Tremors follow deadly quake as Italy mourns 850 dead
New aftershocks hit northeastern Italy raising the death toll to 850 as rains hinder rescue work. Officials report 150,000 homeless and discuss using ships Raffaello and Michelangelo for shelter while aid access and government response draw sharp criticism from Il Messaggero and La Stampa.
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Italy
Rome
Yugoslavia
Raffaello
Michelangelo
Osoppo
Sicily
Budget date to be set today in Ottawa report
Finance Minister Donald Macdonald will announce the budget date before May end. A major oil price increase is expected, potentially up to two dollars per barrel, with three cents per gallon rise at the pump per each dollar. Prime Minister Trudeau weighs private talks with Alberta and Saskatchewan and possible unilateral action. Debates loom on anti inflation policy and the death penalty bill with a planned free vote and likely close result.
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Maiano
Luciano del Falco
Italy
Jacomo Miotto
Friuli
Ottawa
Donald Macdonald
John Turner
Macdonald
Turner
Commons
Trudeau
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Sabotage slows Olympic work at Montreal stadium site
Claude Rouleau, head of the Olympic installations board, said sabotage by some plumbers and electricians and a work slowdown are delaying progress on the main stadium site. He warned that continued disruptions could force a site closure, while noting most workers are dedicated. A rock thrown at the installations director-general highlighted the tensions.
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Robert Winters
Montreal
Claude Rouleau
Olympic Installations Board
Rouleau
Roger Trudeau
Installations Board
Mr. Rouleau
Quebec Federation of Labor
QFL
Olympic
Zarb urges price freeze to curb crude oil costs
U S energy administrator Frank Zarb calls for a six month price freeze on crude oil to ease world energy problems. He notes talks with Iran and Saudi Arabia were productive though he won't reveal their reactions. He confirms Iran is eyeing oil for arms talks with U S firms, but names remain undisclosed.
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Tehran
Iran
Frank Zarb
U.S
Zarb
Saudi Arabia
Indonesia
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Hushang Ansari
OPEC Finance Ministers Meet in Paris On Aid Fund
OPEC finance ministers gathered in Paris near the Champs Elysees to finalize an oil based aid fund for developing nations amid tight security. Police ringed the conference center with marksmen on rooftops, recalling the January meeting following the Vienna headquarters attack. The group had earlier pledged 800 million dollars for the year, short of the original aim by 200 million.
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Paris
Reuter
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
International
Champs Elysees
Vienna
Plans to equip forces with new destroyers planes and tanks
The Gazette reports Canada’s chiefs of defence staff sent proposals to cabinet to build 20 destroyers and buy new fighters and tanks. Costs exceed two billion for ships and aircraft each, with 400 million for tanks. Tanks and aircraft likely abroad. ships expected to be Canada designed built in Quebec City Montreal and Sorel.
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Montreal
Chiefs of Defence Staff
Canada
Quebec City
Sorel, Que
Defence
James Richardson
West Germany
Force
Ottawa
Navy League of Canada
Navy
Gazette
Gunman shot after chase across Colorado
FBI says gunman Steve Coleman 31 abducted Linda Richardson 24 in Louisiana and fled with her hostage. After a seven hour pursuit across northeastern Colorado the suspect was killed by police near New Raymer when his stolen car was stopped. Richardson, injured lightly, was hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Colo
Louisiana
Colorado
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Steve Coleman
Bossier City
Linda Richardson
Shreveport
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Vardar
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QFL Building Trades Council
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Spruance
Pearson
Maryon Pearson
Lester B. Pearson
Otto Lang
Lang
St. Brigid's
Thorpe
London
Jeremy Thorpe
Britain
Liberal Party
Norman Scott
Devon
Scott
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