Word: unites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Eventually, Lennon helped form a unit with four I.R.A. sympathizers. "It was a unit of nothing specifically," Lennon said. "This was not an official branch of the military wing of the I.R.A. No one in Ireland was aware that there was a group of this nature in Luton. We had no real plan, although we decided to organize to get weapons. We managed to get some old shotguns. They were bloody antiques...
...group's activities." One such activity was an abortive payroll heist at a sewage works, which went awry when the payroll messenger did not show up. Later the group planned to raise money for the cause by staging another payroll robbery at a construction site. One of the unit's members, Pat O'Brien, was on holiday in Ireland, and Lennon was ordered by Wicken to steer clear of the caper. The three other members of the unit walked into a trap and were arrested before the heist could take place. In December all were found guilty...
...injured boy, Kevin O'Rourke, was taken by Cambridge Police to Mt. Auburn Hospital where he was given a transfusion of nine pints of blood after being placed in an intensive care unit. Hospital spokesmen yesterday listed O'Rourke in fair condition...
Monday night was the first the entire team had played together. This week practices have started, so that the team will have some time to get itself organized into a working unit for its game against UMass-Amherst Tuesday...
...Arab-European conference proposed for late this year until the Arabs scrap the embargo. They are receiving support from, of all nations, France, which is the conference's prime sponsor. Says French Foreign Minister Michel Jobert: "The Arabs cannot expect Europe to deal with them as a unit if they continue to discriminate against members of the Common Market...