Belfast Bombed In Major IRA Attack On City
Irish Republican Army unleashed a heavy bombing raid on Belfast with 16 explosions in mid afternoon. BBC reported 9 dead and up to 50 injured as hundreds of troops crowded the center. Rail blasts near Lurgan caused a six foot crater but no injuries.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
British Broadcasting Corp
Dublin
Lurgan
Shankhill Road
Killen
Castlereagh
McGovern Gets Aid Offers From Democratic Colleagues
Senator George McGovern after voting for a labor backed wage bill returns to resume a work rest vacation in the Black Hills. He names Lawrence F. O'Brien as National Campaign Chairman to unify labor and party support and expects AFL CIO endorsements amid a busy campaign as Eagleton joins for a Black Hills meeting.
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Washington
George McGovern
South Dakota
Senate
Black Hills
Custer
S.C
McGovern
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence F. O’brien
O'Brien
Thomas F. Eagleton
Senate Democratic
John Tunney
Alan Cranston
California
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Afl-Cio
Eagleton
Los Angeles
Honolulu
San Francisco
Jefferson City
Mo. O'Brien
Louisiana Monster Hunt Stirs Town Ahead of Conventions
The Louisiana Press Journal notes a hunt for a real monster on Marzell Hill with local calls to turn the site into a tourist draw. Delegates and voters brace for political riffs as four sheriff candidates spar amid loud, joking gunfire about the rival party.
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Louisiana
Marzell Hill
Open Forum
Louisiana Press-Journal
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Floyd
Bowling Green
UE Asks Reduced Use of Power After Plant Fire
Union Electric Co. urged customers to cut power use as a coal conveyor fire at the Portage Des Sioux plant shut it down through the weekend. With heat in the 90s and a prior 600 megawatt loss at Labadie, the utility warned reserves are strained. Fire smoldering coal caused the blaze, workers aided by West Alton and Orchard Farm units.
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ST. Louis
Union Electric Co
Portage Des Sioux
St. Charles County
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Mississippi River
Labadie
Paul Anthony
West Alton
Orchard Farm
Mexico
J. J. McNamara
Missouri Power and Light Co
McNamara
Union Electric
A. B. Chance
Ohio Plants May Be Closed Down Amid Smog Fears
Fears of dirty air from a regional smog cloud prompted Ohio officials to warn 125 plants to prepare shutdowns. A Bermuda high and heat wave kept temperatures in the 80s to 90s, triggering power outages while officials sought relief from a Canadian cold front. Utilities reported reduced demand in some cities and record electricity use in others as the picture of a strained grid emerged.
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Associated Press
Ohio
National Weather Service
Canada
Ohio River Valley
Weather Service
East
Bermuda
Mississippi River Valley
Gulf
Pittsburgh
Washingtn
D.C
New York
Bond Enters Court Action Over Residency Eligibility
Missouri auditor and GOP governor hopeful Christopher Kit Bond was allowed to intervene in a Supreme Court residency challenge. The case seeks to remove Bond from the Aug. 4 primary ballot. Bond contends his Missouri voting record proves residency. The court will hear arguments at 2 p.m. Monday as affiliates cite bonds and tax records from Georgia, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and Washington, D.C. to argue his state ties.
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Jefferson City
Christopher “Kit” Bond
Supreme Court
Bond
R. J. “Bus
King
Clayton
Missouri
Associated Press
Fulton County
Georgia
Superior Court
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Internal Revenue Service
Atlanta
Baltimore
KSD Tv
St. Louis
Fayette
Lexington
Washington, D.C
Board of Examiners
Robert S. Allen
King’s
Warren E. Hearnes
Jefferson City Post-Tribune
Hearnes
King's
James E. Schaffner
Revenue Department
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Schaffner
University of Virginia Law School
New York City
Inflation slows as economy surges in second quarter
Washington announces the second quarter GNP rose 8.9 percent in real terms, the fastest since 1965, while inflation slowed to 2.1 percent. The increase in dollar GNP was 29.9 billion, with a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.139 trillion dollars. Officials call the result prodigious and in line with or exceeding forecasts.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Mar
Nixon
Labor Department
GNP
Omist
Harold C. Passer
Passer
Bardgett Seeks 12-Year Supreme Court Term After Reprimand
Judge John E. Bardgett, 45, filed for retention on the nonpartisan November ballot. Appointed from St. Louis Circuit Court in 1970 for a term ending next Dec 31, he seeks a 12-year seat. A Supreme Court reprimand followed a February cocktail lounge visit with House Speaker James E. Godfrey while a related case was pending. the commission found no impropriety or intoxication. Bardgett waived his right to challenge the commission’s recommendation.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
John E. Bardgett
Secretary of State
Bardgett
St. Louis
Commission On
The
Judiciary
James E. Godfrey
D. St. Loui
Godfrey
High Court
John W. Webb
R-Webb City
Cost of Living Rises Modestly in June Amid Power of Pay
The Labor Department reports a 0.2 percent rise in consumer prices in June driven by food, with overall inflation at 2.9 percent for the year. Average weekly earnings climbed to 135.39 dollars, up 6.1 percent from a year earlier, aided by lower federal taxes and a longer work week. After inflation, purchasing power rose about 3.2 percent weekly, the largest June real earnings gain since 1964. Retail meat prices also jumped 1.3 percent as poultry beef and pork led the advance.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Democratic Club
Lawrence Shelter
Plunkett Park
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