Trudeau offers troops for Lebanon peace mission
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau reiterated Canada’s willingness to deploy combat troops for a UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon. UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim said Canadian troops are not in his current plan, though Trudeau noted possible short-term logistical support and a battalion if needed.
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Bill Fox
Canada
Waldheim
Lebanon
Trudeau
UN Security Council
Barton
Middle East
Economic Club of
New York
Quebec
Convicts surrender peacefully after Canada's long prison siege
Three hostage takers at the Quebec provincial jail released six hostages and turned themselves in with police. The six guards and an assistant director were unharmed and sent to hospital for observation. Mediation by Robert La Haye preceded the surrender.
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ST. Jerome
Que
Canada
Montreal
Edgar Roussel
Roland Simard
Lucien Jacques
Robert la Haye
Jacques and
Roussel
Simard
Bruno Ferracane
Ferracane
Bond issue terms announced
Ottawa government releases terms for a 750 million dollar bond sale to stabilize the Canadian dollar. Three U.S. maturities target 8.0 to 8.625 percent: 5-year 250 million at 8.0 percent due 1983, 7.5-year 250 million at 8.2 percent due 1985, and 20-year 250 million at 8.625 percent due 1998. prices set 100.2, 100, and 99.75 percent respectively, contingent on SEC effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
U.S
Trudeau
Economic Club of
New York
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Rhodesia forms multi racial government amid peace push
Salisbury Reuters reports Rhodesia begins a transitional administration with a Supreme Executive Council after three black nationalist leaders are sworn in. The move aims for a one man one vote election and black majority rule by year end but guerrilla pressure from the Patriotic Front complicates progress and may require broader talks with Nkomo or Mugabe. Britain and the United States seek a conference to bridge gaps in peace plans.
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Salisbury
Reuter
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Britain
United States
Patriotic Front
Amoco Cadiz Spill Reaches Forty Million Gallons
In Brest France the U S supertanker Amoco Cadiz is leaking at least 40 million gallons of oil after a wreck. All 15 tanks are suspected holed, making it the worst spill on record surpassing Torrey Canyon. Salvage experts report all tanks open to sea with 50 000 to 70 000 tons still aboard.
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Brest
France
U.S
Amoco
Cadiz
Harry Rinkema
Torrey Canyon
England
Rinkema
UN peacekeeping takes first step into South Lebanon
A first UN peacekeeping unit entered south Lebanon with 18 Iranian observers leading a 400 man Iranian contingent to choose posts near Marjayoun as 600 French troops and other nations prepare deployments. Ceasefire violations and exchanges of fire were reported as observers moved in.
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Beirut
South
Lebanon
Marjayoun
Golan Heights
Litani River
Nabatieh
Tyre
Palestine Liberation Organization
Carter Presses Begin on West Bank Withdrawal Promise
President Carter urges Prime Minister Begin to commit to withdrawing from the West Bank as part of a Middle East settlement. Talks continue as U S officials call the pullback a key obstacle to broader talks with Egypt and progress on a Palestinian framework.
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Washington
Carter
Menachem Begin
West Bank
Jordan River
Middle East
U.S
Begin
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Anwar Sadat
White House
Brucellosis outbreak hits Alberta research cattle herd
Agriculture Canada station 120 kilometres south of Edmonton reports eight purebred cows slaughtered after brucellosis detected. Six calves from 1977 crop to be culled as a safety measure. Total losses exceed $28,000 with quarantine in place and signs posted. Affected herd isolated within the cattle unit as testing continues.
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Lacombe
Alta
Agriculture Canada
Edmonton
Jack Newman
Newman
Harold Spencer
Red Deer
Area Federal Health of Animals Branch
Wholesale gas prices to drop in Alberta
Officials from Imperial Oil Gulf Oil and Texaco confirm wholesale gasoline will fall 10 cents a gallon on April 1 and retail prices are expected to drop the same. The cut follows a provincial budget eliminating the 10 cent sales tax, costing $95 million in 1978-79. Oil producers Alberta already has the lowest prices with wholesale rates around 79 cents a gallon.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Imperial Oil
Calgary
Gulf Oil
Texaco
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Foreign Investment Review Agency
FIRA
Economic Club
New York Hilton
United African National Council
UANC
Abel Muzorewa
Jacques
Dorchester
N.B
Archambault
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Smith
Ndabaningi Sithole
Jeremiah Chirau
Arkoub
Mount Hermon
Norway
Nepal
Cyprus
Kurt Waldheim
Austria
Sweden
Security Council
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