Carter edges Kennedy as poll shows rising support
President Carter prepares to announce re election bid in the East Room at 2 30 p m with an ABC Louis Harris poll placing him close to Edward Kennedy 44 to 51 percent among Democratic voters in a head to head race The three way race with Edmund Brown shows Kennedy 44 Carter 40 Brown 10 Carter campaign aides attribute some gains to criticism of Carter over admitting the shah of Iran to the United States
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Edward Kennedy
Robert Strauss
Kennedy
Iran
United States
White House
Abc-Louis Harris
Edmund Brown
California
Brown
W .i
Patrick Caddell
Caddell
Strauss
Carter Campaign
UN Security Council Calls Iran to Release Hostages
The UN Security Council unanimously resolves to demand Iran release American diplomats held at the U S Embassy in Tehran. It urges restraint by Iran and the United States and seeks peaceful resolution with UN Secretary General Waldheim to assist implementation and report back. The UNSC notes no current UN presence in Iran.
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Reuter
United Nations Security Council
U.S
Tehran
Council
Iran
United States
Kurt Waldheim
Security Council
William Daugherty
CIA
Malcolm Kalp
Ghotbzadeh
UN Security Council
Donald McHenry
Nigeria
Budget critiques forecast 1980 economic pain
NDP leader Ed Broadbent and finance critic Bob Rae warned that government policy will push inflation above 10 percent and unemployment toward 8.8 percent in 1980. They urged a budget with energy price freezes tax credits mortgage relief and subsidies to shield low and middle income earners. They also called for a fair prices commission and targeted spending to prevent a construction downturn.
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Ottawa
Ed Broadbent
New Democratic Party
Broadbent
Bob Rae
Fair Prices Commission
Britain moves to install governor in Salisbury amid Zimbabwe crisis
British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington won Privy Council approval to appoint a British governor in Salisbury with full powers as talks on a ceasefire falter. Patriotic Front leaders Mugabe and Nkomo warned such a move risks war, while Muzorewa praised the step toward elections under a biracial government. Carrington pressed ahead after guerrillas stood him up at a meeting.
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Britain
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Patriotic Front
Lord Carrington
Robert Mugabe
Patriotic Front Alliance
Carrington
Mugabe
Joshua Nkomo
Abel Muzorewa
Muzorewa
Salisbury
The Who Mourns After Cincinnati Tragedy
The Who express devastation over 11 fans killed in a Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum stampede as gates opened for a concert. The band’s spokesman and European press agent Keith Altham say the tragedy is among the worst in rock history. The group stayed in Cincinnati overnight and planned to fly to Buffalo for a show.
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Who
Cincinnati
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Riverfront Coliseum
Buffalo
N.Y
Oil firm avoids felony charges in uranium price fix
The Times reports the U S justice department declined felony charges against Gulf Oil Corp and eight other oil firms over a uranium price fixing scheme. Gulf pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor and paid a $40 000 fine while agencies trace a 1972 cartel and internal recommendations that were ignored, with broader co conspirator interests noted.
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the Times
U.S. Justice Department
Gulf Oil Corp
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Gulf
Justice Department
Aircraft partners call temporary truce in F-18 dispute
McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, partners on the F-18 project, agreed to a temporary truce as a federal judge denied Northrop’s bid to block further McDonnell Douglas foreign sales efforts. The case alleges McDonnell Douglas promised Canadian firms parts and sought to erode Northrop’s profits. A Feb 5 trial date was set.
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Los Angeles
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Northrop Corp
U.S. Navy
McDonnell Douglas
Canada
U.S
Manuel Real
Northrop
Advisory board named to study Crown sale strategy
Ottawa reports Sinclair Stevens forming a 14 member advisory panel led by Derek Hannaford to shape private sector sale of Crown corporations. The group will advise Stevens and a September panel on negotiating stance and sale methods with members from Bank of Montreal Dover Industries Dover Mills and Telesat Canada among others. board may expand to avoid conflicts of interest.
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Treasury Board
Sinclair Stevens
Montreal
Derek Hannaford
Stevens
Hannaford
Mead and Co. Ltd
Derhan Ltd
Claire Bertrand
Bank of Montreal
Toronto
Mona Campbell
Dover Industries Ltd
Hamilton
Ont
Dover Mills Ltd
Halifax
Toronto Dominion Bank
Josette Leman
Montreal City and District Savings Bank
Rolly Cook
Oakville
Canadian Air Line Pilots Association
Henry Jackman
Empire Life Insurance Co
Argus Corp. Ltd
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Alberta
Struan Robertson
Telesat Canada
Ottawa man seeks 200000 claim over oil price rise
Frank Sissons, 57, filed a Federal Court claim in Ottawa seeking 200000 in compensation for higher oil prices proposed by the government. He also sent telegrams to Prime Minister Clark and Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed expressing opposition and said he would prefer resettlement in Mexico if unsuccessful.
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Federal Court of Canada
Frank Sissons
Clark
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Mexico
Iran approves Khomeini rule for life amid hostage crisis
Iran held a landslide referendum approving Ayatollah Khomeini as the supreme leader for life, while U.S. hostages remained captive in Tehran. Reports from Isfahan Bandar Gavaneh and Ardebil show strong support despite boycotts by Sunni minorities and opposition groups.
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Ruhollah Khomeini
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Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Isfahan
Bandar Gavaneh
Ardebil
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