Lord Thomson of Fleet Dies in London at 82
Lord Thomson of Fleet, a Canadian press magnate who built a multinational newspaper empire, died in a London hospital after a chest infection and stroke at age 82. Buried in Toronto, his son Kenneth will take control of his vast holdings. The Times and Sunday Times formed core British assets, with North Sea oil stakes and major travel operations among his interests.
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London
Lord Thomson
Fleet
Toronto
Kenneth
Denis Hamilton
Times Newspapers
Thomson
Thomson Organisation Ltd
Britain
North
Tho
North Sea
Coun
Ralph Costello
Canadian Press
National News Co: Operative of Canada
Sunday Times
The
Times
Ontario
Vancouver
Quebec
Scotland
Scotsman Group
Edinburgh
Canada
John Diefenbaker
Roy
Baron of
Fleet Street
Lord Beaverbrook
Violence in Soweto as Police Fire on Crowd
In Soweto, Johannesburg area about 20 000 black demonstrators gathered and police opened fire. Witnesses said at least three died and 18 injured while police reported only 12 injured. The clash followed student detentions and sparked chaos with shops set ablaze and trains halted. authorities deployed armored units and roadblocks as protests spread.
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Johannesburg
Soweto
Pretoria
South Africa
Alexandra
Hlaku Rachidi
Black People’s Convention
Ben Palmer Louw
Black South African Students Organization
Mysterious Legionnaires Disease Mystery Deepens Across States
Pennsylvania officials report 21 deaths and 140 hospitalizations linked to a mysterious illness tied to a Philadelphia American Legion convention. Federal and state researchers mobilize to identify the disease as cultures are examined at the CDC in Atlanta.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Leonard Bachman
Federal Centre For Disease Control
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Bob Costello
Bachman
New Jersey
Congress
Flood toll nears 100 in Colorado canyon
Gov. Lamm toured the Big Thompson Canyon after a 12-foot flood wall swept through the area on a weekend. About 70 bodies were at a makeshift morgue as 300 were injured and 250 reported missing. total property damage estimated at up to 100 million dollars. Debris cleanup may take a year.
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Loveland
Colo
Big Thompson Canyon
Richard Lamm
Lamm
Someoho
Larimer
Robert Watson
National Guard
Watson
Robert Rosenheim
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
AGCL plans $62 million expansion doubling methanol plant
Alberta Gas Chemical Ltd proposes adding two 600 ton a day methanol units in Medicine Hat, expanding the largest Canadian methanol plant. The ERCB plans to issue an industrial development permit subject to cabinet approval, with a 15 year term beginning after completion in 1978 and 100 construction jobs plus 91 operating staff.
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Alberta Gas Chemical Ltd
AGCL
Medicine Hat
Canada
Energy Resources Conservation Board
ERCB
Allarco Developments
Alberta Gas Trunk Line Company ,Ltd
Brier
Alberta
United States
Pacific Rim
Charles Allard
Allarco Development
Edmonton
Montreal Olympic facilities plan outlines costs and timing
Olympic Installations Board officials disclosed a $1.4 billion Games price tag with $788 million stadium and pool, $85 million Village, $62 million Velodrome. Construction may run 18 more months with $120–$130 million left. roof material undecided. public pool access planned mid August with fees similar to municipal pools.
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Montreal
Olympic Installations Board
Victor Goldbloom
Quebec
Paris
Roger Taillibert
Alouettes
Expos
Winnipeg economist named new vice chairman of AIB
June Menzies of Winnipeg accepts as vice chairman of the federal anti inflation board succeeding Beryl Plumptre. She leaves the advisory council on the Status of Women and will start Sept 8 possibly moving to Ottawa for the two year term. She cites a stable economy as key to improving women's status.
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Pepin
Plumptre
Advisory Council
AIB
Ms. Menzies
June Menzies
Winnipeg
Beryl Plumptre
Federal Advisory Council On
Medicine Hat Teen Driver Killed in Early Two-Vehicle Crash
An 18 year old Medicine Hat driver died in a two vehicle crash near the railroad crossing on Brier Park Road and Box Springs Road at 12 20 a m. Three passengers were injured one admitted to hospital. The second driver was unhurt. Coroner Dr E G F Skinner did not release more details. The year’s traffic fatalities in Medicine Hat rise to five.
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Medicine Hat
Brier Park Road
Box Springs Road
E. G. F. Skinner
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Calgary
Alta
Burnaby
RCMP
Lord Thomson of
Purcell
Gert Prinsloo
Prinsloo
New Canada
Noordgesig
Walter Dowdle
New York State
American Legion
Connecticut
James Sykes
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Hospital
State Health Department
Scott Clark
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Winnipeg (Cp
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