Levesque warns Trudeau on election plans over constitutional reform
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque told Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau he will openly oppose Ottawa's constitutional reform proposals if they form the federal election platform. The meeting focused on economy and unity, with Levesque arguing PQ intervention in a Quebec campaign would occur only if unity and reform clash with Quebec interests.
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Quebec City
Rene Levesque
Pierre Trudeau
Parti Quebecois
Levesque
Ottawa
Trudeau
Quebec
Canada
Sovereignty Association
Flooding Rises Threat Looms as Rivers Burst Banks
Western Washington endures deadly floods with two confirmed deaths as rivers swell. Gov. Ray declares state of emergency and 6500 National Guard on standby while Snohomish County faces crest risk and Yakima River could rise four feet above flood stage.
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Seattle
Washington
Cascade Mountains
Gov. Dixy
Lee Ray
National Guard
Snohomish County
Snohomish
Strangler suspect questioned by police
A 24 year old clothing store worker Bennett Merrett of Hesperia is questioned and later booked on robbery charges in a case linked to the Hillside Strangler killings. Police connect him to the latest strangulation cases as investigators note the victims were young and often raped.
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Los Angeles
Bennett Merrett
Hesperia
Yolanda Washington
Hillside Strangler
Merrett
Lauren Rae Wagner
Train wreck at Kleigrand Station kills 14 in South Africa
A freight train slammed into a standing passenger train at Kleigrand Station near Vereeniging, killing at least 14 and injuring about 200. Four passenger coaches and two freight cars derailed. Normal services on the Johannesburg Vereeniging line were halted pending clearance.
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Vereeniging
South Africa
Railways
Kleigrand
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Johannesburg- Vereeniging
We Love Them But Wild Dogs Proliferate in Jersey Pine Barrens
Guerdan Smith, a wild dog warden, leads a 15 member posse to thin a pack feared to include up to 20 dogs. A October raid killed livestock and threatens pets and children as locals weigh humane action against danger.
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Buena, N.J
Guerdan Smith
Smith
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Bermuda rocked by riots after executions and curfew
Fires raged across Bermuda after the executions of Erskine Burrows and Larry Tacklyn. The Gosling Brothers liquor warehouse burned with over 1 million dollars in damage as a dusk to dawn curfew failed to stop arson and violence.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Reuter
Gosling Brothers
Erskine Burrows
Larry Tacklyn
Crash Kills Pilgrims in Libya After Emergency Attempt
A Bulgarian charter plane carrying 165 pilgrims home from Mecca crashed near Benghazi Benina airport. 59 people died and 43 were injured as authorities investigated the crash and survivors recounted the chaotic moments.
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Tripoli
Libya
Mecca
Benghazi
Benina
Najib Salam
Salam
Stone guitarist Keith Richards faces preliminary drug charges
Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones elected trial by judge and jury at a Toronto provincial court preliminary hearing on heroin and cocaine possession. RCMP testified items seized from his hotel room included heroin and cocaine with other paraphernalia. Richards admitted using heroin for years and said a tour disrupted his efforts to quit. He was taken to the airport by the RCMP, and witnesses called him a gentleman as crowds gathered outside.
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Fred Lebolt
Toronto
Keith Richard
Richard
RCMP
William Seward
Seward
Toronto International
Austin Cooper
H. A. Rice
Paul Kennedy
Andrew Hachinski
Hachinski
Cooper
Keith
RCMP undermining inquiries at provincial probes
Halifax CP reports that the federal government is blocking inquiries into alleged RCMP activities by withholding evidence. NDP MP Stuart Leggatt claims the Law Courts Act section is used to shield details from provincial commissions. PC MP Elmer MacKay says federal non co operation hampers investigations.
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Theruth
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Ricky Vartanian
Portland
Blanche Jones
Wishkah River
Strangler
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Ventura Freeway
Griffith Park
Ed Henderson
Edward Stainbrook
University of Southern California
Stainbrook
By Peter Mattiace
Ted
Peter Ramsbotham
U.S
South Hampton Princess Hotel
David Gibbons
Gibbons
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