Airport attacked. guards patrol Tel Aviv and calls for tighter checks
Israeli border guards armed with submachine guns patrolled Ben Gurion Airport after a massacre blamed on the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Iran Lebanon urged UN action, while Golda Meir hinted at retaliation and airlines were urged to strengthen security including baggage checks and passenger screening.
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Israel
Lebanon
U.N. Security Council
Beirut
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Golda Meir
Security Council
Air France
Rome
Shimon Peres
Air “France
Paris
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Vatican
Livesay Withdraws From House Race
J Stanley Livesay Jr. resigns his bid for the Democratic nomination in Virginia 4th District. He cites financial strain and voter apathy and endorses challenger Del Robert E. Gibson of Chesapeake, whose coalition he says is formidable. Abbitt retirement left the seat open after 25 years.
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Portsmouth
J. Stanley Livesay Jr
U.S
House of Representatives
Livesay
Del
Robert E. Gibson
Chesapeake
State Board of Elections
Gibson
Balloons Sent From Notre Dame Prep Trigger Nearby Finds
Mary Grim and Nancy Smoke spotted balloons in a Lebanon Church area tree during a fishing and camping trip. Cards on the balloons identified Notre Dame Preparatory School in Baltimore as the sender. Additional balloons from the same school were found nearby. Ursula Chateauneuf reported a balloon with a name tag from Lee Dehoard of Sparks Elementary School in Maryland.
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Mary Grim
Nancy Smoke
Mountain Falls
Lebanon Church
Notre Dame Preparatory School
Baltimore
Ursula Chateauneuf
Rt. 1
Stephens
Mills Tax Reform Proposals Face Slim Chance in Election Year
Rep. Wilbur Mills proposes gradual repeal of 54 tax loopholes over three years starting 1974, including oil depletion. Senate support from Mike Mansfield exists, but observers doubt passage this session. Potential $47 billion in deductions wiped out if enacted. reforms touch depreciation, capital gains, sick pay exclusion, corporate exemptions, and charitable deductions. Mills aims for an orderly review of laws with selective repeals unless reenacted.
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Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Mills
Senate blocks moves to halt Indochina funding
The Senate approved a revised $1 billion State Department authorization bill after months of debate. An end the war amendment to cut off all spending for U S forces in Indochina after August 31 failed to advance, despite sponsorship by Clifford Case and Frank Church.
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Senate
State Department
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
U.S
Indochina
Clifford Case
Frank Church
Church
Nixon Returns to Address Congress After 13 Day Summit
President Nixon wraps up a 13 day trip with a late night joint session address to urge support for the SALT treaty with the Soviet Union. He will propose Phase 2 talks and a rapid Senate ratification, amid mixed reactions from liberals and conservatives. He had meetings with Polish leaders in Warsaw before departing for Washington.
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Nixon
Washington
Congress
Poland
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Senate
Congressional
Edward Gierek
U S Combat Casualties Rise In Offense Period
AP report shows ten Americans killed in action last week with 11 missing and 35 wounded. Total American combat casualties reach 416 for two months since the March offensive. South Vietnamese losses rise as enemy dead tally climbs to 5,218 while wounded reach 2,781.
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Saigon
U.S
Evening Star Boxes Are Vandalized in Frederick County
Vandals ripped Winchester Evening Star newspaper boxes from posts across Frederick County for the past week. The Star will replace boxes at no cost and offers a $100 reward for information leading to arrests, with tips directed to The Star or the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.
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Winchester Evening Star
Frederick County
the Star
The
Star
Frederick County Sheriff's Office
Viets Seek To Trap Enemy Near Hue In Large Operation
More than 1,000 South Vietnamese paratroopers with tanks and armoured carriers pushed into the foothills northwest of Hue to trap a North Vietnamese regiment. U S forces reported heavy artillery fire, with two government task forces clashing with large N Vietnam units.
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Saigon
Hue
U.S. Air Force
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Thailand
Newport News
Waddell
Navy
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Bombing Leader Said Arrested In Frankfurt Raid
Police in West Berlin report the Baader Meinhof gang leader Andreas Baader among four men arrested in a two hour raid on the northern edge of Frankfurt during a gun battle. Baader wounded in the buttocks. RAF vows further bombings in Stuttgart as a Vietnam war protest.
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Germany
Andreas Baader
West Germany
West Berlin
Baader
Red Army
Stuttgart
U.S
Vietnam
Arrests of IRA Leaders Catch Dublin by Surprise
Dublin authorities arrested three leaders of the Provisional IRA while a fourth eluded capture. Joe Cahill and Rory O Brady were held for 48 hours on state offenses. Sean O Brady and Sean Macstophain remained at large. O Brady’s hunger strike is noted as a protest.
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Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
Joe Cahill
Northern Ireland
Rory
O’brady
Sinn Fein
Sean
Sean Macstophain
Provisionals
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