Terrorists surrender after OPEC Vienna siege ends
The group seized OPEC headquarters in Vienna taking hostages including Saudi oil minister and Iran interior minister. After failed attempts to flee via Algeria and Libya and refusals of fuel and a 707, the terrorists surrendered to Algerian authorities in Algiers.
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Algiers
Vienna
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Libya
Algeria
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Valentin Hernandez Acosta
Carlos
Hernandez Acosta
Paris
Munich
Bavarian
Interior Ministry
Ringstrasse
Austria
Bruno Kreisky
Belaid Abdessalam
Ecuador
Gabon
Nigeria
Venezuela
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Jamshid Amouzegar
Abdessalam
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Tripoli
Bouteflika
Middle East
Baghdad
Swissair
Manfred Scheich
Dartmouth police officer and driver killed in parking lot shooting
Cpl. Eric Spicer and Keith Edward McCallum, 23, were shot to death about 150 feet apart outside the Holiday Inn at Dartmouth end of the old Halifax harbor bridge. Police found a handgun and badge. investigation wide but details few. Mayor Stubbs called it a tragedy and urged strict penalties.
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Rob Matthews
Dartmouth
N.S
Bible
McCallum
Bible Hill
Truro
Halifax
Smith
Halifax-Dartmouth
Eileen Stubbs
Finance Company
Stubbs
Eric Spicer
Dartmouth N.S. Police
Economic Council predicts downturn for Canada 1980s
Andre Raynauld of the Economic Council of Canada warned of a considerable deterioration in the national economy between 1980 and 1985. He cites slower GNP growth, weaker US demand, and trade losses as oil imports rise, urging policy moves toward inflation fighting and tax incentives to spur growth.
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Glenn Somerville
Ottawa
Andre Raynauld
Economic Council of Canada
Council
Raynauld
The
Canada
United States
Dr. Raynauld
Princess Anne urged for throne independence in Britain
London Reuters reports Labour MP Robert Kilroy Silk called for Princess Anne to be moved higher in the line of succession, arguing sex should not determine eligibility. The move comes six days before a new sex discrimination act takes effect. Anne, 25, sits behind Charles and older brothers Andrew and Edward.
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London
Reuter
Britain
House of Commons
Anne
Prince Charles
Prince Andrew
Prince Edward
Queen Elizabeth
Robert Kilroy-Silk
Labor
Princess Anne
Bennett presents new cabinet in British Columbia
Premier Bill Bennett unveiled his first BC cabinet with several non MLAs and veterans mixed, naming Evan Wolfe as finance minister and Tom Waterland as mines minister. Allan Williams became labour minister while Bill Vander Zalm took human resources. Dave Barrett leaves legislature after handing over to Bennett.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Bill Bennett
Dave Barrett
Barrett
New Democratic Party
Social Credit
Bennett
Liberal
Pat Jordan
North Okanagan
Jim Chabot
Columbia River
Harvey Schroeder
Chilliwack
Chabot
Jordan
Evan Wolfe
Tom Waterland
Mines and Petroleum Resources
Jim Nielsen
Waterland
Nielsen
Lands and Water Resources
Land Commission
Allan Williams
West Vancouver- Howe Sound
Williams
NDP
B.C
Bill Vander Zalm
Vander Zalm
Surrey
8.C
Social Credit Party
Coquitlam
George Kerster
Prices rise in most Canadian cities despite freezes
Statistics Canada reports consumer price indexes rose in 12 of 13 major centres in November, led by increases in Quebec City Montreal Ottawa and Toronto while Vancouver held steady. The price freeze in British Columbia expired earlier and fuels, vegetables, and services pushed costs up, with beef and gasoline rising in several cities.
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Ottawa
Canada
Vancouver
Statistics Canada
Quebec City
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Halifax
Saint John
N.B
Regina
Montreal
Thunder Bay
Calgary
St. John’s
Mfld
Edmonton
New Democratic Party
British Columbia
Ontario
Toronto
Manitoba
Board urges citizens to use more powdered milk
Ottawa reports the food prices review board calls for aggressive advertising to boost powdered milk use, noting skim powder costs under 20 cents per quart versus higher fluid milk prices. It warns consumers about price-driven changes in 1972 to 1974 and urges action to cut costs and improve nutrition.
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Ottawa
Food Prices Review Board
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Amouzegar
Palestine
Israel
U.S
Nova Scotia
Spicer
Moncton
Prince Mark
By Michael Hughes
Wolfe
Scott Wallace
Saskatchewan
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