Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon announce separation
Kensington Palace released word that Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon have mutually agreed to live apart with she continuing public duties unaccompanied. No divorce plans were stated. the Queen is said to be saddened but not pressuring. Archbishop Canterbury offered prayers for the royal family and the children.
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London
Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Kensington Palace
Australia
Countess of Snowdon
Earl of Snowdon
Princess Margaret
Maj
John Griffin
Foreign police to guard Montreal Olympics debated
Conservative MP Jack Horner proposed allowing foreign police to operate in Canada during the July Games. Justice Minister Basford and Solicitor-General Allmand said no new legislation is planned, with Ottawa handling security and foreign deputization as a possibility, not a plan.
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Jack Horner
Montreal
Ottawa
Crowfoot
Canada
Horner
Ron Basford
Basford
Warren Allmand
RCMP
Canadian ministers push reforms and press outreach in 1976
Justice Minister Basford says sexual offence laws in the Criminal Code are a mess. Allan MacKachen expands press operations. Eight labor groups and five provinces argue in the Supreme Court over anti inflation laws. Cabinet delays Beaufort Sea offshore drilling decision. Conservatives urge inquiry into cabinet interference in Quebec courts. Donald Macdonald says anti inflation program is taking effect.
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Ron Basford
Allan MacKachen
Supreme Court of Canada
Beaufort Sea
Bora Laskin
Quebec
Donald Macdonald
Opposition Judge attack loses steam in Trudeau era
Ottawa reports say opposition efforts to attack cabinet interference in Quebec courts are waning after the Ouellet resignation. Prime Minister Trudeau defends his government while pressure for a public inquiry persists from NDP and Conservative leaders.
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Quebec
Andre Ouellet
Joe
Clark
Ed Broadbent
New Democratic
Trudeau
C. M
Bud) Drury
Jules Deschenes
Quebec Superior Court
Drury
Ouellet
NDP
Mr. Drury
Canada stands by detente with Soviet Union
Canada will keep its detente policy with the Soviet Union unchanged despite shifts in U S policy. Allan MacEachen told UN reporters detente remains acceptable in Canada and should not be discarded as Washington rethinks its approach.
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United Nations
Allan MacEachen
Canada
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
U.S
MacEachen
Ford Administration
Ford
Health authorities in Quebec right to contain typhoid fears
Health officials in St. Gabriel de Brandon warned outsiders to avoid the town as investigations into a suspected typhoid fever outbreak continued. About 150 cases were under review with one confirmed, while 30 patients were hospitalized and measures such as boiling water and using only powdered or canned milk were advised.
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ST. Gabriel DE Brandon
Que
Montreal
Marcel Roy
Quebec City
Julien Giasson
National Assembly
Community Health Department
Joliette Hospital
Richard Nelson
Giasson
Rhodesia talks collapse as Nkomo hints near future
In Salisbury talks between Rhodesia's white minority government and black nationalist leaders collapsed after impasse. Joshua Nkomo warned of a news conference while Prime Minister Smith indicated a possible statement later. Police prepared for possible violence in African townships as cross border raids from Mozambique heightened tensions.
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Joshua Nkomo
Tan Smith
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Britain
Mozambique
Smith
Nkomo
African National Council
Abel Muzorewa
Muzorewa
Lusaka
Kenneth Kaunda
Gas blast injures three near Buckingham Palace
A London gas leak explosion damaged a building on Buckingham Palace Road near Victoria Station injuring three people. Police initially suspected a bomb and Irish terrorism but no firm cause or suspects were released as victims were treated for shock.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace Road
Victoria Station
Five Die In Cuban Air Crash Collison With Air Canada Jet
A Cuban transport plane collided in the air with a leased Air Canada DC-8 near Havana killing five aboard the Cuban craft. The DC-8 landed with a damaged engine and torn wing. no injuries were reported on the Canadian airliner. The Cuban plane carried three crew and two security agents and was on a training flight as part of Cuba's Montreal Havana service using two leased DC-8s from Air Canada. authorities offered no immediate explanation for the collision.
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Reuter
Air Canada
Montreal
Peterborough Boy Wins 100000 Wintario Prize
A 10 year old from Peterborough won 100000 in Ontario government Wintario draw. Judd Smoke received the ticket for giving a riddle on a Toronto radio program. His father says part of the money will pay off the family home mortgage on the outskirts of Peterborough.
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Judd Smoke
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