Quebec referendum date set by government and question by assembly
Quebecs white paper says the government will decide the referendum date while the national assembly will determine the question wording. It proposes only official campaign bodies may raise or spend money, caps spending per voter, and bans corporate contributions. Public hearings are promised before any legislation.
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Quebec
Canada
National Assembly
Government House
Robert Burns
Miece
Burns
Quebec Bill 101 advances after narrow vote
The Quebec national assembly approved a closure motion 48-30 to end committee study of Bill 101. The session adjourned after three weeks with the bill set to become law by week’s end. Amendments exempting mentally handicapped children and hospital records were adopted.
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Quebec
Quebec National Assembly
Assembly
Hospital workers secure six percent raise in 1977
About 3,000 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees members receive a six per cent across the board pay increase for 1977 from a three member arbitration board. The deal covers staff at University and Glenrose Hospitals W D Cross Cancer Institute Edmonton and Foothills Hospital Calgary with night shift differential rising to 20 cents from 16. The raise is retroactive to April 1.
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Edmonton
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
University and
Glenrose
W. W. Cross Cancer Institute
Foothills Hospital
Calgary
Carter says South Africa pledges no nuclear weapons
President Carter cited a South African assurance that white-ruled Pretoria has no nuclear weapons and will not develop them. He noted U.S. inquiries followed a Soviet report of a possible South African test and said the Kalahari sites are not for testing.
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Washington
Reuter
Carter
South Africa
White House
U.S
France
John Vorster
Kalahari
United States
Vorster
Stellenbosch University
Cape Province
David Owen
Britain
Andrew Young
United Nations
Lusaka
Zambia
Middle East
Israel
River
Jordan
Bank manager killed in Melville Saskatchewan shooting
Bank manager Stanley Sutton aged 42 was shot and killed after an argument with a customer at the Bank of Montreal in Melville. A 39 year old Melville man is due in court today on unspecified charges. A witness said the assailant left after warning “You are a dead man” and Sutton died en route to hospital. A bullet also struck the bank window and a nearby building.
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Melville, Sask
Stanley Sutton
RCMP
Melville
Bank of Montreal
Sutton
Chilean police harassment alleged by refugee groups
Winnipeg activists claim Chilean secret police are waging a terror campaign in Canada. Two groups cite three refugee cases of kidnapping harassment and interrogation in July and August, with police investigating amid accusations tied to Pinochet regime agents.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Chilean Association
Coordinating Committee
Chile
Volved
Ed Ogelski
Doreen Plowman
Solidarity Committee
Canada
Augusto Pinochet
Elkwater Lake spared by Alberta cottage development rules
Alberta adopts development controls covering 15 lakes including Baptiste Garner Gull Island Lac la Biche Lac la Nonne Lac Ste Anne Moose Muriel Nakamun Sandy Skeleton Sturgeon and Wizard Elkwater Lake remains untouched as 26 page report warns of growing subdivision pressure while inviting lake management plans and future zoning.
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Edmonton
Elkwater Lake
Conservation and Utilization Committee
Alberta
Baptiste
Garner
Gull
Island
Isle
Lac la Biche
Lac la Nonne
Lac Ste. Anne
Moose
Muriel
Nakamun
Sandy
Skeleton
Sturgeon
Wizard
Elkwater
Tom Drinkwater
Parks, Recreation and Wildlife
Drinkwater
Renpeta
Medicine Hat
Cypress Hills
Spruce Coulee
Reesor Lake
Spruce
Reeser
Mandel appeals case after racketeering and mail fraud conviction
Gov. Mandel awaits sentencing on October 8 after a jury found him guilty on one racketeering count and 17 mail fraud counts. He may resign to qualify for a $12,500 pension, while Lt. Gov. Blair Lee would assume office. A pension opinion is being drafted by Maryland AG Francis Burch.
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Baltimore
Marvin Mandel
Mandel
U.S. District Court
Robert Taylor
Blair Lee
Lee
Francis Burch
Vance Talks With Teng Hsiao-ping on China Ties in Peking
U S secretary of state Cyrus Vance met Deputy Premier Teng Hsiao-ping in Peking as talks accelerate toward normalizing relations. Hua Kuo-feng demanded U S break with Taiwan as a condition for full relations, while Huang Hua urged normalization but offered no detail.
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Peking
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Teng Hsiao-ping
China
Hua Kuo-feng
Taiwan
Hua
Anu
Teng
Vance
Huang Hua
State Department
Hodding Carter
Huang
Washington
Communist Party
Formosa Strait
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Parti Quebecois
Camille Jaurin
Liberal
Union Nationale
Camile Laurin
S. Africa
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Dale Anderson
Joseph Alton
Anne Arundel
Baltimore County
Samuel Green
Edward Garmatz
House of Representatives Merchant Marine Committee
General Assembly
Marlboro
U.s.-China
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