Conservatives Ride Wave After May 22 Federal Election Call
Medicine Hat MP Bert Hargrave seeks re election facing Liberal Jim Wilfley and NDP Lorne Burk as party leaders mobilize for an eight week campaign. Leaders cite economy energy and regional dynamics while predicting possible minority government amid new election rules.
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Paul Bilodeau
Government House
Allan ‘MacEachen
House of Commons
Medicine Hat
Bert Hargrave
Hargrave
Jim Wilfley
Lorne Burk
Ottawa
Crowfoot
Jack Horner
NDP
Burk
Organized Labor
Social Credit Party
Wilfley
Alberta
Toronto
Trudeau
Lougheed
West
Liberals
Quebec
Ontario
Sadat and Begin face critics after peace treaty
President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel seek to persuade critics the pact will foster broad Middle East peace. President Carter urges Arab states to follow Egypt, while protests erupt near the White House during the signing.
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Washington
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Menachem Begin
Israel
Carter
Middle East
U.S
White House
Sadat
Begin
U.S. Congress
Arab League
Baghdad
Iraq
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
London
West Bank
Jewish hostel bombed in Paris injuring at least 26
An explosion hit a hostel for Jewish students in Paris's Latin Quarter causing at least 26 injuries, with two in serious condition. A caller to AFP claimed the attack was by a group opposing Zionist presence in France and the Israel Egypt peace treaty.
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Paris
Latin Quarter
Agence France- Presse
France
Second challenge to Khomeini rule ignites clashes in Gombad Kavous
Heavy fighting erupts between Turkoman tribesmen and government forces in Gombad Kavous Iran over land rights. At least eight killed and many wounded as mobs seize police HQ. Turkomans seek autonomy amid chaos alongside army desertion crisis and leadership shakeups.
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Tehran
Gombad Kavous
Soviet Union
Caspian Sea
Gorgan
Iran
Armed Forces
Lougheed to avoid election debate in Canada race
Premier Peter Lougheed said he will not join in a federal election debate with Prime Minister Trudeau, even amid provocation. He may support Joe Clark in Yellowhead as a private PC, not Alberta’s leader, and plans a Barbados vacation during the three week campaign.
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Canada
Socreds
Conservatives
Quebec
Creditistes
Jack Horner
Horner
Arnold Malone
Wilfley
Prince George
B.C
Peter Lougheed
Trudeau
Lougheed
Alberta
Exxon
Joe Clark
Yellowhead
Clark
Barbados
Salmonella outbreak quarantines River View staff residents
About 22 staff members and residents at River View Nursing Home are under quarantine as an outbreak of salmonella is investigated. Dr. Ken Clementi of Medicine Hat Health Unit notes 14 cases and 32 carriers with two recent deaths possibly linked to the infection.
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River View Nursing Home
Ken Clementi
Medicine Hat Health Unit
Barry Strafford
Clementi
Calgary Public Health Laboratory
Medicine Hat
Nursing Home
Amin remains in Uganda amid invasion reports and denial
Reuters reports Uganda Radio denies BBC claims that President Idi Amin fled Uganda. The station says Amin is on the front lines commanding troops against invading Tanzanian forces while exile sources discuss tanks near Kampala and a potential last stand from Arua to Entebbe, with shelling reported near Mpigi.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Reuter
Uganda
Radio Today
Idi Amin
BBC
Amin
Kampala
Entebbe International
Entebbe
Emilio Mondo
Arua
Mpigi
Peckford unveils revised cabinet in Newfoundland
Newfoundland premier Brian Peckford reshapes his cabinet from 13 to 17 members with four new faces. Walter Carter keeps fisheries, while William Marshall becomes executive council president. New tourism and culture head Charles Power, Haig Young to public works, Dr John Collins new finance head, and others shift posts.
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ED Walters
ST. John's
Nild
Brian Peckford
Newfoundland
Frank Moores
Moores
Walter Carter
Peckford
William Marshall
St. John’s East
Executive Council
Government House
Charles Power
Ferryland
Department of Tourism, Recreation and Culture
Haig Young
Harbor Grace
John Collins
Collins
St. John's East
James Morgan
Ed Maynard
Executive Board
Treasury Board
Tom Hickey
William Doody
Mines
Harold Collins
T. Alex Hickman
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Billiass
River View
Dan Trafford
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