Thousands view Diefenbaker's body in Ottawa hall
Thousands file past John Diefenbaker's open coffin in Parliament Hall of Honor as Gov Gen Schreyer Prime Minister Clark and others pay respects. The former prime minister dies at 83 of a heart attack and lies in state ahead of a Sunday funeral service at Christ Church Cathedral.
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Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Parliament
Hall of Honor
House of Commons
Ed Schreyer
Joe Clark
Commons
Yukon
Peace Tower
RCMP
Senate
Christ Church Anglican Cathedral
Parliament Buildigs
Saskatoon
Clark
South Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Diefenbaker Centre
Sudbury
Winnipeg
Prince Albert
Diefenbaker
Saskatchewan
Lester Pearson
Barbara
Carolyn Weir
Don
Elmer
Olive
Premier conference keeps congenial tone amid oils and sovereignty talks
At the 20th annual premiers conference in Pointe-au-Pic Quebec the 10 premiers praised the cooperative mood despite disagreements on oil prices and sovereignty association. Leaders including Brian Peckford Peter Lougheed and Bill Davis noted a new era of positivism as debates touched Quebec politics and federal energy policy. Davis released a paper opposing price hikes beyond a proposed January rise.
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Pointe-Au-Pic
Que
John Diefenbaker
Rene Levesque
Newfoundland
Brian Peckford
Peckford
Canada
Quebec
Association
St. Lawrence River
Quebec City
Parti Quebecois
Confederation
Sovereignty Association
Levesque
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Ontario
Bill Davis
Davis
Oil slick threatens commercial sea life in Laguna Madre
Two large oil patches from the Ixtoc I blowout threaten bays and wetlands along Laguna Madre. A 10.5 sq km mousse patch drifts six kilometers off Brownsville jetties and a 16 km ribbon remains 1.6 kilometers off the Port Mansfield cut. Coast Guard officials warn this is the biggest threat to inlets, with anti oil booms and skimmer systems deployed to corral the spill.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Laguna Madre
Brownsville
Port Mansfield
Cmdr
Jim Paskewich
U.S. Coast Guard
Yucatan Peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
Mansfield Channel
Coast Guard
Woman sues parents over abandonment at birth
A 27-year-old Michigan woman, Karen Multack Boldt, sues her parents for $33 million, claiming they abandoned her at birth and had her placed in a home for the retarded. She recalls a father’s line of go away and seeks acknowledgment of her humanity along with her liberty. Boldt, disabled by spina bifida, lives in New Haven, Michigan with her son.
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Detroit
Michigan
Karen Multack Boldt
Strauss to Cairo after Israeli rejection on Mideast proposal
U S envoy Robert Strauss heads to Egypt following Israeli rejection of a proposed new United Nations Mideast resolution. He left Tel Aviv after meeting Prime Minister Begin and ministers who voiced no details about the plan, saying only that no positive results were achieved.
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Cairo
U.S
Robert Strauss
Palestine
Strauss
Israel
Menachem Begin
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Ben- Gurion
Bomb injures officer in Halifax extortion attempt
A bomb exploded injuring an RCMP officer while a note demanding money from Dominion Stores was linked to an extortion bid. The device damaged home windows and car windshields after a customer alerted police. the officer was in satisfactory condition in hospital.
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Halifax
RCMP
Dominion Stores Ltd
Edwin Grandy
Halifax Police Department
Dominion
Arson Kills Four Children At Houston House Fire
Four children aged 3 to 12 died in a deliberately set Houston house fire. Two sisters and two cousins were found bound, with one girl raped and others strangled. Medical examiner cites smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide as factors. Investigators say the victims were alone at Wiley and Rosie Beard’s home, grandparents.
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Houston
Tex
Andrea Jones
Traci Jones
Tony Beard
Amos Black
Joe Finley
Milt Parks
U S Consulate Attack Shocks Tehran
A Tehran attack on the U S consulate damaged the visa section after rockets or rifle fired grenades struck the building. Revolutionary guards reported three explosions and there were no injuries or attackers found.
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Tehran
Reuter
U.S
Islamic
The
Islamic Republic
William Sullivan
Halifax firemen strike tests prompt and pay gap
Halifax Halif ax firemen of Local 268 hold out for higher pay as city and union clash over contract terms. With 271 members on strike the only calls go to two remaining stations and a minor blaze tests backup plans and public protection. The city offers 19 109 for a first class firefighter from 1981 while seeking parity with police pay.
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Halifax
International Association of Firefighters
Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs
Dartmouth
Federal Defence Department
Defence Department
West Side
Ron Horrocks
Horrocks
Greg Smith
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