Nixon and parties urge OK on equal rights amendment
President Nixon and Democratic and Republican leaders urged ratification of the equal rights amendment. Aimed at elevating women’s status, it requires 10 more state approvals to reach the 38 needed. Supporters pushed for action by August 26, while opponents warned of legal and family disruptions and mandatory female military registration.
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Washington
Congress
Robert Strauss
George Bush
Tion
Bush
North Dakota
House of Representatives
House
GOP
Maine
Anne Armstrong
Republican National Committee
Strauss
Ulster boy killed by bomb while playing in street
The nine year old Londonderry boy Gordon Gallagher was killed by a bomb blast as he played cowboys and Indians. Authorities say the explosion might have been staged by extremists or triggered by someone preparing a bomb. Police and soldiers faced a hail of stones as they moved to reach the site. In Armagh a Catholic protest march against internment drew about a thousand people amid clashes and jeers from Protestant youths.
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UPI
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Gordon Gallagher
Armagh
Thomas McGiolla
Sinn Femn
IRA
Calley keeps federal pay while appealing murder ruling
Washington reports 1st Lt. William L. Calley Jr, convicted for My Lai killings, continues to draw a $10,600 annual federal salary and retains rank after conviction. Army officials note he can receive visitors at Ft. Benning and that pay would end only if appeals fail. Nixon intervention means formal appeals remain, with pay continuing during the process.
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UPI
William L. Calley Jr
Army
Calley
Nixon
Ft. Benning
My Lai
Robbers strike CTS train taking 405 from 22 riders
Three men robbed a Cleveland Transit System train yesterday, taking 405 from 22 passengers. They beat a 52 year old man who scuffled with them and left him with lacerations after treatment at a local hospital. Authorities say two boarded at the airport station and one at Terminal Tower.
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55Th Street
Aboriginal Mass Celebrated in Melbourne During Congress
Aboriginal tribes performed foot stamping arm waving hand claps and songs as Melbourne hosted the 40th Roman Catholic International Eucharistic Congress. Cardinal Lawrence Shehan watched as the mass was held and the congress concluded with the rededication service led by the papal delegate and Archbishop of Baltimore.
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Melbourne
Australia
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
Cardinal Shehan
UPI
Former POW's wedding after seven year delay in Nevada
Lt Cmdr. William L. Shankel and Mary Ann Hotep of Dallas wed after seven years apart caused by Vietnam War captivity. Shankel, 33, was shot down December 3, 1965, returned as POW, and the couple married at a Carson City chapel just after midnight, then left for a Tahoe casino honeymoon.
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UPI
Nevada
Cmdr
William L. Shankel
Mary Ann Hotep
Dallas
Shankel
North Vietnam
San Andreas
Calif
IBM
Lake Tahoe
Curtis Walker
California trial opens in death of baby Rainbow Dawn Young
A former Ohio teacher Susan Dager Young and Roland P. Dion face trial in Santa Cruz for the death of 15 month old Rainbow Dawn Young. Doctors testified the child was severely battered and unresponsive upon arrival at Dominican Hospital. The defense noted living arrangements near Santa Cruz and the state planned further testimony from the child’s father and friends.
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Ohio
Pacific Ocean
Susan Dager Young
Roland P. Dion
Little Rainbow
Dawn Young
Santa Cruz Dominican Hospital
Chris Cottle
Kent Thompson
Dominican Hospital
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Cottle
Dion
Los Angeles
Rainbow Dawn
Clifford Mura
Preparation H Relief for Hemorrhoidal Symptoms
Doctors tested Preparation H on hundreds of patients and found prompt relief from itching and pain with reduced swelling in many cases. The product is used as ointment or suppositories and is commonly recommended by physicians for themselves and their families.
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