Western conference opens as bitter foes seek common ground
Calgary awaits a three day western economic conference with premiers and federal ministers aiming for practical policy changes. Ottawa promises action to address western grievances while premiers push for regional controls on transportation rates banking and industrial financing. Talks cover transportation industrial development and finance aiming to narrow the East West gap.
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Calgary
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Trudeau
West
Otto Lang
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canada
Tarie
Ottawa
South
Mount Royal College
Hijackers Demand Mercy as Flight Ordeal Persists
A Palestine Liberation hijack plot unfolds with parole-like talks. West Germany coded message urged killing or releasing passengers, while hijackers vow to keep them alive. Dubai and Tokyo officials offer themselves as hostages if civilians are freed. Karachi braces for possible arrival as takeoff prep continues.
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West Germany
Peralta
Yoshihisa Miyashira
Dubai
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
Shizuo Assada
Japan
Bunsei Sato
Parliament moves toward capital punishment vote in summer session
Ottawa lawmakers enter the fourth week of debate on restoring the death penalty with two amendments under review. The government aims to finish the bill before summer adjournment, while stamping and coin legislation for the 1976 Montreal Olympics also looms, and a possible August Commonwealth conference could influence timing.
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Ottawa
Social Credit
Lucien Lamoureux
House
Gerald Baldwin
Commons
Baldwin
France confirms nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
A senior French official announced that France detonated a nuclear device Saturday at the Mururoa Atoll test site. Aymard Achille Fould, secretary of state for the armed forces, spoke at a news conference confirming the blast witnessed by the New Zealand protest frigate Otago.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Reuter
France
Mururoa Atoll
Aymard Achille Fould
New Zealand
Otago
Fould
Canadian survives South Pacific crash
A Pan American Boeing 707 with 69 passengers and 10 crew plunged into the South Pacific after takeoff from Papeete en route to Los Angeles. At least 12 bodies recovered, one Canadian survivor treated at a local hospital. A stewardess died later. an oil slick spread as French navy aid joined the search. The crash occurred about 780 miles from Mururoa Atoll during France's 1973 nuclear test period.
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Papeete
Tahiti
South Pacific
Los Angeles
Papeete Military Hospital
Teva
Auckland
New Zealand
Pan American
Paris
Mururoa Atoll
French Polynesia
France
Boeing
Tahiti Island
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Garth McCorkle
Federal Republic of Germany
Mideast
Chris Asher
Elks Club
Colin Cooper
ORTF
Canterbury
Muroroa Atoll
Norman Kirk
International Court of Justice
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Sharp
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Miguel de la Flor Valle
Lima
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China
Gaullist
la Nation
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