Ex-Convict Kills Wife and Son Then Himself in 16 Hour Siege
In East Hartford Connecticut an ex-convict Frank De Corleto 34 held police at bay for 16 hours in a second floor apartment before killing his wife and son and shooting himself. Police said he had served time in Georgia and feared returning to prison after the standoff ended. He reportedly told a newspaper he planned to end his life rather than face jail.
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East Hartford
Conn
Frank de Corleto
de Corleto
Georgia
Clarence Drumm
DeCorleto
Calgary Power studies billion dollar plans
Calgary Power Ltd contemplates a major northeast Alberta hydro project at Mountain Rapids on the Slave River. The plan could reach around 1.5 to 2.0 gigawatts with a transmission system stretching nearly 500 miles to Edmonton, with initial estimates near 1.5 billion in 1970 and potential rises since then.
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Calgary
Alberta
Calgary Power Ltd
Mountain Rapids
Northwest Territories
Slave River
Peace and Athabasca
Lake Athabasca
Great Slave Lake
North Saskatchewan River
Big Bend
Brazeau Rivers
Fort Smith
N.W.T
M.J. Chorel
Calgary Power
Edmonton
Montreal Engineering
Fears rise over economy after April June downturn
Canada's economy cooled sharply from April to June with real output dropping at a 2.4 per cent annual rate. This followed a 5.2 per cent GNP growth in the first quarter, marking the third quarterly drop in the past year. Statistics Canada cautions it is too soon to declare a recession despite weak conditions.
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Glenn Somerville
Ottawa
Canada
Statistics Canada
Macdonald
Indecent assault charge and economic outlook cited in court and politics
A second suspect in indecent assaults in the east Riverside area appeared in provincial court with four charges. Ernest Doreske was remanded for election and plea. Separately economists warn three quarters of shrinking output signal recession while Ed Broadbent urges swift government action through capital works and tax cuts to avert worse unemployment.
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East Riverside
Ernest Doreske
Redcliff
Droeske
Violence mars London West Indian Carnival
London’s West Indian Carnival ended in street battles and looting for the second year running. Police arrested 227 over two days. 139 injured, including 30 officers, with 17 still in hospital and nine officers in critical condition.
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Stephen Powell
London
Reuter
Notting Hill
Louis Chase
Macdonald to stick with March 31 budget
Finance Minister Donald Macdonald will keep the March 31 budget despite weak April to June growth and a third quarterly decline. He predicts improvement in the July to September quarter as the $1.2 billion corporate tax cuts take effect, while opposition calls for a new budget persist.
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Ed Broadbent
New Democratic Party
St. Andrews
N.B
Broadbent
Donald Macdonald
Glenn Somerville
Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Macdonald
Family loses eight in Labrador canoe capsizing
Police report an 18-foot canoe with no life jackets overturned in Sanga Bay near Davis Inlet sending 8 of 11 aboard to drown. Victims include Simon Poker, 42, Jennett Poker, 36, and six children. Three survivors were found ashore hours later as RCMP planned searches once conditions eased.
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Goose Bay
Nfld
Labrador
Simon Poker
Jennett
Stephenus
Charles Joseph
Jerome Joseph
Philomina Joyce
Agatha
Lloyd
Henry Mistinatu
Louisa
Mary Poker
Louisa Mistinatu
Simon and
Jennett Poker
Sanga Bay
Here
Davis Inlet
RCMP
Inuit youths protest Bill 101 at Fort Chimo station
Several hundred Inuit youths march on the provincial police station in Fort Chimo to denounce Quebec language legislation. Charlie Watt and David Payne hold talks as plans unfold to visit Povungnituk to argue the law. Inuit leaders deny talks of separatism while continuing protests over language policy.
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Mark Daly Fort Chimo
Quebec
David Payne
Camille Laurin
Charlie Watt
Northern Quebec Inuit Association
Watt
Payne
Michel Sparer
Povungnituk
Here
Hudson Bay
Fort Chimo
Michael McGoldrick
Inuit Association
Rene) Levesque
Explosion Levels Calgary Home in SW Neighborhood
An early morning blast in southwest Calgary leveled a residence at 4707 17th Ave. S.W. and damaged at least 10 nearby houses. No deaths reported. occupants’ status unknown while several neighbors were treated for shock and others evacuated. Fire investigators probe natural gas cause with no foul play suspected.
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Calgary
17Th Ave. S.W
Stephen Kacsmar
No NEWS Monday Labor Day publish break notice
The NEWS will not publish Monday Sept 5 for Labor Day. Retail display deadline for Sept 6 and 7 is 4 p.m. Friday Sept 2. Classified deadline for Sept 6 is noon Saturday Sept 3.
Montreal school board backs language choice under Bill 101 backlash
The Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal voted 7 6 to allow language choice for education despite Bill 101 limits, and will seek a federal court challenge. It will refuse transfers of 167 Bill 22 language test failures to French schools while accepting 2,500 previously registered English school students. The board may pursue Supreme Court review and warns some grants could be cut per the charter. The Lakeshore and Montreal Catholic School Commission actions mirror tensions over English and French schooling rights.
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PSBGM
Marcel Fox
Quebec
ASK
Suburban Lakeshore School Board
MCSC
Montreal Catholic School Commission
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