Diefenbaker and Trudeau Share Jet Bed On Flight To London
Former Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker and Pierre Trudeau shared a single bedroom aboard a military jet en route to London for jubilee celebrations and a Commonwealth conference. They slept on couches converted to beds five feet apart in the forward section after Trudeau invited the guest to take the spare bed when he learned Diefenbaker would not fit on another flight.
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London
John Diefenbaker
Pierre Trudeau
Atlantic
Diefenbaker
Trudeau
Dief
Jules Leger
Roland Michener
Diel
Katzir to Ask Begin to Form New Israeli Government
President Katzir said he will invite Likud leader Menachem Begin to form a government after Likud’s victory in the May elections. Begin has 21 days to assemble a coalition, with Likud securing 43 of 120 Knesset seats and Labor holding 32.
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Tel Aviv
Ephraim Katzir
Likud
Menahem Begin
Katzir
Begin
Knesset
Israel
Labor Party
Neutron-weapon warhead on Lance missile eyed for production
The Washington Post reports the U S plans to begin producing a neutron bomb for the Lance missile. It would minimize blast and heat to spare buildings while killing personnel with neutrons. Former President Ford supposedly signed the order for this new warhead.
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Washington
United States
Washington Post
Post
Gerald Ford
Slush funds revealed in IRS audit of 1,200 firms
The IRS reports 481 possibly illegal corporate slush funds found in a broad questionnaire audit of 1,200 major U.S. corporations begun in April 1975. Some 71 funds may involve criminal fraud, according to the agency.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
U.S
Jubilee takes off in Britain
BRUCE LEVETT reports from London on Britain's Jubilee celebrations. North American style block parties spring up across the country as Queen Elizabeth marks her silver jubilee with a four day holiday culminating in a Windsor bonfire and a Jubilee Parade through central London.
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Bruce Levett
London
Britain
Moira Fairey
Jubilee Street
Windsor
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Heart of London
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Youth Dies in Accidental Shooting at Red Cliff
Darryl Wayne Stern, 16, of 853 Stewart Drive N W, died from injuries after a firearm discharged accidentally at a home on 3rd Street S E. Police arrived at 10 14 p m where Stern had been shot minutes earlier. Coroner Jim Skinner called the scene. Stern and friends were handling a firearm when it discharged.
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Darryl Wayne Stern
Stewart Drive
N.W
Redcliff
Jochem Hoefman
3Rd St. S.E
Stern
Jim Skinner
Seychelles under new leader after coup ousts Mancham
Albert Rene, former prime minister, seizes power in the Seychelles after President James Mancham is deposed. Rene orders curfew, closes schools, expels British police, and announces deportation of Attorney-General Brien Quinn. Mancham accuses Soviet involvement while insisting he will attend the Commonwealth conference.
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Nairobi
Reuter
Seychelles
James Mancham
Kenya Radio
Albert Rene
Indian Ocean Group of Islands
Mancham
London
Rene
Indian Ocean
Pregnant Women Freed as Train Siege Continues in Holland
Two pregnant women released by South Moluccan terrorists said the 53 hostages on a northern Holland train are in good condition despite heavy psychological pressure. Officials noted no near-term release for remaining captives and tied negotiations to a broader push for South Moluccan independence.
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Groningen
Holland
Annye Brouwer-Korf
Nelleke Ellenbroek- Prinsen
Groningen University
Ellenbroek
Assen
Justice Ministry
Toos Faber
Faber
Brouwer
Josina Soumakis
Hassan Tan
Amin says Britain blocks Uganda at Commonwealth summit
Dissent grows as Idi Amin accuses Britain of denying Uganda high level representation at the Commonwealth conference in London. Radio Uganda quotes him amid Uganda mass killings reports and the defection of health minister Henry Kyemba to Britain seeking asylum.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Reuter
Idi Amin
Britain
Uganda
London
Commonwealth
Radio
Amin
Associated Press
Henry Kyemba
Liberal MP says party in a panic after PQ victory
Globe and Mail quotes Serge Joyal of Montreal Liberal MPs claiming the federal government is in a panic after the Parti Quebecois win. Joyal says Ottawa aims to strip courts of interpretive power and to domesticate and harness the press. He was unavailable for comment.
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Toronto
Globe and Mail
Montreal
Parti Quebecois
Serge Joyal
L— Rosemount Maisonneuve
The
Joyal
Canada
Kuwaiti troops in disguise subdue hijacker in wheelchair
In Kuwait a Lebanese man in a wheelchair hijacked a Lebanon Middle East Airways Boeing 707 with 112 aboard. After eight hours of negotiations, commandos disguised as technicians boarded the plane and captured Nasser Mohammed Ali Abu Khaled, who fired once but injured none.
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Kuwait
Nasser Mohammed Ali Abu Khaled
Kubaieh
Abu Khaled
Beirut
Radio
Lebanon
Middle East Airways
Baghdad
Iraq
Kamel Dawi
Sheik Saad el-Abadlla el Sabah
Kuwait Information Ministry
Dawi
West Bank protests mark 10th anniversary of occupation
In Ramallah and Nablus, merchants closed shops and students attempted to form marches for the 10th anniversary of Israel's occupation. Five students were arrested in Nablus while others dispersed after a street fire. Strikes also hit Hebron and Ramallah as border guards patrolled armored with machine guns.
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Ramallah
West Bank
Jordan River
Nablus
Hebron
Palestine Liberation Organization Radio
Lebanon
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Horner eyes cabinet shuffle for northern development role
Camrose report says federal minister without portfolio Jack Horner expects a Trudeau summer cabinet shuffle. He would seek a portfolio focused on Western Canada and would accept minister of northern development if offered, amid talks of splitting Indian affairs and northern development with Horner as head.
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Camrose
Alta
Jack Horner
Trudeau
Western Canada
Horner
Northern Development
Hilda Watson
Yukon
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Smelter Occupation Persists in Tracy Quebec
Workers at Quebec Iron and Titanium Corp. smelter in Tracy continue a 24 hour occupation after management locked out 1,200 workers following a slowdown that began May 4. 50 to 100 employees maintain a calm presence, citing safety standards as the barrier to a contract.
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Tracy, Que
Quebec Iron and Titanium Corp
Montreal
Farm trade with Canada shows US advantage in 1976
The United States Department of Agriculture reports a 3 to 1 farm trade edge over Canada last year. Farm exports to Canada in 1976 reached a record about 1.5 billion dollars, up 14 percent from 1975, while imports rose 22 percent to 600.2 million dollars.
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Washington
United States
Canada
U.S. Agriculture Department
Department
Economic Research Service
Trust fund board urged for Alberta Heritage Fund decisions
Opposition Leader Bob Clark urged at the provincial Chamber of Commerce meeting creation of a non political advisory board to guide spending of the 3 billion Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund. He cited drought threats to farmers and irrigation needs as reasons for prompt, prudent allocations.
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Bob Clark
Chamber of Commerce
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Clark
Alberta
Heritage Trust Fund
Canada
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