Queen’s Cheapside Walkabout Draws Huge Crowds in London
Crowds 20 deep cheered the Queen in Cheapside as she arrives at St Paul’s Cathedral for a jubilee walkabout. She chats with subjects en route to a luncheon at Guildhall with Commonwealth leaders and prime ministers. The Queen predicts a lasting future in her Commonwealth address.
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Amin cannot land as authorities bar entry in Europe
Ugandan President Idi Amin, blocked from landing by Ireland and Belgium, was reportedly airborne over Europe seeking a path to the Commonwealth conference in London. Eurocontrol had no flight record and Irish officials constrained the flight to fuel only.
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Idi Amin
Europe
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Amin
Libya
Rome
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Eurocontrol
Ireland
Brussels
Paris
French General Secretariat For Civil Aviation
France
Oil firms’ price hike tied to Mackenzie Delta drilling
Former NDP leader T. C. Douglas urged Ottawa to withhold a $2-a-barrel oil price rise until Gulf Oil Canada and Mobil Oil Canada resume exploratory drilling in the Mackenzie Delta. He called the companies’ pause a strike and warned it could be blackmail to influence pipeline approval.
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Nanaimo - Cowichan
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Gulf Oil Canada Ltd
Toronto
Mobil Oil Canada Ltd
Calgary
Press defence launches bid over magazine distribution
Progressive Conservative MPs accuse Liberal government of suppressing a weekend magazine supplement and intimidating the news media. Gerald Baldwin calls for an inquiry into Transport Minister Lang over attempts to block distribution of The Unhappy Landing of Otto Lang. Lang says lawyers threatened paper owners. Sifton faces suit. The issue appeared in The News last Saturday.
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Gerald Baldwin
Peace River
The
Commons
Otto Lang
Saskatchewan
Lang
Saskatoon
Michael Sifton
Berger report challenged by Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd
Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd defended its Alaska Mackenzie proposal in a National Energy Board filing arguing the Berger pipeline commission overstepped its authority and that the commission chief Justice Thomas Berger was unduly influenced by native groups. The firm said the first volume of the report is irrelevant and would doom its joint pipeline to southern markets by delaying or blocking routes through Yukon and the Mackenzie River Valley.
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Earthquake and floods hit Kirghizia and Tadzhikistan
Tass reports a strong earthquake measuring seven on the Soviet scale struck central Kirghizia causing extensive damage to homes, industry, power lines and railways near Kyzykaya. Flooding also affected Tadzhikistan areas, with floodwaters reported in the region.
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Kirghizia
Tadzhikistan
Soviet Union
Tass
Carter wife meets Brazil leaders amid student protests
Rosalynn Carter arrived in Brasilia as university strikes and demonstrations unfold nationwide. Police briefly questioned students at the University of Brasilia after the campus was opened. the university was closed for three days. Carter met with Foreign Minister Antonio da Silveira in a reportedly constructive discussion as students sought U S support.
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Rosalynn Carter
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Antoniio Azevedo da Silveira
Curfew Easing Amid Coup Tensions In Seychelles
The Seychelles government lifts a 24 hour curfew and orders bank workers back to duty while road blocks stay on Mahe and runway barricades deter attempted seizure. Authorities urge surrender of firearms with assurances of relief for prompt compliance as visitors continue to arrive.
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Seychelles
Reuter
Indian Ocean
Mahe
James Mancham
Queen Lights Bonfires to Mark Silver Jubilee Start
Britain glows with thousands of bonfires as Queen Elizabeth II lights the first beacon beside Windsor Castle. The informal torch ceremony spurs a nationwide blaze leading toward a royal jubilee celebration and a flame relay to Australia.
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Britain
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Elizabeth I
George III
Australia
Games issue won't last says Ramphal at Lancaster House
Commonwealth Secretary-General Ramphal warned at Lancaster House that the Edmonton 1978 Games dispute may persist if not resolved at the heads of government gathering. He noted convergence of views is needed and that Canada and New Zealand will push for a solution amid potential boycotts from African and Caribbean member states.
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London
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Sonny
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Edmonton
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Canada
New Zealand
Day 15 for hostages
Dutch children held hostage for four days by South Moluccan terrorists return to class but not at their own school. Parents move children to Bovensmilde’s other church-run school for half day sessions until summer break.
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Roon Lewald
Assen
Bavensmilde
Edmonton police inquiry opens over 1975 hotel room bugging
RCMP officer testified at the Laycraft inquiry that he hesitated to inform superiors about alleged RCMP bugging of three Edmonton policemen in Winnipeg in 1975. He recalled approaching a superior cautiously and described suspicions about a security chief and an informant during the Royal American Shows investigation.
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William Patrick Radey
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Erhardt Hahn
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Burke
Insp
S. Maduk
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