Clark refuses to join constitutional talks without progress
Opposition leader Joe Clark said he would not join a federal delegation for new constitutional talks unless progress is evident. He urged trying the traditional first ministers meetings again before deciding on participation. Broadbent pressed for a July 1 deadline to redraw the British North America Act and for opposition input in provincial delegations.
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Ottawa
Joe Clark
Clark
Trudeau
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Broadbent
Quebec
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Lalonde pushes talks on oil pricing amid Ottawa provincial talks
Energy Minister Marc Lalonde urged separate talks on a new oil pricing deal during the 10 premiere meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau. He said bargaining with Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia should resume soon, with a July 1 target for an agreement or extension and no plan to impose a deal from Parliament.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Marc Lalonde
Lalonde
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Daily Commons
Bill Jarvis
Progressive Conservative
Ontario
Perth
Commons
Sinclair Stevens
York Peel
Toronto
David Crombie
Rosedale
Michael Wilson
Etobicoke Centre
Domeglas contract talks near deal at Redcliff plant
A tentative memorandum of agreement reached between 420 Domglas Local 201 workers and management at the Redcliff Domglas plant. The union plans a ratification vote at Harmony Hall Friday 8:30 AM, with four hours shutdown for voting. Hoffmann called it a fair and equitable agreement after two days of negotiations. The union had issued strike notice after a contract lapse since May 15.
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Domglas
Redcliff
United Glass and Ceramic Workers
Roy Hoffman
Harmony Hall
Hoffman
Tornadoes devastate Grand Island killing and injuring many
National Guards patrolled shattered Grand Island as tornadoes destroyed 531 homes and 60 businesses in a 150 block area. At least four people were killed and about 200 injured. Governor Thone noted uncertain death toll while President Carter declared Hall County a disaster area and federal aid began. Power and water outages persisted with boil-water advisories in place.
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Grand Island
Neb
Are
Charles Thone
Thone
Carter
Hall County
Bob Olsen
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Picket Line Standstill Hits Medicine Hat Expansion
Long strike by Construction and General Workers Union Local 1111 stalls the Medicine Hat hospital expansion and a Dunmore Road retail project. Alberta contractors maintain wage offers, arguing parity with northern laborers is unaffordable.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Gerry Hildebrand
Medicine Hat and District Hospital
Dunmore Road
Construction and General Workers Union Local 1111
Ivan Hanchard
Alberta Construction Labor Relations Association
Hanchard
Flora MacDonald Defends Tehran Diplomats Escape
Ottawa says the escape of six American diplomats from Tehran was folly she would do again and rejects critics who call it Flora's Folly. MacDonald cites diplomat Ken Taylor and notes other Canadians in Tehran while a Peace Congress delegate questions the method as illegal but necessary.
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Ottawa
Tehran
Flora MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
Flora
Ken Taylor
Smith
Toronto
Iran
Ellen Lipsius
Peace Congress
Canada
Israelis attack guerrilla positions amid anniversary tensions
Israeli troops targeted guerrilla sites in southern Lebanon on the 13th anniversary of the 1967 war. An early strike hit Sidon while reports surfaced of rockets at a Sidon beach cafe. Beigin said no peace deal with Jordan over West Bank yet. Arab leaders vowed retaliation as Hebron and Ramallah bombing investigations continued.
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Lebanon
Middle East
Israel
Sidon
Beirut
West Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
Gaza Strip
Sinai Peninsula
Egypt
Golan Heights
Syria
Atlanta
Menachem Begin
U.S
Hussein
al Fatah
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Ramallah
Nablus
Hebron
el Bireh
Tred
Kiryat Arba
Romance linked to crash in Neptune Township
A distraught pilot William Fischer 31 crashed a twin engine plane into a house where his girlfriend was staying after buzzing the neighborhood seven times. Fischer was killed. three residents including a 3 year old escaped unharmed. Police say Fischer had battered Karen Woolley a day earlier.
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N.J
William Fischer
Eastern Airlines
Fischer
Ocean Township
Atlantic Shore
Karen Woolley
Walter Gilbert
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Lethbridge
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Hildebrand
MacDonald
Kingston and
the Islands
Michael Smith
Canadian Party of Labor
Claire Demers
Khalil al Wazir
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