Debates Sparked Lively Clash Among Three Canadian Leaders
Ottawa reports a televised leaders debate featuring Ed Broadbent Joe Clark and Pierre Trudeau. No clear winner emerged as they attacked and feuded over constitutional reform provincial trade and leadership styles. Marijuana decriminalization was the only common stance.
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Joe and
Pierre
U.S
Trudeau
Robert Stanfield
Conservatives
T. C. Douglas
NDP
Peter Herndorff
CBC
CTV
Global
Clark
Broadbent
Alberta
Nova Scotia
William Davis
Ontario
Britain
Davis
Senate warned against amending arms treaty with Soviet Union
Secretary Vance cautioned on NBC Meet the Press that altering any part of the new arms pact could kill the treaty and unravel NATO. Brown backed ratification as Carter warned that rejection would harm U.S. and world peace. Baker doubted Senate approval as Tehran intelligence loss feeds concerns.
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U.S. Senate
Soviet Union
Cyrus Vance
Senate
NATO
Vance
NBC
Meet the Press
Defence
Harold Brown
United States
Iran
Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Vienna
Austria
Kremlin
Pravda
U.S
Communist Party
Oil rig search ends for seven missing men in Gulf disaster
Coast Guard ends three day search for seven missing crew from the Ranger I oil rig after a support leg collapse sank the 1300 ton platform off Galveston. One body recovered. 26 rescued, four seriously injured. Case remains pending.
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Galveston
Tex
U.S. Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Gabe Kinney
Coast Guard
Motorcycle Fatality Hits City In Weekend Crash
A city man, Murray Greenstein, 23, of 1027 South Railway Street died in a 10 PM motorcycle crash on Red Deer Drive after his bike left the road and struck a curb. Passenger Murray Reiling, 1339 Bridge Street, survived with superficial injuries.
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Murray Greenstein
South Railway St
Greenstein
Red Deer Drive
Murray Reiling
Bridge St
Medicine Hat and District Hospital
Alan Burgess
Bruce Picken
Medicine Hat
Burgess
Porcelain Avenue
Industrial Ave. S.E
Ronald Crawford
Southview Drive
Westlander Inn
New MLAs Lead Alberta Committees Across Government
Premier Peter Lougheed assigns 10 standing committees with new MLAs as chairs. Veterans lead agriculture and legislation A, while junior members helm Calgary and Edmonton affairs and other policy panels. Eight special committees are revived, covering water, forestry, decentralization, utilities, business tax incentives, airport development, and senior land use.
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Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Lougheed
Agriculture
Legislation
Andy Little
Calgary
John Thompson
Cardston
Shirley
Cripps
Drayton
Valley
Health and
Sheila Embury
al Hiebert
Milt. Pahl
Connie Osterman
Three Hills
Nigel Pengelly
Innisfail
Ed Oman
Bill Mack
House Strategy and Party Leason
Legislative Review Committee
Cabinet
House
Neil Crawford
Cypress
al Hyland
Frank Appleby
Athabasca
Pincher Creek-Crowsnest
Fred Bradley
John Zaoziny
Medicine Hat
Milt Reinhardt
Charles Anderson
St. Paul
Norm Magee
Red Deer
Charles Stewart
Wainwright
Jim Horsman
Horsman
Hyland
Paris watchdog cites mass killing of Central African children
Amnesty International reports about 100 eight to sixteen year olds killed by soldiers in Bangui during protests against uniform rules. Guards allegedly barricaded cells, suffocating some detainees. witnesses cite a mass grave and bayonet and club violence. Bokassa promised releases next day.
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Paris
Amnesty International
Bokassa I
Amnesty
Imperial Guard
Bangui
Ngarangba
Bokassa
Empre
Saudi dissolve Arab arms firm over Egypt treaty reprisal
Cairo reports Saudi defence minister announces dissolution of the Arab arms manufacturing company valued at 1.4 billion dollars. A four-nation liquidation committee representing Saudi Arabia Qatar the United Arab Emirates and Egypt will wind down the unit once seen as a joint producer of rockets bombs armored vehicles and automatic weapons. President Anwar Sadat criticizes Saudi commitment while Egypt weighs fighter jet plans and US aid supports aircraft purchases amid Sinai withdrawal costs.
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Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz
Arab Organization For Industrialization
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
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New York Times
U.S
United States
Sinai
Iran restricts executions to fatal harm cases
Ayatollah Khomeini orders revolutionary courts to execute only those who fatally hurt others or issued fatal orders. Reports say two more executions occurred, bringing total to 206 since February, amid controversy over a list of royal regime figures targeted for assassination and new foreign criticism.
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Tehran
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran
United States
Ardeshir Zahedi
Khomeini
Ayatullah Sadeq Khalkhali
Islamic Revolutionary Court
Shah
Farah Diba
Ashraf
Jaafar Sharif-Emamy
Gholam-Reza Azhari
Shahpour Bakhtiar
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Dianne Wicks
University of Toronto
Institute of Child Studies
Howard Baker
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Peter Knaak
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Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Habib Elghanian
Revolutionary
Secret Revolutionary Council
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