PSAC dispute narrows as talks resume over pay deal
Negotiators hoped to bridge a wage gap in the 18 600 federal workers strike with PSAC and the treasury board 1.5 to 3 per cent apart on a two year contract. Mediation yielded a retroactive pay breakthrough but wide demands remain between unions and government. Airports closed in Windsor and Halifax as strikers impact services while Ottawa controllers and officials avert a national fallout.
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Saigon Presses Back as Thieu Strengthens Defences
President Nguyen Van Thieu orders a paratrooper division from Da Nang to Saigon to bolster defense as North Vietnamese forces press a two week old offensive around the capital. Civilians flee as Ban Me Thuot falls and Kontum Pleiku Darlac provinces are abandoned in a large retreat.
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Long Khanh
Western Highlands
Kontum
Pleiku
Darlac
Canada
United States
Ban Me Thoot
Norman Johnson
Hamilton
Hamilton harbor probe finds no political delay evidence
A Commons justice committee ended its session with no proof of political interference in the Hamilton harbor corruption inquiry. Solicitor General Warren Allmand and predecessor Jean-Pierre Goyer defended their roles, confirming no awareness or involvement in the allegations that sparked the RCMP probe into dredging contracts and related misconduct.
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Commons Justice Committee
Hamilton Harbor
Warren Allmand
Jean-Pierre Goyer
Goyer
Hamilton
James Campbell
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Campbell
Col
J. C. Cameron
Cameron
Transport
Don Jamieson
Solicitor-General
RCMP
Labor
John Munro
Allmand
Maurice Nadon
Ken Barfknecht
Kenneth Elliott
Barfknecht
Ellen Reinke
Herman Turkstra
Flora MacDonald rails at press questions on marriage
Flora MacDonald, MP for Kingston and the Islands, criticizes reporters for focusing on her personal life rather than national issues during a weekend seminar on International Women's Year. She notes CBC questions and cites Margaret Thatcher's leadership as fueling speculation about her own ambitions, which she calls premature.
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Ont
Flora MacDonald
Kingston and
the Islands
Miss MacDonald
CBC
Margaret Thatcher
Ford Still Hopeful for More Cambodia Aid Amid Congressional Opposition
President Ford remains confident in obtaining additional military aid for Cambodia despite House and Senate Democratic opposition. White House talks with Republican leaders highlighted dwindling ammunition and low morale in Phnom Penh. Ford warned that Cambodia's survival ties to U S security, referencing the domino theory.
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Ford
Cambodia
Compassion
United States Congress
Senate
Hugh Scott
White House
Scott
Congress
House of Representatives
Democratic
James Schlesinger
Phnom Penh
William Broomfield
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hope
U.S
South Bend
Ind
United States
Kissinger to Israel aswan aims new Egyptian ideas
U S Secretary of State Henry Kissinger announced he is taking to Jerusalem several new Egyptian ideas. He said the proposals could affect Middle East diplomacy and regional tensions.
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Aswan
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Jerusalem
Israel
Middle East
Egypt
Kissinger
Sinai Desert
Indecency charges and deaths linked to Ottawa ring
Three more men face gross indecency charges in Ottawa linking to a teenage male prostitution ring now totaling 14 arrests. A 34 year old Ottawa man and a 50 year old CF Base Rockcliffe officer appeared in court, while a death listed as Warren Zufelt, 34, fell 13 floors in Ottawa. no foul play suspected. Police say the probe involves many associates including a reporter, an RCMP corporal, and a Commonwealth War Graves commission secretary general.
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Ottawa
David Angus
Warren Zufelt
WO George Falan
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Rockcliffe
RCMP
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Five candidates discuss issues in Medicine Hat Redcliff race
Five candidates contesting Medicine Hat Redcliff in the March 26 provincial election present their views in a question and answer series. The piece continues on page five with further arguments and positions.
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Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Khmer Rouge Attacks Near Phnom Penh Mark Fifth Anniversary
Fighting rages across the Mekong opposite Phnom Penh as Khmer Rouge forces launch four night assaults on government paratroopers near Sway Chhrum. Navy guns shell the riverbank while insurgents fire on the base, and a large Khmer Rouge force amasses along the east bank. The U S airlift delivers 1 435 tons of rice munitions and fuel despite rocket strikes on the airport.
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Mekong
Norodom Sihanouk
Khmer Rouge
Sway Chhrum
United States
Prek Phnou
Gandhi Charged in Indian Election Case
Indira Gandhi became the first Indian prime minister to appear in court to defend herself against charges of corrupt election practices raised by Raj Narain. The case centers on alleged campaign misconduct in Rae Bareli including improper use of government resources and excessive expenditures.
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Reuter
Indira Gandhi
Raj Narain
Gandhi
Rae Bareli
Uttar Pradesh
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