Final farewell for John Diefenbaker in Saskatoon
Thousands gather as John Diefenbaker is laid to rest in Saskatoon after a 3000 kilometre funeral train trip from Ottawa. Diefenbaker lay in state at University of Saskatchewan Convocation Hall and is buried beside his second wife Olive with honors from Cabinet ministers and Prime Minister Joe Clark in attendance.
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Saskatoon
Prairie Folk
John Diefenbaker
South Saskatchewan
Diefenbaker
Convocation Hall
University of Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Alan Blakeney
R. W. Begg
Prince Albert
RCMP
Royal Canadian Legion
Canada
Gordon Churchill
David MacDonald
Steve Paproski
Ray Hnatyshyn
Clark
Olive
Nigeria orders major cut in Soviet military advisers
U S intelligence officials say Nigeria will reduce Soviet training advisers from 38 to five next year. The move follows Nigerian complaints of condescending treatment and shortages of MiG parts while the country prepares to return to civilian rule on Oct. 1. Nigeria is a major U.S. oil supplier with 80 to 100 million people.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Nigeria
U.S
Africa
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
India
Guinea
Ottawa to implement bilingual air control in Quebec by 1980
The federal government will immediately adopt the commission’s unanimous recommendations for bilingual air traffic control systems at major Quebec airports including Dorval and Mirabel by early 1980. Transport Minister Don Mazankowski said an implementation team will coordinate with aviation groups to ensure safe staged rollout while addressing concerns of both francophone and anglophone pilots and controllers.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Don Mazankowski
Dorval
Mirabel
Mazankowski
Jean Marchand
Pierre Trudeau
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
le Association Des Gens de L’ Air du Quebec
Air Canada
Ronald Cook
Canadian Air Line Pilots Association
Cook
Montreal-area
December vote for India as lower house dissolved
India dissolves its lower house as Prime Minister Morarji Desai resigns and Indira Gandhi seeks a return. Charan Singh to lead a caretaker government until elections in December with campaigning to start in November. Ram, opposition leader, claims to form next government as parties negotiate caretaker arrangements.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
Congress
Indira Congress
Neelam Reddy
Charan Singh
Singh
Morarji Desai
Desai
Reddy
Ram
Janata Party
Ottawa ministers say tentative Loto Canada takeover agreed
Federal and provincial lottery ministers reached a tentative agreement on provincial takeover of Loto Canada worth about 250 million dollars yearly. Details were not disclosed with cabinet approvals pending in Ottawa and provinces.
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Ottawa
Loto Canada
Bill Jarvis
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Jarvis
Hugh Curtis
British Columbia
Ontario
Reuben Baetz
Baetz
Steve Paproski
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Alberta
Horst Schmid
Golfer to take penalty after getting birdie
Washington physician Sherman Thomas 67 faces a plea deal over the killing of a Canada goose with a putter on the 17th green at Congressional Country Club Bethesda Maryland. The out-of-court settlement calls for a fine with no jail time if approved by Judge Joseph Young.
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Washington
Sherman Thomas
U.S
Joseph Young
Thomas
Baltimore
Congressional Country Club
Bethesda
Robbery at Sept's Prescription Drug Ltd details
A city drug store on 7th Street S.E. was robbed at about 5:40 p.m. Tuesday when two men entered, bought items, then forced the cashier to open the till and stole about $500. A red car fled the scene. Police describe suspects and continue investigation.
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Sept’s Prescription Drug Ltd
37Th Street
S.E
Fred Sept
Star-Lite
4Th Avenue N.E
Khomeini Punishes Kurds Amid Kurdish Conflict
In Kurdistan near Sanandaj clashes left at least 70 dead as Revolutionary Guards hunted alleged rebels from Kurdish Democratic Party and People's Fedayeen. Ten guards were missing. more than 100 counter-revolutionaries reportedly arrested. In Behshahr a married woman was executed for illicit relations. her lover was lashed 100 times.
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Tehran
Kurdistan
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Sanandaj
Kurdish Democratic Party
Fedayeen
Marivan
Behshahr
U S abandons Palestinian rights resolution plan
The United States will not push a U N resolution on Palestinian rights and plans to ask the Security Council to delay taking up the issue. If a Palestinian state is called for, the U S will veto it, as Carter aides cite a unanimous recommendation to abandon the initiative.
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Washington Star
Washington
United States
U.N
Mi East
Robert Strauss
U.S
United Sates
U.N. Security Council
Security Council
Strauss
Carter
Walter Mondale
Cyrus R. Vance
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Mississippi River
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Joe Clark
Kaaxi
Huxley the Great Dane
Marmaduke the Dog
Huxley
Glen and Allyson Carr
Medicine Hat
Frank Webber
Otto Lang
Parti Quebecois
Commission
Julien Chouinard
Appeal Court of Quebec
W. R. Sinclair
Supreme Court of Alberta
D. V. Heald
Federal Court of Canada
National Lottery
Paproski
Khomeini
Vernon A. Guidry Jr
Vance
Mondale
Kite House
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