Violence and Parades in Belfast Stir Northern Ireland Tensions
Gunmen killed three as Protestant marchers prepared for summer events in Belfast and Portadown. A 19 year old Protestant and a 16 year old Catholic were among the dead. a hooded man shot in the head was found in Belfast. The British government deployed 32,000 troops and police to 18 towns to separate factions. The Ulster Defense Association vowed protection for marchers while Catholics fortified districts with barricades. The Provisional IRA had called off its truce, raising fears of civil conflict as the death toll rose to 420 in three years.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Portadown
Ernment
Orange Order
Ulster Defense Association
Irish Republican Army
Andersonstown
Ballymurphy
Ardoyne
Portaldown
IRA
UDA
Protesters March for Freedom and Peace at Convention Hall
Demonstrators from Cuban exile groups, Vietnam veterans, farm workers, and Students for a Democratic Society gathered outside Convention Hall in Miami Beach. The peaceful protests, aimed at Cuba, antiwar aims, and migrant training programs, drew thousands and prompted tight police presence yet no clashes.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Vietnam
Florida
Reubin Askew
Students For A Democratic Society
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Convention Hall
Cuba
Resurrection ‘City
Broad Washington Avenue
South Florida
Florida Marine Patrol
Mercouri to Attend Mother's Funeral in Athens
Greek actress Melina Mercouri arrives in Athens to attend her mother's funeral. Government spokesman says Premier Papadopoulos granted Mercouri permission to enter Greece for the funeral. she has been an outspoken critic of the military regime and lost Greek citizenship after the 1967 coup.
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Athens
Melina Mercouri
George Papadopoulos
Miss Mercouri
Permisson
Greece
McGovern primed for first ballot nomination and running mate talks
McGovern, assured of a first ballot victory, weighs running mate options with Edward Kennedy as a likely pick. Delegates endured a marathon convention session before tonight’s nomination to set the stage for a pivotal finish.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Night School Tech Courses Are Offered
The Skilled and Technical Advisory Committee selected adult night classes for the first semester at the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School starting Monday night September 11. Courses include Auto Mechanics, Algebra, Radio TV repair, Welding, Secretarial Training, First Aid, Office Machines, and more. The advisory group list and school leaders are named. another advisory meeting is scheduled for Tuesday August 1 to choose classes for the Mexico Evening School.
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Mexico Area
Kirby Allen
Jerry Barlow
Eldon Burgess
Wayne Collins
Jean Thompson
Jim Drexler
Marilyn Kiburz
Joe Meissert
Neil Nielsen
Lawrence Putney
Stig Scharti
D.M. Shouse
Mary Jane Smithey
Allan Carriere
Virgil Stull
Wilma Sutton
Ray Travis
Bill Maloney
Davis Hart
Mexico
Eagleton Seen As McGovern Running Mate Choice
Missouri delegates reacted to reports that Thomas Eagleton could be McGovern’s running mate as the Democratic convention nears. Eagleton, who switched from Muskie, said he’s honored but not campaigning. Delegates weighed Eagleton’s border-state appeal against Republican risk and Jackson’s bid for support.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Missouri
U.S
Thomas Eagleton
George McGovern
McGovern
Fagleton
Phillip Hart
Michigan
Henry Jackson
Barbara Mueller
Crestwood
Jackson
Warren E. Hearnes
Muskie
Hearnes
Mueller
Eagleton
South Dakota
John A. DeWitt
Gilmer City
DeWitt
Nixon
Jim Farley
Farley
Tom Eagleton
Tom
Charles Armour
Richmond
Lee McKee
Joplin
Delgates
Kermit Lewis
Hoopla Dims at Democratic Convention Social Scene
Washington aides and delegates note a sober convention with fewer parties and fashion events. Mary Hoyt and others cite invitations dwindling and debt pressures as contributors. Delegates favor casual wear while hotel beauty services report softer business and a grim social atmosphere.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Liz Carpenter
Mrs. Carpenter
White House
Washington
Mary Hoyt
George McGovern
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Gilbert Hahn
Sign Appears at Hall Protest During Democratic Meeting
At about 6 am a sign appeared in a Convention Hall window where Democrats had met for 11 hours. The message urged freeing the “Miami Beach 3,016,” indicating a political protest linked to a specific detainee or case. The incident adds tension to ongoing discussions among local party members.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon Takes Spur-of-the-Moment Auto Tour
President Nixon takes a 90 minute excursion from the Western White House driving through Cleveland National Forest just north of the Western White House. He rode in the front seat with close friend C G Bebe Rehozo at the wheel.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Cleveland National Forest
California
C. G. “Bebe’’ Rehozo
Welfare work mandate affects Audrain AFDC mothers
Labor and HEW officials issue a July 1 effective rule requiring about 1.5 million able bodied welfare recipients to seek work or work training. Audrain County reports 216 families with 432 children on AFDC, with 85 mothers employed. local training programs are lacking, though officials say more mothers could qualify if programs existed.
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Labor
J.D. Hodgson
HEW
Eliot L. Richardson
AFDC
Richardson
Bess Arvin
Audrain County
Arvin
St. Louis
Kansas City
Heavy fighting around Quang Tri reported near city
Reports from the Quang Tri area describe intense fighting on Tuesday and today with 29 South Vietnamese soldiers killed and 69 wounded. A helicopter landing north of the city caused government casualties and three U S Marines helicopters were shot down with two crewmen wounded. North Vietnamese forces seized hilltop positions southwest of Quang Tri City as para troopers faced heavy artillery fire from the north. Allied airstrikes faced wind and sand reducing visibility while Radio Hanoi announced a new committee ruling Quang Tri Province. The U S 7th Fleet reported sinking barges off North Vietnam and air forces conducted hundreds of strikes including a 300 foot highway bridge near Hanoi. North Vietnam claimed several U S planes shot down with two crewmen missing and a Marine A6 fighter bomber lost near Quang Tri City with two crewmen missing.
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Saigon
Quang Tri City
Associated Press
Dennis Neeld
Neeld
Radio
Hanoi
Communist Peoples’ Revolutionary Committee
Quang Tri
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Robison
Hull
North Vietnam
Dong Hoi
U.S
Wentzville Theater Man Fined 300 in Obscene Case
Vernon Holtz of Coul is guilty of circulating obscene matter and fined 300 after Wentzville's Roxy Theatre was closed last month for screening Sex Practices of Sweden. The co owner is sought and the projectionist faces trial later as Holtz disputes ownership. Circuit Judge William Turpin imposed the sentence.
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Wentzville
Roxy Theatre
Vernon Holtz
Coulsheriff's Deputies
Sweden
Holtz
William Turpin
Plunge Kills Motorcyclist 19 in Missouri Curve
A 10 year old motorcycle rider from Sedalia Missouri was killed when his bike left a curve on Missouri 240 and toppled down an embankment at Glasgow. William Charles Brown was injured late Tuesday afternoon and died hours later at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia.
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Glasgow
Sedalia
Missouri Highway Patrol
William Charles Brown
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Nixon Watches Part of Convention at Camp David
President Nixon views Democratic National Convention telecasts intermittently but retires before adjournment and relies on staff summaries for results. Press secretary Ronald Ziegler declined to say if Nixon has indicated a preferred opponent in November.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Bernstein to Take 10 Month Sabbatical for Writing
Conductor Leonard Bernstein says he will take a 10 month sabbatical starting September 1973 to devote more time to composing and writing. He has been granted leaves of absence from the Vienna State Opera London’s Royal Opera House and the New York Philharmonic.
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New York
Leonard Bernstein
Vienna State Opera
London
Royal Opera House
New York Philharmonic
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