Habitat success hangs in balance at Vancouver talks
As Habitat approaches its final hours the fate of the declaration’s reference to Zionism remains unsettled. Western and Third World delegates fret over Arab pressure and a revived Iraqi amendment while observers warn of a prolonged debate before Saturday.
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Nick Hills
Southam Western Bureau
Vancouver
Habitat
Group of 77
George Muhoho
Kenya
Lebanon
Beirut
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Syria
Abdel Razak
Abdel Bakr
Baki
Middle East
Spain lifts party ban in Cortes vote
Spain's Cortes passed a law legalizing political parties with 338 votes to 91 and 24 abstentions after a 112 day debate. The measure leaves only Communist, anarchist and separatist groups illegal, while extreme right deputies opposed the change.
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Madrid
Reuter
Spain
Cortes
Francisco Franco
Chamber
Ramiro Cercos Perez
Clark condemns budget amid economic uncertainty in Commons
Conservative Leader Joe Clark attacked the government's budget in the Commons, calling it deeply disappointing and saying it leaves Canadians without a clear direction for post controls policy after 1978. He criticized leadership and warned that frequent changes undermine business certainty.
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Ottawa
Joe Clark
Clark
Donald Macdonald
Macdonald
The
Commons
Don Jamieson
Jamieson
Canada
Carter Wins Ohio Landslide in Democratic Primary
Jimmy Carter powered to a decisive Ohio victory boosting his delegate total by over 100 and narrowing the path to a first ballot nomination. Ford won in Ohio and New Jersey but lost California to Reagan, keeping his delegate lead but failing to end the contest swiftly.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Ohio
Georgia
California
New Jersey
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Carter
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Udall
Troops patrolling Canada U S border ahead of Olympics
CBC reports Canadian troops have begun border patrols in Ontario Quebec and New Brunswick as part of Olympic security. About 40 soldiers and RCMP officials allegedly occupy a Stanstead motel near Montreal with a linked radio network. Lake Memphremagog crossing closed as RCMP patrol vessels guard the lake. American patrols also heightened.
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Toronto
CBC
Canada
United States
RCMP
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Montreal
Stanstead
Que
Lake Memphremagog
Sherbrooke
U.S
Civil servant Threatens Libel Over Goyer Remarks
Ottawa report says Larry Stopforth, senior public servant removed from a defense project group, demands a retraction from Supply Minister Jean-Pierre Goyer or he will sue. He claims misrepresentation and seeks libel action, while Goyer cites gross negligence and a failed financing deal with Lockheed for Orion planes.
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Ottawa
Larry H. Stopforth
Jean-Pierre Goyer
Stopforth
Goyer
Joseph ‘Maingot
Commons
House of Commons
Maingot
Stepforth
Trudeau avoids pledging emergency if anti inflation laws struck down
Prime Minister Trudeau refused to confirm if Ottawa would declare a national emergency if the Supreme Court rules the anti inflation controls invalid. He called the prospect a hypothetically pessimistic view, while former PM Diefenbaker urged backing legislation with an emergency declaration. The court is set to rule on the act’s constitutionality after a four day hearing.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Supreme Court of Canada
Commons
John Diefenbaker
Prince Albert
Supreme Court
Autoplan case opens before Supreme Court of Canada
The BC auto insurance scheme Autoplan faces a 37 insurer challenge at the Supreme Court. Companies argue the plan violates the BNA Act by restricting interprovincial trade while BC maintains it falls under provincial civil rights. Autoplan, enacted March 1974, ended 183 private insurers in BC.
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Jim Poling
Ottawa
British Columbia
Supreme Court of Canada
B.C
Douglas Brown
Bora Laskin
Brown
Canada
New Democrat
Rail strike risk fades as union backs conciliation report
Ottawa reports a tentative drop in strike momentum as the CBRT and GW votes 50.5 to 49.5 in favor of Emmett Hall's conciliation plan. ARU unions, representing about 22,000 of 95,000 rail workers, weigh wage increases of 11 percent in 1976 and eight percent in 1977 with total compensation up eight percent.
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Ottawa
Don Secord
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and General Workers Union
CBRT
Mr. Secord
Associated Railway Unions
ARU
Emmett Hall
Hall
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Mexico
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Redcliff
Legion
Jim Horsman
Walter Lawson
MSM
Medicine Hat
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Rulon Hirsche
Pete Simpson
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