Protestant Leaders Threaten Offensive in Northern Ireland
Belfast AP reports the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland intensifies with threats of a Protestant military offensive against the IRA and a general strike after the ambush killings of 10 Protestant workers in South Armagh. British reinforcements raise total troops to 15,200 as authorities pursue the attackers. The fighting has killed over 1,400 since 1969 and risks a renewed cycle of violence.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Irish Republic
John Gallagher
Armagh
Irish Republican Army
South Armagh
Merlyn Rees
IRA
Glen Barr
Loyalist Army Council
Rees
Ian Paisley
Ulster Workers’ Council
Gerry Fitt
Britain
West Germany
Republican Action Force
Barr
London
Government predicts housing starts beat 1975 target
Canada expects total 1975 housing starts around 230 000 to 232 000, surpassing the 210 000 government target as private lenders boost mortgage financing. Urban starts in December nearly double year earlier, aiding the year end total and setting up 1976 goals of 235 000 units and a long range plan to one million starts by 1980.
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Ottawa
Dawson
Trust
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Crown Corporation
Lebanon Civil War Flares In Beirut Christian Stronghold Fall
Palestinians overwhelm a northeast Beirut Christian area after a night of artillery with 16 dead and 29 wounded reported. Guerrillas seize routes linking Beirut to Mount Lebanon as clashes reach Harsh Thabet and nearby refugee camps amid threats of Syrian and Israeli intervention.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Harsh Thabet
Mount Lebanon
Syria
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
France
League of Nations
Camille Chamoun
Khaddam
Israel
Police widow trust set up
Dartmouth mayor announces a trust fund for the family of Cpl. Eric Spicer who was shot on duty. The fund supplements city benefits, with a committee led by former Lt. Gov. Victor deB. Oland. The police association will not contribute, noting Mrs. Spicer receives $11,623 yearly plus a $80,000 life policy.
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Dartmouth
N.S
Cpl
Eric Spicer
Eileen Stubbs
Cpl. Spicer
Spicer
Ross
MPLA recognition may spread to Jamaica and Guyana
U.S. intelligence sources say two Western Hemisphere countries Jamaica and Guyana are likely to recognize the MPLA in Angola, following Brazil and potentially after the OAU meeting in Addis Ababa. They note a Soviet destroyer off Africa and a Cuban-tank led assault on Negage as evidence of broader Soviet and Cuban involvement.
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Washington
United States
Angola
Jamaica
Caribbean
Guyana
South America
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Brazil
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
U.S
Africa
Guinea
Negage
IMF currency talks begin in Kingston
Twenty finance ministers from rich and poor nations open a two day IMF interim committee meeting in Kingston Jamaica to approve plans for increasing IMF funds to about 48 billion and to finalize quota rises and rule changes that would legalize floating exchange rates and alter gold’s role.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Reuter
IMF
Liberal rift grows over Trudeau economic plans
The Canadian Press reports tension within the Liberal party as Prime Minister Trudeau signals possible expansion of government controls. Nova Scotia ministers and MPs differ, some urging clarification while others warn of dissent. Senate leader Perrault rejects claims of a split, and Ontario’s McKeough calls for a balanced approach to controls.
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Trudeau
Liberal Party
Walter Fitzgerald
Nova Scotia
Liberal
Canada
Fitzgerald
James Gillies
Progressive Conservative
Toronto
Don Valley
National Conservative
Tom Cossitt
Gerald Regan
Nova Scott
Clarence Gosse
Ontario
Darcy McKeough
No rifts in party Graham
Liberal party president Senator Alasdair Graham says the party remains solid and claims recent anti inflation program remarks were taken out of context. He rejects talk of a Liberal split and urges the caucus to seek clarification on Prime Minister Trudeau remarks while defending the free enterprise system.
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Ontario
Leeds
Liberal Party
Liberal
Cossitt
Alasdair Graham
Liberal Party of Canada
Trudeau
Herb Gray
Windsor West
Gray
Ray Perrault
Senate
Sydney
N.S
Clarence Gosse
Nova Scotia
Gosse
Walter Fitzgerald
Graham
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Bessbrook
Barnett Danson
Mount
Police Widow Trust
International Monetary Fund
Donald Macdonald
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