Red Brigades Leaders Convicted in Turin Trial
Founder Renato Curcio and four other Red Brigades leaders were found guilty of subversion and related charges and sentenced to 13 to 15 years in prison. The three month case tied them to kidnappings and killings including the Aldo Moro case and other terror acts.
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Turin
Italy
Renato Curcio
Red Brigades
Aldo Moro
Curcio
Guido Barbaro
Nuove
Red Brigade
Pietro Bassi
Pietro Bertolazzi
Alberto Franceschini
Paolo Maurizio Ferrari
Quebec Passes Bill 92 Sets Stage for Independence Referendum
The Quebec national assembly approves Bill 92, creating a general framework for a future independence referendum. Premier Rene Levesque hails the measure as enabling Quebecers to decide their future with two umbrella committees and spending rules. Liberals oppose umbrella committees and specific binding outcomes while two national parties join the government.
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Kevin Dougherty
Quebec
Quebec National Assembly
Parti Quebecois
Rene Levesque
Union Nationale
Fabien Roy
Jean-Noel Lavoie
Canada
Justice
Marc-Andre Bedard
Robert Burns
Levesque
National Assembly
Human Rights Commission
The
Rights Commission
Liberals
Ontario eyes Quebec worker curbs in cross border clash
Ontario premiers outlines plan to restrict Quebec workers if Quebec enforces limits on Ontario laborers. Premier Davis says bill would empower Ontario to bar Quebec tradespeople while Ottawa reviews a Supreme Court challenge. Leaders Smith and Cassidy back action to protect Ontario jobs and border-area workers.
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Norma Greenaway
Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
Supreme Court of Canada
Liberal
Stuart Smith
Michael Cassidy
NDP
William Davis
Bette Stephenson
Davis
Trudeau
Ottawa
The
Commons
Federal
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Stephenson
Smith
Cassidy
Quebec-Ontario
Rene Levesque
Quebec City
Levesque
Sheik Faces Multiple Assault Suits Over Slapping Incidents
Beverly Hills magnate Sheik Shamsuddin al Fassi is named in three recent assault suits alleging he slapped employees and guards on a flight and at a hotel. The suits cite drunken conduct aboard a transatlantic flight and poor service as triggers amid a high profile property purchase.
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Los Angeles
Shamsuddin al-Fassi
Beverly Hills
Sunset Boulevard
Herbert Burstein
Robert Bates
Al-Fassi
Sheik
Mohammed al-Fassi
Disneyland
Bates
British Airways
Watson
Carter unveils fuel rationing and energy push
The Carter administration outlined a standby gasoline rationing plan based on vehicle ownership and said price ceilings would be removed after the summer driving season. President Carter pressed Congress to finalize most of the energy plan by mid July, while keeping the oil production tax alive ahead of a potential summit.
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Washington
Carter Administration
U.S
Energy
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
U.S. Energy House
Carter
Congress
West Germany
United States
White House
Wreckage of Gander Aviation plane found near Torbay
Plane carrying 10 aboard located in dense woods about nine kilometres northwest of Torbay Airport. CF Halifax says fate of passengers unknown. Beech 80 twin engine was en route from St John’s to St Anthony after reporting altitude climb. ELT signal detected after last contact at 9 59 a m.
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ST. John's
Mld
Gander Aviation Ltd
Torbay
Canadian Forces
Halifax
St. Anthony
Nfld
St. John’s
Nazi leader cancels Skokie rally amid free speech dispute
Frank Collin proclaims victory in securing a Chicago park rally for neo Nazis while a potential street clash with the Jewish Defence League looms. He will hold a Saturday victory rally outside a federal building as Judge Leighton allows the march without park insurance.
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Chicago
Frank Collin
Collin
Skokie
Albert Smith
Jewish Defence League
Meir Kahane
League
U.S
George Leighton
Marquette Park
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Medicine Hat Blue Jays
Calgary Cardinals
Athletic Park
Cardinals
Dan Lander
U.S. Senate Energy Committee
Henry Jackson
Dem. Wash
Nicole Sommer
Medicine Hot Redcliff
Jim Horsman
Medicine Hot
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