Cheers for Jean Drapeau as Olympic Games close
Montreal crowds roared their thanks to Mayor Jean Drapeau as the Games of the XXIst Olympiad ended. IOC president Lord Killanin praised the host and a streaker incident sparked by indecent exposure occurred during the closing ceremonies.
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Jean Drapeau
Southam News
Montreal
Olympic Stadium
Drapeau
International Olympic Committee
Lord Killanin
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
Michel Leduc
Defection for love: Soviet diver Nemtsanov seeks stay in Canada
Sergei Nemtsanov, 17, Olympic diver, may have defected to Canada for love after forming a romance with an American millionaire's daughter. He obtained a six month permit to remain, with RCMP protection and plans to learn English while pursuing diving and training.
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Montreal
Sergei Nemtsanov
Soviet Union
Canada
Olympic Village
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Nemtsanov
Florida
Russia
The
Gazette
Nemstanov
Trudeau
the Gazette
United States
Alex Paterson
Paterson
RCMP
Toll in Colorado flood may exceed 100 dead
In Big Thompson Canyon searchers shift from rescue to recovery as death toll could reach 200 with 77 confirmed dead and hundreds more injured or missing. Federal disaster declared. Gov. Lamm warns rebuilding costs exceed 10 million for U.S. 34. Evacuations continue with airlifts bringing 1,000 evacuees to safety.
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Loveland
Colo
Big Thompson Canyon
Larimer County
Robert Watson
Colorado Rockies
Watson
Ford
Colorado
Richard Lamm
U.S. 34
Estes Park
Big Thompson River
Loveland High School
Tal Zaatar Evacuation Moves Through Red Cross Convoy
An international Red Cross convoy entered Tal Zaatar in east Beirut to evacuate wounded from the Moslem enclave amid ongoing civil war combat. Palestinian sources report 91 wounded evacuated in three hours while a Red Cross count lists 47. The relief effort faced sniper fire accusations, with leaders of Lebanon’s factions tentatively agreeing to an armistice as fighting continues.
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Beirut
Red Cross
Tal Zaatar
Christian East Beirut
Geneva
Arab League
Hassan Sabri Khali
Lebanon
Jean Hoefliger
Hoefliger
Khali
OECD predicts five percent Canada growth in 1976
The OECD and Development Organization foresees Canada’s GNP rising at least five percent in 1976 with potential 12 month growth up to fifty percent if US demand remains strong. Deficits in the balance of payments stay near 1975’s five billion dollars, while unemployment remains a domestic challenge.
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Jacques Bouchard
Paris
Organization For Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD
Canada
International Advisory Body
United States
U.S
GNP
Ottawa
Stampede Attendance Falls From 1975 Figures
The 1976 Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede ended Saturday with 49,796 visitors for the year, down from 61,431 in 1975. Weekend attendance reached 21,294 at Stampede Park, with Friday 12,300 and Thursday 16,202. Rodeo crowds totaled 9,974 for three days, and Saturday’s rodeo drew 4,422. Grandstand shows for pony chariot and chuckwagon races attracted 7,845 over three nights, with last year featuring horse racing instead.
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Medicine Hat
Stampede Park
al Cherny
ERCB OKs gas for AGCL methanol plants in Medicine Hat
The Energy Resources Conservation Board approved The Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd plan to use up to 15.41 billion cubic feet of gas annually to run two new methanol units in Medicine Hat by 1978. The project would add 420000 tons of methanol yearly and face export market emphasis amid cautious demand forecasts.
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Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Medicine Hat
ERCB
AGCL
U.S
Canada
United States
Pacific Rim
Castro arrives in Halifax on working vacation for Cuba Canada ties
Cuban Agriculture Minister Ramon Castro brother of Fidel Castro begins a working holiday in Nova Scotia at the invitation of Cyrus Eaton. Castro says he is non political and aims to study agriculture while meeting Eaton and Premier Regan. He cites friendly Canada Cuba relations and comments on U.S. policy toward Cuba. Eaton hosts seminars and predicts a future U S Cuba rapprochement with Broadway rhetoric.
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Halifax
Ramon Castro
Nova Scotia
Cyrus Eaton
Castro
Fidel Castro
Eaton
Gerald Regan
Canada
Cuba
Trudeau
United States
China
U.S
Ford
Henry Kissinger
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Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Mathieu
Victor Vogel
Maynard Ferguson
Olympic Orchestra
Greece
Moscow
Red Square
Lenin Stadium
Munich
Stampede
Alberta
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