Women and Children Camp Out After Belfast Clash
In Belfast nearly 4,000 Catholic women and children camped overnight in a football field after fleeing their Lenadoon Avenue homes. The exodus followed clashes between British troops and IRA gunmen, with five more deaths pushing Northern Ireland's toll to 236 for the year. Father Jack Fitzsimmons led the march to Casement Park as troops claimed to have shot two gunmen in a lengthy exchange near Andersonstown.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Crossmaglen
Strabane
Jack Fitzsimmons
Lenadoon Avenue
Irish Republican Army
Father Fitzsimmons
Casement Park
Lenadoon
Andersonstown
Laird Hints McGovern Backing F15 Run Mate Deal
Secretary Laird suggested George McGovern, the Democratic nominee, agreed to back the F15 jet to win Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton as his running mate. Laird cited the Eagleton pact as a possible reason for McGovern’s stance on replacing the F15 with a lighter, cheaper fighter, noting the aircraft is built by McDonnell-Douglas in St Louis.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
George McGovern
Air Force
Thomas Eagleton
Eagleton
Missouri
McDonnell-Douglas Corp
St. Auis
McGovern
Pentagon
Laird
Defense
St. Louis
Phantormtown
U.S.A
Magletown
Vietnam
McDonnell-Douglas St. Luis
Stout Denied Second Change Of Venue In Murder Trial
In Harrisonville Missouri Cass County Circuit Court Judge William Kimberlin refused a second change of venue for Jerry Lynn Stout's murder trial. The 1970 Boone County conviction for the 1968 bludgeon slaying of Judith Ann Frieders was reversed by the Missouri Supreme Court. A new trial was set for September 12 as Stout’s lawyers argued publicity and tension in Harrisonville would hamper a fair trial.
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Harrisonville
Mon
Jerry Lynn Stout
Cass County
William Kimberlin
Stout
Columbia
Judith Ann Frieders
Boone County
Missouri Supreme Court
Charles Franklin
Daley Supports Entire Democratic Ticket After Convention
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley said he will back the entire Democratic ticket after insurgents unseated his delegates at the Democratic National Convention in a Chicago AP report.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
New London Man Guilty In Bombing at Lawrence
Arnold A. Stead of New London Missouri pleaded guilty in Douglas County District Court to attempted destruction of property and felonious assault in the May 14 1970 bombing in front of Daniel A Young lawrence home during campus unrest at the University of Kansas. Sentencing is set for July 31 with Stead in federal custody on another bomb conviction.
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Lawrence
Kan
Arnold A. Stead
Daniel A. Young
Douglas County
Stead
New London
U.S. Penitentiary
Kansas City
Young
University of Kansas
Federal Grant Keeps Audrain Medical Center Mental Health Center
Audrain Medical Center in Mexico received a federal grant of 63273 dollars to sustain its Mental Health Center through June 30, 1978. Woodrow Lee announced the continuation funding for July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1978 covering outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization, and education services across six counties with a sliding-fee scale.
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Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Woodrow Lee
AMC
Jack B. Viar
Lee
Viar
Mr. Lee
Audrain
Callaway
Montgomery
Pike
Ralls
Monroe
Centralia
Longer Hospital Stay For Dale Bealmear
Dale Bealmear, 17, of Mexico, remains in Roswell Memorial Institute Buffalo New York for two more weeks after lung surgery on July 3. Doctors monitor side effects of a new drug as he recovers well, plans to return home and resume school as a Mexico High junior.
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Dale Bealmear
Mexico
Roswell Memorial Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Young Bealmear
Wallace Bealmear Jr
West St
I. P. Cortes
Mexico Area
Dale
Mexico High School
US Forces Back Saigon Offensive In Large Bombardment
Nearly 100 U S B 52 bombers and a naval task force of more than a dozen cruisers and destroyers bombarded North Vietnamese positions on both sides of the DMZ in one of the war's heaviest raids. The strike supported a 20 000 man South Vietnamese push on the northern front and aimed to destroy troops and supplies while cutting off reinforcements. U S forces hit Quang Tri and Dong Hoi areas with 2600 tons of bombs as battles unfolded around the city and surrounding DMZ zones.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Quang Tri Province
Quang Tri City
U.S. Navy
Shelton
Oklahoma City
Auxvasse Man Charged With Embezzling Soybeans
Homer Norris of Auxvasse, former operator of the Auxvasse Elevator, faces an omnibus pre trial hearing in Kansas City next Monday, July 24, before arraignment on nine count federal charges for embezzling an estimated $80,000 worth of Commodity Credit Corp. soybeans from Feb 5 to July 16, 1970. The indictment, returned June 28, alleges concealment and conversion of beans stored for government price support loans, with large amounts sold to MFA cooperative in Mexico and West Point Terminal Grain in Winfield, Missouri. Norris was released on bond. trial likely in Jefferson City.
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Homer Norris
Auxvasse
Kansas City
Commodity Credit Corp
Norris
U.S
Bert C. Hurn
Thomas Stahl
Stahl
Giles Penstone
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Auxrassé
USDAN
MFA Co-Operative
Mexico
West Point Terminal Grain, Inc
Winfield
Bond fights residency bid in Missouri governor race
Democratic leaders threaten to file suit to oust state auditor Christopher Bond if he cannot prove Missouri residency for ballot eligibility. Bond cites Mexico Missouri as his permanent home and notes prior Georgia bar exam residency. Opposition says the issue could disrupt the GOP primary and party plans.
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ST. Louis
Christopher Kit Bond
Warren E. Hearnes
Bond
Missouri
Mexico
Jefferson City
The
Post-Tribune
Georgia
Bus” King
Missouri Supreme Court
Martin S. Greenberg
St. Louis County
King
Greenberg
Miami Beach
Hearnes
Bus King
Warren) Hearnes
Hue
Gene McNary
Fulton County Superior Court
Atlanta
Waterloos bid to auction off sex books faces curb
Black Hawk County officials seek a court ruling to block sale of adult books and magazines from the defunct East Fourth Street Book Store to satisfy a judgment by Reed Enterprises Inc. The county argues the material may be obscene, while still prosecuting another Cedar Falls store for similar merchandise. If cleared obscene, the county would avoid selling the items.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Black Hawk County
East Fourth Street
Flobert Aldrich
Reed
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Richard Vance
Daley
7Th Fleet
Hepburn
Robison
Hammer
Warrington
Hull
Dmz
Hon la
Dong Hoi
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Glenn M. Barnes
Jefferson Rd
Kentucky Ra
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