20 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1977
Page
1
The article describes a mechanical pig pushed by hot crude oil moving through the Trans Alaska Pipeline as a test to show the pipeline's operation and justify the vast effort and investment involved in Prudhoe Bay Alaska.
Oil in the Alaska Prudhoe Bay pipeline begins at 2 p.m. EDT marking the end of nine years of planning. The 1.21 million barrels daily start moves via Pump Station No. 1 with nitrogen barriers and a pig detector, aiming for 1.2 million barrels per day before tanker delivery.
King Khaled Ibn Abdul Aziz welcomed Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed at the royal palace in Riyadh with Crown Prince Fahd present. The meeting aimed at possible Canada Saudi cooperation in education and petroleum, with Lougheed meeting Saudi officials before a four day Iran visit and then Israel.
Joseph Smallwood former Newfoundland premier tells graduates at Rothesay Collegiate and Netherwood School that English speaking Canadians must "smother them with love" to keep Quebec from seeking independence He says seventeen million Canadians must convince Quebecers they are valued and not wanted to leave Canada.
Basque nationalist guerrillas say they killed Javier de Ybarra an industrialist and former Bilbao mayor after a ransom deadline. De Ybarra was kidnapped May 20 by gunmen in hospital orderlies disguises and driven away in an ambulance. ETA described him as a pillar of the oppressor state.
Basque leaders from four provinces vow to push for regional autonomy and Basque language recognition in Spain's new parliament. They demand release of political prisoners and repatriation of exiles in a communique to King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Suarez. Meetings were held in Guernica.
Brig. Abdul Hamid Razouk, head of Syria's missile corps, was shot as he left his home in Damascus on Saturday. Travellers arriving from the Syrian capital reported the killing and given no further details. No official statement has yet been issued.
The attorney says Farrah Fawcett Majors acted as a self-help consumer advocate not a thief. She had two petty theft arrests in 1970 in Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley, with fines and probation tied to psychiatric treatment after exchanges of inferior clothing.
Nairobi Daily Nation cites Ugandan Vice President Mustafa Adrisi confirming Amin's disappearance and a search by police and army, while Kampala officials and Radio Uganda cast doubt and offered no location for the Ugandan leader amid conflicting accounts.
A bomb exploded on the Dortmund Athens international train early Sunday morning in Yugoslavia, killing one passenger and injuring eight, including two Finnish students. Police said the device was placed outside Yugoslavia and the dead passenger's identity was not known. The train started in West Germany and later resumed its journey amid delays. Croatian terrorists were suspected.
Black townships around Johannesburg resumed work and schooling as normal after a mourning period for riot victims ended. Brig. Jan Visser reported a quiet weekend with minor stoning incidents and no injuries or arrests. Police dispersed about 400 youths with tear gas and stone-throwing briefly occurred at two buses. Memorial services were held in townships.
Rhodesia says it has invited the United States and Britain to send observers to its border with Mozambique to counter invasion charges. A government spokesman and reporters traveling to the eastern border said journalists will be briefed by military commanders on Rhodesian operations there. The government denies any Rhodesian force is operating inside Mozambique.
Norval Horner announces he will leave the Progressive Conservative party and would consider running against Joe Clark as a Liberal candidate if nominated. He cites Fraser frustrations with the Tories and says Clark aligns with Liberal language in Quebec. His siblings hold Liberal and Conservative roles in Alberta and Canada.
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