Alberta opens Primrose Lake area to oil and gas exploration
2000 square miles of Primrose Lake military base terrain in northeast Alberta are opened to oil and gas exploration. Alberta Energy Company pays 57.6 million dollars for access and development rights with royalties and a potential bonus if profits exceed normal royalties. Opposition criticizes private bid limits while Getty cites military safety and Suffield experience guiding joint development plans.
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Edmonton
Alberta Prairie
Primrose Lake
Alberta
Alberta Energy Com
AEC
Bob Clark
Getty
Primrose
Suffield
Afghan government toppled after heavy Kabul fighting
Rebels claim toppled President Daoud after intense battles in Kabul. Gen Dagarwal Abdul Khadir named head of Revolutionary Council as curfew imposed. reports say Daoud’s whereabouts unknown. violence followed arrest of Communist leaders and a march denouncing the CIA.
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Islamabad
Reuter
Afghanistan
Mohammad Daoud
Kabul
Dagarwal Abdul Khadir
Military Revolutionary Council
Revolutionary Council
Daoud
Zahir Shah
Soviet Union
Pakistan
Iran
China
Mir Akbar Khaibir
U.S
U. S
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Central Asia
Fiat executive shot in legs amid Red Brigades attack
In Turin an anonymous caller tied two leg shootings to the Red Brigades, naming Fiat executive Sergio Palmieri 41, as police tie the macabre wave to the group that kidnapped Aldo Moro weeks earlier. Another Red Brigades claim followed in a Rome suburb injuring Gerolamo Mechelli.
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Rome
Fiat
Red Brigades
Aldo Moro
Sergio Palmieri
Turin
Italy
Gerolamo Mechelli
Christian Democratic
Lazio
Moro
Christian Democratic Party
Grandmother avenges spanking at Dallas school
A 56 year old grandmother allegedly shot and killed Woodrow Porter a 38 year old school janitor at a Dallas campus after learning he spanked her six year old grandson. Porter died at the scene from .38 caliber neck and chest wounds. The woman was jailed but not charged.
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Dallas, Tex
Woodrow Porter
Porter
Jack Castle
Castle
Non-committal on RCMP political surveillance report
Ottawa MPs blasted Solicitor General Jean-Jacques Blais after he refused to confirm or deny that RCMP members were issued 1971 election surveillance instructions. The report described targeted data gathering on candidates across federal provincial and municipal races with separate English and Quebec sets of rules.
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Ottawa
Jean-Jacques Blais
RCMP
Robert Stanfield
Blais
New Democratic Party
Stanfield
Halifax
Trudeau
Canada
Quebec
Third suspect charged in RCMP constable killing
A third man, Frank Robert Crook 20 of Saskatoon, was charged as an accessory after the fact in the killing of RCMP Constable Thomas King. King, 40, was shot early Tuesday after a routine stop and dumped in the South Saskatchewan River. Darrel Crook 18 and Gregory Fischer 19 face first degree murder charges. hearings set for May 1 and May 4 bail. Funeral services for King are planned in Regina with RCMP attending.
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Saskatoon (Cp
RCMP
Thomas King
South Saskatchewan
Frank Robert Crook
Saskatoon
Darrel Luke Crook
Constable King
Darrel Crook
Gregory Michael Fischer
Fischer
Crook
Frank Crook
Regina
King
West Bank search for guerrillas after deadly Tel Aviv bombing
Israeli forces swept the West Bank seeking Palestinian guerrillas blamed for a bus bombing near Nablus that killed two West Germans and wounded six. The attack occurred as the group of 34 Germans toured the region. 11 West Bank residents were arrested in Kallandia on suspicion of guerrilla ties. A 4,000-strong demo in Jerusalem demanded territorial concessions from Prime Minister Begin.
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Tel Aviv
Reuter
West Bank
Jordan River
Nablus
Kallandia
Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Begin
Scaffold collapse kills dozens at power plant in West Virginia
A metal construction scaffold on a cooling tower collapsed in St Marys West Virginia plunging about 45 metres to the ground. At least forty five workers were killed officials said the station was used as a temporary morgue but exact body count was not disclosed. A firefighter confirmed there were likely no survivors.
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ST. Marys
W.va
Power Company
Harry Morgan
Belmont
Alberta policy pins service access on Indians and Ottawa
EDMONTON The Alberta government outlines a policy to extend provincial programs to recognized treaty Indians and bands while placing the onus on Indians to request services and on Ottawa to pay for off reserve costs. Bob Bogle says full implementation will take up to 10 years with conditions including respected treaty rights and formal band requests.
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Edmonton
Bob Bogle
Indian Affairs
Alberta
Bogle
Ottawa
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River Heights
Howard Stolz
Frank Webber
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Israel
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