Governor General Jules Leger Critical After Stroke in Sherbrooke
In Sherbrooke Quebec Governor General Jules Leger 61 suffered a cerebro-vascular attack during a convocation dinner. He is in hospital in a critical period with officials reporting stable condition. Chief Justice Bora Laskin will act in his absence.
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Que
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University of Sherbrooke
Paul Emile Cardinal Leger
Pigeon
Gaston Sauve
Cardinal Leger
Government House
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Mr. Leger
Bora Laskin
Supreme Court of Canada
Roland Michener
Vincent Massey
Leger
Montreal International
Ottawa
Ontario battlefield for party leaders
Progressive Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield and Prime Minister Trudeau campaigned in Ontario as the election nears. Trudeau urged voters to reject the Conservatives and back Liberal candidates, criticizing price and income controls. Stanfield launched a seven day Ontario blitz advocating a 90 day price and income freeze, with stops in eight towns to defend his plan. NDP Leader David Lewis campaigned in Saskatchewan before heading to Vancouver, after a northern swing through Manitoba.
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Canada
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Hamilton
Welland
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Guelph
St. Catharines
Oakville
Quebec
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London
Wingham
Hensall
Farm Gate
Walkerton
Port Elgin
Teeswater
Southampton
Toronto
New Democratic Party
David Lewis
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
Saskatoon
NDP
Winnipeg
Kindersley
Unity
North Battleford
Turtleford
Prince Albert
Shellbrook
Glaslyn
French cabinet loses reformer amid Pacific nuclear tests
Paris reports President Giscard d'Estaing dismissed Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber after he denounced France's plan to resume atmospheric nuclear testing. Prime Minister Chirac announced the firing for conduct deemed contrary to ministerial solidarity. France plans further tests at Mururoa Atoll, with underground tests proposed later. The eighth test in a summer series followed global protests from Australia and New Zealand.
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Pacific
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Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Jacques Chirac
Elysee Palace
Servan- Schreiber
Servan-Schreiber
Muroroa Atoll
Giscard d’Estaing
Servan Schreiber
Mururoa Atoll
Australia
New Zealand
Nixon begins Middle East tour with twofold aims
President Nixon departs for a five country Middle East swing to bolster a new U S role and persuade Americans that world peace hinges on his leadership. He stops in Austria to adjust to time zones before Egypt Saudi Arabia Syria Israel and Jordan, returning June 19. Critics in East Lansing call the trip political.
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Nixon
Middle East
United States
U.S
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
Austria
Egypt
US S
Syria
Soviet Union
Moscow
State Department
National Committee For Fairness
China
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Jordan
East Lansing
Mich
Edward Brooke
Rep. Mass
Alberta Linseed Oil Co. Denies Bankruptcy Petition
Alberta Linseed Oil Co. Ltd of Medicine Hat says it is not bankrupt and asserts the petition by James Richardson and Sons Securities will fail. The securities firm claims Alberta Linseed owes $256,000. The petition and counter-claims are set for Calgary Court on June 18.
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Alberta Linseed Oil Co. Ltd
Medicine Hat
James Richardson and Sons Securities
Alberta Linseed
James Richardson and Sons
Linseed
Calgary
Flooding Eases After Dam Burst Near Huaccoto Peru
Torrential floodwaters from a breached artificial dam near Huaccoto inundated 20 villages, destroyed roads and farms, and forced thousands to evacuate. Officials say the worst is over with runoff down about half, while the April flood toll stood at 451 and a lake 18 miles long formed behind the 850 foot dam.
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Huaccoto
Peru
Reuter
Mantaro
Israel Syria clash over prisoner abuse cited by UN
ASSOCIATED PRESS reports Israel accuses Syria of brutal torture of Israeli prisoners and will protest at the UN while Syria counters that Arab prisoners were mistreated. Each side denies the other's charges as world leaders discuss Middle East tensions. Israel denounces reports of beatings and electric-light abuse as violations of international precepts. Assad says Syria seeks good ties with the United States, aided by the Soviet bloc. Waldheim tours the region noting hopeful atmosphere. Palestinian leaders in Cairo debate attending Geneva talks, aiming for an independent state, while Shimon Peres pledges no negotiations with the PLO and continues talks with Egypt and Syria.
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Syria
United Nations
Hafez Assad
United States
U.S.S.R
Washington
Soviet Union
East Europe
Kurt Waldheim
Cairo
Middle East
Palestine National Council
Geneva
Yasir Arafat
Palestinian Liberation Organization
PLO
Tel Aviv
Shimon Peres
New Zealand Leader Presses France on Nuclear Tests
Prime Minister Norman Kirk said New Zealand remains opposed to France’s nuclear testing and will not be satisfied until all tests end. He welcomed Paris’s plan for underground testing but plans to press the issue with French ambassador Count Christian de Nicolay in a meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
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Reuter
New Zealand
France
Norman Kirk
Kirk
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