Land Mine Kills Five in Northern Ireland Turmoil
Five men were killed on a mountain trail near Enniskillen when a land mine planted by Irish republicans exploded. Victims included two BBC technicians and three construction workers. In Belfast, Protestant mobs disrupted a Catholic funeral as British troops tried to keep the peace amid escalating violence linked to the IRA.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
British Broadcasting Corp
Brougher Mountain
BBC TV
Barney Watts
Watts
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
Enniskillen
Trillick
Omagh
Duke of Kent
Elizabeth II
IRA
Denise Dickson
New Lodge Road
Robert Chichester-Clark
Marston Tickell
Army
Britain
Death Secret Dictates Six Week Silence
Glenn Cullop aged 61 formerly of Vandalia died in Tulsa on January 21. He left instructions that no word of his death be printed for six weeks, per sister Beulah Middleton of Mexico. Burial followed January 23 in Tulsa where he had lived for 21 years. Born February 13, 1910 in Pike County, he was a son of Jesse and Nancy Cullop. He joined the Baptist Church in Vandalia in 1927 and later moved membership to Tulsa. He is survived by his wife and a daughter, Lael Latta of Tulsa, a sister, a grandson, a niece in Mexico, and a Vandalia cousin.
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Glenn Cullop
Vandalia
Tulsa
Beulah Middleton
Mexico
Pike County
Jesse
Nancy McGowan Cullop
Baptist Church
Lael
Mary) Latta
Middleton
Martellus
Vanda) Harrison
Myrtie Lowe
Apollo 14 returns to Earth after bold voyage
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 14 explorers complete a successful mission. Weather at the landing site described as near perfect. Separately in Southeast Asia a Vietnamese armored column advances through Laos destroying ammunition caches as North Vietnamese retreat.
Harrisburg Six plead not guilty in Kissinger plot case
In U.S. District Court Rev. Philip Berrigan and five others pleaded not guilty to charges they plotted to kidnap Henry Kissinger and bomb heating tunnels. The defendants, including Dr Eqbal Ahmad and Sister Elizabeth McAlister, denied any conspiracy while a related grand jury probes the case.
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Harrisburg
Philip Berrigan
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Joseph Wenderoth
Baltimore
U.S. District Court
R. Dixon Herman
Father Berrigan
Danbury
Conn
U.S
Daniel Berrigan
Philip
William Davidon
Haveford College
Philadelphia
Paul Mayer
New York City
Thomas Davidson
Salina
Kan
Jaques Egan
Beverly Bell
Kansas City
Marjorie Shuman
Roanoke
FBI
Attorney General’s Office
Harrisburg Grand Jury
J. Edgar Hoover
William H. Kunstler
New York
Chicago Seven
Francis X. Gallagher
Archdiocese of
William Cunningham
Chicago
Harry Sawyer
Daniel
Kansas
Missouri Survivor Recalls Greenberg Shooting Ties
Karen Diana Brown, 23, survivor of the Greenberg shootings, returns to Springfield with her husband James Brown’s body. Bertram Greenberg, 38, a West Covina ex-con, abducted and killed two men before police shot him. More than 50 searchers found Brown’s body near the Mentmore Mine after the car theft.
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Gallup
N.M
Karen Diana Brown
Greenberg
Arizona
New Mexico
Springfield
Ron Wright
James
Brown
Bertram Greenberg
West Covina
Calif
Jim Keeton
Don Beckstead
Jim
Tom Senna
Mentmore
Name Dooms Hot Pants Name Dooms Hot Pants
Chicago AP reports Louis Cheskin president of Louis Cheskin Associates says consumer reaction testing shows the term hot pants will fail in the American market. He says few accept the name psychologically and socially, even if the style has appeal. Cheskin notes prior predictions on the midiskirt and the Edsel.
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Chicago
Louis Cheskin
Mexico High School Seeks Servicemen Addresses for Newsletter
Mexico High School asks graduates now in service to mail their mailing addresses to MHS Servicemen in care of the Mexico school by Wednesday Feb 24. The effort supports the MHS Patriotic Week Feb 22 26 with an all student assembly featuring speaker David Doctarian and the Sing Out Mexico program.
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Mexico
MHS
Pat Westcott
Pat van Horn
MHS Patriotic Week
Madison Soldier Wounded in Vietnam Reported at Clark Air Base
Mr and Mrs Earl Sanner of Madison learn their son PFC Vernon D Sanner has been wounded in action in Vietnam and is being held at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. The family has contacted the Red Cross for more details. Sanner enlisted January 1970 and earned the Combat Infantry Badge and Army Commendation Medal. his wife Virginia resides in Moberly.
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Paris
Earl Sanner
Madison
Pfc
Vernon D. Sanner
Vietnam
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Red Cross
Lanner
Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
Virginia
Moberly
No Clue To Missing Lawyer
Ventura AP report notes sheriff deputies returned from a weekend search for Ronald Hughes the defense lawyer in the Shafohi Tate murder case missing since Thanksgiving. He disappeared while on a wilderness outing northwest of Los Angeles as Leslie Van Houten’s defense. About 30 officers on jeeps and horseback conducted the latest search.
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Ventura
Calif
Ronald Hughes
Shafohi Tate
Leslie van Houten
Wilderness
Los Angeles
Ziegler Named FHA Assistant in Local Office
Gary J. Ziegler appointed assistant county supervisor for Farmers Home Administration. A Scott County native raised near Benton he studied at Southeast Missouri State College and served 34% years in the Marine Corps. He will work with Joseph T. Raine in Audrain and Montgomery Counties with his wife Roxanna and son Brian at Salmons Road.
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Gary J. Ziegler
Farmers Home Administration
Mexico
Montgomery
Mr. Ziegler
Roxanna
Brian
Salmons Road
Senior Citizens School Passes Proposed in Platte County
Dr James J Harmon superintendent of Park Hills district in Platte County proposes free school activity passes for patrons over 65 to involve older residents in district activities. The board deferred action while observers expect the move could sway retired property owners at levy elections as they often vote against tax increases.
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Kansas City
James J. Harmon
Park Hills
Platte County
Harmon
Little Hoover Commission Seeks State Government Streamlining
The Little Hoover Commission in Missouri aims to streamline state government with a program budgeting system, a census of agencies and programs, and enhanced state agency reporting. Third such panel, with new members including Senators Manford Spradling and Clifford Jones and Representatives Bird and Walier.
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Jefferson City
Governmental Reorganization Commission
Little Hoover” Commission
Missouri
D.W. Gilmore
Kansas City
News blackout normal in war says Klein
Herbert G. Klein, Nixon’s communications director, denied that Laos invasion news suppression marks war escalation. He defended wartime news blackout as normal, saying Vietnam coverage is robust and embargo protects troops as withdrawal continues. He framed South Vietnam actions toward the Ho Chi Minh trail as winding down American participation.
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New York
Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Laos
Klein
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
South Vietnam
Laog
Ho Chi Minh Trail
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