Canada launches 1.5 billion ship program for six frigates
Ottawa outlines first stage of a 1.5 billion plan to boost shipbuilding and replace aging destroyers. Defence Minister Dawson says 63 million is approved to design the initial frigate, with construction decisions due in 1981 and first ship delivered by 1985. 4,600 jobs expected. ships to be built in Canada with 3,500 to 4,000 tons and one helicopter.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence
Barney Dawson
Dawson
Jean-Pierre Goyer
Danson
Jack Horner
Defence Department
Antelope deaths near plant prompt toxic chemical inquiry
Officials study the deaths of more than 40 antelope near a Medicine Hat chemical plant. Tissue samples were sent to Lethbridge for testing to determine if a toxic chemical caused the fatalities and whether release was accidental or deliberate. The investigation continues.
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Medicine Hat
Fish and Wildlife
Lethbridge
Dennis McDonald
Fish and Wildlife Division
Department of Recreation, Parks and Wildlife
McDonald
Sadat says talks with Begin may fail but progress hoped
Egyptian President Sadat warned that his Sunday meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Begin might fail while expressing hope for progress toward ending the 29 year Israel Arab conflict. He said both leaders would put everything on the table and that withdrawal from lands occupied since 1967 is non negotiable from Egypt’s view.
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CAMO
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Menachem Begin
Israel
Middle East
Begin
Sadat
West Bank
Ismailia
Here
Suez Canal
United States
Washington
Carter
Weizman
Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
Jordan River
al- Gomhouria
Syria
Cairo
Golan Heights
Jordan
U.S. State Department
Hussein
Hafez Assad
Rescuers Seek Victims in Grain Elevator Blast Tragedy
In New Orleans rescuers search through debris for 13 missing workers feared crushed as 21 bodies were recovered. The Continental Grain Co complex of 45 silos exploded, killing as many as 34. Federal, state and local investigators probe causes amid volatile dust.
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New Orleans
Continental Grain. Co
Medicine Hat Mayor disputes headlines on city insurance
Mayor Milt Reinhardt states the city did not claim overcharges and explains the decision to hire Power & Associates Ltd for a $20 000 re appraisal of insurance. He notes Thomson Fisher will remain as city brokers, praising local service and the value of the consultant study.
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Medicine Hat
Milt Reinhardt
City of
Council
Alderman Davison
Harold Ellis
Power & Associates Ltd
Thomson Fisher
Alberta opposition leaders critique 1977 power shifts and economy
Social Credit leader Bob Clark and NDP MLA Grant Notley condemn centralization of power in Alberta during 1977. Clark cites planning and environment acts, a weak education year, and rising costs for small business. Notley warns of corporate governance and fading free enterprise. Both foresee 1978 elections.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Social Credit
Bob Clark
Clark
Grant Notley
NDP
Spirit River- Fairview
Notley
New Democratic Party
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Red Deer
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Fidmonton
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