11 Jan 1971
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1971
Page
1
More than 400 delegates from local self-help groups wrapped up Canada's first poor people's conference. They voted to organize a national demonstration on January 25 and to create a national committee and independently financed newspaper.
The Tupamaro guerrillas holding Geoffrey Jackson, the British ambassador to Uruguay, claim he is in perfect health along with two other captives, US official Claude Fly and Brazilian consul Aloysio Dias Gomide. They moved the men to a so called people s prison and offered to free Fly if a Tupamaro manifesto is printed. President Areco sought expanded police and troop powers as the case unfolds.
UN envoy Gunnar Jaring met with Egypt and Jordan representatives to discuss Israel's proposals found in Jerusalem. Meir and Eban urged a neutral base near Jerusalem Cairo Amman for talks. Sadat said US remains Egypt's enemy. envoys sent to Amman as clashes flare between Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian forces.
U S court rejects James R. Hoffa appeal on pension fund fraud conviction. The Hoffa, 57, already serving an eight year term for jury tampering, faces up to five more years. Supreme Court 7 to 0 without comment refused review of constitutional questions raised.
In La Paz early today a group of army officers seized the armed forces HQ in a rebellion against Bolivia's three month old leftist regime. President Juan Jose Torres said the revolt was crushed and some leaders sought asylum in foreign embassies, mainly Peru's, as loyalist troops surrounded the HQ.
Astronauts Alan Shepard Ed Mitchell and Stuart Roosa begin a three week health protection plan ahead of the January 31 moon mission. The regimen includes 17 days in quarantine after nine days in space. Mitchell calls preflight restrictions a nuisance but supports added protection.
Ten Arab states sent special envoys to Amman to curb three days of fighting between Jordanian troops and Arab guerrillas. The move followed claims of refugee march shootings and amid threats of regional intervention.
In New Delhi Prime Ministers Trudeau and Heath plan talks on arms sales to South Africa amid shared opposition. Trudeau visited Mathura temple amid ceremonial welcome and Hindu rites, then proceeded toward a Commonwealth conference in Singapore with Indira Gandhi to discuss policy and tensions over Pretoria.
Police searched all arrivals at the Montreal courthouse doors as preparations started for the first trial in a long series tied to Quebec's terrorist crisis.
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