
Air West Airlines Ltd
Victoria Flying Services Ltd
Gulf Island
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Mururoa
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Papeete Tahiti
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