Parizeau Threatens Sun Life Move from Montreal to Toronto
Quebec Finance Minister Jacques Parizeau called Sun Life Assurance the worst corporate citizen and threatened action to stop its plan to move head office operations to Toronto. He cited a $400 million capital drain from Quebec and said legislation could require investing in Quebec, while noting the company’s limited French-speaking leadership and the government’s option to study contracts for potential transfer of public sector policies.
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Peter Cowan
Southam News Services
Quebec City
Jacques Parizeau
Sun Life Assurance Company
Quebec
Toronto
Montreal
Parizeau
Parti Quebecois
Sun Life
Dominion Square
Royal York Hotel
Hydro-Quebec
Supreme Court
Canada
Superintendent of Insurance of
Chretien condemns Sun Life move from Montreal to Toronto
Ottawa Finance Minister Jean Chretien voiced disappointment at Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada shifting its head office from Montreal to Toronto. He warned the Parti Quebecois must act to stop provincial departures, noting 2,600 employees affected and potential $40 million annual loss in wages and supplies.
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Ottawa
Jean Chretien
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Chretien
Parti Quebecois
Sun Life
Carter's Middle East tour shapes peace push and human rights
President Carter's seven nation trip across Poland Iran India Saudi Arabia Egypt France and Belgium redefined the trip as a broader effort toward Middle East peace and universal human rights. Mondale called the tour pivotal for momentum toward peace as Carter reaffirmed U.S. loyalty to NATO and stressed values of liberty and justice. In Paris, L'Humanite accused Carter of interference in French politics after he noted Mitterrand's role, rattling markets weeks before elections.
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Washington
Middle East
Carter
Walter Mondale
White House
Jordan
Mondale
Poland
Iran
India
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
France
Belgium
United States of America
French Communist Party Today
L'Humanite
Francois Mitterrand
U.S
Mitterrand
Paris Stock Exchange
National Assembly
Slain miner heightens tension in Kentucky strike
In Floyd County Kentucky retired miner Mack Lewis 65 was shot during a picket line clash near Diamond Coal Co. The watchman Ralph Anderson 50 was jailed for murder. UMW District 30 President Robert Carter warns the shooting could raise miner tensions amid the strike. In Indiana violence broke out as 200 UMW miners damaged four coal trucks in Boonville no arrests reported.
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Lexington
Kentucky
United Mine Workers
UMW
Mack Lewis
Prestonsburg
Diamond Coal Co
Floyd County
Walter Sims
Ralph Anderson
Sims
Anderson
Lebington
John Charles
Kenneth Brandenburgh
Lewis
Robert Carter
UMW District 30
Carter
Boonville
Ind
Dale Bland Trucking Co
Evansville
Noone
Beef import quota up slightly this year
Canada keeps beef and veal imports under permit control for 1978. The quota rises to 147 million pounds from 145 million, with imports from the United States Australia and New Zealand limited to specific per country allocations and subject to individual permits.
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Ottawa
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Iriday
Eugene Whelan
Jack Horner
Canada
U.S
Commons
Geneva
Montreal police abandon four day week after injunction
Montreal police return to original schedules after the union urged compliance with a Quebec Superior Court injunction ordering officers to respect the hours issued by the director of the Montreal Urban Community police. Officers described morale as low but operations unaffected as they revert to prior shifts and await a new offer next week.
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Montreal
Police Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Gilles Masse
Quebec
Pierre Lenoir
Policemen’s Brotherhood
Lebanon rejects Palestinians settling on its soil
President Elias Sarkis ruled out any permanent Palestinian settlements in Lebanon as part of a peace plan. He warned that Middle East stability cannot be achieved at Lebanon's expense amid regional talks and fears of resettlement in southern Lebanon.
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Beirut
Elias Sarkis
Middle East
Israel
Lebanon
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Sarkis
Menachem Begin
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Begin
Arab League
Carter
Salim el Hoss
Mahmoud Labadi
Gaza
Mass slayings of six Nelson children shock Rockford
In Rockford Illinois six siblings aged three to twelve were found bludgeoned stabbed and shot to death at the Nelson residence. Police say a man in Milwaukee custody reported the killings as authorities investigated the worst mass murder in Rockford history. The victims are David 3 Rosie 5 Matthew 7 Andrene 8 Simon 10 and Jennifer 12.
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Rockford, Ill
Delbert Peterson
Wisconsin
Rockford
Milwaukee
Peterson
Simon
Ann Nelson
Nelson
David
Rosie
Matthew
Andrene
Jennifer
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