United States proposes UN force for southern Lebanon crisis
The United States formally urged the United Nations Security Council to call for Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the deployment of a UN peacekeeping force to restore peace and Lebanese government authority. Beirut reports say talks were under way with Lebanon, Israel, and Syria on a temporary UN force to be replaced after three months by Lebanese army units. Israeli raids continued north of the Litani as the conflict escalated with hundreds of casualties reported among Lebanese, Palestinians, and Israelis.
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United Nations
United States
United Nations Security Council
Lebanon
U.S
Council
U.S. State Department
Beirut
Israel
Syria
Itani
Tel Aviv-Haifa
Lebanese Red Cross
Mordechai Gur
Tel Aviv
Weizman
Litani
Alberta budget highlights fuel tax elimination and big spending
Alberta’s 1978 79 budget features a 3.789 billion plan with large hospital and road outlays and a priority on social services. The fuel oil tax is removed March 31, excluding aircraft fuel, to let residents share resource wealth, though retailers may or may not pass savings to customers due to no compulsory rule.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Merv Leitch
Assembly
Leitch
Alberta Budget Sees Major Capital and Service Growth
Alberta plans a 14.7 percent budget increase over 1977-78 with capital funding rising to 65.5 million for universities and hospitals. The hospital program receives a 500 million allocation, road construction exceeds 188 million, and education sees modest gains amid enrolment declines. Municipal grants rise 9.6 percent to 62.6 million while police funding grows past 1 million more than last year. The minister predicts strong provincial growth in 1978 despite a weak national outlook.
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Leitch
Gordon Miniely
General Revenue Fund
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Edmonton
Calgary
House
Alberta
Six remain captive in Quebec prison hostage crisis
Six prison employees and 10 inmates continue to be held by convicts Edgar Roussel Lucien Jacques and Roland Simard at a grey stone prison in St Jerome Quebec. Negotiations between hostage-takers and mediators Claude Podrier and Robert La Haye have intensified with document exchanges and trips to Montreal and Ottawa to seek a settlement. The incident marks Canada's longest prison hostage situation at 10 days.
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Ian Fraser ST. Jerome
Que
Claude Podrier
Greystone
Edgar Roussel
Lucien Jacques
Roland Simard
Podrier
Robert la Haye
Quebec
Montreal
la Haye
Quebec Justice Department
Police and Justice Department
No NEWS Friday notice on publishing and deadlines
The NEWS will not publish on Friday March 24 for Good Friday. Display ad copy deadline is Wednesday March 22 for Saturday March 25 and Monday March 23. Classified ads must be submitted by 12 noon Thursday March 23.
Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill Douses Brittany Coast
Millions of gallons of crude oil from the wrecked tanker Amoco Cadiz foul Brittany beaches near Portsall and foul waters as cleanup crews struggle. Eight kilometers of shore are affected and a 16 by 21 kilometer slick spreads from the wreckage.
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Brest
France
Amoco
Cadiz
Brittany
Culture and Environment
Michel d’Ornano
Portsall
Amoco Cadiz
le Havre
Persian Gulf
Focus in Cossitt case shifts to newspaper
Ottawa shifts emphasis from Tory MP Tom Cossitt to the Toronto Sun as Justice Minister Basford says the paper will be charged under the Official Secrets Act for publishing sensitive Soviet spy material. Cossitt is sidelined while the government tests parliamentary privilege and press limits.
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George Oake Southam
Ottawa
Tom Cossitt
Toronto Sun
Justice
Ron Basford
Commons
Leeds
Basford
Cossitt
Canada
Former Pakistani leader Bhutto sentenced to death in murder case
Former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was sentenced to death by a Lahore High Court panel for ordering a political opponent's murder. The verdict, read by Chief Justice Mustaq Hussain, also sentenced four others to death and granted seven days for appeals to Pakistan's Supreme Court.
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Lahore
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Federal Security Police
Bhutto
Redcliff votes on 83% school tax hike plan
Redcliff school board proposes an 83 percent rise in local school taxes to cover a 1,084,000 annual budget amid growing pupil numbers and deficits. A petition by 10 percent of taxpayers by April 6 would trigger a plebiscite. If approved, average taxes rise about 50 dollars yearly.
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Redcliff
Herman Wahl
Wahl
Medicine Hat High
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Garry Woytas
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Sidon
Solicitor-General’s
Ronald Brunet
French Coast
Ali Bhutto
Redcliff Review
Parkside School
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