All-Out War Flares In Belfast Bus Ambush
Terrorists lobbed a fragmentation grenade into a Belfast bus carrying Catholic workers, killing one and wounding nine as Catholic and Protestant groups threaten all-out war. Authorities blame Protestant extremists. IRA promises retaliation amid a spike in sectarian violence across Northern Ireland.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
UDA
Ulster Defense Association
IRA
Dublin
Viet Cong General Flown From Jungle To Join Peace Commission
U S helicopters airlift Lt Gen Tran Van Tra and 28 Viet Cong to Tan Son Nhut amid stalled cease fire talks. Tra, key COSVN deputy, may unlock prisoner exchanges as plans for first joint commission meeting take shape. Ceasefire violations decline marginally while U S advisers suffer minor injuries. Vice President Agnew outlines U S support after talks with Saigon officials.
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Saigon
U.S
Tran van Tra
Tan Son Nhut
Tra
COSMN
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Loc Ninhn
Camp Davis
U.S. Signal Corps
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Binh Dinh
Tran van Lam
U.S. Denies Report of Three Prisoners Released
U.S. Command and officials denied a report that three American POWs held by the Viet Cong were released and flown to Saigon. An Army officer’s account of the rescue mission could not be substantiated after checks with prisoner recovery sources.
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Saigon
U.S
Paris
Saigon Army Hospital
Associated Press
Nixon Confirms CIA Link in Downey China Case
President Nixon publicly acknowledged that American Downey, captured in China twenty years ago, was a CIA agent. White House officials stressed the admission was not a trade for Downey’s release, and Nixon urged quiet diplomacy rather than public pressure.
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Nixon
China
CIA
Washington
Administration
Korea
Japan
Fecteau
Downey
Vietnam
Navy
Robert Flynn
Air Force
Philip Smith
White House
State Department
Peking
Stennis Improves Slightly After Holdup Wounds
Senator John C. Stennis 71, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, remained in very serious condition after being shot outside his Washington home. A hospital spokesman said he showed slight improvement after a night of care, with awake status and stable vital signs. A 3 p.m. briefing was planned as investigators seek his assailants.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
William Cresswell
Coy
John Hampton
John
FBI
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Frank Garland
Mississippi
Garland
U S Ends Weekly Casualty Summary
The U S Command closes weekly casualty records for Indochina noting 45 941 U S deaths in action from Jan 1 1961 to cease fire start, 300 635 wounded, 1 811 missing or interned and 10 303 nonhostile deaths plus one death and five wounded after the truce began with four KIA last week.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
Indochina
Replacement of Gibb Is Aim, GOP Group Told
Kenneth Stiles, re elected president of the Winchester Frederick County Young Republican Club, called for replacing Del. Duncan C. Gibb in the General Assembly. The group urged Gibb to take clear positions on pari mutuel betting Sunday Blue Laws no fault insurance and a conflict of interest bill and to inform constituents of his stances.
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Kenneth Stiles
Winchester
Frederick County
Young Republican Club
Del
Duncan C. Gibb
Front Royal
General Assembly
del. Duncan Gibb
Stiles
Holiday Inn East
Gibb
Richmond
Watergate Prober Seeks Broad Subpoena Powers
Sen. Sam Ervin, appointed to head a Senate Watergate probe, wants a five member panel with wide subpoena authority and the power to compel White House aides to testify. He plans a resolution for the Democratic leadership and Senate consideration, with hearings weeks away.
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Watergate Prober
Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Senate
White House
Ervin
North Carolina
Weather system brings rain across New England tonight
An extensive high pressure area stretching from the Midwest toward the western Atlantic moves slowly eastward, forecast to produce rain tonight and Friday. The report notes a Valentine message and an unrelated local ad about Volvo cars arriving in Winchester with Swedish design and large passenger accommodation.
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Richmond
New England
Atlantic
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Wood Ave
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Phnom Penh
Bangkok
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Thieu
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Richard Fecteau
Army
Sen. Stennis
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Millards Hat & Dress Shop
Toledo
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GOP Group
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G. Gordon Liddy
James W. McCord Jr
Democratic National
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Watergate
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Sweden
Volvo’s
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