Radiation search widens for Cosmos 954 debris in Arctic
Edmonton reports continued radioactive debris search in Canadian Arctic as COSMOS 954 remnants are investigated. Canadian forces head Donald Davidson says a second helicopter flight will inspect high radiation readings, while officials note readings may result from faulty equipment. President Carter urges diplomatic talks on space nuclear safety. Japan lodges protest seeking full Soviet disclosure.
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Canada
Arctic
Donald Davidson
U.S
Baker Lake
N.W.T
Winnipeg
Fort, Reliance
Davidson
Yellowknife
Fort Reliance
Washington
Carter
Tokyo
Soviet Union
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Japan
Syncrude funding plan prompts NDP protest in Commons
NDP MPs label Syncrude support plan disastrous and grossly unfair as Parliament moves to fund the Athabasca oil sands. Government proposes world price charges and a federal subsidy to refineries, with critics claiming lack of Parliament oversight and potential expansion beyond Syncrude.
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Athabaska
Alberta
Canada
T.C. Douglas
Les Benjamin
Cyril Symes
Douglas
Nanaimo-Cowichan-The Islands
NDP
Progressive Conservatives
Syncrude
Harvie Andre
Calgary Centre
Walter Baker
Conservative House
Gerald Baldwin
Peace-River
Benjamin
Regina
Lake Centre
Symes
Sault Ste. Marie
Imperial
Gulf Oil
Athabasca
Talks to resume Cairo as Sinai withdrawal talks restart
Israeli Defence Minister Ezer Weizman and Egyptian War Minister Mohamed Abdel Ghanyel Gamassy will meet in Cairo next week to discuss Sinai withdrawal. A cabinet decision on sending Weizman is expected Sunday. Past talks stalled over settlements versus full withdrawal.
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Tel Aviv
Cairo
Sinai
Ezer Weizman
Mohamed Abdel Ghanyel Gamassy
Weizman
Menachem Begin
Israel
Jerusalem
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Washington
Sadat
Carter
White House
Middle East
Opposition leader calls for full-time finance chief
Joe Clark says Canada needs a full-time minister of finance and that Jean Chretien is not devoting full time to the role. He adds it is acceptable for Chretien to present Quebec’s viewpoint in Ottawa.
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Tom McDougall
Halifax
Joe Clark
Canada
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Quebec
Clark
Nova Scotia Conservative Party
Rene Levesque
Quebec City
Trudeau
Levesque
RCMP
Heavy die off feared among Alberta antelope in harsh winter
Wildlife officials report potential die off of about 14 000 antelope across southern Alberta due to a severe winter and drought reduced forage. Aerial surveys underway. some carcasses show starvation. Montana authorities begin trapping and relocating antelope to better winter range.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Montana
Morley Barrett
Ian Tarr
Medicine Hat
Fish and Wildlife Officer
Lethbridge
Tarr
Ministers push Ottawa to water down wage monitor plan
Ontario and Quebec urged Ottawa to weaken a proposed wage and price monitoring agency that would probe provincial areas such as hydro and certain telephone charges. The bill is delayed until after the Feb. 13 15 first ministers meeting to seek board powers agreement.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Finance
Jean Chretien
Hydro
Chretien
Darcy McKeough
Food Prices Review Board
Utilities bill hits pensioners hard in Medicine Hat
Isabella Scott, a 75 year old widow in Medicine Hat, faces rising costs as her Canada pension rises modestly while her utilities bill jumps from 52.99 to 85.42. She questions the electricity meter and fears mischarges as rates rise 10 percent last August. City officials note Medicine Hat's gas and electricity rates are lower than Alberta centers and that disconnections are rare, with landlords typically managing overdue bills.
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Isabella Scott
Belle’ Scott
North Railway Street
Canada
Alberta
Liquor Board
Belle Scott
Scott
Medicine Hat
Bill Scott
Red Deer
Lethbridge
Deanna Anderson
City Utilities Department
Anderson
Border fighting reported between Saudi Arabia and South Yemen
An Arab newspaper reported heavy border fighting this week at Wadiah in the Empty Quarter. Al Manar did not provide casualty figures for fighting on Sunday and Monday, while tensions rise after Yemen's 1967 independence and Aden's support for revolutionary movements.
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Saudi Arabia
South Yemen
Wadiah
al Manar
Empty Quarter
Yemen
Britain
Aden
Arabian Peninsula
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