Clashes Erupt Between Palestinian Guerrilla Groups Near Beirut
The death toll from the Lebanon clash between PFLP GC and PDF rose to 20, with about 20 more injured. The fighting on Beirut’s southern and eastern fringes led to arrests and a call for ceasefire by Yasir Arafat, while clashes spilled into refugee camps at Shatilla Sabra and Tal Zarter.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Armed Struggle Command
Shatilla
Sabra
Tal Zarter
Yasir Arafat
Damascus
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine— General Command
Pflpgc
Popular Democratic Front
PDF
Maalot
Shamir
Geneva
Pflp-Gc
Israel
West Bank
Jordan
Gaza Strip
Ethiopian Armed Forces Take Control of Key Points
Ethiopian armed forces seized key points across the country including Addis Ababa as the government faced a forced power shift. Reports indicate a military takeover with officials confirming actions by security forces.
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Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Reuter
Minasse Haile
Haile Selassie
Eritrea
Calgary man freed by Ethiopian guerrillas arrives in London
Donald Wederfort, 27, released after three months in Eritrean Liberation Front custody, arrived in London with his wife and described decent treatment and shared rations during captivity. He piloted a helicopter when seized March 26 in Ethiopia and was smuggled out via Khartoum.
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London
Donald Wederfort
Calgary
Ethiopia
Wederfort
Eritrean Liberation Front
E.L.F
Tenneco
Khartoum
Canada
Cairo
Quebec trio linked to 1970 Montreal kidnapping in Paris
French police pursue three Quebecers linked to the 1970 kidnapping of James Cross in Montreal. Jean-Marc Carbonneau Jacques Lanctot and Yves Langlois landed at Roissy June 20 with Suzanne Lanctot and Anne Jocelyne Talbot aboard Cuban passports. Algerian embassy denies travel to Algiers or Algerian citizenship. Liaurore alleges aid from separatist groups outlawed by France.
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Paris
AFP
James Cross
Montreal
Jean-Marc Carbonneau
Jacques Lanctot
Yves Langlois
Prague
Lanchot
Suzanne
Anne Jocelyne Talbot
Charles de Gaulle
Roissy
Algiers
Liaurore
Liberals' secret price freeze plan disclosed
The Star reports a Liberal cabinet endorsed a short term 60 to 90 day price and income freeze followed by controls for up to three years. The plan details draft legislation and a 1,200 person operation, with 28 officials to supervise, and targets major groups while allowing product level pricing within precontrol margins.
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Toronto
the Star
Don Valley
The
Star
PLAN
Trudeau
Robert Stanfield
Thompson
Man
John Turner
Party leaders trade long range barrages ahead of July vote
Prime Minister Trudeau and New Democrat Leader David Lewis fire at each other from Ontario and Alberta as nine days remain before election day. Lewis attacks Liberal financing and bank power while Stanfield campaigns in British Columbia and Regina urging national unity. Trudeau announces a proposed program to gain control of parts of the natural resources industry.
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Trudeau
New Democrat
David Lewis
Ontario
Lewis
Grande Prairie
Alto
Robert Stanfield
British Columbia
Okanagan Valley
Kootenay Mountains
Regina
Stanfield
B.C
Canada
National Party
Alberta
NDP
Lethbridge
Royal
Nova Scotia
Toronto-Dominion
Imperial
Montreal
Bank of Montreal
Sault Ste. Marie
Air Canada walkouts end in Montreal after 24 hours
About 3,000 Air Canada baggage handlers and maintenance workers in Montreal returned to work at 6 a.m. after a 24 hour walkout in support of cost of living wage adjustments. Winnipeg Edmonton and Vancouver workers also walked out briefly before returning. No contract reopenings were agreed, with next discussions slated after a meeting.
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Montreal
Air Canada
Armand Archambault
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Vancouver
Archambault
Nixon Brezhnev sign 10 year economic pact at summit
Nixon and Brezhnev resumed arms talks and signed a 10 year economic information exchange agreement to boost US Soviet trade. The pact requires no congressional approval and covers annual data on economic trends and help leasing offices and homes for businessmen. Other accords addressed health housing and energy.
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Moscow
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Yalta
Brezhnev
Black Sea
Nikolai Podgorny
Alexei Kosygin
Andrei Gromy
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