China plans nationwide shakeup of government and party
Chairman Kuo-feng announced a 1977 overhaul to form new revolutionary committees across 29 provinces and regions and to launch a party consolidation and rectification drive. The moves target radical elements tied to the Gang of Four and may remove many from power.
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Ross H. Munro
The
Globe and Mail
Peking
Communist Party
Kuo-feng
China
Communist Party Central Committee
Hua
Mr. Hua
Central Committee
Peace returns to black townships after Christmas unrest
In Cape Town police keep a heavy patrol as violence subsides. Death toll reaches 26 with 106 wounded. Casualties split between police gunfire and clashes between black workers and militant students. Roving officials estimate 300000 dollars to rebuild 170 houses and damaged hostels. Departures under the Internal Security Act total 113 released since earlier trouble.
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Cape Town
Reuter
Pretoria
Justice Department
South Africa
Oil Spill对 River Delaware Rocks and Wildlife
Neil Van Ess and volunteers battled 134000 gallons of crude oil from the Liberian tanker Olympic Games as a 32 mile slick marred the Delaware River. Ducks were coated and efforts to clean them failed. Coast Guard to open hearings in Philadelphia.
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Cindy Bast
Chester Pa
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Marcus Hook
Neil van Ess
Aston
U.S. Coast Guard
Marine Inspection Office
Tanker captain testifies on bearings before grounding
Captain Georgios Papadopoulos testified in New York that inaccurate bearings from a possibly faulty radio direction finder misled Argo Merchant before it ran aground on Nantucket shoals in December. Continental Insurance seeks to challenge seaworthiness and liability as oil totals 7.6 million gallons.
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New York
Argo
Georgios Papadopoulos
Continental Insurance Co
Atlantic
Continental
Thebes Shipping Co
Monrovia
Liberia
Nantucket Island
Cape Cod
Papadopoulos
Nantucket
Nantucket Shoals
Gesture not obscene in ruling on teen middle finger incident
Hartford Connecticut AP reports the Appellate Session of the Superior Court ruled a 16 year old high school student who raised a middle finger at a state trooper following a school bus was not obscene though offensive. Judge Leo Parskey wrote the decision noting the gesture lacks significant erotic or sexual arousal.
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Hartford
Parskey
Mayor foresees second shopping mall project in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat mayor Ted Grimm says sod turning for a second mall could begin early next year. He cites multiple interested developers and ongoing activity while remaining vague on exact sites beyond confirming city land is being considered and private sector development is driving the project. He notes major stores are eager, though he did not identify them.
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Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Grimm
Brier Park Road
Third Street
N.W
Syncrude fog deemed harmless to workers in report
An environmental study for Syncrude Canada Ltd. says fogs formed during extreme cold at the Fort McMurray oil sands plant will not reach harmful pollutant levels. The report notes visibility issues below minus 40 C but discounts a killer fog scenario harming workers, citing the hydrogen sulphide from the 183 metre stack staying above ice fog conditions.
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Edmonton
Syncrude Canada Ltd
Fort McMurray
Calgary
Toronto
Save Tomorrow
Environmental Protection Organization
London
MEP
Mildred Lake
Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic
Fighting escalates in southern Lebanon civil war
Palestinians and Christians traded heavy artillery in the hills of southern Lebanon, the last active front of the civil war. Wafa news agency accused Christians of starting the new fighting aided by Israeli fire from across the border. Exchanges reached four locations with no casualty reports.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Wafa
Israel
al Ahrar
Christian National Liberal Party
Arab League
King and Labrador Save Woman Stranded in Snowdrift
Stockholm palace sources say King Carl XVI Gustaf and his Labrador Ali found a lightly dressed 21 year old Hong Kong resident unconscious in a snowdrift on Christmas Eve. They carried her to the palace, tried to revive her, and called police and ambulance. She was taken to Caroline Hospital and later listed in minor frostbite but out of danger.
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Stockholm
Carl XVI Gustaf
Ali
Ulriksdal Palace Park
Silvia
Christina
Royal Palace
Caroline Hospital
Hong Kong
International Federation of Institutes For Advanced Studies
Federation
Austerity plan approved by Portugal's minority government
In Lisbon the Socialist coalition won a hard vote 101 to 3 on a 4.9 billion 1977 budget and a development plan to curb inflation and revive the economy. Soares warned the opposition that failure would threaten governance as Portugal seeks 125,000 jobs, 5 percent GNP growth, and a 15 percent inflation target amid a 30 percent rate and 500,000 unemployed.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Europe
Mario Soares
National Assembly
Soares
Social Democrats
Democratic Centre
CDS
United States
Five dangerous prisoners escape Oakalla jail in Burnaby
RCMP hunt five men who cut through wire and bars to escape the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre. Names include Walter Thomas Joseph, William Joseph Mahan, Keith Lucky Whetstone, Norman Frederick Dunstan, and Donald Chesley Craig. Teresa Gloria Brewer, 19, escapee from the adjacent women's jail, aided by supervision lapse during maintenance work. Brewer previously escaped. no current danger deemed. Police report scent tracking issues and rapid area searches with roadblocks.
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Burnaby
B.C
RCMP
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre
Oakalla
Jack Martin
Oakalla Women’s
Teresa Gloria Brewer
Martin
Brewer
Walter Thomas Joseph
William Joseph Mahan
Keith Lucky Whetstone
Norman Frederick Dunstan
Donald Chesley Craig
Joseph
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Dunstan
Vancouver
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