Canada sets Feb. 18 election
Prime Minister Joe Clark's Progressive Conservative government was defeated in a no confidence vote and Parliament was dissolved for national elections on February 18. The vote stood 139 to 133 with Conservatives and Liberals absent, while Trudeau, who plans to step down, may be asked to return as Liberal leader.
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Marc Lalonde
Fitzsimmons Son Pleads Guilty To Trucking Payoffs
Richard Fitzsimmons, son of Teamsters president Frank Fitzsimmons, admitted taking monthly bribes of 750 dollars from a trucking firm. As an international organizer for the union he must resign at sentencing and could face up to five years in prison and a 35000 dollar fine.
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Carter administration readies Taiwan arms sales after ruling
U S officials say the Carter administration will move quickly to resume selling weapons to Taiwan after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the 1954 defense treaty termination. The court voted 7 to 2 not to hear the case. Senate opponents had argued presidential approval was needed for such arms deals.
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Stalemate persists over windfall oil tax debate
A third Senate bid to limit debate on the windfall profits tax failed 56 to 39, clouding chances for year-end enactment. Byrd proposed a toughened minimum tax. Dole dismissed it as a real compromise as lawmakers wrestle to reach a politically acceptable framework.
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Senate
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Bob Dole
R-Kan
Congress
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R-Okla
U S finds bacon largely nitrosamine free after tests
After a year long USDA campaign Assistant Secretary Carol Tucker Foreman announced that virtually all bacon cured with nitrite and fried at high heat shows no confirmable nitrosamine levels. More than 1 000 bacon samples were tested from an estimated 1.4 billion pounds produced annually.
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United States
Agriculture Department
Carol Tucker Foreman
Not Giving Up on Lost $50 Million Satellite
Washington search teams persist in locating a $50 million communications satellite lost in space four days earlier. Using advanced tracking devices and space monitoring, they remain confident resolution may take weeks.
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Washington
South Korea names hard line generals to key ministries
President Choi Kyu-hah unveils a cabinet dominated by military figures as hard liners push for control of Home Justice and Defense posts. Gen Choo Young-bok named defense minister replacing Ro Jae-hyun amid arrest tensions tied to former martial law commander Chung Seung-hwa.
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South Korea
Choi Kyu
Justice
Defense
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Air Force
Ro Jae-hyun
Chung Seung-hwa
Chung
Park Chung-hee
Central Intelligence
California Rep Wilson faces second House ethics probe
Congressman Charles H. Wilson of California is again under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for alleged wrongdoing. The panel will probe claims that the Democrat accepted 15500 in payroll kickbacks and converted 28900 in campaign donations for personal use, following a prior Koreagate-related reprimand.
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UPI
Charles H. Wilson
California
House
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NBC News Pentagon Reporter Quits Over Iran Interview
Ford Rowan, NBC News Pentagon correspondent, resigns citing what he calls irresponsible journalism after NBC aired an interview with an American hostage in Iran. The resignation followed NBC airing a Marine guard interview as part of a program negotiated with militants holding the U S Embassy in Tehran.
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Cartier chief Robert Hoey killed in traffic accident
Paris based Cartier chief Robert Hoey who led the firm for seven years after reviving profits and prestige was struck by a car and killed. He was 62. The item also notes that on this date in 1799 George Washington died at 67.
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Robert Hoey
France
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George Washington
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette company and published daily from Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscriptions priced for carrier and mail delivery with weekly and territorial rates. notices about AP news usage and postal details included.
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Tedar Rapids
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Gazette
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