British Offers Reward for Psycho Killers
Belfast police and the British government offer a 125000 dollar reward for capture of a gang of psychopathic killers blamed for up to 40 murders in Northern Ireland last month. Catholics and Protestants join in tracking the assailants dubbed The Animals as a 100 man task force hunts them with IRA help rumored.
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UPI
Northern Ireland
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Prote
Irish Republican Army
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GOP Blacks McCloskey- Attempt to be Nominated
Republicans moved to block McCloskey from a Nixon nomination challenge at the 1976 convention and to curb a liberal plan for larger state delegations. The Rules Committee approved a rule requiring a majority of three state delegations for a nomination and the National Committee refused to seat McCloskey’s New Mexico delegate, effectively ending his bid.
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McCloskey
Miami Beach
UPI
Nixon
Spiro F. Agnew
New Mexico
Indochina
Rules Committee
GOP
Donald Riegle
Michigan
Convention Platform Committee
Mittees
Riegle
Salinger Reveals Paris Meeting With Hanoi Envoys
Former press secretary Pierre Salinger said he met North Vietnamese negotiators in Paris as an emissary for George McGovern to probe Hanoi's position on prisoner releases and urged peace talks without regard to the American election. He flew from Paris to New York and described McGovern’s public and private calls for a peace agreement if Hanoi can negotiate with Nixon.
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UPI
Pierre Salinger
Paris
George McGovern
Salinger
Hanoi
Nixon
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Stonewall
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
George
Johnson
South Dakota
John B. Connally
Connally
Texas
Navy
John F. Kennedy
Treasury
Lyndon
Explosion rocks El Al jet en route to Tel Aviv
An explosion in the baggage compartment of an El Al Boeing 707 shortly after takeoff from Rome damaged the plane and injured four passengers. Investigators suspect a projector bulb caused a fire. Israeli officials later suggested a bomb may have been aboard. The craft returned to Leonardo da Vinci Airport with about 140 passengers and crew aboard. four abrasions and one leg burn were reported.
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Rome
UPI
el al
Tel Aviv
Alberto Cossuta
Italy
Leonardo da Vinci Airport
EAI
British Dock Strike Ends Amid Unrest and Backlash
Britain's 42,000 striking dockworkers voted to end a 20 day walkout, but militant activists urged defiance. Scuffles erupted at union HQ as delegates were attacked and union leader Jack Jones faced clashes with police. The stoppage began July 28 over job security and access to inland container depots. government emergency powers were threatened but troops were not deployed. Delegates voted 53 to 30 to resume work at midnight Sunday.
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UPI
Britain
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Transport Union
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Knotted Sheet Escape Fails at Miami City Jail
Two Miami men, James Hughes and David Delgado, attempting the old knotted sheet escape from the city jail fell after the rope broke. They were treated for broken feet at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Police investigate as breaking and entering.
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Miami
UPI
Miami City
James Leslie Hughes
David Alberto Delgado
Jackson Memorial Hospital
B.H. Zipper
Delgado
Hughes
Zipper
Woman Donates Deer to City Park in Georgia
Griffin housewife Mrs. Darryl Crumbley, facing possible prosecution for keeping a wild deer as a pet, donated the animal to a new federally financed park in Cumming. She chose the park after considering Six Flags and noting the deer would have a permanent home. Crumbley described the move as bittersweet and said the park already hosts a two month old doe.
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UPI
A. Griffin
Cumming
Darryl Crumbley
Six Flags Over
Georgia
US Planes Attack Red Power Site On Vietnam Front
Air and ground clashes persist as U S forces strike the Viet Tri thermal plant near Hanoi and Phu Cho railroad bridge while Cobra helicopters and a Phantom are lost in separate engagements. Two crewmen killed or missing, others rescued.
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APS
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Shevin Unveils Addict Rights Pamphlet With Treatment Lists
Florida Attorney General Robert L. Shevin released a pamphlet titled If You Want Help detailing five legal points about narcotics and listing 80 licensed treatment centers. Samples were mailed to some schools and demand surged to 20,000 additional copies, with notes on hot lines and Rap Houses for discussion.
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Ape
Robert L. Shevin
James T. Barrett
Shevin
Barrett
August Community Club Events and Meetings
Local groups announce gatherings at Eglin AFB Valparaiso and Jaycee Park. The North Florida Press Club meets Friday at 7 30 p m in building 1312 on the 33rd location, with signs posted. Other notices cover senior bingo and potluck, a fish fry, an officers wives club coffee, civic league rally with political candidates, and sign up details.
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Press Club
North Florida
Tactical Fighter Wing
Eglin Afb
TAC
Twin Cities
Senior Citizens
Valparaiso
Senior Citizens Club
Glenview Ave
Alton Byrd
Eglin Officers Wives Club
Eglin Officers’ Wives Club
Eglin Officers’ Club
Civic League
Chester Pruitt
Burglar Leaves Apology Note After Penny Heist
In Jacksonville a young burglar took 15 pennies from Nellie Sellers home and left a note saying I’m sorry I pay U back We need money for school and my baby brother Please don’t smoke. Police reported the break in occurred via a rear door and the coins were on a dish in the bedroom.
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Jacksonville
UPI
Nellie Sellers
Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Air Force
Proxmire
Lockheed-Georgia Co
Marietta
CSA
Mildenhall
England
Posiiagon
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