Liberals Cautious After Polls Show Lead Over PCs
Liberal campaign chairman Senator Keith Davey called the June Gallup poll showing 43 percent for the Liberals and 37 percent for the Progressive Conservatives a sign of movement in the right direction but said more public mood samplings are needed before launching any election drive. The poll also showed 16 percent for the NDP and 32 percent undecided, with voters noting Trudeau’s May decision to call off a summer election.
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Ottawa
Keith Davey
Pierre Trudeau
Davey
New Democratic Party
Trudeau
Walter Baker
Baker
Egypt proposes peace plan with Israeli withdrawal demand
U.S. Ambassador Samuel Lewis delivered Egypt's new peace proposals to Israel as London talks approach. Al Ahram cites Egypt demanding withdrawal from the West Bank Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem over five years and self-determination for 1.1.
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West Bank
Gaza
al Ahram
U.S
Walter Mondale
Washington
Cyrus Vance
London
Menachem Begin
ABC
Israel
Gaza Strip
East Jerusalem
United Nations
Medicine Hat weighs higher utility rates and power costs
A utilities meeting discussed raising residential rates by about 10 percent and industrial rates by 20 percent amid plans to expand the city power plant at an estimated cost of 20 million dollars. Officials say gas supplies and rising gas and coal costs drive the trend, with Edmonton showing much higher industrial rates. The panel also eyed reducing Sunday bus service to cut a 1370 dollar weekly deficit as private options have little interest.
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Medicine Hat
George Davison
Milt Reinhardt
Ald
Ron Clement
Utilities
Bill Scott
Edmonton
Scott
Davison
Calgary Power
Clement
Utilities Committee
Newfoundland Legislature Adjourns for Fall Session
The Newfoundland legislature adjourned suddenly on Tuesday night ending its 120 day session. Premier Frank Moores faced opposition corruption charges amid a filibuster by the opposition on a money bill. A motion by Robert Wells to adjourn until November 16 passed as the session ended around 11:30 p.m.
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ST. John’s
Mid
Newfoundland
Frank Moores
Robert Wells
Kilbride
Nazi suspect nabbed in Hamm West Germany
A 57 year old Dutchman arrested in Hamm near Dortmund on information from Simon Wiesenthal. He is suspected of being Siert Bruins an SS member convicted in absentia in 1949 for killings of six Dutch resistance fighters and two Jewish brothers. Bruins fled to West Germany in 1945.
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Hamm
West Germany
Simon Wiesenthal
State Attorney’s
Rhineland-Westphalia
Sifried Bruns
Dortmund
Siert Bruins
Bruins
Wiesenthal
Vienna
Rhineland- Westphalia
Ceasefire falters as Lebanon war escalates in Beirut
Syrian troops and Christian Phalange militiamen clash along a five kilometre line in Beirut as a ceasefire collapses for a fifth day. At least 35 Lebanese were killed and 62 wounded since Tuesday, with total toll 167 dead and 579 wounded since Saturday.
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Beirut
Camille Chamoun
Arab League
Lebanon
Chamoun
Voice of Lebanon
Christian Phalange Party
Salim el Hoss
National Liberal Party
Pierre Gemayel
Phalange Party
Gemayel
Hafez Assad
Lougheed Defies Trudeau On Alberta Tax Consultation
Premier Peter Lougheed rejects Trudeau's claim of extensive province talks on April 10 sales tax proposals. He cites three brief Alberta calls with federal Finance Minister Jean Chretien and says Alberta had no meaningful input before the budget. Lougheed criticizes federal classifications for equalization and warns against relying on Quebec rebates to balance oil tax measures.
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Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Trudeau
Saskatchewan
Allan Blakeney
Ottawa
Lougheed
Alberta
Jean Chretien
Merv Leitch
Chretien
Leitch
Quebec
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Dan Lander
Bill Sass
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