21 Aug 1979
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1979
Page
1
Levesque signals little time for full fledged conferences until referendum results. He told reporters energy and economic issues dominated the three day premiers meeting at Point a la Pic and praised Clark for progress in French.
Former trustee says the fund could not be drawn for Diefenbaker's use and only interest could support him if income fell below a threshold. The will redirects funds to the Diefenbaker Centre and other charitable uses, while a man near the coffin collapsed and died aboard the funeral train in Melville.
Energy Minister Ray Hnatyshyn said after a cabinet meeting that the metric change should be reviewed and reassessed in light of progress versus the United States. Canada is ahead of the U S in metric adoption and officials will study effects on international trade.
McGill University law professor Irwin Cotler was arrested and expelled from the Soviet Union after visiting Moscow for the International Political Science Association meeting. He said the move was ill advised and plans to continue aiding dissident Anatoly Shcharansky, who is serving a 13 year treason sentence. Cotler was not allowed to speak with the Canadian Embassy and documents were seized.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference schedules talks with Israel’s UN chief Yehuda Blum after being among the first major U.S. groups to defend the PLO. Rev. Joseph Lowery leads a delegation seeking recognition of Israel and Palestinian self determination amid Andrew Young’s UN resignation fallout.
Halifax firemen 271 voted to end their five day walkout in the city of 118000. Talks between the city and Local 268 IAFF produced a tentative agreement that was rejected by city council before ratification by both sides. No serious fires or injuries occurred during the strike.
Tehran reports 18 Kurdish rebels executed early today, raising total to 29. The regime closed 22 publications and expelled three foreign correspondents. Radio Tehran says 13 were killed in Paveh and five in Kermanshah after Islamic tribunals convicted them of corruption on earth and opposing God.
President Sanjiva Reddy weighs options after Charan Singh resignation. He will decide by Wednesday whether to call mid term elections or invite Jagjivan Ram to form a government. Singh defends caretaker status while blasting Gandhi factional pressure.
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