Scotland Stadium Disaster At Ibrox Causes 66 Deaths
A stampede at Ibrox Park during the Rangers Celtic match in Glasgow kills 66 and injures 145. Canadian victims include David McPherson and his son Nigel. a government investigation is scheduled amid calls for stadium safety overhaul.
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Blizzard Delays Sweep Midwest From Rockies To Great Lakes
Blizzard blankets the plains and Midwest with up to a foot of snow. Motorists abandon drives, highways close across Kansas Missouri Iowa and Utah, airports suspend operations, and shelters form in diners and stations. At least six deaths are linked to the storm.
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Alliance forms to oppose Gandhi in Indian elections
In New Delhi three major parties unite to defeat Indira Gandhi's Congress in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The Samyukta Socialist party the Congress non Gandhi faction and the Jana Sangh join to oppose the government amid concerns of authoritarianism ahead of the February to March 1 vote for 520 lower-house seats.
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Jana Sangh
FLQ suspects testify on Laporte kidnapping plan inquest
Police witnesses read a statement attributed to Francis Simard claiming he and the Rose brothers Jacque and Paul Rose and Bernard Lortie abducted Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte on October 10. The group allegedly strangled Laporte, dumped his body in a car trunk, and traveled via bus to Montreal after the crime.
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Jacques Rose
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Paul Rose
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Longueuil
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James Cross
Texas
Mideast peace negotiators join Jarring at UN meetings
Israeli and Egyptian delegates head to New York to rejoin Gunnar Jarring at the United Nations with Jordan considering a replacement as indirect talks resume. Prime Minister Golda Meir sends a delegation for preliminary procedural talks while King Hussein contemplates moderating the Jordanian stance.
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Egypt
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United Nations
Yosef Tekoah
Tel Aviv
Jarring
Golda Meir
Mohammed Hassan el Zayyat
Anwar Sadat
New York
Jordan
Muhammad H. EL Farra
United States
Abdul Hamid Sharaf
Congress Adjourns After Frustrations and Space Age Delays
The 91st Congress ends amid delays and disputes over space age programs and major bills. Adjournment follows a House vote shifting SST debate to the 92nd Congress. Notable 91st actions include anti smoking ads, home narcotics enforcement, pollution controls, crime crackdowns, extended farm programs, civil rights voting age, and rail loan guarantees.
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Trinidad mutineers planned armed revolution in Port of Spain
Trial testimony in Port of Spain reveals mutineers aimed to spark an armed revolution with Black Power leaders during rioting last April. Coast guard loyalty halted the plot as a ship shelled the capital access road, killing one soldier. Proceedings proceed with witnesses detailing explosives and maps found in barracks.
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Trinidadian Coast Guard
Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma
Pte
Maurice Noray
Cougar kills boy near Lytton B C
Lawrence Wells twelve is killed by a cougar while playing with sisters near Lytton in the Fraser Canyon. His father John Wells shoots the animal as it drags the boy and RCMP later kill the wounded cougar. The attack marks B C’s first cougar death since 1949.
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Lawrence Wells
Fraser Canyon
Vancouver
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Nathalie Cenname
British Columbia
Port Alberni
Vancouver Island
Second accident victim in Highway crash dies in Medicine Hat
William P. Davison 42 a Medicine War area farmer and auctioneer dies at Medicine Hat General Hospital from internal injuries suffered in a highway crash on December 22. Murray Burns 11 son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Newman also died after being in the Newman car four miles west of Redcliff on the Trans-Canada Highway. Davison's status had improved to fair at the time. authorities have not announced details of an inquest yet.
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Medicine Hat General Hospital
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Glenn Newman
Medicine Hat
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Newman
Redcliff
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U S B 52 Bombers Hit North Vietnamese Positions
U S B 52 bombers attacked North Vietnamese positions in South Vietnam today, first since a month, amid intelligence of renewed buildup in the northwest. In Beirut, Yasser Arafat reportedly pledged to halt operations from Lebanon that could trigger Israeli retaliation.
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South Vietnam
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