Afro-Arab Olympic boycott tightens at Montreal Games
Only Senegal and the Ivory Coast remain aligned with the Africa bloc as OAU pushes to oust New Zealand over apartheid. Tunisia joins in, prompting New Zealand rugby tours to be linked to race riots in South Africa, while Princess Anne competes in Bromont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Macsween
Montreal
South Africa
Rhodesia
Senegal
Ivory Coast
Princess Anne
Bromont
Tunisia
New Zealand
Organization of African Unity
OAU
International Olympic Committee
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
William Eteki Mboumoua
Robert Muldoon
Wellington
Olympic Committee
Canadian press swimming results show Garapick bronze in 100m back
Nancy Garapick of Halifax won bronze in the women's 100m backstroke. Wendy Hogg of Vancouver placed fourth and Cheryl Gibson of Edmonton finished fifth. The report lists many other events across boxing cycling fencing gymnastics modern pentathlon shooting rowing and team results with Canada facing losses in basketball, soccer and volleyball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Garapick
Halifax
Wendy Hogg
Vancouver
Cheryl Gibson
Edmonton
Clary Evans
Wendy Quirk
Pointe Claire
Que
Helen Boivin
Arvida
Susan Sloan
Stettler
Alta
Stephen Badger
Winnipeg
Bill Sawchuk
Thunder Bay
Ont
Steve Pickell
West Vancouver
James Hett
Waterloo
Joann Baker
Lisa Borsholt
College Pepin
St. Laurent
Bev Cameron
Ottawa
Cheryl Howard
Richmond
B.C
Guylaine Bernier
Montreal
Barbara Boettcher
Calgary
Elaine Bourbeau
Longueuil
Sandra Kirby
Victoria
Johane Delisle
Laval
Dolores Young
Brockville
Linda Schaumleffel
Joy Fern
Monica Draeger
Niagara Falls
Barabara Mutch
Maxville
Gail Court
St. Catharines
Chris Neuland
Toronto
Ina Delure
Wendy Pullan
Susan Antoft
Nancy Higgins
Oshawa
Rhonda Ross
Carol Eastmore
Illeena Smith
Cox
Court battle brews over libel claim in cheating allegation
Ottawa Crown prosecutor Andres Berzins said he will sue former cabinet minister Jean Marchand for libel after Marchand refused to retract his accusation of cheating. Marchand had claimed an agreement with the Crown regarding a case tied to Marchand’s licence loss and a traffic collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dougsmall
Ottawa
Andres Berzins
Wenesday
Jean Marchand
Mr. Berzins
Mr. Marchand
Marchand
Quebec City
National Parole Board For Relief
Berzins
Judicial District of
Ottawa-Carleton
John Bowlby
Rowell Laishley
Laishley
New thoughts on crime seek direct offender restitution
The Law Reform Commission in Ottawa proposes that offenders should directly compensate victims for damage or loss, with government compensation only as a supplement if the offender cannot be found or pay. Restitution would be prioritized, while fines could still apply and some crimes with no specific victim would rely on public order penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Law Reform Commission
Commission
Allen Linden
York University
Ireland arrests 13 in massive IRA hunt over ambassador killing
Dublin police say 13 suspected IRA members were arrested in what officials call the largest manhunt in the republic. The bomb blast killed British Ambassador Christopher Ewart-Biggs and wounded several others, with no group claiming responsibility yet. British army later seized Sinn Fein figures Rory O Brady and Sean Keenan in Northern Ireland. Police offered a $36,000 reward and search efforts involved thousands of troops at roadblocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
Christopher Ewart-Biggs
Brian Cubbon
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Rory O’brady
Sinn Fein
IRA
Sean Keenan
Provisionals
David O’connell
Provisional
Joe O'Neill
Provisional Wing
Martian weather report notes -82 C and pink sky
NASA reports Viking 1 logged temperatures from -82 to -30 C with light east to southwest winds and a pink sky due to dust. Seismometer issues threaten quake measurements. Viking 2 targets a riskier northerly site believed to hold more water vapor and potential life.
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Pasadena
Viking 1
Carl Sagan
Viking
Mars
Earth
Lou Kingsland
Seymour Hess
Sagan
Lander
James Pollack
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Romania
Nadia Comaneci
Olga Korbut
Canada
THE
Camile Huard
Gaspe South
Gordon Singleton
Dimo Angehelov
Bulgaria
Peter Urban
Beaconsfield
Marc Lavoie
Hull
Eli Sukunda
Windsor
Karen Kelsall
Surrey
Patti Rope
Cambridge
Nancy McDonnell
Philip Delesalle
Keith Carter
Pierre LeClerc
Saint-Therese
Pentathlon
John Hawes
Dorval
Jack Alexander
Sarnia
George Skene
Hans Adboch
Lorigueuil
Kurt Mitchell
Kars
U.S.S.R
North Korea
Hungary
Jet Propulsion Lab
Calif
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