Iraqi oil minister attacks Saudi role in OPEC split
Iraq accuses Saudi Arabia of pressuring OPEC to resist price boosts. Riyadh joins UAE in sticking to a five percent price rise while pledging higher production to dilute the 15 percent increase backed by 11 other OPEC members at a Qatar meeting.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
United Front
Tayeh Abdul- Karim
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
E.A.E
Olympic talks fold as networks withdraw from Moscow
Three US television networks left Moscow after breaking off negotiations for 1980 Olympic broadcast rights. A network source cited excessive Soviet demands as the reason, with the Soviets asking $50 million for technical equipment to cover the Games.
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Moscow
United States
Referendum not all for PQ says Quebec premier
Premier Rene Levesque argued that a defeat of the Parti Quebecois referendum on independence would not force the government to resign. He noted he would continue to push for national objectives and recalled a past example from Britain to caution against assuming collapse of credibility.
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Alan Freeman
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
Rene Levesque
National Assembly
Raymond Garneau
L—Jean Talon
Harold Wilson
Levesque
Trudeau
Ottawa
Liberals
Union Nationale
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Beef import law urged to shield cattle industry
Senate agriculture committee heard from prairie cattlemen's associations urging immediate meat import law to counter world surpluses. Eight farm groups differed on supply management and income stabilization. cattlemen split on federal versus provincial support, but common goal is protection from imports.
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Doug Long
Ottawa
Senate Agriculture Committee
Massive Sansinena Tanker Blast Kills Five in Los Angeles Harbor
A massive explosion shattered the 810 foot oil tanker Sansinena at Los Angeles Harbor. The ship split into three sections with the middle two sinking. At least five dead and about 50 injured amid wreckage, as authorities fear toll may rise.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor
Sansinena
Union Oil
Dan Cook
Juan Rodriguez
Politician pay hikes capped under wage-control rules
Prime Minister Trudeau and cabinet members will see their January first pay raise limited to 2400 dollars as the wage and price board imposes a ceiling. MPs and senators normally receive yearly boosts tied to the national average, with past increases prompting controversy.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Finance
Donald Macdonald
Provinces pause swine flu immunization programs
The federal request to halt swine flu shots for 20 to 50 year olds prompted a rapid provincial response. Alberta ordered a three week freeze on two phase programs while New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Alberta and British Columbia suspended mass immunizations. Newfoundland Manitoba Saskatchewan continue only elderly and chronically ill. Prince Edward Island keeps high risk cases. Nova Scotia suspends 65 plus while delaying 20 to 50 group until U.S. situation clears.
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Marc Lalonde
Mr. Lalonde
Ottawa
United States
Edmonton
Alberta
Helen Hunley
Miss Hunley
Iia
Hunley
U.S
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Lalonde
Newfoundland
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Two Political Prisoners Exchanged in Swiss Runway Swap
In Zurich two major prisoners Vladimir Bukovsky and Luis Corvalan were swapped in a tightly staged exchange. Bukovsky, released from four years in Soviet camps, flew to Zurich with his family and planned to head to London. Corvalan, Chilean Communist leader, was freed by Chile's right wing regime with U S mediation and joined a Lufthansa flight to Santiago. The exchange occurred near the terminal with diplomats present and Swiss police guarding the scene. Bukovsky to Moscow then London, Corvalan to Moscow for celebrations of Brezhnev.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Vladimir Bukovsky
West
Luis Corvalan
Lufthansa
Santiago
Corvalan
Bukovsky
Moscow
Chile
United States
U.S
London
Mikhail Ivanov
David Markham
Bukovskys
Sussex
England
Markham
Tass
Lide
Leonid Brezhnev
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