Hostage Taken in Cadman Jewelry Heist Near Tillsonburg Ontario
Bandits armed with automatic pistols and two sub machineguns seized a hostage and about 250000 dollars in gold bars silver and finished diamonds from Cadman Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Police pursue at least four suspects after a daylight theft in Tillsonburg Ontario. The plant manager Wes Dickenson was abducted and forced to open vaults. A getaway car was found and roadblocks plus tracking dogs are deployed. The robbers may have used a light aircraft. inside sources suggest possible insider information. The value of stolen goods is estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Tillsonburg
Ont
Cadman Manufacturing Co. Ltd
Cadman
Wes Dickenson
Walter Cadman
Ontario
Montreal
Dickenson
Four Saskatoon children died by strangulation coroner says
Coroner Dr. Sydney Fogel ruled the four Saskatoon area children likely died quickly from strangulation. Police charged truck driver David Threinen with murder for the deaths of Dahrylene Cranfield 12 and Robert Grubesic 9. two other bodies Cathy Scott 7 and Samantha Turner 8 were found in a separate grave.
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Saskatoon
Sydney Fogel
Serge Kujawa
Saskatchewan
Dahrylene Cranfield
Robert Grubesic
Kujawa
Cathy Scott
Samantha Turner
Attorney-General’s Department
Fogel
Grubesic
Woodlawn Cemetery
Scott Child
Woodlawn
Rosedale
Moose Jaw
Sask
Bert Sears
Edmonton
Threinen
Karen Ewandn
North Saskatchewan River
Kennedy shooting inquiry reopened by Los Angeles court
Superior Court Judge Robert Wenke ordered new ballistics tests on the eight shot .22 pistol linked to the Kennedy assassination. The move, in a bid to settle if a second gun fired bullets, follows a suit by Paul Schrade and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors seeking release of the police report and all physical evidence. Sirhan Sirhan remains in prison for Kennedy's death.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Superior Court
Robert Wenke
Paul Schrade
Kennedy
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Sirhan
Herbert McDonnell
New York
Lowell Bradford
Campbell
Calif
John Howard
Howard
Shrade
Wenke
Thomas Kranz
Bangladesh Security Crisis After Mujibur Rahman Assassination
Radio Bangladesh announced the killing of President Mujibur Rahman in a military coup and the installation of Khondakar Mushtaque Ahmed. A 24 hour curfew was imposed as tanks patrolled Dhaka and martial law was proclaimed.
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New Delhi
India
Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Radio Bangladesh
Sheik Mujib
Khondakar Mushtaque Ahmed
Dalim
Mansoor Ali
Daccan
Shell to raise wholesale petroleum prices in Canada
Shell Canada Ltd announced a 5.3 cent per gallon wholesale price increase on petroleum products in parts of Canada excluding lubricants and greases. Gasoline diesel and aviation fuels rise 0.6 cents per gallon due to higher federal sales tax. The move offsets higher crude oil costs and refinery losses and awaits government authorization in other areas.
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Toronto
Shell Canada Ltd
Canada
Purnell Cites Secrecy Over Cattle Export Inquiry
Dr. Glen Purnell testified at a judicial inquiry that he concealed his cattle’s involvement in a Mexico bound export deal to avoid influencing Alberta Export Agency directors. He noted he left a 1974 meeting as the loan guarantee discussion continued and claimed he would not sway decisions. The inquiry examined potential conflicts of interest and the role of agency officials in arranging cattle sales and bull and heifer purchases for Mexican buyers.
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Edmonton
Glen Purnell
Alberta Export Agency
Dr. Purnell
Ford to appeal oil tariff ruling to Supreme Court
The Ford administration will seek Supreme Court review to overturn a lower court ruling that the $2 per barrel tariff on imported oil is illegal. Solicitor General Robert Bork announced the appeal as the case proceeds through the courts and potential stay decisions are considered.
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Ford Administration
United States Supreme Court
Ford
Robert Bork
Supreme Court
Bork
Justice Department
Administration
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
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Shell
Purnell Inquiry
S. V. Legg
Mexico
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