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The article offers information on the journey of Jane Alpert, a former radical who conspired in the bombings in the U.S. It mentions the student life of Alpert wherein her teachers called her brilliant and apolitical and she graduated with honors in 1967. It also provides an overview of Alpert's intimate relationship with Sam Melville in which Melville was caught on November 12, 1969 of planting dynamite at an armory and he was killed in 1971. After Melville was killed the true journey of Alpert's life started wherein she began to change her name so that she will not be identified, she transfers from one place to another and dress in disguise to avoid being caught.

The article reports on the explosion of three bombs in Dublin, Ireland. It mentions that the bombs, made of 200-250 pounds of gelignite, had been packed into three cars parked at curbs and are timed to explode at a peak rush hour. In response, Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave points out that the outrage would strengthen the resolve of those north and south working for peace. It is suspected that the bombs are planted by Protestant firebrands, noting that the cars containing the explosives had apparently disappeared from Protestant neighborhoods of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The article reports on a fire that broke out on January 1, 1953 in a waterfront lumberyard in Valparaiso, Chile. The fire spread to several buildings, one of which contained more than 1,000 pounds of dynamite. Fifty-one fatalities were identified, including a photojournalist and 26 firemen. Chilean President Carlos Ibanez called for the country's Congress to vote on aid to the injured and declared a day of national mourning. He also ordered the arrest of the district highway engineer who had allowed storage of the dynamite.