Train bomb blast devastates desert freight train
A desert train laden with 12 explosive cars blew apart with two hours of blasts. Sixteen cars damaged, one lumber car still burning, doors ripped off, metal twisted. Freight included paper, beer, furniture, cereal. no derailment. Navy and SP crews, investigators, and hundreds gathered as insurance covered damages. Sunset Limited halted, passengers reassigned by bus.
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East St. Louis
San Antonio
Tex
Sierra Vista
Reykjavik Embass y protests erupt at British Embassy
A crowd of young demonstrators attacked the British Embassy in Reykjavik smashing windows during a protest over British fishing in disputed Icelandic waters. Patrons shouted God save the cod and overpowered embassy guards as police reinforcements arrived. the tally cited 25 00 participants.
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Reykjavik
UPI
Iceland
Ephraim Katzir Inaugurated As Israel’s Fourth President
Ephraim Katzir, a Russian-born diplomat, assumed office as Israel’s fourth president and urged patience before turning swords to plowshares saying peace has not arrived. In Belfast, the Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for a bomb trap that killed two British soldiers and wounded three in a bar.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Ephraim Katale
Israel
Katzir
Nehemiah
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
John Wallace
Tan Donald
Culloville
Irish Republic
Major banks raise prime rate by a quarter percent
New York banks push prime lending rate to 7 percent citing higher money costs. Chase Manhattan says the 7 percent level lags its own funding costs and will not adjust mortgage, small business, or consumer loan rates.
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New York
UPI
Chase Manhattan
Chase
Two Jackson Five Singers Out on Bail in Theft Case
Los Angeles AP report says John P. Jackson and Tito Jackson of the Jackson Five are free on bail on charges of receiving stolen goods. San Fernando Valley police say they were arrested April 17 with Sanders Bracy after Bracy and a girlfriend used a passkey to break into apartments and steal televisions and stereo sets later sold to the singers.
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Los Angeles
San Fernando
Valley
John P. Jackson
Tito Jackson
Sanders Bracy
Bracy
Jacksons
Desert Bomb Event Sparks Benson Graduation Night
A desert explosion spree near Benson set off bright fireballs that drew residents from the town to watch in awe. Sheriff Jim Willson redirected a dozen deputies to keep crowds away as graduation at Benson Union High School proceeded amid booms. Residents speculated about nearby Apache Powder Company or a missile attack, but no injuries were reported and officials called it a miracle it caused no loss of life.
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el Paso Natural Gas Co
Coronado National Forest
Amtrak
Lordsburg
N.M
Tucson
California
Benson
Benson Union High School
Jim Willson
Willson
Apache
Cecil H. Ransey
Cease-fire talks target failures as Sullivan meets Thieu
In Saigon William H. Sullivan says Paris talks review cease-fire implementation with North and South Vietnam and future implications. Saigon reports 66 Communist truce violations as Sullivan briefs Thieu and officials on map indications and possible regional briefings.
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White House
William H. Sullivan
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
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Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc ‘Tho
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Thien
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Pham Quoc Thuan
Joint Military Commission
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South Vietnam
Thiet
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
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Anther
Prospector identified in Superstition Mountains death
Phoenix AP report says Charles William Lewing, 32, of Houston, was shot to death in the Superstition Mountains last weekend. Investigators questioned Ladislan Sanchez Guerrero, a 26 year old Mexican national, but no charges have been filed.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
Charles William Lewing
Houston
Ladislan Sanchez Guerrero
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