Carter imposes grain embargo amid Afghan invasion response
President Carter announces a coordinated set of235 punitive steps against the Soviet Union over Afghanistan including a 17 million ton grain embargo worth 2 billion. The plan also restricts technology sales, delays consular exchanges, cuts fishing rights, and increases aid to Pakistan while lawmakers split along party lines.
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Adlai Stevenson
Dem. Ill
United States
Soviet Union
Roger Jepsen
Rep
Iowa
Weekend comics delayed across the prairie edition
The NEWS reports missing comics due to a truck driver delay between Winnipeg and Calgary. Hagar and Blondie were not in today's Calgary and Medicine Hat editions. When found, the comics will be inserted in the first possible edition, likely at week’s start.
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Land
Ours
Winnipeg
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Hagar
Blondie
Soviets reject NATO offer to negotiate missiles
The Soviet Union refused NATO's December proposal for talks on reducing medium range missiles in Europe unless NATO reversed its stationing of Pershing II and Tomahawk missiles. Moscow indicated talks could occur only after a public NATO reversal, drawing fresh strains in East West relations amid U.S. sanctions and Afghan crisis.
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Washington
Reuter
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Europe
U.S. State Department
Western Alliance
Vladislen Vasev
State Department
Afghanistan
Carter
U.S. Senate
U.S
Moscow
Millions join Khomeini supporters in Tehran embassy protest
More than a million pro Khomeini demonstrators flood Tehran streets around the U S Embassy where militants hold hostages since November 4. Officials report a non fatal shooting and no major violence amid nationwide rallies.
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Tehran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
U.S
Iran
Pars
Qom
Revolutionary Council
Mohammed Kazem Shariat-Madari
Tabriz
Prison hostage freed at Prince Albert Penitentiary
A 30 year old prisoner used a stolen boning knife to take a guard and two instructors hostage in a Friday morning class on television and radio repair. After seven hours negotiations, the crisis ended peacefully and the hostage taker remained in RCMP custody. The inmate and hostages Maurice Aley and Stan Walberg were identified by officials. Claire Wilson, formerly of Campbell River, is to appear in court Monday with charges pending.
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Prince Albert
O’sullivan
Quebec
Soviet Army Clears Major Afghan Cities Amid Limited Resistance
Diplomatic sources say Soviet troops control Afghanistan's major towns and bases with minimal opposition in populated areas while insurgents show stiffness in the mountains. Reports claim 5,000 paratroopers faced fierce rebel resistance in the northeast and deser tions run high among Afghan army commanders.
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Associated Press
Afghanistan
India
Pakistan
New Delhi
Babrak Karmal
Petro-Canada expansion eyed beyond energy says Clark
Prime Minister Clark hints Petro-Canada could become a major international company outside oil. Aide Tim Ralfe says the board would have free hand to expand inside and outside energy. The PCs pledge to privatize most Petro-Canada, keeping some shares.
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Ottawa
Clark
Petro- Canada
Energy Corporation
Standard Broadcast
PetroCan
Party
Tim Ralfe
Kremlin Blasts Carter Steps as Cold War Retaliation
Moscow’s Tass accuses the United States of borrowing Cold War tactics in response to Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. It labels Washington’s actions a flagrant breach of detente and notes a halt on U.S. technology shipments and a grain embargo as part of the measures.
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Washington
Carter
Afghanistan
United States
White House
Soviet Union
Jim Wright
House of Representatives
Congress
Moscow
U.S
Pentagon
Pakistan
UN Security Council
Clark
Bangkok
Thailand
China
Xinhua
Kabul
Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
Tass
Kremlin
Peking
Fire kills 44 in Quebec club tragedy
Residents of Chapais mourn as a hockey arena becomes a funeral site for 44 New Year’s fire victims. Premier Levesque to attend mass for 40, with 1,600 expected and 3,500 townspeople kept from the service by cable viewing. A relief committee has raised 45,000 to aid families while reporters are barred from the arena floor.
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Chapais
Que
Quebec
Rene Levesque
CBC
Claude Ryan
Yves Richard
Liberal Association
Abitibi-Est
Florent Cantin
Chibougamau
Toronto
Quebec City
Montreal
Canada weighs grain embargo in protest over Afghan invasion
Ottawa considers economic actions against the Soviet Union including a grain embargo covering about two thirds of the 25 million bushels the Soviets want to buy this year. Prime Minister Clark says Canada may suspend aid to Afghanistan and withdraw recognition of the Afghan regime while reviewing all relations with Moscow.
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Ottawa
Canada
Afghanistan
Clark
U.S.S.R
U.S
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Flora MacDonald
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Ed Broadbent
Fanshaw College
London
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Hamadan
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Demerol
Maurice Aley
Saskatchewan Technical Institute
Moose Jaw
Stan Walberg
Mike Hansen
Petro-Canada
Progressive Conservatives
PetroCanada
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