Belfast strikes paralyze Northern Ireland over British takeover
Thousands of Protestant workers walk off jobs in Belfast and across the province triggering a two day general strike led by the Ulster Vanguard Movement. Three bombs explode in Protestant areas but cause no casualties. IRA denies truce amid rising tensions and widespread disruption of electricity, trade, and traffic.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Ulster Vanguard Movement
Vanguard
William Craig
Strik
Protestants Rally to Close British Rule at Stormont
Violence brews as 5,400 workers at Short-Harland plant and 10,000 at Harland and Wolff walk out. Banks close and trains halt while flights from Aldergrove are canceled. Craig calls for a massive Protestant show of support to force restoring the suspended Stormont parliament.
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Ers
Belfast
Craig
Stormont
Prime
Brian Faulkner
Violence in Northern Ireland shocks amid power strikes and clashes
Provisional IRA officials and Protestant militants escalated actions after a government takeover of Northern Ireland with a planned general strike. Power cuts at 7 a.m. halted factory work while gunfire targeted an army post in Londonderry Brandywell district. No casualties reported amid ongoing sectarian tension.
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Can Army
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
IRA
Brandywell
Missile theft reported at Bergstrom during Army Air Force exercise
Military officials investigate a claimed theft of a missile from an F4C Phantom at Bergstrom Air Force Base during a joint Army Air Force exercise near Ft Hood. Authorities later said M16 rifles were also stolen from a Ft Hood range, prompting civilian officer lookout.
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SVT
New Rew
Austin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Ft. Hood
Texas
Charles Garrett
KNOW
Bergstrom
Garrett
Phantom Air
49Th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
N.M
Texas Department of Public Safety
Dita Beard Collapses During ITT Hearing Link to White House
Denver AP report: lobbyist Dita D. Beard testified about a White House ITT link then collapsed in her hospital room during a Senate Judiciary Committee session. Doctors said she endured chest and arm pains and rested four hours after the incident.
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Denver
Dita D. Beard
White House
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Senate Judiciary Committee
Beard
Senate
Jack Anderson
Louis Radetsky
Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Hospital
Radetsky
Mrs. Beard
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Anderson
Troop Strength in Vietnam Falls Below 100000
U S forces in South Vietnam dipped under 100000 for the first time since 1965 as four day pullout drops followed an initial count of 101700 for the week ending Thursday. Officials caution the exact threshold will be confirmed a week later.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Par tin Conviction Set Aside in Antitrust Case
U.S. District Court Judge James Battin set aside Edward Grady Partin’s Louisiana Teamsters leadership conviction on three antitrust conspiracy counts and ordered a new trial on the extortion conspiracy charge. Partin, 47, of Baton Rouge, was convicted March 2 on all four counts after a five week Georgia trial. The extortion charge alleges he used strong arm tactics to push a contractor into business with Baton Rouge cement producer Ted F. Dunham Jr.
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Atlanta, Ga
Louisiana
Teamsters
Edward Grady Partin
Partin
Baton Rouge
U.S. District Court
James Battin
Billings
Mont
Battin
Georgia
Pattin
Ted F. Dunham Jr
Child's Tax Lesson Sparks Patriotic Wallet Worry
A father notes even his youngest child understands income tax now. While saluting the flag she asked to pledge her allowance to the flag, illustrating a humorous mix of national duty and personal finances.
Inside Page Highlights and Notices
A compact glimpse from the newspaper page showing sections on crossword puzzles, deaths and funerals notices, a feature on a house of the week, and the television schedule alongside women’s news.
El Salvador Survives Coup Try as Martial Law Declared
El Salvador government forces crushed a weekend military uprising and declared martial law after heavy fighting that reportedly killed between 100 and 200 people and wounded more than 200. Gen Fidel Sanchez Hernandez said rebels captured him but he was freed unharmed after air force bombing and loyalist assault.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Fidel Sanchez Hernandez
Benjamin Mejia
el Zapote
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Jose Alberto Medrano
Sanchez Hernandez
National Coalition Party
Dita Beard described as Wise in Washington lore before collapse
Corporate lobbyist Dita Davis Beard mocked staff boredom at ITT Washington, threatened shock tactics, and questioned memo attributions while defending journalists’ viciousness. Her remarks drew laughter from Senate Judiciary Committee members amid Washington intrigue.
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Denver
Dita Davis Beard
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Jack Anderson
Senator Attacks TRANSPO 72 Overspend at Dulles Exhibit
Sen. William Proxmire charges wasteful spending by the Department of Transportation on the TRANSPO 72 transit exhibit. He cites $5 million spent on luxuries, hotel suites, first class travel, $3000 per page memos, and unspecified consultant costs. Proxmire seeks GAO investigation and asks for explanations from Secretary Volpe. The exhibit, to run May 27 to June 4 near Washington, has consultants including Kaiser Industries VP William Bird, who has received government housing and travel despite no transit background.
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Washington
Congress
William Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Department of Transportation
Kaiser Industries
Volpe
Dulles International Airport
Bird
Watergate
Proxmire
Weather outlook with showers and warming trend
Weather forecast calls for cloudy skies with showers and possible thundershowers tonight and Tuesday. Lows tonight near 38 to 40, highs Tuesday in the 50s. Yesterday high reached 51 with an overnight low around 38. Milltown area reports about 0.01 inch of rain.
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Middletown
Grocer Shot by Police in Apparent Faked Robbery
Lakeland Florida police say Hared Egger 35 was killed by deputy Gary Leis who shot after a plainclothesman Crews 52 staged a robbery to study store defenses. Crews was wounded. Egger had just bought the store and acted to ambush the employees.
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Lakeland
Fla
Hared Egger
Polk County
Gary Leis
Maurice Crews
Crews
Egger
Robert Bunting
Leis
Bunting
Leif
Officer Crews
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