Comical British View of Alberta Highlights Bold West
The Times profiles Alberta during the 11th Commonwealth Games with praise and satire. It notes Edmonton’s bid prowess a $36 million budget, Calgary’s rapid growth, and Albertan traits likened to Texans, framing the province as confident, entrepreneurial, and unmistakably Western.
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London
Alberta
Rockies
British Columbia
Times
Canada
Petroleum Club
Anthony Jones
Edmonton
the Times
Toronto
Leeds
Calgary
Oil City
Montreal
Derek Harris
Southam News Services
Kennedy's Next Move in Politics Opens New Speculation
In Washington Kennedy fans push for a possible presidential bid, while he remains noncommittal. At 46 he could lead the Judiciary Committee next year and wait for 1984, as Carter's administration relies on his support.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Memory Lane
Kennedy
United States Conference of Mayors
Carter
Atlanta
Senate Judiciary Committee
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
White House
Chappaquidick
Africa hotels mix charm and ruin in travel writer tour
A veteran correspondent surveys African hotels from the Ivory Coast skating rink to Addis Ababa’s Hilton. He notes prices, meals, and decay at properties in Salisbury Maputo Lusaka Dar es Salaam and Cape Town, with fond memories and cautious warnings about service and water quality.
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Nairobi
Moscow
Cairo
Hong Kong
Budapest
Paris
Saigon
Africa
Ivoire
Ivory Coast
Salisbury
Merkles
Rhodesia
Plano
Maputo
Lorenco Marques
Mozambique
Ridgeway
Lusaka
Zambia
France
Emperor Haile Selassie
Duke Ellington
Hilton
Western International
Intercontinental
Mount Nelson
Cape Town
Norfolk
Nairbo
Horatio Nelson
The
East Africa
Kilimanjaro
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
Canadian International Development Agency
CIDA
High Commission
Move to drop legal fees in Britain
In a commission hearing, the Legal Action Group proposes free state funded legal aid for all, aiming to abolish fees and extend access. It argues legal help should be a social service, echoing NHS style nationwide coverage despite opposition from the Law Society and political uncertainty ahead of elections.
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Britain
London
Action Group
Geoffrey Bindman
Bindman
Law Society
David Edwards
Society
Margaret Thatcher
Conservative
Labor Party
National Health Service
British Medical Association
Washington Star
Mackinac Island editors hold pow wow in lilac season
Charles Lynch notes bilingual place names and editor gathering at Mackinac Island Michigan where Southam papers meet for circulation talks. He observes wind off Lake Superior, local quirks, and a playful clash of foreign and domestic news interests among editors while touring the resort and incidentally sampling a French Chaglis wine.
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Mackinac Island
Michigan
Mackinaw
Mackinac
Sault
Canada
Outouais
New Brunswick
Chippetneticook
Edmonton
Etobicoke
Ont
Etobicoh
Southam
Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Star
Gitchee Gummee
Lake Superior
Toronto
Mackinaw Island
Harborfront
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Nicholas Hills
John Herbert
House
Christian Science Monitor
Louis Harris and Associates
Gallup
Senator Kennedy
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Brian Dunning
Charles Lynch
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