Mondale presses gas and oil swap plans in Canada visit
U S Vice President Mondale advances proposals for a gas swap with Alberta and oil storage in Atlantic Canada in a 90 day study. He and Alberta Premier Lougheed plan further talks in Edmonton and with Prime Minister Trudeau as Washington eyes energy exchanges and cross border electricity deals.
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Ottawa
U.S
Walter Mondale
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Edmonton
Mondale
Canada
Atlantic
Alastair Gillespie
Alaska
Joan
Mondale visits Canada as gas, trade talks gain momentum
In Edmonton and Ottawa, Vice President Mondale and Mrs Campagnolo discussed energy and arts as U S Canada relations improve under the Carter administration. Don Jamieson noted closer ties while Alberta gas supplies and swap proposals eyed. Ottawa seeks tax reform to ease Canadian tourist losses totaling 35 million dollars last year.
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Ottawa
Rideau Canal
Iona Campagnolo
William Porter
U.S
Canada
Carter
Washington
Trudeau
Mondale
Man eaten by lions in German zoo incident
In Gelsenkirchen West Germany a 20 year old man Bernhard Griebner from Recklingshausen broke into a lions cage at a zoo last Monday night and was killed. Police found bone fragments and the victim’s wallet in the cage among the lions. Zoo workers recovered the remains after spotting human bones amid the lions and identity was confirmed from the wallet documents. Griebner, described as an animal lover, had nature books at home and authorities said they do not know why he entered the cage.
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Gelsenkirchen
West Germany
Reuter
Bernhard Griebner
Recklingshausen
Griebner
Provincial ministers clash with federal food policy plan
Manitoba and Saskatchewan agriculture ministers criticized the federal white paper on food policy saying it overlooked transportation and price stabilization. They praised a dialogue with federal ministers but Alberta’s Marvin Moore dismissed expectations for change.
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Moore
Jim Downey
Manitoba
Edgar Kaeding
Saskatchewan
Kaeding
Winnipeg
Eugene Whelan
Whelan
Jack Horner
Warren Allmand
Alberta
Marvin Moore
Unity task force hear disunity at Quebec meeting
More than 2,000 filled a downtown hotel hall as speakers were shouted down and harassed. Georges Dor urged Quebec independence talks within Canada, while Kari Levitt warned of force and urged self determination. A student singer offered hopeful notes amid tense exchanges.
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Robert Montreal
Jean Cournoyer
Georges Dor
Quebec
Canada
Dor
Kari Levitt
McGill University
Ms. Levitt
Mary Gonyea Bourdon
Sadat halts talks with Israel and orders envoy home
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat ordered Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel to break off negotiations in Jerusalem and return to Egypt immediately. Cairo said Israel’s positions were partial and could not yield a just peace, prompting an emergency parliamentary briefing and a tempo of activity to monitor the crisis.
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Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Jerusalem
Egypt
Mohammed Kamel
Abdel Moneim el Sawy
Sadat
People’s Assembly
Middle East
Hosni Mubarak
Barrages
Labor Congress calls for civilian national security service
The Canadian Labor Congress proposes a civilian national security service separate from the RCMP and answerable to Parliament. It would oversee illegal RCMP actions, allow court action against violators, and be subject to watchdog review. The plan includes mail, electronic surveillance with judicial approval, and security clearances with appeals.
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Toronto
Canadian Labor Congress
RCMP
Congress
Parliamentary Committee
Ombudsman
Trudeau
Royal Commission
Commission
Agence de Presse Libre du Quebec
Quebec
Parti Quebecois
Chief Commission
J. F. Howard
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Roof collapses at Hartford Civic Centre Coliseum after snow
The Hartford Civic Centre Coliseum roof buckled and collapsed around 4:20 a.m. after heavy snow and freezing rain. No injuries were reported among security guards or others. The 10,000-seat arena, completed in 1972, sits in a $70 million downtown complex with a Sheraton hotel nearby, and patrons at the hotel were awakened by the crash.
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Hartford, Conn
Hartford Civic Centre Coliseum
Sheraton
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Cairo Radio
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