Alberta Grain Field May Be Next Battleground
Alberta faces a constitutional clash with Ottawa over interprovincial and export grain marketing. The province shows open dissatisfaction with federal rules and may back court challenges and commodity groups criticizing the wheat board, with Roy Atkinson accusing Alberta of alliance with international grain interests.
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Calgary
Altan
Alberta
Ottawa
Wheat Board
Roy Atkinson
Saskatoon
Oilmen optimistic for energy deal amid talks
Sponsors of two multi billion dollar Canadian oilsands projects pursue a federal Alberta energy pact after a one day meeting between Energy Minister Lalonde and Merv Leitich. Officials say progress is possible but June remains critical for Alsands and Esso Resources as delays threaten billions in investment and jobs.
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Calgary
Alberta
Marc Lalonde
Merv Leitch
Glenn Rainbird
Esso
Cold Lake
Alta
Joe Mariash
Allands Consortium
Fort McMurray
Rainbird
Mariash
Esso Resources
Imperial Oil Ltd
Sweden Beats Canada In World Hockey Championship Fight
Sweden surprised Canada 3-1 in Gothenburg to move to 1-1-1 on three points while Canada slips to 0-3 in the four team pool. Canada faces the Soviet Union next on Wednesday.
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Goteborg
Sweden
Canada
Soviet Union
Downtown Calgary gunfire wounds officer and murderer
In downtown Calgary on Sunday night an RCMP officer Sgt. Ray Forsythe and convict Harvey Harold Andres were wounded by police gunfire as officers pursued a car carrying four people. Andres, serving a life sentence for a British Columbia murder, had recently escaped from Edmonton Institution.
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Calgary
RCMP
Ray Forsythe
Harvey Harold Andres
Forsythe
Andres
British Columbia
Edmonton
John Lewis
12Th Ave
8Th St.s.w
Shirley Ann Baker
Winfield
B.C
Sauer Eyes Transit Deficit Solutions With Gas Tax Backing
Alderman Sauer pursues methods to cut the citys looming transit shortfall and maintains support for a gasoline tax to fund bus operations, as reported on page 3. The piece notes his search for revenue and cost controls amid public transportation pressures.
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Sauer
Ken Sauer
Alberta officials fear transport bottlenecks threaten growth
Premier Peter Lougheed and Economic Development Minister Hugh Planche warn that by 1985 Alberta’s ability to move agriculture and mineral exports could be limited by transport gaps. They press Ottawa to prioritize transportation funding as the heritage savings plan shifts to support infrastructure and diversification.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Hugh Planche
Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Lougheed
Ottawa
Planche
U.S. economy expands 6.5 percent in first quarter
The Commerce Department says real GNP rose 6.5 percent in Q1 aided by higher consumer spending, clocking the strongest quarterly gain since 1978. Inflation ran 7.8 percent, with analysts expecting slower growth in April to June amid high rates and prices.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Murray Weidenbaum
Two Die As Landrover Knocks Down Protesters in Londonderry
Amid Easter uprisings commemorations in Northern Ireland police say a British army Landrover struck and killed two youths in Londonderry after rallies by thousands of republicans. Police report further rioting in Londonderry and arrests in Belfast as clashes continue.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Dublin
Belfast
Irish Republic
West Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Easter in Jerusalem Across Faiths United in Celebration
Pilgrims from many faiths observed Easter in Jerusalem as Pope John Paul II delivered greetings in 43 languages and condemned abortion. A sunrise mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre drew about 1,000 communicants, with further services by the Latin and Greek patriarchs.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
John Paul
Rome
Deodoros
Garden Tomb
Egypt
St. Peter’s Square
Peking
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Church of St. Joseph
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Jerzy Modzelewski
Warsaw
Holy Cross
Brother of Good
Krakow
Karol Wojtyla
Moscow
Vilnius
Riga
Lvov
Tass
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Stan Carrington
Paul Hansen
Medicine Hat
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Hansen
Carrington
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Sygismund Crawford
Crawford
11Th Avenue
Con
Chuck Thomas
Thomas
Teen Rebellion
Atlanta
Cubs
Medicine Hat Cubs
Christopher Young City News
Entertainment
George Oake
Gordon Wright
Gretta Chambers
Jim Coleman
Saskatchewan
U.S
Department
Council of Economic Advisers
Ulster
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