Mobs clash in Belfast amid sectarian violence surges
In Belfast Northern Ireland a new round of Catholic and Protestant clashes left streets strewn with firebombs as police and troops moved to contain fighting. Two British soldiers died accidentally in separate incidents, the first fatalities among troops deployed to restore order last month. Authorities voiced no foul play, but tension rose as troops manned the peace line near West Belfast and security was tightened after dawn outbreaks in quieter districts.
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Hundred spread for protection in Belfast unrest
In Belfast a five day old Public Protection Authority reports that over 400 families from Catholic and Protestant communities seek safety from threats of fire and death. The authority cites crumpled notes, obscene calls, and raids as causes of fear and displacement across working class areas. The situation strains army efforts to separate factions.
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Weather Summary for Regions and Temperatures
Scattered showers and thundershowers may occur on the Northern and Southern Plateaus Florida and the mid Plains. Elsewhere fair weather. Warm conditions across the Eastern half. Sunny with variable clouds today and warm highs in the 70s and 80s. Partly cloudy tonight with little temperature change. Lows in the 50s and southerly winds 8 to 20 mph. Precipitation probability near zero. Middletown rainfall to date 29.75 inches. last year 26.37 inches.
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Nixon framed by Leif Erikson Day claims
Mariano Lucca, president of America's National Columbus Day Committee, accuses the Leif Erikson Society of deceiving President Nixon by promoting Oct. 9 as Leif Erikson Day. He asserts Columbus discovered America in 1492 and dismisses the annual recognition push.
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Times Herald ECcourt Local Notice Summary
The text shows a newspaper masthead for The Times Herald ECcourt with publication details. It notes a Middletown New York address, the Orange County Publications division, and pricing for single copies, carrier delivery, and mail subscriptions across several counties. No specific event or person is named.
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Striking Trainmen Agree to Bargain in France
Striking train engineers return to the bargaining table to end a walkout idling over 90 percent of rail traffic. Unions pressure for better conditions and pay as dock workers, bank clerks, metro, bus, gas and electric workers join a broad mobilization amid expected franc devaluation and rising prices.
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Rail strike in Argentina slows trains amid guard patrols
Armed guards rode beside engineers and circulated in passenger cars as striking workers defied government threats to mobilize them. Federal and railroad police reinforced by frontier gendarmes guarded crossings and right of way while the state railroad enterprise fired a worker for not signing a blacklist. The strike, sparked by that firing and threats to suspend strikers, was extended indefinitely.
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Buenos Aires
Brazil president declared satisfactory after brain hemorrhage
A Sunday bulletin by French specialist Francois I Hermite says President Arthur Da Costa E Silva is in satisfactory condition and needs absolute rest, with a military junta pressing to find a permanent political solution after his August 13 brain hemorrhage. Meanwhile explorer William Verity completed a 20 foot Atlantic crossing to Cockburn Harbor, Bahamas, aboard a replica sixth century Irish vessel, affirming belief in earlier Irish visits to North America.
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Canadian woman bears quads at Vancouver hospital
A 25-year-old Vancouver housewife, Mrs Bernadette Larmer, gave birth to quadruplets Saturday at St Pauls Hospital. The four premature infants include three girls and a boy and are reported doing well by Dr R H McNaughton. He said the mother had an essentially natural childbirth for the first two, with help for the second two, the first two delivered head-first and the latter two breach.
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