Final plea failed Bhutto fate rests with Zia
Pakistan Supreme Court rejects Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's bid to review his death sentence on a murder conspiracy charge. Clemmency urged by judges may spare him, but President Zia ul Haq's stance remains unspecified. Bhutto's lawyer expresses cautious relief amid global appeals for clemency.
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Islamabad
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
Supreme Court
Bhutto
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
Yahya Bakhtiar
Zia
Bakhtiar
U.S
Carter
John Paul II
Leonid Brezhnev
Horsman Wins Medicine Hat Provincial Race With 72.6 Percent
Official count shows Jim Horsman of the Progressive Conservatives winning the Medicine Hat riding election held March 14. Horsman earns 10,107 votes, Lee Anderson 1,904, Frances Ost 11,134, Louise Mercier 729, with 50 ballots rejected and 60 percent turnout. Horsman leads by a wide margin, capturing 72.6 percent of ballots.
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Jim Horsman
Medicine Hat
Horsman
Progressive Conservatives
Social Credit
Lee Anderson
Frances Ost
New Democratic Party
Louise Mercier
Liberal
Gordon Anderson
Dayan Seeks Quick Deal on U S Israel Memorandum
Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan meets U S negotiators on a memorandum outlining U S guarantees if oil supplies are cut or the Egypt peace treaty falters. Carter reiterates PLO conditions while Egypt and Israel discuss timing of Sinai oil field withdrawal.
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Washington
Moshe Dayan
U.S
Dayan
Israel
Egypt
Sinai
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Carter
United Nations
US S
Yasser Arafat
Kurdistan reaches shelter after threatening tanker salvage
The stern section of the Kurdistan was secured to a salvage barge in the Strait of Canso after a day-long, ice-avoiding tow by a 10-ship fleet. The bow remains under tow as crews monitor for spills and prepare for controlled sinking outside the Scotian Shelf. Local fishermen protest the risk to livelihoods amid an oil sheen near the coast.
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Port
Hawkesbury
N.S
Kurdistan
Strait of
Canso
Strait of Canso
Canso Causeway
Chedabucto Bay
Coast Guard
Alert
Sable Island
Maritimes
Louis St. Laurent
Sir William Alexander
Edward Cornwallis
Eddy Point
Riots erupt in Paris over steel industry austerity
In Paris, 68 police officers injured and 30 rioters arrested after a mass steelworkers march ends in looting and window smashing. Youths use bolts and firebombs, police fire tear gas, and barricades form as hundreds disrupt the city center and rail hub.
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Paris
Place de l’Opera
General Labor Confederation
France
Raymond Barre
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Cabinet narrows FOI scope with limited review powers
Federal cabinet rejects full-scale freedom of information pleas and any judicial review of ministerial disclosures. Nine exemption categories are approved including national security and cabinet confidences. An Information Commissioner may overrule politicians on some non sealed items, with appeals available in specified areas.
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Peter Calamas
Southam News Services
Victoria
John Roberts
Roberts
Toronto
Peter Grant
Freedom of Information Committee
Canadian Bar Association
Federal
Gerald
Jed) Baldwin
The
Commons
Senate
Baldwin
Information Commissioner
Blakeney Attacks Ontario Policies on Davis Turf
Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney, in Peterborough and Ottawa, criticizes Ontario medicare and mineral royalty policies, laments low royalties, and questions use of resources. He cites Inco profits, potash rationing, and Fleck strike implications, urging New Democratic support to counter right wing forces.
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George Oake
Southam
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Allan
Blakeney
Ontario
Bill Davis
Gentleman’s Club
Terpart
Ontario Federation of Labor
Peterborough
Inco
Sudbury
NDP National Council
Sudbury Basin
United States
Guatemala
Indonesia
New Democrat
Queen’s Park
Strike vote requested by SASAA teachers
Rural teachers in southern Alberta voted 96 percent in favor of a supervised strike vote set for April 9 to back wage demands. The SASAA spokesman cited 650 teachers at meetings in Tabor and Fort Macleod of about 1,150 regional teachers outside Medicine Hat Redcliff and Lethbridge. Mediation talks with the province were to begin in Calgary.
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Southern Alberta School Authorities Association
SASAA
Tabor
Fort Macleod
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Lethbridge
Calgary
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AP Jaser
Auditor-General
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