Bomb Blasts Downtown Dublin After Belfast Hijack
A car hijacked in Belfast by two gunmen loaded with gelignite exploded in central Dublin killing a 25 year old Scot Thomas Douglas and wounding twelve others. Police blame Protestant extremists. UDA denies involvement. The blast follows gun battles at Strabane and a rocket strike on Forkhill police station amid heavy rain and unrest across Northern Ireland.
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Belfast
UPI
Dublin
Shankill Road
Irish Republic
Thomas Douglas
Stirling
Scotland
Jack Lynch
Northern Ireland
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Strabane
Forkhill
Newry
Town Evacuated After Chemical Tank Car Derailment
In Selma Indiana Delaware County authorities ordered 750 residents to evacuate within a two mile radius after two Penn Central tank cars derailed releasing vinyl chloride and methyl methacrylate fumes. Firefighters and residents reported injuries while efforts to cool and contain the 60 car freight train continued. a Dayton chemical expert was summoned for assessment.
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Selma, Ind
UPI
Selma
Delaware County
Muncie T
Penn Central
Walter Hole
Dayton
Ohio
Adolescence Topic At OCMHA Meeting
Dr. Stephen Schilder spoke on Aspects of Adolescence at the Okaloosa County Mental Health Association annual awards banquet at the Holiday Inn on the Island. Officers elected for 1973 included President Mrs. Howard Wohlin and several vice presidents and secretaries. new board members were named and Project Cheer raised over 1,700 gifts for Chattahoochee State Hospital patients.
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Stephen Schilder
Okaloosa
Michael Ladner
Joseph Johnson
M.D
Roger Riggenbach
el, Brinkman
Samuel Atkinson
Ira King
Charles Buford
Kathy Knight
Oneee Mitchell
Schilder
Okaloosa County
Robert Rickenbach
Rickenbach
Project Cheer
Jennie Simmons
Hairdresser’s Association
Mental Wealth Association
George G. Scott
Mr&r
William Nelson
Beta Sigma Phi
Robert Cook
The
Jaycelles
Chattahoochee State Hospital
Association
Howard Wohlin
Don Andors
Mental Health Association
Terry Stradomski
Howard Wohoin
George Farrell
Wesley Miller
Florida Mental Health Association
Demonstrators Clash With Paris Riot Police
Thousands of anti-American protesters clashed with riot police in Paris, denouncing Nixon and U.S. Vietnam policy. Demonstrators blocked traffic on the Champs Elysees, hurled objects, and were dispersed with tear gas and barriers. Similar antiwar actions occurred in London, The Hague, Amsterdam, Marseille, and Hong Kong with police enforcing bans and dispersing crowds.
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United Press International
Paris
Europe
Asia
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Place de la Concorde
Champs Elysees
CRS
Champs Elysees Boulevard
Arc de Triomphe
Place de l Opera
Hong Kong
Mr. Lee
North Vietnam
Hitler
London
Grosvenor Square
U.S. Air Force
Michael Heck
Hanoi
Hague
Amsterdam
Marseille
France
Saigon trip for Agnew could follow peace talks
Saigon sources say Vice President Spiro Agnew may fly to Saigon on January 28 to present a copy of the Vietnam peace treaty for Thieu’s signature if final Paris talks reach agreement. Haig left Saigon after a four hour, five minute series of meetings with Thieu and U.S. officers.
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Saigon
UPI
Spiro ‘T. Agnew
Ing
Nguyen van Thieu
Agnew
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Washington
White House
Nixon
Alexander Haig
Korea
Thieu
Haig
Frederick Weyand
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Air Force
John Vogt
7Th Air Force
Tin Song
Hoang Due Nha
United States
Three Charged in Grandin Trio Slayings
Grandin Missouri police charged Dallas Delay 33 Lloyd Cowin 21 and Jerry Rector 22 with first degree murder in the extortion slayings of bank president Robert Kilterman his wife Bertha and daughter Roberta all found shot and tied to trees near Grandin. A campsite nearby yielded a bomb device money and a pistol.
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Grandin
Robert Kilterman
Dallas Ray Delay
Lloyd. Dwaine Cowin
Jerry Rector
Neathy van Buren
Butler County
Poplar Bluff
Kitterman
Bertha
Roberta
Bank of Grandin
Kittermans
Donald Rogers
Ground Breaking Ceremonies Held for Automotive Dealer
Ground was broken for the new Fred Drake Chrysler Plymouth location on West Hollywood Blvd in Fort Walton Beach with Mayor Maurice McLaughlin and James Buchanan present. Drake Management Inc owns eight Chrysler franchises and leases and operates from Eglin and Miracle Strip Pkwy since 1962. Ed Brown Motors will relocate after completion while James Petrandis leads the local dealership, one of the largest Chrysler franchises in the South with 1972 sales over two thousand dollars.
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Fred Drake Chrysler-Plymouth
West Hollywood Boulevard
Fort Walton Beach
Ed Brown
Drake Management Inc
Fred ©. Drake Jr
Drake Management
James Petrandis
Maurice McLaughlin
Gene Austell
Chryster
Corporation
James Buchanan
Greater Fort Walton Beach
Greater Fort Wallon Beach
Tallahassee
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler- Plymouth
Dodge
Florida
Louisiana
Charles “Ed” Brown
Brown
Chrysler Corp
South
Jack Kent
John Ward
Herman Partain
Art Lee
Johnson Choosen As Guest Speaker At Miracle Strip Meeting
Walter H. Johnson Jr. named guest speaker for the Miracle Strip Council meeting on January 26. He is vice chairman of World Magazine and an expert on international travel and tourism. Displays will cover the Miracle Strip Council Division of Tourism Department of Commerce and others. Social begins 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7:30 p.m. Reservations via Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce at 243-3723.
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Walter H. Johnson Jr
Miracle Strip
Johnson
World Magazine
Okaloosa Digest Community Notices Overview
A compilation of local events and programs from Okaloosa County schools and community groups. Highlights include school lunch menu items for Jan 23–28, NAACP tea at New Heights Elementary, cake decorating and creative stitchery classes, a USC Modern Math course for parents, USO ping pong and bumper pool tournaments, Hospitality Hour at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and Niceville Tasting Fair proceeds supporting NSHS band uniforms.
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Okaloosa
Playground Daily News
PGDN
NAACP
Ft. Walton
New Heights
Lovejoy Road
Mary Esther
Bobby James
Ferry Park Recreation Center
Ferry Road
USC
Diana Moreland
USO
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of
NSHS
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No Man’s Land
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Muncie
OCMHA
Tran van Lam
Thien
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Gasyam SA Ek
Rogers
Rippey County
Lewis Dawes
Delay
Jefferson County
William Michael Dooley
Marion E. Puckett
Maryville
Fred C. Drake Jr
Your Freedom
Freedom Newspapers Inc
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WALP
Niceville
Crestview
Audit Bureauof
Okaloosa Digest
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