Life Term Upheld in Durham Second Murder Trial
Luther Durham Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1963 murder of Mrs. Annie Snow in Frederick County Circuit Court. The verdict followed a five and a half hour jury deliberation and mirrors the earlier 1965 trial outcome. Durham to appear April 22 for a hearing on defense motions. parole eligibility depends on time served credits.
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Luther Durham, Jr
Richmond
Frederick County
Durham
Annie Snow
George F. Whitley
David G. Simpson
B.J. Tisinger
Curts
Hoover
Whitley
Mr. Simpson
Commonwealth
Lawrence R. Ambrogi
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Bomb blast kills six in central Belfast street
A 100 pound truck bomb in Donegall Street Belfast killed six people including a child and two police, wounding 97 as emergency crews treated victims on the street. Police said terrorists lured bystanders toward the blast and false tips delayed evacuation before the explosion near the New Letter offices.
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Belfast
Donegall Street
Northern Ireland
Church Street
Donegall
New Letter
Abercorn
Interior study says Canadian route less destructive for Alaska oil line
The Interior Department released a nine volume environmental impact report showing a Canadian path for the Alaska oil pipeline would be far less destructive. The agency said no action will be taken for at least 45 days on seven oil companies seek to build the Alaska route.
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Washington
Interior Department
Canada
Environment Groups
Alaska
Arctic
North Slope
U.S. Midwest
Turkey to Seek U S Aid for Opium Farmers Losses
Premier Nihat Erim travels to the United States seeking funds to compensate more than 100,000 opium farmers across seven provinces after Turkey bans poppy growing. The US has pledged 35 million dollars over four years, but Turkish loss estimates range from 40 million to 400 million for the period.
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Ankara
Turkey
Nihat Erim
United States
Reds Fire Big Offense on Long Cheng Base
North Vietnamese forces backed by tanks and heavy artillery launched an all-out assault on Long Cheng near the Plain of Jars in Laos. Sources say the attack overwhelmed Thai and Laotian defenders, seizing Skyline Ridge and threatening the airstrip as U.S. air power increased support with F4 fighters and probable B52 bombings.
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Vientiane
Laos
Long Cheng
Plain of Jars
Sam Thong
Skyline Ridge
Long Cheng Airstrip
U.S
Red Cross Bloodmobile Visit At Christ Church Parish House
Winchester Lions Club sponsors a blood drive inviting donors aged 18 to 66 in good health. Officials aim to collect 187 pints by noon, including 10 pints of O positive, for transport to Washington for open heart surgery. Bloodmobile hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Red Cross
Winchester Lions Club
Washington
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Abex Corp Workers Reach Tentative Contract With UAW Local 149
Twenty minutes before a scheduled walkout at Abex Corp 660 employees reached a tentative contract with Local 149 United Auto Workers. A ratification vote is set for Sunday at 2 p m at Lee Jackson High School.
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Star
Abex Corp
United Auto Workers
Lee-Jackson
Charles Mallory
Hepner
India and Bangladesh sign 25 year defense pact
NEW DELHI AP Prime Minister Indira Gandhi presented a 25 year defense and friendship treaty to Parliament after signing in Dacca with Bangladeshs Prime Minister Mujibur Rahman It commits consultative measures if either side is attacked and mirrors a similar pact with the Soviet Union The declaration also calls for closer trade economic development and transit cooperation while war crimes trials remain a Dacca concern
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New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
India
Bangladesh
Mujib
Gandhi
Dacca
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
Heath Pompidou End Summit Talks Adress EU Expansion
Heath and Pompidou wrapped up talks at Heaths country place near London in a friendly mood. They agreed on several economic issues but clashed over the political framework of the enlarged European community and the site of its secretariat. The dispute will be discussed by all 10 members at October meeting.
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London
Edward Heath
Georges Pompidou
European Community
Heath
Pompidou
France
European Economic Community
Britain
Nixon visits New York to push drug abuse crackdown
President Nixon arrives at Kennedy Airport for a three hour tour with law enforcement and officials including Gov. Rockefeller. He will observe the first regional center of his drug enforcement program and hears a report on heroin traffic in New York.
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New York
Nixon
Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Office of
Myles. J. Ambrose
U.S. Commissioner of Customs
Troop Strength Drops in South Vietnam
The U S Command said American troop strength in South Vietnam fell by 5900 last week to 108600, the largest weekly drop in almost two months. President Nixon ordered total strength reduced to 69000 by May 1.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Nixon
Forty FLOSY Leaders Massacred After Reconciliation Talks
Beirut AP reports forty Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen leaders were lured to a reconciliation meeting in Sbeiha and killed when a mine exploded the tent they rested in. Victims included Abdulla Asnag and Abdul Kawi Mekkawi, former exile figures. rioting tensions followed across Yemen and South Yemen with borders on alert.
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Beirut
Lebanon
South Yemen
Aden
Yemen
Front For the Liberation of
FLOSY
Abdulla Asnag
Abdul Kawi Mekkawi
Front
Britain
People’s Republic of
Marxist
National Liberation Front Party
Asnag
Mekkawi
Tai’z
Sbeiha
Israel builds six missile firing boats to counter Egyptian Red Sea edge
Pentagon sources say Israel is constructing six large missile armed boats to challenge Egypt in the Red Sea and protect shipping to Elat. The craft will mount 76 mm guns alongside Gabriel missiles and torpedoes, signaling a new step in the Middle East naval arms race.
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Washington
Red Sea
Pentagon
Mideast
Elat
Israel
U.S
Gulf of Aqaba
Mediterranean
United States
Russia
Suez Canal
East Indian Ocean
Ridge of high pressure brings clear skies across Virginia
A broad ridge of high pressure brought clear skies and moderate temperatures to Virginia today. The notice includes a public safety line and local ads for a sale at The Uniform Shop, 44 East Piccadilly Street, running from today through Friday March 31.
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Richmond
Virginia
East Piccadilly ‘St
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Hex
Ted Hepner
Local 149
Diskay
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