Weekend violence raises Ulster death toll amid truce strain
In Belfast a bloody weekend pushes Northern Ireland toll toward 400 for three years of terror. Police found two hooded gunshot victims as both IRA and British forces faced renewed bloodshed, with UDA erecting no go barriers and most barricades being dismantled.
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UPI
Ulster
Northern Ireland
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Londonderry
Portadown
TRA
Battle Near Hue as Forces Battle for Quang Tri Province
In a major engagement, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units attack Hue as government forces move north from the city to retake Quang Tri. Artillery, tanks, and paratroops fight to hold or recapture the old imperial capital and province, with heavy shelling reported on Hue and surrounding outposts.
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Saigon
UPI
Quang Tri
Hue
Quang Tri City
Passengers and Pilot Kill Hijacker in Pan Am Hijack
UPI reports Nguyen Thai Binh a University of Washington graduate attempted to hijack a Pan American 747 to Hanoi with lemons bomb. He held a stewardess hostage aboard the San Francisco to Saigon flight as Capt. Gene Vaughn wrestled him free. Passengers assisted, and the hijacker was killed during the attempt. The plane later landed in Saigon after the crew prevented departure.
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Saigon
Gene Vaughn
Hanoi
Vaughn
Scottsdale, Ariz
Binh
Showers Likely in Beckley Area With Cooler Tuesday
The Beckley area expects showers and possible thundershowers this afternoon and tonight with a high in the low 70s and a low in the mid 50s. Tuesday should be partly cloudy and cooler with a high near 70 and a 30 percent chance of rain.
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Beckley
India and Pakistan sign limited territorial accord at Simla
Indira Gandhi and Zulfi kar Ali Bhutto sign a five minute pact promising troop withdrawal and border respect. India to return 4,765 sq miles in Sind and Kutch and 374 in Punjab while Kashmir remains occupied. Bangladesh issue left to future talks and 93,000 Pakistani prisoners to be repatriated later.
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UPI
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Mrs McGovern backs McGovern Kennedy endorsement hope
Mrs. McGovern says she is certain Senator Kennedy will endorse her husband Senator George S. McGovern for the Democratic presidential nomination. She notes Kennedy and his family support McGovern and stresses her role campaigning with focus on issues like Vietnam and Social Security.
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UPD
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D-Minn
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Youth Register To Vote In West Virginia Surpasses National
West Virginia reports 58 percent of 18 to 21 year olds registered, well above the 45 percent national average. About 70 000 of roughly 120 000 young voters are registered, led by Kanawha County with 8 000. Raleigh follows with 3 766. Tucker has 129, with 20 counties missing data. Democrats total 25 099. Republicans 10 141. independents 1 547.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
John D. Rockefeller IV
Kanawha
Raleigh County
Tucker County
Restraining Arm Yippie Leader Seizes Mayor at Beach Protest
Jerry Rubin and Mayor Chuck Hall led a Miami Beach march opposing the campout ban. The Yippies sought a convention campsite but the city council denied the action, offering campsites away from the Democratic National Convention. Hall walked at the parade front, briefly split from Rubin as youths chanted antiwar obscenities.
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Jerry Rubin
Chuck Hall
Miami Beach
Hall
Rubin
Youth International Party
YIP
UPI
Unseated Calif Delegates Challenge McGovern Seat
In federal court California delegates tied to McGovern challenge the credentials committee ruling that stripped 151 McGovern supporters of seats. Judge Hart questioned the court involvement while noting rule changes may be improper.
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Calif
Washington
UPI
George
McGovern
California
U.S
George L. Hart Jr
Joseph P. Rauh
Rauh
Hart
Miami Beach
Stephen Reinhardt
Los Angeles
Sen
Hubert H.humphrey
Eugene Wyman
Humphrey
Mormon Leader Dies of Old Age at 95 in Salt Lake City
Joseph Fielding Smith, 95, patriarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and spiritual leader for about 3 million Mormons, died Sunday at his daughter's home of a heart attack. A church spokesman said it was “just old age,” and his would have been July 19.
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Salt Lake City
UPS
Joseph Fielding Smith
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Smith
Fischer faces deadline as chess match start delayed
Icelandic Chess Federation refuses Fischer demand for more money to play Spassky, threatening to disqualify him if he does not appear by Tuesday noon. Fischer remains in New York, with an Icelandic envoy seeking his return amid talks delaying the 24 game world championship.
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Bobby Fischer
Chess
Reykjavik
Iceland
Icelandic Chess Federation
U.S
Soviet Union
Boris Spassky
Fischer
Gudmundur Einar'sson
Icelandic Organization Committee
Keflavik
New York
Freystrinn Thorberbergsson
FIDE
Fischer-Spassky
Euwe
Raleigh Register Cancels Tuesday Fourth of July Issue
The Raleigh Register will not publish on Tuesday for the annual Fourth of July observance. Subscribers will receive a copy of the morning newspaper instead.
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Raleigh Register
Register
Truman Hospitalized In Kansas City At 88
Former President Harry S Truman, age 88, remains hospitalized in Kansas City with a renewed digestive ailment. Doctors report his condition satisfactory after a quiet night with slight fatigue from travel and sleep disruption.
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Kansas City
Harry S. ‘Truman
Truman
John P. Dreves
Wallace H. Graham
Graham
White House
Four year kindergarten pilot planned at Daniels Elementary
A limited number of four year olds will be enrolled in a pilot program at Daniels Elementary School in Raleigh County. Earl Halsey, assistant superintendent, says this is the county’s only program of its kind.
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Earl Halsey
Raleigh County
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