Davis faces new fraud and theft charges in BC government case
Former British Columbia energy minister Jack Davis says he will clear his name as police charge him with theft over 200 and fraud. Premier Bill Bennett had asked for his resignation after travel expense questions. Davis disputes any wrongdoing and vows to fight the case.
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Victoria
Jack Davis
British Columbia
Energy, Transport and Communications
Davis
B.C
Robert Sommers
Social Credit Lands and Forests
Bill Bennett
Garde Gardom
RCMP
Vancouver
Gardom
Alberta Premier Cheers Collapse of Pipeline Talks
Premier Peter Lougheed hails the breakdown of management and funding talks on the Alcan Pipeline involving Trans-Canada and Foothills. He says Western-Canadian control could boost Alberta gains and hints the Heritage Fund or surplus may cover needed capital. The government remains neutral on the breakup.
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Edmonton
Trans-Canada Pipeline
Foothills Pipeline
Peter Lougheed
Grant Notley
Lougheed
Alberta
Foothills “Group
Westcoast Transmission Company
Alberta Gas Trunkline Company
Alberta Natural Gas Company Ltd
Trans-Canada
U.S
Trans- Canada
Heritage Trust Fund
Afghan coup forces impose curfew in Kabul amid blackout
Reports from Islamabad say Afghanistan’s Military Revolutionary Council claims full control after a predawn uprising. The capital Kabul faces a 10 p.m. curfew as borders, airports and communications stay shut. Rebel radio claims Daoud and Naeem killed. three hours of fighting in the capital left about 200 dead. Diplomatic sources note Daoud family members sought refuge in the French Embassy. Leaders include Col Aslam Watanjar and Lt Gen Abdul Qadir.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Kabul
Military Revolutionary Council
Mohammed Daoud
Naeem
Paris
Daoud
Aslam Watanjar
Abdul Qadir
Russia
Iran
Former British Columbia minister faces charges and resignation talk
Former minister Davis of North Vancouver Seymour faces charges and says no refunds were taken from government. He expects court within a month to six weeks and refused to resign. Davis, 61, served in Liberal and Social Credit governments, with a history in fisheries environment and energy. Premier Bennett has taken temporary responsibility for the energy transport and communications portfolio.
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Public Service of
Canada
Davis
North Vancouver-Seymour
Social Credit Party
House of Commons
Fisheries
Environment
Bennett
Energy
B.C
Frank Calder
Phil Gaglardi
Summers
Potato farmers resume human blockade of Trans-Canada Highway
More than 400 farmers and 250 to 300 pieces of farm equipment blocked the Trans-Canada Highway at Grand Falls New Brunswick resuming after RCMP warnings. NFU leaders said the protest aims for a national marketing agency while Premier Hatfield rejects talks and a plebiscite. RCMP prepared riot police and heavy equipment to clear the road if needed and said charges would be laid for blocking the highway.
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Grand Falls
N.B
RCMP
Urban Laughlin
Maritimes
National Farmers Union
Trans- Canada
Fredericton
Laughlin
NFU
Richard Hatfield
Hatfield
Drummond
Malcolm Macleod
Ray Zinck
Zinck
Jim Dionne
Dionne
New Brun
Swick
New Brunswick
MacLeod
Moro letter begs for deal with kidnappers
Aldo Moro, the 61 year old leader of the Christian Democratic Party, writes from captivity begging the CDP and Pope Paul to bargain with his abductors to win his freedom. Il Messaggero reports the handwritten note, found after midnight Friday, says he is alive and has not been coerced.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Christian Democratic Party
Paul
Il Messaggero
Moro
Red Brigades
Tower collapse halt after deadly scaffolding failure
Construction on three similar cooling towers is paused by Research Cottrell Inc. as federal inspectors test the concrete and search for a cause of the fall that killed 51 workers at a Monongahela Power Co. site in Willow Island West Virginia. Dennis Carlton Jones said work will resume only after findings.
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Willow Island
W.va
U.S
Charleston
Daily Mail
Monongahela Power Co
Research Cottrell Inc
Bound Brook
N.J
Dennis Carlton Jones
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Medicine Hat Historical Museum
Motor Vehicle Branch
Tax Department
Frank Webber
Lee Steele
Brian Malone
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