Bomber pleads guilty to 129 charges in Montreal
Pierre Paul Geoffroy aged 25 pleaded guilty Friday to 129 charges of making and placing bombs conspiracy theft and possession of dynamite in connection with 31 recent terror bombings in Montreal. He faces life imprisonment with sentence to be pronounced after representations March 21.
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Montreal
Pierre- Paul Geoffroy
Andre Fabien
Session Court
Geoffroy
Liberal Party
Reform Club
Queen’s Printer’s Book Shop
Drug study petition in Alberta Legislature sparks tax debate
In Edmonton the Alberta Legislature discussed a petition by William Dickie calling an immediate wide range study on drug abuse and its impact on youth. Dickie urged a budget debate focus on bying taxation and urban taxing powers, while newcomer Bill Yorke urged redefining municipal taxing authority to address urban crises.
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William Dickie
Calgary Glenmore
Human Resources Research Council
Alberta
Dickie
Bill Yorke
Strathcona East
E. C. Manning
Yorke
Soviet Rally Protests Chinese Border Clash at Moscow Embassy
Thousands of Soviets protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in Moscow amid anger over the deaths of 31 Soviet soldiers on the Soviet Chinese border. Police guarded the route as demonstrators waved banners and shouted anti Maoist slogans with stones and ink bottles limited to a few incidents.
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Moscow
Far East
Mao Tse-tung
Fravda
Peking
Pravda
Communist Party
Guilty Plea Seen in Kings Murder
James Earl Ray is set to plead guilty to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Shelby County Criminal Court to avoid the death penalty. Percy Foreman contends a 99 year sentence with parole eligibility after 30 years is Ray's best option amid strong prosecutors’ evidence.
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Memphis
Ray
Huntsville
Ala
Times
Shelby County Criminal Court
Foreman
Kierans vows prosecutions of striking postmen
Ottawa Postmaster General Eric Kierans announces he will seek authority to prosecute striking letter carriers after wildcat walkouts at nine post offices from Hamilton to Saskatoon involving 700 to 1,100 workers. He cites the Public Service Staff Relations Act and notes the need for board approval before such action.
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Ottawa
Eric Kierans
Hamilton
Ont
Saskatoon
Sask
Letter Carriers Union of Canada
Roger Decarie
Kierans
Decarie
Decarie Said: ‘“He’s Just Stating the Act.” the Public Service Staff Relations
Public Service Staff Relations Board
Burlington
St. Catharines
Niagara Falls
Stoney Creek
Sudbury
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Winnipeg
Post Office
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
21 millionth Canadian may be baby girl in Winnipeg
A Winnipeg baby girl born at 11:15 p.m. CST may be Canada’s 21,000,000th resident as the population clock in Ottawa ticked past 21,000,000 from 20,999,999. The CBS planned no observance and a Bucking ham, Quebec boy born at 12:29 EST was runner up.
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Toronto
Winnipeg
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Bruno Tymm
CBS
Pierre Larouche
Buckingham
Quo
Seal hunt not so brutal says minister on first day
Fisheries Minister Jack Davis toured the ice off Summerside Prince Edward Island and described the seal hunt as an outdoor abattoir yet less brutal than deer hunting. He noted federal rules appeared to be followed with one violation reported, a landsman attempting to steal a live seal.
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Summerside
P.E
Mr. Davis
Fisheries Department
Apollo 9 Mission Exceeds Expectations Says Director
Apollo 9 astronauts cruised into the holiday half of their mission after proving the lunar module and command module reliable for a moon landing planned this summer. Apollo program director Lt Gen Sam C Phillips called the mission a success and exceeding expectations.
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Houston
United States
Sam C. Phillips
Apollo
Schweickart
Mission Control
McDivitt
Viet Cong Attack Intensifies Near Saigon During Lair Visit
Viet Cong rocket and mortar barrages escalated with a ground assault on a U S position 15 miles north of Saigon. U S helicopter gunships and artillery killed 154 attackers while lifting out 11 Americans dead and 30 wounded. U S casualties stood at seven dead and 11 wounded in three other clashes.
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Saigon
United States
U.S
Melvin Laird
South Vietnam
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Mekong Delta
Israeli Egyptian Jets Clash in Sinai Sky Duel
Israeli and Egyptian fighters clashed over the Sinai Desert with both sides claiming a downed plane. An Israeli spokesman said four Egyptian MiGs entered Israeli air space near the Bitter Lakes at 11:20 a.m. and one Egyptian MiG was shot down. The Egyptian spokesman countered that an Israeli Mirage was shot down as well, with the Egyptian pilot seen crashing east of the Suez Canal.
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James A. Mel Divitt
David R. Scott
Air Force
Russell L. Schweickart
Tel Aviv
Sinai
Israeli
Bitter Lakes
Cairo
Suez Canal
Israel
Two Dead and Two Wounded in British Columbia Shootings
Police report two fatalities and two injuries from separate shootings in Burnaby and New Westminster. Victims include Ernest Reddeman and James Sauve with others wounded. a man in his early 20s was killed in New Westminster. Four suspects, two men and two women, in custody. motive undetermined. A rifle was used in both Burnaby and New Westminster attacks. A separate Vancouver chest wound incident injured Ahmed Salam.
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Burnaby
B.C
Vancouver
New Westminister
Ernest Reddeman
James Sauve
Joseph Dingle
New Westminster
Witheld
Sauve
Dingle
Lower Mainland
Zolice
Ahmed Salam
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Yukon
Davis
Moshe Dayan
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Dayan
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