Rhodesia Ceasefire Accepted by Patriotic Front Leaders
A Rhodesian ceasefire is to be signed Wednesday with a 1200 strong Commonwealth monitoring force arriving in Salisbury. Guerrilla leaders Mugabe and Nkomo accepted a plan allowing 16 campsites for 16 000 fighters, with bases for Rhodesian regulars and early contingent from Australia New Zealand and Fiji setting out.
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London
Commonweath
Salisbury
Patriotic Front
Rhodesia
Abel Muzorewa
Ian Gilmour
Britain
Robert Mugabe
Joshua Nkomo
Mugabe
Alberta Reopens Beny Photographic Purchase Review
The Alberta government re examines its plan to buy Roloff Beny 80 000 transparencies and diaries prompting outside counsel to assess costs 545000 to 1 million and the government commitment. Attorney General Neil Crawford seeks a fair clear recommendation to settle or drop the deal.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Alberta
LeMessurier
Beny
Rome
Crawford
Trudeau to Lead Liberals in February Election Campaign
Pierre Trudeau announced he will head the Liberal campaign in the February 18 election and stay on as prime minister if the Liberals win. He said he felt a duty to the country and party after the minority PC government was defeated, delaying his return to private life. Clark and Ed Broadbent have begun cross-country campaigning.
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Washington
Lord Carrington
U.S
Rhodesia
Mugabe
Nkomo
United States
Carrington
White House
Margaret Thatcher
Ottawa
Pierre Trudeau
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Trudeau
Commons
Clark
New Democratic Party
Ed Broadbent
Liberal Party
Western Canada
Quebec
Canada
Montreal
le Devoir
Petro-Canada
Floods threaten coast as evacuations spread near Vancouver
Emergency crews monitor flooding across Port Moody and eastern Vancouver Island after torrential rain. Mudslide evacuation near Port Moody. North Vancouver Nanaimo Parksville on Vancouver Island also evacuated. rail traffic halted through Delta and many intersections flooded. no serious injuries reported. Trudeau says he will not seek re election and urges Liberal renewal while criticizing Conservative policy.
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Vancouver
Port Moody
Nanaimo
Parksville
Vancouver Island
Delta
Vancouver Area
Iran crisis deepens as U.S. hostages face trial
In Tehran, students holding 50 Americans at the U.S. Embassy vow to put captives on trial for spying. Ayatollah Khomeini endorses the move while blaming the Shah’s ouster era for the crisis. Ghotbzadeh hints some captives could be freed before Christmas, but students reject negotiations.
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Shah
United States
Panama
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U.S
White House
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Carter
Ayatollah
Iran
Tehran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
OPEC Split Over Oil Increase in Caracas Meeting
OPEC moves toward price talks amid a Saudi stand at 24 dollars a barrel and push by Libya and Algeria for higher levels. Iran lifts its base price to 28, Nigeria hints at 30, while moderates led by Saudi Arabia seek no first quarter increase in 1980.
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Caracas
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Saudi Arabia
Libya
Algeria
OPEC
Belkacem Nabi
Iran
A.K. Hart
Nigeria
Humberto Calderon Berti
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Venezuela
Qatar
Ecuador
Gabon
Indonesia
Quebec approves strike bill to end Hydro Quebec walkout
Quebec's national assembly passes special legislation to end a 21 day strike by Hydro Quebec workers. The bill, pushed by Labor Minister Pierre Marc Johnson, imposes a mediation plan ending at 1982 with wage increases totaling 8.5 percent retroactive to 1979 and 8 percent for 1980 81 and 1982.
Saskatchewan public servants end month-long strike after court ruling
In Regina Saskatchewan public workers returned to their jobs after a court injunction ruled the strike illegal. Government offices and liquor board staff resumed duties as the sit-in at the public service commission ended. Union leaders say mediation will continue despite the ruling.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Provincial Liquor Board
Public Service Commission
Larry Gunia
Health Department
T. C. Douglas
Gunia
Jim Spendiove
Spendrove
Department of Highways
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D. E. MacRae
Liquor Board
MacRae
Larry Brown
Saskatchewan Gover
Nment Employees Association
Brown
Sandra Sorenson
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Labor Department
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