New Year Of Violence For Northern Ireland
Belfast reports a bloody end to 1972 with a Catholic baker shot dead and gunfire in Ardoyne and New Lodge. Bombs and ambushes leave several wounded as IRA vows to intensify violence in 1973, amid a death toll of 680 since 1969.
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Northern Ireland
Belfast
Hugh Martin
Ardoyne
New Lodge
Newton Butler
County Fermanagh
Bangor
County Down
Army
J C Penney Bill Charte Is Attacked
In Cleveland a class action accuses J C Penney Co the nations second largest retailer of violating the Truth In Lending Act. Lead plaintiff Dr Arnold Berger represents professor Alan Arnid as attorney. The suit claims a 50 cent minimum finance charge is not disclosed on monthly statements. The firm serves about 17 million charge account customers nationwide. A New York spokesman declined comment pending review of charges.
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Cleveland
Ohio
J.C. Penney Co
U.S. District Court
Alan Arnid
Cleveland State University
Arnold Berger
J.C. Penney
New York
Sun
Illinois Highway Crashes Claim Ministers Family
A minister, his son, and another man were killed on a west central Illinois highway. three relatives of the minister were seriously injured as New Year holiday traffic fatalities rose. In Joliet area, four men died in a rural-road crash. in New Jersey a five car pileup killed three and injured six. A Utah boy was killed sledding and a Michigan boy was fatally hurt in separate incidents.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Joliet-area
Joliet
Bridgewater Township
N.J
Nolan Rose
Utah
Weber
Paw Paw
Mich
Holiday Toll At 268
The holiday traffic toll reached 268 as the New Year weekend ended. The AP count started Friday 1 p.m. EST and runs through midnight in all time zones. Victims include two youths struck on a Missouri state road near Poplar Bluff while visiting grandparents. Gerald Cross, 30, of Courtland Ohio, died when his tractor flipped during towing by a car driven by his wife.
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Associated Press
Poplar Bluff
Gerald Cross
Courtland
Ohio
Cross
Dan Tehan Steps Down as Hamilton County Sheriff
Cincinnati AP reports Dan Tehan retires after 24 years as Hamilton County sheriff. Col. Paul Fricker, formerly head of sheriff's patrol, was sworn in at the county courthouse and pledged to improve service and modernize patrols. Tehan, a Democrat, leaves after choosing not to seek re election in November.
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Cincinnati
Dan Tehan
Hamilton County
Paul Fricker
Tehan
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Easton
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