Flood cleanup begins as Richelieu River floods ease
McMasterville Quebec residents start large scale cleanup after Richelieu River crest. Water fell over 20 inches since Saturday. towns including St Basile le Grand Otterburn Park Mont St Hilaire and Carignan affected. Evacuations topped 300 people with aid from armed forces civil defense and police. Ile Gtre near Montreal evacuated and Chaudiere River also flooded Beauce county. No injuries reported.
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Mcmasterville
Que
Richelieu River
St. Basile le Grand
Otterburn Park
Mont St. Hilaire
Carignan
Chaudiere
Beauce County
Quebec City
Quebec
St. Georges
St. Joseph
Beauceville
Richelieu
Lake Champlain
Vermont-New York
St. Lawrence River
Sorel
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Moslem Forces Gain Control in Beirut as Civil War Rages
Leftist Moslem forces smashed Christian defenses in Beirut and towns across Lebanon, seizing the Hilton and surrounding hotels as casualties rise to at least 173 dead and 217 wounded. Syria prods for a ceasefire while refugees flee to Cyprus.
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Beirut
Syria
Lebanon
Kamal Junblatt
Hilton
Phalange Party
Martyrs’ Square
Mount Lebanon
Lebanese Arab Army
Zagharta
Suleiman Franjieh
As Safir
Junblatt
Cyprus
Jounieh
Franjieh
Hafez Assad
Damascus
Gunmen kill Argentine federal police official
Gunmen killed Chief Inspector Guillermo Pavon, head of operations for the Argentine federal police, as he left his home hours before Gen. Jorge Videla’s presidential ceremony. His chauffeur was wounded. authorities suspect leftist guerrillas.
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Buenos Aires
Federal Police
Jorge Videla
Guillermo Pavon
Videla
Jose Martinez de Hoz
Acindar Steel Mill
Isabel Peron
Martinez de Hoz
Weekend road tragedy claims life of 19 year old
Augustus Weinsman, age 19 of 469 11 St S E, died when a car left Dunmore Road and struck a ditch seven tenths of a mile south of the city near the Trans Canada Highway. Driver Robert Ross, 20, and two others were hospitalized in satisfactory condition. An earlier out of control vehicle driven by John Agnew, 28, caused another noninjury incident seconds before. Both cars were write-offs. RCMP continue investigations and autopsy is planned.
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Augustus Nicholas Weinsman
St. S.E
Dunmore Road
RCMP
Robert Ross
Weinsman
Ross
John Agnew
Ave
S.E
Humphrey Worrying Carter Demolishing Opponents
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey expresses concern as President Carter gains momentum in political races. The report notes Carter's strong performance across early contests and his lead over rivals.
Joe Clark in Montreal press stresses Quebec role for PC
Joe Clark, newly named Progressive Conservative leader, visited Montreal to rally Quebec support and outline plans for a militant Quebec faction and strong Francophone representation. He seeks at least 20 seats in Quebec and will visit Montreal and rural areas monthly while involving himself in national party affairs.
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Montreal
Joe Clark
Quebec
Clark
National Party
Canadian Labor Congress
Trudeau
Broadbent Opens Talks With Greenpeace On Joint Action
Ed Broadbent leader of the New Democratic Party met privately with Greenpeace officials to discuss possible common action. Greenpeace spokesmen said a joint move was being explored with a public statement planned for early in the week. Broadbent noted a high degree of shared interests and explained changes in stance followed new facts about the seal hunt.
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Georgia
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Minnesota
Richard Nixon
Carter
Humphrey
New York
Vancouver
Ed Broadbent
New Democratic Party
Greenpeace Foundation
Greenpeace
Rod Marining
Hearst faces California state charges in LA raid
Patricia Hearst, already convicted for a bank robbery, was moved from San Mateo jail to Los Angeles for arraignment on state charges of kidnapping robbery and assault. The move followed a May 1974 Mel's Sporting Goods shootout and a botched shoplifting incident linked to the Harrises.
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Redwood City
Calif
Patricia Hearst
Los Angeles
California
San Mateo County
George Kazerski
Wyntoon
Hearst Castle
San Simeon
Miss Hearst
Mel’s Sporting Goods
Harrises
Thomas Dean Matthews
Matthews
SLA
Hearst
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Jack Chestnut
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