Easier arrest rules push for police bail reform in Commons
A revised arrest and bail bill introduced in the Commons outlines three grounds for arrest without fear of repercussion and shifts burden of proof to the accuser. Justice Minister Turner says the aim is to cut custody time before trial while maintaining public safety and proper identification and evidence needs.
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Ottawa
Commons
Federal Justice Department
RCMP
Turner
Byrd ousts Kennedy as Senate Democratic whip
In a dramatic opening to the 92nd Congress Senator Robert Byrd won the Democratic whip post after proxy votes from dying Senator Richard Russell shifted leadership away from Edward Kennedy. Byrd, who once admitted KKK membership, said he would not have run without Russell’s vote and cited his past Klan ties as a deep regret.
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Dp-Ap
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Ku Klux Klan
Edward M. Kennedy
United States
Senate
Senate Democrats
Kennedy
Richard Russell
Georgia
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Russell
Dent
Congress
Cambodia Air Force Destroyed In Phnom Penh Assault
A rocket mortar and commando attack on Phnom Penh airport and a nearby military camp damaged Cambodia's air force, destroying six of eight helicopters and leaving most planes unable to fly. Casualties topped 100, with few attackers reported dead as fighting neared the city center.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Isolation Threat Looms Over Britain Postal Strike
Britain faces possible breakdown of international telecom links as unions abroad pledge support for Britain's postal workers strike. The Union of Postal Workers said sympathy from the United States France Japan New Zealand Australia and Italy could cripple phone and telex connections to Britain. Over 95 percent of Britain’s 230 000 postal workers stayed off the job on the strike’s second day.
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Union of Postal Workers
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United States
France
Japan
New Zealand
Australia
Italy
Montreal Accused Testifies Under Duress In FLQ Case
Montreal accused testifies he was struck by police and coerced into statements linking him to the FLQ. He described hair pulling and beaten faces, while denying plotting to rob gunshops or train camps. Witness traces distribution of FLQ manifestos to students and junior colleges amid the War Measures Act context.
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Come Tebleas
FLQ
Quebec
Gilles
Boisson
Leblanc
University of Montreal
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Trois-Rivieres
Quenneville
Meir rejects Egypt peace force proposal
Premier Golda Meir states Israel will not accept Egypt’s proposal for an international peacekeeping force to guard future borders. She denounces Big Four involvement and notes no sign Cairo is taking talks seriously. Lebanon plans missile defense to deter Israeli attacks, including a modern weapons buildup for its army.
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Soviet Union
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France
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Salam
Lebanon
South Africa
Beirut
Trudeau begins state visit with Indonesian officials
Prime Minister Trudeau arrived in Jakarta for a four day state visit to Indonesia meeting President Suharto and other leaders. He attended a ceremony with a 19 gun salute and then traveled to central Java for cultural engagements. Canada has supported Indonesia since 1950 with aid and trade has grown, with exports near 3 million in 1969.
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Trudeau
Indonesia
Suharto
Central Java
Singapore
Adam Malik
Canada
Canada USSR fisheries accord limits in high seas area
Moscow and Ottawa announced a treaty allowing Russians to fish in Canadian territorial waters while excluding them from a 400 square mile high seas ground 25 miles southwest of Vancouver Island. Ethiopian Airlines hijack diverts to Khartoum en route to Libya. Mitchell Sharp told Newfoundland MPs the US will not abandon Goose Bay base.
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Canada
Soviet Union
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Mitchell Sharp
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Goose Bay
Labrador
Scientists killed in crash over southern France peak
A Nord-262 twin engine aircraft crashed on Gerbier du Jonc in a snowstorm, killing 21 aboard and injuring others. Thirteen top nuclear weapons and atomic production experts died, including Rear Admiral Robert Landrin. Security measures and entry bans were imposed near Mezilhas to protect possible secret documents from the isotope separation plant meeting in Pierrelatte.
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France
Gerbier du Jonc
Mezilhas
Paris
Pierrelatte
Atomic Energy Commission
Armed Forces
Robert Landrin
Fingerprinting urged for disaster victim ID
A Brampton coroner's jury backed voluntary fingerprinting to aid mass disaster identifications after Air Canada Flight 621 crash. It urged mass burial for unidentifiable victims, public access to personal fingerprint sets, and dentists to share patient records with a central agency for identification if needed.
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Brampton, Ont
Air Canada
H. B. Cotham
Ontario
National Society of Forensic Odontology
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