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( LF S --l C- IE1 S AcGISi bOE DRT I-p-cA'S. PROVISION AL
=iNG SAYS OVERTURES FOP A NEW TRUCE WITH THE PPIrISH FORCES
ARE BEING MADE IN NORTHERN IRELAND. I-R-A GUER ILL AS HAVE HALTED
THEIR ATTACKS IN THE PULLET-SCARREP LENADOON DI TRICT OF PELFAST.
BRITISH APTORITIES WOULD NOT CONFIRM TIE TPUCE TALKS STATEMENT
MADE PY DAVID O'CONNELL CF TH I-R-A.
DESPITE THE 11INT CF PEACE, 100 SHOOTINGS ANr GUNFIGHTS WE7E
DEPORTED ACROSS THE PROVINCE EPALY TODAY THE PPITISH APMY,SAYc
SOLDIERS HIT EIGHT CUEAPI LAS TN GU1r'FICHTS IN PEL^.A T ANT LNDO1nEPRY,
WHERE THREE BIG BOMBS CAUSED HEAVY DAB AGE YESTERDAY. THPEE \S LIEPS
WERE REPORTED rOUNDED Y SNIPERS.
AND THE ARMY SAYS PROTESTANT VIGILANTES AND CATHOLIC GUERRILLAS.
BATTLED Ii DUNCAIRN GARDENS, A NO-HAN'S LAND Th NORTH PELFAST.
(PEIRUT )--A NEWSPAPER IN BEIRUT LEBANON cAYT ONE OF EGYPT'S
LEADING PUBLISHERS HAS PEEN PELEA-ED FROM PRISON IN CAIRO AND
TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL. THE REPORT SAYS EGYP.T'S PRESIDENT
SAPAT (SEH-DAT') ORDERED THE RELEASE OF MvTAFA AMIN '
(1100-STAH' -FAH AH'-MIN) BECAUSE OF HIS HEALTh.
AVIN IS 5 YEAPS OLD. HE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
IN 1965 ON CHARGES OF SPYING FOR THE U-S CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY.
(WASHI'GTON )--THE HOUSE ELECT CRIME CONITTEE TOrAY WANTS Te
ASK SINGER-ACTOR FRANK SINATRA APOUT ALL1CGr D UNDERNORLD MONEY
IN A NEW ENGLAND RACETRACK WHERE SINAPTA WAr AN OFFICER IN 193 .
SINATRA HAS INVOKED A SELDOM-USED HOUSE RULE TO DEMAND THAT CAMERA
AND MICROPHONES BE BANNED AT THE HEARING.
COMMITTEE CHAIR AN CLAUDE PEPPER SAYS HE WANTS TO KNOW IF MOBSTERS
TRIED TO USE SINATRA AS A- ''FRONT'' WHILE HE WAS A VICE PRESIDENT
AND DIRECTOR OF BEPKSHIDE DOWNS TRACK IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE FLORIDA
DEMOCRAT SAYS HI'S COMMITTEE HAS EVIDENCE THAT TWO UNDERWORLD
FIGURES HAT HIDDEN MONEY IN THE NOW-DEFUNCT RACETRACK.06:14A CD 07-1 f-72
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: World news], script, July 18, 1972, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1539455/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.