Alberta workers back on job after illegal walkout
Amnesty pledged by Personnel Minister Greg Stevens as 3,186 Alberta government workers resume duties including liquor warehouse staff and jail guards. A midweek meeting with union leaders set to address tensions while talks continue on wage demands and job classifications across provinces.
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Edmonton
Greg Stevens
Alberta
Public
Stevens
John Booth
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Booth
Liquor Board
Jim Isakson
British Columbia
B.C
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Blood Indians urge removal of Cardston RCMP chief over blockade
The Blood Indian band council calls for the ouster of Cardston detachment head S Sgt Len Grant and asks the Alberta attorney general to probe the RCMP’s handling of a seven-business blockade and protests. Police used dogs on about 150 demonstrators, leading to arrests and injuries.
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Steve Mertl
Cardston
Alta
Blood Indian Band
RCMP
Alberta
Neil Crawford
Cardston Rcmp
Len Grant
Grant
Lethbridge
CP Rail
Rose
Valerie Hyndbow
Esther Tailfeathers
Milton Born
Keith Chief Moon
John Chief Moon Sr
Dennis
Gerry Tailfeathers
Wallis Manyfingers Jr
Rex
Sydney
The
Indian Association of Alberta
John Chief Moon
Former PC fund-raiser convicted of corruption
Francis Atkinson, a Fredericton lawyer and former executive member of the Progressive Conservative party finance committee, was found guilty of corruption after a three month trial. The case examined fund raising and patronage in New Brunswick and the judge ruled he corruptly paid a provincial department of supply employee.
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Fredericton
New Brunswick
Progressive Conservative Party
Francis Atkinson
Conservative Party
J. Paul Barry
Court of Queen’s Bench
Atkinson
Provincial Department of Supply and
Supply and Services
Allan Woodworth
Barry
Department of Supply and Services
J. Stewart Brooks
Horance Smith
RCMP
Fredericton Law Office
Woodworth
Richard Hatfield
Justice Department
Carl Mooers
Hatfield
Diplomat
Finance Committee
Afghan mutiny tests Soviet air power
Western sources say Afghan armored units south of Kabul mutinied, prompting heavy Soviet air activity over Kabul for days. Reports claim 200 Soviet tanks under siege as insurgents threaten Kabul regime. other dispatches note airliners and helicopters shot down, with unclear casualty details.
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New Delhi
Afghanistan
Moscow
Kabul
India
Ghazni
Iran
Babrak Karmal
Nomination battle grows amid Billy Carter turmoil
The Billy Carter scandal dominates Washington while Democrats debate open convention rules to potentially waive pledged delegate support. Governors like Edmund Brown see cracks but expect Carter nomination, as Mondale and Jackson rule out runs. Rep. Barnes says $200,000 lobby aims to strip binding delegate rules to thwart Carter. Reform advocates push for an open convention despite countering views from Carey Matheson King and others.
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Washington
Billy Carter
U.S
Carter
Congress
Edmund Brown
California
House of Representatives
Michael Barnes
Committee For An
Kennedy
Hugh Carey
New York
Scott Matheson
Utah
Bruce King
New Mexico
Ronald Reagan
United States
Barnes
Clark blasts PM for failed talks on constitutional reform
Opposition Leader Joe Clark criticizes Prime Minister Trudeau over energy negotiations with Alberta and the federal stance on constitutional talks. He cites low priority on an oil-price deal and an added economic powers item to the agenda as undermining prospects for constitutional change.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Alberta
Joe Clark
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Clark
Security fights mark shah funeral in Cairo
In Cairo President Sadat shields exiled shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with heavy security for his state funeral. Richard Nixon and Crown Prince Reza accompany the mourners as flags, rites, and prayers unfold amid riot police and machine gun patrols.
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Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Sadat
Pahlavi
al Rifaie
U.S
Richard Nixon
Reza
Abdeen
Iran
Shah
Farah Diba
Ashraf
Jihan
Nixon
Constantine
Greece
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Lions Park
Ian Scot
Battle Brews
Walter Mondale
Henry Jackson
Edward Kennedy
John Anderson
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