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Newspaper
The Times Herald Record
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1971
Page
1
Firemen comb the rubble of McGurk's Pub in Belfast after a Sunday night bomb explosion killed 16 and injured 13. An Army official called it the worst tragedy of the year in Northern Ireland, a conflict already claiming 151 lives. Angry Catholic and Protestant crowds clashed, hurling rocks along the block as ruins were searched.
Secretary of the Air Force Robert C. Seamans Jr. said the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos will continue to be bombed this year, with the South Vietnamese Air Force joining for the first time. The United States will carry most missions in Laos, with no plan to end the campaign. In recent weeks North Vietnamese Migs have crossed the border about ten times and a B 32 was targeted but missed. Surface to air missiles were fired.
Moody weather outlook with cloudy skies and a 30 to 50 percent precipitation chance today and tonight. Highs in the 30s, lows around the teens. War updates note North Vietnamese jets attacked Laos but missiles not fired. South Vietnamese advances in Cambodia with casualties and widened fronts near Phnom Penh.
Vatican City Pope Paul VI warned that the India Pakistan conflict could involve other peoples and weapons, erasing hopes for world peace. He cautioned against automatic alliances sweeping in more nations and tools of war, without naming the Soviet Union or China.
Israeli military spokesmen said three rifle shots were fired across the Suez Canal at an Israeli tractor, causing no injuries as the driver cultivated potatoes. A Palestinian guerrilla group claimed a shelling attack on Eilat last week as rockets hit the port. In Berlin, East Germany offered a Christmas goodwill gesture to allow West Berliners to visit relatives in East Berlin for up to three days as part of a broader travel accord.
Leaders of the Warsaw Pact led by Soviet party chief Leonid Brezhnev arrived in Warsaw for the 6th congress of the Polish Communist Party. Romanian Nicolae Ceausescu also appeared, with no sign of an official pact summit as Edward Gierek greeted Brezhnev at Okecie airport and later met him at Gdanski station.
Manila police and army troops stormed an apartment where 16 gangsters held a 12 member household for an extortion bid. Four suspects including mastermind Basilio Marcelo, 28, died in the clash. Twelve others claimed innocence and were charged with serious illegal detention. Some face the electric chair. In Moscow Pravda denounced Maoism as utilitarian and pragmatic amid analysis of Lin Piao’s purge.
The Times Herald publishes as Grange County Publications Division of Otday Newspapers Inc in Middletown New York with daily delivery seven mornings a week excluding holidays. Circulation for November 1971 is 47225, up from 44707 in November 1970 with price details for carriers and newsstands.
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