Christmas 1971: how it was
The Canadian Press reports a bleak Christmas with record cold in Alberta and Saskatchewan, a rare white Christmas in Vancouver, and a Boxing Day rush for bargains in Toronto. Prime Minister Trudeau welcomed a son, while a hijacking led Air Canada staff to Cuba. Ontario saw one of its worst Christmas accidents as eight people died in a Simcoe head-on crash.
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Pierre Trudeau
Air Canada
Cuba
Thunder Bay
Toronto
Havana
Canada Safety Council
Ontario
Simcoe
Alberta
Peace River
Fort Chipewyan
Uranium City
Sask
Rogers Pass
Rocky Mountains
British Columbia
Canada
Quesnel
Vancouver
Mercury
Fraser Valley
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
Georgia Strait
Edmonton
Indian Affairs
Cold Lake
Saskatchewan
Palbert
Bell Canada
Bell
Montreal
Halifax
Pirated Canadian jet returns from Havana SHOUL
Police questioned the owner and manager of the 22 storey Taeyonkak Hotel in Seoul Korea after a Christmas Day fire killed 157 and left 119 bodies recovered. Officials said the death toll could rise as more charred remains were tested for human bones.
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Shoul
Korea
Reuter
Kim Yongsan
Taeyonkak
Seoul
Hijacker called rational in Air Canada DC-9 hijack
A Toronto bound Air Canada DC-9 diverted to Havana by a young man with a handgun and grenade, who told the six crew he had a mission to fulfil. After allowing 82 passengers to disembark in Toronto, the plane returned, then resumed to Cuba and back to Toronto. The hijacker remained non-violent and was described as very rational.
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Toronto
Air Canada
Havana
Cuba
Thunder Bay
Helga Weterings
Keldson
Toronto Thunder Bay
Lake Superior
Toronto International Airport
US Jets Attack North Vietnam In Largest Raid Since 1970
About 350 U S fighter bombers hit anti aircraft defences and supply depots in North Vietnam for a second day. Hanoi claims several F 4Phantoms were shot down and crews captured or killed. U S officials claimed military targets only while Hanoi warned of no prisoner releases.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Johnson
Hanoi
U.S
Nixon
Quan Doi Nhan Dan
Radio
Air Force
South Vietnam
Thailand
Constellation
Coral Sea
Tonkin Gulf
Arab ministers weigh summit as Sadat year ends
Arab foreign ministers meet in Cairo to decide on calling a summit of Arab kings and heads of state to frame a joint strategy if war with Israel erupts. They will review resolutions of the joint defence and economic councils and discuss resuming relations with West Germany, severed since 1965.
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Cairo
Reuter
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Sayed Nafal
Arab League
Israel
Arab Joint Defence Council
The
Economic Council
West Germany
Bonn
Defence Council
China says UN gains by small states as powers fade
China assessed its first UN session and argued that the United States and Soviet Union are losing influence while medium and smaller nations grow stronger. An editorial in People's Daily warned the superpowers will not concede defeat and will push hegemonic policies despite changes at the General Assembly.
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Tokyo
China
United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
Peking People’s Daily
General Assembly
U.S
Security Council
UN General Assembly
Trudeaus have son mother baby fine
Margaret Trudeau gave birth to a six pound nine ounce son at 9:27 p m on Christmas night making the prime minister the first Canadian leader to have a child in office in 102 years The baby’s health was described as good and no name was announced at this time The birth occurred at Civic Hospital with ties to Prime Minister Trudeau's office handling inquiries and a photographer being escorted from the scene The last child born to a Canadian prime minister while in office was in 1869 to Agnes Macdonald, widow of Sir John A Macdonald
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Ottawa
Margaret Trudeau
James Sinclair
Vancouver
Peter Roberts
Trudeau
Civic Hospital
Mary Macdonald
Agnes Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sinclair
South Seas
Lester Pearson
Cologne bank holdup ends with hostage escape in city crowd
Three gunmen robbed a West German bank near Cologne Cathedral taking 200,000 marks and three police hostages. After two hours of negotiations police supplied a mini bus as a getaway vehicle and hostages, including district Police Chief Hans Krauss, exited to calm spectators. Werner Hamacher led the pursuit, all routes sealed and cameras rolling as the scene unfolded.
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Cologne
Germany
Hans Krauss
Werner Hamacher
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Vietnam
Thanh Hoa
Mideast
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