Civic funeral honors two slain Moncton policemen
In Moncton 2000 mourners fill Assumption Cathedral for the civic funeral of Cpl. Aurelle Bourgeois 47 and Constable Michael O’Leary 33. A 500-strong guard of honor stands outside as dignitaries including Lt. Gov. Heward Robichaud Premier Richard Hatfield and Mayor Gary Wheeler attend. The two officers were killed while investigating a kidnapping. James Lawrence Hutchison 43 and Richard Ambrose 22 face murder charges. ransom of 15000 paid for Raymond Stein 14 with about 6000 recovered. Government offices schools and businesses close for four hours. Bourgeois leaves wife Jenny and four children. O’Leary leaves wife Carol Ann and two children.
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Guard of Honor
Cpl
Aurelle Bourgeois
Michael O’leary
Atlantic Provinces
Quebec
RCMP
Heward Robichaud
New Brunswick
Richard Hatfield
Gary Wheeler
Moncton
James Lawrence Hutchison
Richard Ambrose
Raymond Stein
Cy Stein
Stein
Ontario
Assumption Cathedral
Bourgeois
Jenny
Joanne
Patsy
Charles
Guy
Constable O'Leary
Carol
Ann
Shawn
Timothy
Five Die In Quebec Family Slaughter
Provincial police say a 19 year old youth is held for questioning and a 35 year old man is sought after the shooting deaths of five members of a Dumoulin Miron family in LT. JOSEPH DU LAC Quebec. The victims include Mrs Norbert Dumoulin 82 Roger 49 Yvonne 37 Lucille Miron 44 and Guy Miron 47. Police believe robbery motive and hostage situation led to the killings. A relative reported a running car and no answer at the door.
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Joseph DU Lac
Que
Montreal
Norbert Dumoulin
Roger
Yvonne
Lucille Miron
Guy Miron
Raymond Lauzon
Pay increase for MPs blocked by NDP delays
In Ottawa, a bill to raise MPs and Senators pay faced two delays as the New Democratic Party refused unanimous consent and forced an early Commons adjournment. The measure would lift MPs pay to 39000 a year and senators to 33000, with retroactive effect and automatic increases each Parliament.
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Ottawa
New Democratic Party
Commons
Ed Broadbent
NDP
Broadbent
Senate
Arnold Peters
Timiscaming
New Democrats
Wheat bill delayed in Ottawa as MPs press indexing
The clause by clause study of the two price wheat bill stalled as Conservative MPs led calls for a price escalation index to protect producers over seven years. The bill would subsidize domestic wheat to 1.75 per bushel until Aug 1980 while millers pay no more than 3.25, with world prices near six dollars. Opponents warn inflation could outpace subsidies. ministers promise periodic review. Dr Horner warned costs rise and world price could hit ten dollars, negating benefits.
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Ottawa
Jack Horner
Crowfoot
Commons Agriculture Committee
Otto ‘Lang
Wheat Board
Agriculture
Eugene Whelan
Horner
Ottawa Health Plans Expanded Hamburger Inspection
Health Minister Marc Lalonde announced that poisonous salmonella was found in 18 of 897 hamburger samples from 180 stores across five provinces. The program will expand to include meat tests in retail stores nationwide and to teach sanitation to meat merchants. Seven stores were warned, three in Toronto and two each in Burlington and Montreal, with further regulatory action possible if new contamination is found.
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Ottawa
Health Department
Marc Lalonde
Eugene Whelan
Lalonde
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
British Columbia
Toronto
Burlington
Ont
Montreal
Beryl Plumptre
Food Prices Review Board
Review Board
Health Protection Branch
A. B. Morrison
Guelph
Pickets delay mail in Metropolitan Toronto
About 100000 Christmas parcels were not delivered in Metropolitan Toronto as roughly 20 Public Service Alliance of Canada post office workers staged picket lines at five city sites. Deliveries were delayed as 15 to 20 strikers blocked access while 47 parcel postmen who crossed the lines began deliveries. The union seeks pay parity with trades outside the post office amid stalled Treasury Board negotiations after the previous contract expired November 24.
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Toronto
Post Office
General Labor and Trades Section
Public Service Alliance of Canada
Ottawa
Maurice Punshon
The
Alliance
Treasury Board
Ed Roworth
Punshon
Gas supply concerns loom over Alberta petrochemical plan
Alberta officials heard that scarce natural gas may not meet local needs as plans move forward for a $290 million nitrogen fertilizer complex near Medicine Hat. J H Pletcher of Canadian Western Natural Gas urged assurance of feedstock gas to attract petrochemical investment amid evolving export guidelines and a 30 year outlook. The Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board planned to release its long term gas requirements report as hearings continued.
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Calgary
Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board
Alberta
J. H. Pletcher
Canadian Western Natural Gas
Medicine Hat
IRA Blamed for London Bombs In Theatre District
The IRA was blamed for three bombs in London on Tuesday night near telephone offices in Chelsea Soho and the West End. One telephone operator was killed and five others were injured. Police said a bomb was mounted on a motorcycle and a second blast damaged a car and prompted evacuations.
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Irish Republican Army
IRA
West End
Soho
Chelsea
Daily Mirror
Draycott Avenue
Shaftesbury Avenue
Chenies Street
Northern Ireland
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