Bourassa shifts cabinet as Quebec unrest widens
Premier Robert Bourassa reshuffles cabinet naming Labor Minister Jean Cournoyer to oversee civil service talks while Jean-Paul L Allier keeps a communications post and leads a study on labor relations. Protests shut down services in Sept Îles Saint Jerome Thetford Mines as walkouts expand across the province.
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Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Bourassa
Sept-Iles
St. Jerome
Thetford Mines
Sorel
Montreal
Donald Galliene
Gaspe
St. Lawrence North Shore
Laurentians
Northwest
CBC French
CBC Radio
Quebec City
Montreal le Devoir
The
Gazette
South Vietnamese Marines Open Northern Front Counter Offensive
South Vietnamese marines launch a counter-offensive in Quang Tri province, reoccupying Hai Lang district to the south of Quang Tri city, recapturing the first territory from North Vietnam in the northern front, aided by U S helicopters. Civilians hiding in the area were freed.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
U.S
Hai Lang
Highway 1
Hue
Okinawa
Seventh Fleet
Vietnam
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Quang Tri City
Arnett
7Th Fleet
East and West Germany Sign First Interstate Treaty
East and West Germany signed the first legally binding treaty easing the border and recognizing the East German state by West Germany. Bonn officials Bahr and Kohl said they would pursue an exchange of views on normal relations after the ceremony at the chancellery. In Vietnam, heavy fighting continued near An Loc as U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops pressed north and air strikes disrupted North Vietnamese units.
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Bonn
Reuter
West Germany
Michael Kohl
U.S
An Loc
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Quang Tri Province
South Vietnam
Nixon
Trudeau says Quebec labor strife not likely to spread
Prime Minister Trudeau said the Quebec protest is concentrated in one union and unlikely to trigger wider trouble. He compared it to historic strikes and cautioned against outlawing strikes while urging steps to reduce strike needs. He noted a shift in public attitude toward unions.
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Bob Cohen
Southam
Hamilton
Trudeau
Quebec
FLQ
Newfoundland
Robert Bourassa
Stanfield to Visit Hat on May 25 Overnight
Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield will make a 16 hour visit to Medicine Hat starting May 25 at 6 30 p m and ending May 26 at 10 15 a m He will take part in an openline program on CHAT radio and television and speak at a community breakfast Details on time and place to be finalized Conservative organizer Tom MacMillan of Toronto said Stanfield will also tour part of Saskatchewan during the Western swing
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Robert Stanfield
Medicine Hat
Stanfield
Tom MacMillan
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Bus and truck crash near Station deadly two-vehicle wreck
Fourteen people were killed and 15 injured when a Greyhound bus and a truck trailer collided near Station Tennessee early today. The truck burst into flames. both drivers died and at least two children were among the dead. The bus carried 28 aboard.
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Ben. Station
Tenn
Greyhound
Jesse Coffee
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital
Highway Patrol
Mental health act proposed to empower non-medics in Alberta
EDMONTON CP Non medical personnel including psychologists social workers and nurses would gain partial authority to commit for mental treatment under a proposed Alberta mental health act introduced in the legislature. The act would replace the two doctor rule with two certificates from a physician and a qualified non medical person and promote community care and regional advisory councils.
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Edmonton
Neil Crawford
Crawford
Alberta
Flood Kills 11 as Guadalupe River Rises in Texas
A Guadalupe River flood crest surged toward the Gulf of Mexico killing eleven people in New Braunfels and Seguin areas. About two dozen locals were missing after a cloudburst sent swollen waterways into homes while responders warned bodies likely to be found for days. Deputy sheriff cautioned the grim search outlook.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Guadalupe River
Gulf of Mexico
Seguin
Guadalupe
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Yvon Charbonneau
Quebec Teachers Corp
Rick Price
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Frank Webber
East, West Germany
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Hat
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