Schmidt undecided on Calgary Foothills byelection
Werner Schmidt, leader of the Social Credit Party, has not yet decided whether to run in the Calgary Foothills byelection caused by Len Werry’s death. Observers expect he may skip the race, facing opposition within his Sacred caucus and potential carpet-bagger criticisms if he campaigns in Calgary.
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Edmonton
Social Credit
Werner Schmidt
Calgary Foothills
Socred
Len Werry
Schmidt
Sacred Caucus
Lougheed
Suffield
Sacred House
Jim Henderson
The
Mr. Schmidt
Medicine Hat Redcliff
Bill Wyse
Wyse
Bob Russell
Lethbridge
Calgary
ICCS extension expected in Vietnam observers dispute
Ottawa reports Canada will likely keep its 290 observers in Vietnam on a short-term trial. Despite External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp’s doubts about ICCS usefulness, most observers expect Canada to remain in the four-country monitoring group with a 30‑day withdrawal notice possible.
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Ottawa
Vietnam
Mitchell Sharp
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
Canada
United States
Britain
Japan
China
Poland
Hungary
Indonesia
Sharp
Canadian ICCS officers hit by malaria and theft near Saigon
Maj J P Vezina reports the first malaria case among Canadian ICCS personnel. Maj Henry Vos of Winnipeg and Maj John Ross of Ottawa are hospitalized with malaria and hepatitis after drinking contaminated water at Duc Co in Viet Cong territory. An unnamed Canadian officer was injured when thieves seized a camera near Bien Hoa.
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Saigon
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
J. P. Vezina
Quebec City
Vezina
Henry Vos
Winnipeg
John Ross
Ottawa
Duc Co
Viet Cong
Impasse on PoWs stalls Vietnam War prisoner releases
AP reports the United States maintains the troop withdrawal freeze until all U S prisoners are released, including nine captured in Laos. North Vietnam lists 107 prisoners for release at Hanoi Gia Lam airport if withdrawal resumes, while U S sources cite ongoing private negotiations.
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Saigon
United States
Nixon
U.S
Laos
Lloyd Oppel
Campbell River
B.C
Joint Military Commission
JMC
Vietnam
Paris
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Gia Lam
Florida White House
Army begins search for two Irish girls involved in Belfast shooting
In Belfast the British Army released thousands of drawings based on survivor accounts to identify two Irish girls accused of luring four sergeants to an apartment where terrorists killed three and gravely wounded the fourth. The images stem from descriptions given by the surviving sergeant and another witness.
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Belfast
Jean
Pat
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Northern Ireland
Amin orders 2nd Brigade toward Tanzania border
Amin instructs Uganda’s 2nd Infantry Brigade to move to the Tanzania border "at once" to fend off an invasion he says is imminent. Tanzanian officials call his claims false and note border calm as Gen Amin’s forces deny needing foreign troops. Somalia seeks to mediate with a message to Amin from President Barre.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Uganda
Radio
Dar Es Salaam
Amin
Tanzania
Edward Sokoine
Lake Victoria
Sokoine
Mutukula
Somalia
Col
Ismail Ali Aboker
Kampala
Mohamed Siad Barre
Uganda Tanzania war threat and border pullback details
The piece outlines mediation efforts between Uganda and Tanzania after a near-war, the October peace agreement to pull back troops six miles from the border, and a ban on hostile actions. It notes Obote allies and Asians expelled from Uganda joining an invader force, plus Amin's claims of Obote preparing a second invasion and a large guerrilla training camp in Bukoba.
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Uganda
Tanzania
Milton Obote
Amin
Obote
Bukoba
Grits face major test in Ottawa Commons vote
The Liberal minority government confronts a Conservative motion aimed at swaying the New Democrats to topple the government. With the NDP holding the balance of power at 31 seats, the 264 seat House faces a pivotal vote on Polymer Corp. sale and looming pension bills. If defeated, a non confidence outcome could trigger a new federal election. The government expects to press pension increases and foreign investment review bills this week, with capital punishment ban extending five years possible Friday.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
NDP
Commons
Liberals
Conservatives
Social Credit
Polymer Corp. Ltd
Canada Development Corp
CDC
David Lewis
House
Liberal House
Allan MacEachen
Winter Road Conditions Across Regions Reported by AMA
At 8 a m. Highway 1 near Brooks and Maple Creek was wet from snow. parts of Highway 3 were wet and Highway 36 in the Hanna area saw heavy snow. Fog occurred on Highway 48 while Highway 41 remained in good driving condition.
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Highway 1
Brooks
Maple Creek
AMA
Highway
Hanna
Rural talks break down in Alberta teacher dispute
Lethbridge CP reports mediation to settle a contract dispute between southern Alberta school trustees and teachers collapsed Sunday night. Government mediators ended efforts as teachers and trustees rejected the final proposal. Teachers had offered a 7.5 percent salary rise and dropped the health care premium plan concession. trustees stood by their prior position. Bill Casanova said trustees accepted the conciliation board proposal, but teachers rejected it. No resumption plan was announced.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Alberta Teachers Association
ATA
Bill Casanova
Trustees Association
Lone survivor spent three days adrift
The Norwegian freighter Norse Variant sank five minutes after the order to abandon ship. Stein Gabrielsen, 23, said two holds flooded and he watched 29 crewmen go into the sea. He drifted about 120 miles southeast of Cape May for three days on an orange raft before being rescued by an oil tanker and later flown to the Independence. Debris and an orange raft aided air rescue efforts amid rough seas and snow.
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New York
United States Coast Guard
Stein Gabrielsen
Gabrielsen
Cape May
N.J
Independence
Coast Guard
United States
Lieut
Ronald Balleu
Air Force
Norfolk
Hamburg
West Germany
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