Contradictions Seen As CLC Meeting Begins In Quebec City
George Oake reports from Quebec City as 2600 delegates arrive for the Canadian Labour Congress convention. Joe Morris defends solidarity over unity, amid internal politics, tripartite concerns, and a push to defeat the Trudeau government through labor electoral effort.
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CLC
Southam News Services
Quebec City
Canadian Labor Congress
Quebec
Solidarity
Morris
Congress
New Democratic Party
NDP
Robin Sears
Trudeau
Carter warns South Africa as trip ends
President Carter ends his Africa tour with a warning that South Africa may face renewed tensions with the United States if Namibia seeks a solutionRejected by Pretoria. He spoke aboard Air Force One after meeting Nigerian leader Obasanjo and Liberia greeted him with large crowds at Robertsfield, where police briefly clashed with protesters.
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Carter
South Africa
Trip
Monrovia
Black Africa
Namibia
United States
Air Force One
Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo
Cuba
Lagos
Washington
Obasanjo
Rhodesia
Africa
Latin America
Robertsfield International Aiport
William Tolbert
Alberta Wheat Pool to Build 170000-Bushel Elevator at Schuler
The Alberta Wheat Pool will construct a $600,000 170000 bushel grain elevator at Schuler to boost district handling capacity. Construction depends on whether the CPR spur to Pivot, Sask, remains. The project includes a 70 ton scale and aims to cut trucking costs by keeping rail access.
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Alberta Wheat Pool
Schuler
Medicine Hat
District Wheat Pool
Jim Furnald
Prairie Rail Action Committee
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sask
Otto Lang
Furnald
Hilda
Hall Commission On
Pioneer Grain Company
Clark fires at Liberals in Goading Speech
Progressive Conservative Leader Joe Clark blasted the Liberal government in Cowansville Quebec saying they are finished with no ideas and their best people have left. He warned of a declining economy unity and confidence in Canada while addressing Howard Grafftey's nomination meeting in Brome Misquam.
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Cowansville
Que
Joe Clark
Trudeau
Canada
Howard Grafftey
Brome-Mis
Clark
Grafftey
Pcs
Brome-Mississquoi
Granby
Quebec
Emission control date extended for Concord Ltd
Alberta environment minister Dave Russell extended a variance for Concord Ltd delaying its pollution control completion. The plant faced weather, equipment delays and valve failures in the high temperature incinerator, with testing ongoing and new parts arriving from Worcester Mass.
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Concord Ltd
Alberta
Dave Russell
Concord
Brier
Detroit
Denis Malley
Worcester
Mass
Security men remanded in provincial court
William Sandiford and Daniel McGarry of Unisery Sound and Signal Inc. Toronto were remanded to Aug 28 for a preliminary hearing on charges including possession of an illegal transmission device public mischief by misleading a police officer and attempting to defraud the Progressive Conservative party. The case stems from claims of bugging devices found in Joe Clark and Elmer MacKay offices.
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Ottawa
William Sandiford
Daniel McGarry
Unisery Sound and Signal Inc
Toronto
Justice of the Peace
Jerry Binda
Progressive Conservative Party
Joe Clark
Elmer MacKay
Nova Scotia
Central Nova
Clark
Bell Canada
MacKay
United States Wins Air Canada Silver Broom Curling Title
The U.S. curlers led by Bob Nichols of Superior Wisconsin defeated Norway's Kristian Sorum 5-4 in Winnipeg to claim the world championship. Nichols delivered the decisive take-out in the fifth end after Sorum gambled on a raise take-out, a move Nichols called the key moment. Norway had upset Canada to reach the final while the U.S. beat Sweden. The victory marks the third U.S. title in five years.
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Winnipeg
United States
Bob Nichols
Superior
Wisconsin
Kristian Sorum
Winnipeg Arena
Nichols
Sorum
Norway
Canada
Sweden
Bill Strum
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Organized Labor
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Hilton Hotel
Gerard Docquiar
United Steel Workers of America
Labor Movement
Venezuela
U.S
Brazil
Winston Cooper
Patterson Armories
James Wessel
June Gibson
Edmonton
Dianne Horeth
Mike Bengart
Cooper
Eye
Es. A Pt. F
Frank Webber
Paul Bilodeau
Say
Doug Frame
Sissquoi
Montreal
Conservatives
Shefford
Gerald
R. Scott
Gilbert Rondeau
Social Credit
Jean Lapierre
Rolland Bremner
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