Extortionist Threatens Contaminating Tucson Water
An unnamed extortionist threatened to contaminate Tucson drinking water with typhoid bacteria unless paid $750,000. Officials say the risk is low and steps were taken to protect the water system. The threat was received by mail on April 5 with follow up by phone. no payoff was delivered.
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Tucson
Ariz
Lewis Murphy
Star
Murphy
Raymond Sierka
University of Arizona
The
Deadline passes without word on Moro kidnapping
In Rome the terrorist deadline set by the Red Brigades to free Aldo Moro's life expired without communication from the captors. Pope Paul appealed personally for Moro's release, while Italian leaders met and Caritas Internationalis offered mediation though no contact was reported.
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Moro
Rome
Aldo Moro
Red Brigade
Pope Paul
Giovanni Leone
Giulio Andreotti
Francesco Cossiga
Paul
Red Brigades
Vatican
Leone
Christian Democrat Party
Andreotti
Caritas Internationalis
George Hussler
Freiburg
West Germany
la Republica
Christian Democrat
Benigno Zaccagnini
PC Candidates Begin Final Campaign Push in PEI
The 32 Progressive Conservative candidates hit home ridings for the last day of campaigning ahead of the April 24 election under Angus MacLean. MacLean warns economic decline risks receivership unless PEI leverages its natural resources and builds secondary industries. Liberals, led by Alex Campbell, are wrapping up with a major rally as Premier tours western county seeking nine of ten seats.
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Dennis Harper
Charlottetown
Angus MacLean
Liberals
Alex Campbell
MacLean
Commons
Prince Edward Island
Dominion
P.E.I
Brezhnev Takes Charge in Nuclear Arms Talks With Vance
Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev personally leads nuclear arms discussions with U S Secretary Cyrus Vance in Moscow. He says reporters should wait for Kremlin statements as talks enter a new phase while avoiding promises of a Carter meeting. Brezhnev and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko oversee the discussions since Thursday.
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Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Brezhnev
Kremlin
Vance-Brezhnev
Carter
Trudeau tours Toronto amid Liberal poll concerns
Prime Minister Trudeau mingled with voters and attended a Maple Leafs game while Liberal aides flag a poll showing Toronto constituencies underperforming. Locals include Mike Smith and Aldert Eggleton, with Parkdale High Park and Rosedale as battlegrounds.
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Toronto
Trudeau
National Hockey League
Maple Leaf Gardens
Liberals
Mike Smith
North
Joe Clark
Smith
Aldert Eggleton
Parkdale High Park
Clark
Kelowna
B.C
Winnipeg
One Dead in Grain Elevator Blast At North Kansas City
A grain elevator explosion at Tabor Milling Co. in North Kansas City killed 26 year old James Herrington of Independence and injured 35 workers. Fire and debris shut the 10-storey, 3.3 million bushel plant as investigators called it a grain dust blast.
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North Kansas City
Tabor Milling Co
Kansas City
G.B. Martin
General Adjustment Bureau
Louisiana
Texas
James Herrington
Independence
Herrington
Eugene Larrabee
Veteran Liberal Bryce Mackasey to resign Quebec seat
Bryce Mackasey 56 a longtime Liberal plans to resign his Notre Dame de Grace Verdun riding seat in the Quebec national assembly. He says he may work in business and has no current plans for federal politics. He cites achieving his purpose with the Liberal resurgence and supports Claude Ryan as potential successor.
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Montreal
Bryce Mackasey
Quebec National Assembly
Verdun
Mackasey
Notre Dame de Grace
Claude Ryan
Liberal Party
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Ryan
Trudeau
Commons
Jean Marchand
Robert
Bourassa
Parti Quebecois
Marchand
Claude Morin
Assembly
BC couple murdered in Mexico at Manzanillo home
Mexican police report retired White Rock couple Robert McJannet 67 and Cynthia 57 were shot and killed in Manzanillo as their beach house was robbed. Embassy notes no suspects. the case adds to a year of Canadian deaths in Mexico.
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Vancouver
White Rock
B.C
Manzanillo
Mexico
Robert McJannet
Cynthia
Canada
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Dick Ludiman
Bellingham
Ludiman
McJannet
Lonnie Neeley
Blairmore
Alta
RCMP
Mazatlan
John Miles Anderson
Rosa Sauer
Mancy Hughes
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Caritas
New York
United Nations
Kingsway
Seventh Avenue
S.E
Dunmore Hill
Public Works Department
Frank Webber
Juliet O'Neill
Rosedale
John Evans
University of Toronto
David Crombie
Crombie
John Diefenbaker
Aschaffenburg
Anneliese Michel
Josef Michel
Anna
Ernst Alt
Wilhelm Renz
Karl Stenger
Quebec City
Alan Judge
Acapulco
David Wilson Jefferson
Brampton
Ont
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