Alberta Premier Lougheed Leaves Soviet Union After 10 Day Visit
Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed completed a 10 day tour of the Soviet Union with visits to oil fields and agricultural regions in Byelorussia and Siberia. The embassy said the trip was exploratory and will proceed to Iran Saudi Arabia and Israel.
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Moscow
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Soviet Union
Lougheed
Athens
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Martin Moore
Byelorussia
Siberia
Canada
Alexei Kosygin
RCMP clears Fox on Edmonton police bugging claim
Solicitor General Francis Fox said RCMP investigative findings show no illegal bugging of three Edmonton police by the RCMP. He cited RCMP Commissioner Nadon ordering the probe after Cpl. Radey testified to a royal commission about alleged hotel room bugs.
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Ottawa
Francis Fox
RCMP
Edmonton
Fox
Stuart Leggatt
NDP
New Westminster
Maurice Nadon
William Radey
Winnipeg
Radey
Mediation Fails to Free South Moluccan Hostages
In Assen northern Holland mediators failed to persuade eight to ten extremists holding 55 hostages for 19 days. Premier Joop den Uyl and his cabinet met five hours as government warns of serious consequences. Four teachers are also held at Bavensmilde schoolhouse, seized May 23.
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ASSEN
Holland
Joop den Uyl
Josina Soumakis
Hassan Tan
Justice Ministry
Soumakil
Tan
Bavensmilde
Ontario voters return PC minority
Premier William Davis's Progressive Conservatives won a minority in Ontario, short of the 63 seats for a majority in the 125 member legislature. The NDP and Liberals traded roles as opposition while all three leaders won re elections. one cabinet minister, John Smith, was defeated.
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Mel Sufrin
Toronto
William Davis
Progressive Conservatives
Ontario
New Democratic Party
Liberals
Davis
Brampton
Stephen Lewis
NDP
Scarborough West
Stuart Smith
Hamilton West
John Smith
Brian Charlton
Hamilton Mountain
Conservatives
CCF
Smith
Darcy McKeough
Roy McMurtry
Durham West
George Ashe
Charles Godfrey
Fort William
Mickey Henessy
Iain Angus
Peterborough
John Turner
Gill Sandeman
Timiskaming
Ed Harrot
Bob Bain
Cochrane South
Alan Pope
Bill Ferrier
York Centre
Alf Strong
St. George
Margaret Campbell
Commonwealth urged action against white-ruled Africa outfits
Non-white leaders pressed for tougher military and economic steps against Rhodesia South Africa and Namibia with calls for oil sanctions and guerrilla aid. Prime Minister Trudeau voiced doubts while a possible Edmonton 1978 Games boycott loomed, and a conference decision on oil blockades remained unresolved.
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Carl Mollins
London
Commonwealth
Africa
Edmonton
Rhodesia
South Africa
Namibia
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Michael Manley
Jamaica
Canada
Trudeau
Queen marks silver jubilee with London fireworks pageant
The Queen attended a Thames pageant in central London ending a day of pomp. She watched from a 24 storey riverside tower with the Royal Family as crowds lined the banks. A motor launch parade, a lunch on Britannia, tea at Lambeth Palace, and gifts from dignitaries followed.
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River Thames
London
Reuter
Thames
Queen
Prince Philip
Florence Steadman
Queen Victoria
Britannia
Donald Coggan
Canterbury
Lambeth Palace
Sit-in at QIT plant escalates with hired guards amid union stand
About 30 security guards have been hired to provoke roughly 1,200 workers occupying the Quebec Iron and Titanium Corp plant in Tracy Quebec. Union leaders accuse guards of instigating fights while company officials defend the move as security for executives and premises. The occupation began after a work slowdown and aims for safer conditions and dust and noise controls.
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Tracy, Que
Quebec Iron and Titanium Corp
QIT
Gilles Lamoureux
Union of
Iron and Titanium Workers
Pierre Nobert
Securex Safeguard Consultant Ltd
Richard Laniel
Securex
Lamoureux
Ter
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Trudeau Denounces Amin at Commonwealth Conference
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Trudeau calling out President Idi Amin for alleged killings of Ugandan opponents. He urged the Commonwealth conference to condemn Amin, describing his six year regime as built on mass assassination and sustained by it.
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London
Trudeau
Idi Amin
Amin
Policy Shift Faces Doubt Within Smith Camp
Stories on page 9 show Smith pushing immediate priorities like jobs and housing while conceding some party members oppose the policy shift. Smith favors limiting tax and fee increases to anti inflation board guidelines, a proposal Davis and Lewis call impracticable.
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Smith
Davis
Lewis
Briton labeled spy to be shot by end of next week
NAIROBI AP Radio Uganda reports a British resident in Uganda will be executed by firing squad if found guilty of spying. The arrested man is identified as Cullen. The ruling regime’s military tribunal will try him with secrecy on the timing and location of the execution. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Owen comments on the arrest.
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Nairobi
Radio
Uganda
Idi Amin
Cullen
David Owen
Britain
London
Amin
Denis Hills
James Callaghan
Kampala
Callaghan
Alberta rejects Lang claim PWA sale planned
Alberta Transportation rejects Ottawa reports that Alberta would consider selling Pacific Western Airlines PWA. Ken Kowalski says there are no sale plans, noting Horner's firm stance against provincial ownership of airlines and that PWA remains a major carrier in Canada.
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Otto Lang
Alberta
Pacific Western Airlines
PWA
Alberta Transportation
Edmonton
Ken Kowalski
Hugh Horner
Lang
Commons Committee
Ottawa
Kowalski
Horner
Canada
Defence arguments link break-in to FLQ threats in Montreal
In Montreal in October 1972 police broke into a leftist news office amid fears of renewed FLQ violence including kidnappings and hijacking. Defence lawyer Pierre Lamontagne described the raid as a preemptive security measure while Crown witnesses said the officers led the operation and face sentences up to two years.
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Montreal
Front Dé Liberation de Quebec
FLQ
Pierre Lamontagne
RCMP
Jacques Beaudoin
Lamontagne
Quebec
James Cross
Beaudoin
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U.S.S.R
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