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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1972
Page
5
Hanoi radio charges U S air forces attacked North Vietnam’s Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces with extensive raids on Friday and Saturday. It says one Phantom jet and a drone were shot down and civilians were killed or wounded. U S spokesmen offer no comment.
In downtown Belfast a bomb exploded at the Abercorn Restaurant during busy afternoon tea, killing at least two and injuring about 72, officials said. The blast occurred with about 100 people inside, and there was no warning. A separate gunbattle outside a Belfast office left one gunman dead and another seriously wounded, police reported. Nearby near Londonderry, a hooded body was found shot twice along a snowbound country road.
A Phnom Penh military court convicted three North Vietnamese prisoners of spying and sentenced them to death. Identified as Nguyen Van Kien Phan Van Long and Nguyen Van Ngoc their activities and capture details were not released. The IRC previously intervened to classify similar inmates as prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention. The government maintains they are not POWs as Hanoi denies Vietnamese troops’ presence.
Washington officials said the United States is moving toward recognizing Bangladesh after Indian troop withdrawal expected by March. They declined to forecast NSC decision timing on recognition.
Moscow television aired an hour long documentary titled America-Autumn '71 filmed by Soviet crews. It offered a negative portrait of the United States with scenes of social injustice economic woes and political extremism. The program appears aimed at countering Russian optimism about possible U.S.-Soviet rapprochement.
Soviet viewers of America Autumn ’71 see a tour of New York rooms and Wall Street offices but no scenes of work. Pravda’s Kolesnichenko visits Greenwich Village and Washington Square, portraying youth protest over meaning of life. Senators’ offices yield scant quotes on relations and economy.
U.S. narcotics agents cite a Meridional La France report stating smugglers stockpiled heroin in the Marseille area to fuel U.S. addicts for 18 months after authorities seized 940 pounds of pure heroin hidden in a converted shrimp boat. The $212 million haul is the largest on record. the French boat owner captain is under arrest.
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