IRA Gunmen Step Up Terror Drive in Northern Ireland
In Belfast gunmen of the IRA intensified a campaign of bullets and bombs despite a joint peace appeal by Northern Ireland, Irish Republic and Britain leaders. Attacks included a bazooka on an army post and a bus station explosion as sectarian violence claimed 110 lives in two years.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Brian
Irish Republic
Goulding
Dublin
Provisional
Sean MacStefan
Nixon surprise visit to POW families raises hope to end Vietnam war
President Nixon appeared unannounced at a banquet of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. He pledged renewed effort to secure release of all prisoners of war and missing in action, saying the issue has presidential priority. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird followed with a warm reception as dissidents protested at the White House earlier.
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Southeast Asia
White House
Nixon
National League of Families of American
Washington
League
Vietnam
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Red Chinese Broadcasts Skip Special National Day News
Hong Kong observers say Canton TV aired over two hours of Peking programs instead of the promised special National Day news show. The Oct 1 celebration, held yearly since 1949, was canceled for economic reasons, fueling speculation about Mao’s health or status, which diplomats denied.
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Hong Kong
Canton Television
Peking
China
Red
Mao
Tse-tung
North Vietnam
Chou En-lai
Chou
Canton
Radio
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Tien Anmen Square
Winchester GOP opens Huarters in downtown Winchester
Area Republicans gathered at 12 30 p m today to officially open Winchester Frederick County GOP Huarters at Boscawen and Loudoun Streets. Speakers included state Senate candidate Dr William Ja Truban and House candidates S Roger Koontz and Raymond R Andy Guest Jr. Koontz urged educators to join public life as 85 percent of the state budget funds schools.
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Winchester
Winchester - Frederick County
GOP
Boscawen
Loudoun Sts
William Ja. Truban
Senate
S. Roger Koontz
Raymond R
Andy) Guest, Jr
House of Delegates
Koontz
Virginia
General Assembly
Winchester City
Frederick
Fauquier
Warren
Clarke Counties
Frederick County
Old Shoe Center, Inc
Beetpetite harvest at L. Conrad farm Stephens City
William Myers grew a beet at the L Conrad farm in Stephens City weighing five and a quarter pounds and measuring six inches across.
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William Myers
L. Conrad
Stephens City
Wasi
Castro May Encourage Hijackers
Fidel Castro warned in Havana that if the United States continues its anti Cuban stance Cubans may attempt illegal departures including boat escapes and hijackings of American planes. He said imperialists should remember Cuba will encourage illegality abroad. The remarks were made at Revolutionary Plaza during a ceremony marking 11 years of the neighborhood Committees for the Defense of the Revolution and were broadcast to Miami from Cuba.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
United States
Havana
Castro
Revolutionary Plaza
Teachers seek bargaining powers face cautious candidates
Berryville educators asked area contenders about bargaining rights with local school boards at Clarke County High School. Only S. Roger Koontz favored negotiating powers for teachers while others urged caution or waited to see. Democratic Robert Smalley warned against broad scope, fearing loss of local control. several candidates called for studying the issue before decisions.
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Star
Berryville
State Senate
House of Delegates
Clarke County
Virginia
S. Roger Koontz
House
Stonewall
Frederick County
Robert W. Smalley
Mr. Smalley
Virginia Education Association
Delay Sought In Vote on Withdrawal
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration seeks to delay a Senate vote on Mansfield's six month withdrawal plan from Indochina until after Vietnam's presidential election. The move aims to avoid harming Thieu's unopposed bid and comes amid a wary U.S. policy fight and ongoing Safeguard missile debates.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Indochina
House
Nguyen van Thieu
National League of Families of American
Southeast Asia
League
Mansfield
Robert C. Byrd
Safeguard
Navy
Harold E. Hughes
Drowa
Hughes
William Saxbe
R-Ohio
Saigon
Vu Khanh
Thieu
Airlines Seek to Avert Fare War Over Transatlantic Fares
Pan American and Trans World urge CAB action to prevent an Atlantic fare war ahead of Oct 15. Lufthansa has proposed price cuts, filing Sept 15 for a $210 round trip to Germany from New York or Boston, effective Feb 1.
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Washington
USS
North Atlantic
Pan American
Trans World
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lufthansa
International Air Transport Association
Pan Am
State Department
U.S
Canada
CAB
New York
Boston
Germany
Agnew to Visit Turkey and Greece in October
Vice President Spiro Agnew will tour Turkey October 11 to 13 and Greece October 16 to 18 to discuss NATO matters en route to Iran's 2,500th birthday celebration. He will attend the Iranian fete as the U S representative but carries no special messages for either government.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Turkey
Greece
NATO
White House
Agnew
Iran
Ronald Ziegler
United States
Ziegler
Governors See Hope Of Federal Aid For Localities
West Virginia Governor Arch Moore, new chair of the National Governors Conference, said after a 90 minute meeting with House Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills that priority next year would be given to some form of federal aid for local governments. Moore called the discussion encouraging.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Arch A. Moore
West Virginia
National Governors’ Conference
Mills
Nixon signs draft bill amid pay raise and deferment end
President Nixon signed the two year extension of the draft and a $2.4 billion military pay raise. The bill delays October hikes under a wage price freeze and aims toward a volunteer army by June 1973. Indira Gandhi wrapped up a three day Soviet visit focusing on preventing war in the Indian subcontinent.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Moscow
Indira Gandhi
India
Soviet Union
Indian Subcontinent
Weather Ridge Brings Clear Skies and Warm Virginia Day
A stable high pressure ridge produced mostly clear skies and warm temperatures across Virginia today. The brief AP report notes calm conditions with no precipitation and a light breeze in the region.
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Richmond
Virginia
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