IRA Provisional Wing Signals Conditional Northern Ireland Cease Fire
The Provisional IRA announces a conditional cease fire starting midnight Monday June 26 1972 to allow talks with Britain and Irish authorities. London says it will reciprocate if terms are honored. Officials stress lack of detail and past noncompliance by the British army. Civil violence continues as gun battles and riots flare across Northern Ireland.
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Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Provisionals
London
Britain
IRA
Provisional Ira
Republican Movement
Londonderry
Provisional
Martin MacGuinness
Provisional HA
Belfast
Six Die in Cherry Hill Shooting Rampage
Edwin C. Grace, 33, an off duty Pinkerton guard, opened fire in Heritage House in Cherry Hill injuring and killing six men and wounding others. Police pursued him as he reloaded repeatedly and ordered women to safety. Grace, wounded, was hospitalized and not yet interrogated.
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Cherry Hill
N.J
Edwin C. Grace
Heritage House
James Ashen
Blackwood
Robert Baritone
Delanco
Joseph A. DePalma
Charles Merkel
Theodore G. Hall
Willingboro
Stephen B. Robinson
Cinnaminson
Joseph Boyd
Moorestown
Grace
Wallace Lapeters
GMA Co
Robert Slawter
Slawter
Pinkerton
William Linn
Linn
New Jersey
New York City
Tornadoes Rake Texas Panhandle Injuring Dozens
Savage tornadoes and thunderstorms battered the Texas Panhandle overnight, striking Amarillo and Dumas. One tornado tore the top floor from a Rodeway Inn in Amarillo wounding a woman. another hit the Dumas airport injuring another. Up to 23 people were hurt across four Amarillo hospitals and one in Dumas, with five still under treatment. Violent winds reached 90 mph in Dumas and 85 mph between Groom and Clarendon. Numerous funnel clouds were sighted near Stinnett Panhandle Hereford Tulisa Groom Silverton Clarendon Goodnight as the weather swept east toward Lubbock and Childress. No deaths were reported.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle Plains
Amarillo
Rodeway Inn
Dumas
Panhandle Plains
Lubbock and
Childress
National Weather Service
Stinnett
Panhandle
Hereford
Tulisa
Groom
Silverton
Clarendon
Goodnight
See inscription on tombstone quotes a sick man
The Quipster recounts how a man claimed continual illness in life, but the final inscription on his tombstone contradicts the boast by simply reading See.
Showers Possible In Area Across Permian Basin
The Permian Basin may see scattered showers through Friday as a heat wave eases. Forecasts from the National Weather Service in Midland Odessa show highs around 95 to 100 degrees with muggy Gulf winds, 20 mph, increasing rain chances to 10 to 20 percent tonight and Friday.
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National Weather Service
Midland-Odessa
Nevada
New Mexico
Amarilla
el Paso Fort Worth Co
Galveston
Eastern Flood Claims 23 Lives Across States
Tropical Storm Agnes drenched the Atlantic coast causing at least 23 deaths and mass evacuations. Pennsylvania reported seven inches of rain with four other fatalities in Maryland and Virginia, plus storms across New York and North Carolina. Amtrak halted passenger service south of Philadelphia as dams threatened. City, state and federal agencies mounted rescue efforts with helicopters, evacuations, and disaster declarations across multiple counties.
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Associated Press
Agnes
Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
New York
New York City
Richmond
Prince Witham County
Washington, D.C
Joseph Belinski
Livkens
Harrisburg
New York State
Occoquan River
Prince Wiliam County
Washington
Nuclear tests draw censure from Japan China and France
Japan, China, and France faced strong criticism over atmospheric nuclear bomb tests. The articles on page 17 highlight international reaction to these tests amid Cold War tensions.
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Japan
China
France
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Philadelphia
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Baltimore
Penn Central
Danville
Nelson County
Roanoke
Wecoylan
National Guard
Occoquan
Odessa
Abby
WA Financial New Ab Fine Arts
Oilnew Society
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