Space shuttle Columbia lifts off on long third test flight
Space shuttle Columbia roared into orbit from Cape Canaveral carrying commander Jack Lousma and pilot C Gordon Fullerton on a seven day mission. A minor auxiliary power unit issue prompted a precautionary shutdown but did not affect the plan. The flight emphasizes testing the remote manipulator arm and on board experiments as scientists monitor solar activity micro meteoroid hits seedling growth and material processing in weightlessness. If all goes well return is planned for March 29 at White Sands Northrup Strip.
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Fla
Columbia
Jack Lousma
C. Gordon Fullerton
Atlantic Ocean
Banana Rivers
Atlantic Beach
Mission Control
John McLeaish
Globe
Lausma
Fullerton
Earth
NASA
White Sands
Northrup Strip
OPEC sets historic production cap amid price debate
OPEC and Saudi Arabia agree to a production ceiling of about 18 million barrels a day starting April 1 with a review in May. The move halves price differentials and aims to defend the $34 benchmark, while analysts weigh potential market psychology shifts and enforcement challenges.
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Robert Burns
Vienna
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Mexico
Britain
Mana Saeed Oteiba
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Quito
Equador
S. Fred Singer
Energy Policy Studies Center
University of Virginia
Oteiba
United Arab Emirates
Libya
Algeria
Nigeria
U.S. A
Lougheed nails federal energy plan ire at Edmonton rally
Premier Peter Lougheed rallied about 2,000 Alberta Tories to condemn federal energy and budget proposals. He warned Ottawa must back oil firms to preserve the Sept. 1 energy truce and threatened to end the subsidy-backed price scheme if the federal government does not cooperate.
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Mark Lisac
Edmonton
Alberta
Tories
Peter Lougheed
Ottawa
Lougheed
Nicaragua Exiles Jehovahs Witness Missionaries in Crackdown
In Nicaragua the Sandinista government deported 19 Jehovahs Witnesses including 10 Canadians, 11 Americans, a West German and a Scot. Some were sent to Panama City and San Jose Costa Rica while two Britons avoided arrest. The Interior Ministry cited counter-revolutionary propaganda and urged militia support amid a broader political clash.
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CPAP
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Nicaragua
Sydney Porter
Regina
Phyllis Porter
Victoria
Doug Martin
Brampton
Ont
Kenneth Brian
Sharon Brian
North Bay
Ruby Block
San Jose
Costa Rica
Bill
Mavis Rogers
London
England
Managua
New York
Graham
Interior Ministry
No meeting in Irvine over council resignations
A notice states there will be no ratepayers meeting in Irvine this year due to resignations on the town council, affecting local governance plans.
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Irvine
Doc Trinh
Kitchener
Ont
Alberta Tories Back Water Transfer Proposal
At the Conservative convention in Edmonton Premier Peter Lougheed backed studying a water basin transfer from northern to southern Alberta to aid dryland farming. The water resolution passed 2 to 1 with about 150 delegates of 2,000 present.
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Tories
Mark Lisac
Edmonton
Progressive Conservatives
Peace River
Peter Lougheed
Alberta Conservatives
Notley
Dave McArthur
Lac la Biche
Peace
Athabasca
Mackenzie River
United States
McArthur
Bert Hargrave
Medicine Hat
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Lougheed Oil
Jehovah’s Witnesses International
Ted Jaracz
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Immigration Office
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B.C
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Medicine Hat Tigers
Tigers
Bighorns
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Bruce MacKenzie Pee
Don McGillivray
NDP
Grant
Garrison
North Dakota
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