Moncton Plans Civic Mourning For Slain Officers
Moncton announces a four hour civic mourning period on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon and a 10 30 a m civic funeral for Cpl Aurelle Bourgeois and Constable Michael O Leary as detectives pursue murder and kidnapping charges against James Lawrence Hutchison and Richard Ambrose. The city plans an honor guard and council attendance while a $10 000 trust fund is established for the families with donations to Bank of Nova Scotia branches.
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New Brunswick
Gary Wheeler
Assumption Cathedral
Cpl
Aurelle Bourgeois
Michael O’leary
James Lawrence, Hutchison
Richard Ambrose
O’leary
Sir
Canada
Lorne Saunders
Bank of Nova Scotia
Constable Saunders
MPs to Vote Self Pay Raise Amid Public Dissent
Ottawa MPs seek a 50 per cent pay boost and tax free expenses to 39 000 annually with Senators at 33 000 as part of a Liberal priority bill. The move ties future raises to the industrial wage index and includes cabinet leaders and other officials with higher pay.
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Government House
Mitchell Sharp
Sharp
Statistics Canada
Pierre Trudeau
Robert Stanfield
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Trudeau
Stanfield
John Turner
New Democratic Party
Mark MacGuigan
Windsor-Walkerville
Commons approves bill to expand House by 17 seats
The Commons votes to enlarge the House to 282 seats after the next election in 1978. Ontario adds seven seats and British Columbia five, with Alberta two and Quebec Manitoba and Saskatchewan one each. The measure includes a second Northwest Territories MP and a mid-1979 review of the expansion system.
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Prince Edward Island
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Yukon
Medicine Hat MP weighing support for MP pay increase
Hargrave said he will likely back the proposed raise from 18000 to 27000 dollars with tax free allowances up to 12000, noting many MPs face high costs for two residences. He argued the hours and pressures justify higher pay but cautioned public backlash could derail the bill.
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NDP
Stanley Knowles
John Diefenbaker
Knowles
Diefenbaker
Treasury
Gordon Pollard
The
NEWS
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Bert Hargrave
Walsh Ranch
Ottawa
Walsh
Mitchell Sharp
Government House
Hargrave
Soviet arms flow to Syria cited in Middle East tensions
The Associated Press reports Israel says the Kremlin has supplied Syria with over 300 fighter aircraft and 1 000 tanks and missiles since 1973, with Soviet advisers now more numerous than before the war. Premier Solh seeks speedy Arab arms for Lebanon amid renewed clashes near Beiru t.
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Rashid Solh
Lebanon
Shimon Peres
Jerusalem
Egypt
Golan Heights
Sinai Desert
Peres
East Bank
Suez Canal
Henry Kissinger
United States
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