COA favors accepting Moscow Olympic invitation
The Canadian Olympic Association board passed a four part resolution affirming acceptance of the 1980 Moscow Games within the Olympic Charter. President Dick Pound said directors were unanimous and the decision respects athlete rights while seeking government input. The group will meet Ottawa officials and must notify Moscow by May 22 about participation and delegation size.
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Montreal
Canadian Olympic Association
Moscow
Dick Pound
Canada
COA
Pound
Government of
Trudeau
Association
Mark MacGuigan
Gerald Regan
Ottawa
Olympic Trust Fund
Tragic end to funeral in San Salvador
At least 40 people were killed or injured as crowds fled a cathedral square during Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero’s funeral. Security forces clashed with leftist mourners after a March of Mourning, with fires, looting, and troops patrolling the city as authorities blamed militants and denied orders to act.
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Reuter
Oscar Arnulfo Romero
Romero
Vatican
United States
Europe
Latin America
el Salvador
Cathedral Square
Mayor opposes Finlay Bridge closure plan
Mayor Milt Reinhardt vows a council resolution stating Finlay Bridge will not be closed as part of downtown revitalization. He urges speedy work on Maple Avenue off ramp, one way streets on Third and Second, and a parkade, with a Civic Square later.
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Milt Reinhardt
Finlay Bridge
Reinhardt
Maple Avenue Bridge
Crescent Heights
River Road
Former Olympian Jesse Owens Dies at 66 in Tucson
Jesse Owens, the 1936 Berlin Games track star with four golds that challenged Nazi racial theory, died at 66 in Tucson after lung infection and inoperable cancer. He passed at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Centre with his wife Ruth beside him. Owens had smoked for decades and won 11 world records before retiring. He later served as a businessman and Olympic ambassador, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976.
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Ariz
Jesse Owens
Adolf Hitler
Owens
University of Arizona Health Sciences Centre
Hal Marshall
Ruth
Pat Benchik
Chicago
Berlin
U.S. State Department
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Gerald Ford
Munro Aims To Restart Yukon Indian Land Talks
Yukon tour by John Munro outlines steps to renew the land claims talks with Inuit and Yukon Indians. He backs Dr Lloyd Barber as chief federal negotiator and extends the six month land development freeze four months. He cites options for White Pass and Yukon Railway support and hints at possible territorial Crown control.
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Yukon
John Munro
Indians Affairs
Northern Development
Munro
Canada
Territories
Inuvik
Yellowknife
Northwest Territories
Ottawa
Arctic
Committee For Original Peoples Entitlement
Joe Clark
Yukon Arctic
Council of Yukon Indians
Lloyd Barber
Barber
Federal
Office of Native Claims
University of Regina
Indian Affairs
Warren Allmand
Allmand
Ione
Trudeau
White Pass
Raiway
Two hostages freed from Bogota embassy siege
In Bogota the M-19 guerrillas released two captives from the Dominican Republic Embassy after more than a month of confinement. Simon Rodriguez and Jorge Valencia were identified as freed captives amid plans to release more before Easter.
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Dominican Republic
Foreign Ministry
Simon Rodriguez
Cundinamarca
Jorge Valencia
Comandante Uno
John Paul
Colombia
Msgr
Angelo Acerbi
M-19
Movement-19
Khomeini Attacks U S Stance as Hostage Crisis Evolving
Tehran reports say Iran may transfer 50 embassy hostages to government custody while Ayatollah Khomeini blasts U S threats. Carter delays speech, plans security talks as Washington warns of retaliation. Cairo doctors say shah cancer spread. Iran’s regime debates hostage transfer with Bani Sadr.
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Foreign Ministry
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
United States
U.S
Carter
Washington
Iran
Cairo
Khomeini
Tass Today
Leonid Brezhnev
Islamic Republic of Iran
Revolutionary Council
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
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Christensen
Revenue Canada
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Sean
MacBride
Cyrus Vance
Ghotbzadeh
Bani Sadr
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