Ministers quiet after energy talks
Alberta Energy Minister Merv Leitch and federal minister Marc Lalonde emerged from three hours of talks with cautious smiles and vague statements. They discussed oil price issues including oil sands development royalties and government tax take offs while the federal blended price proposal looms as a potential volatile factor.
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Bill Sass
Edmonton
Alberta
Ottawa
Merv Leitch
Marc Lalonde
Government House
Lalonde
Leitch
Pierre Trudeau
Paris Embassy Attack Wounds Four Police in Gun Battle
Gunmen in a speeding car fired a submachine gun and threw a grenade at police guarding the Iranian Embassy in Paris wounding four officers, one seriously. A caller claimed responsibility for the attack in the name of the Corsican National Liberation Front. Six Corsican front members were sentenced in Paris on bombs attacks. In Tehran the Islamic Republican Party won a majority in parliamentary elections and will decide on the fate of U.S. hostages, with hostage issues deferred until mid June.
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Paris
Reuter
National Liberation Front
Front
Corsica
Palais de Justice
Tehran
Islamic Republican Party
U.S
Ayatollah
Mohammad Beheshti
Beheshti
Interior Ministry
Quebec Leaders Attack Sovereignty Currency Plan
Quebec Liberal leader Claude Ryan and former Tory finance minister John Crosbie challenged the Parti Quebecois plan for a common currency. Both argued in separate appearances that a sovereign Quebec would adopt a new, untested currency and Crosbie warned of the consequences in a key Quebec City campaign speech.
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Montreal
Quebec
Claude Ryan
John Crosbie
Sovereignty Association
Parti Quebecois
Crosbie
Ryan
Quebec City
Inuit Vote in Quebec Referendum on Constitutional Talks Mandate
Inuit of northern Quebec vote to authorize Makivik Corp to negotiate constitutional agreements with Canada and Quebec on Inuit status rights and interests. Ratification would require a second referendum, with leaders warning that sovereignty moves could destabilize currency and hit Canada and Quebec hard.
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Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Makivik Corp
Paul Joffe
Makivik
Crosbie
Rene Levesque
Sovereignty Association
Levesque
Refugee flotilla surge tests U S Florida ports
Cuban authorities reopen Mariel harbor allowing a flood of refugees to enter Key West during the 24th day of the boatlift as officials foresee another 40 000 Refugees. One arrived ill and hospitalized. FEMA coordinates possible new processing centers. clashes at Eglin Air Force Base leave five refugees detained and two MPs slightly injured.
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Key West
Fla
Mariel Harbor
Fidel Castro
Freedom Flotilla
William Traugh
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Florida Panhandle
Florida
Eglin Air Force Base
Elgin Air Force Base
Pensacola
LeMessurier firm after Beny counteroffer on works sale
Photographer Roloff Beny rejected the province's 27 500 dollar offer for the Canadian related portion of his works and sent a five page rebuttal. Beny says the deal has become political and says the province previously proposed buying the entire collection for 545 000 dollars.
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Edmonton
Roloff Beny
Alberta
Richard Davidson
Beny
Howard Irving
Irving
Mary LeMessurier
Rome
Carter and Reagan win big in Maryland and Nebraska
Carter and Reagan breeze to victory as Maryland and Nebraska primary ballots tally. Kennedy and Bush vow to keep campaigning amid modest turnout and uncommitted options. Anderson gains votes as an independent.
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Ellen Warren
Chicago Sun-Times
Field News Service
Washington
Carter
Ronald Reagan
Maryland
Nebraska
Reagan
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
George Bush
John B. Anderson
Midwest
Anderson
Kennedy
Rescue bid tab not easy to pay
The Iran hostage rescue mission cost eight lives and racked up a $15 million bill that the House Appropriations Committee refused to cover. It also involved $20 million in RH53D Sea Stallion helicopters and a wrecked C130 left in the desert. The panel, upset at secrecy, deleted the funds and the Senate may restore them.
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Southam News
Washington
Iran
Congressional
House Appropriations Committee
Carter Administration
Defence Department
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Africa Indian Ocean
Jimmy Carter
Air Force
John T. Chain Jr
Egypt
Chain
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Blue Light Commando
Nimitz
U.S
Thomas Hayward
Time Air Wins Government Loan Guarantee for Fleet Expansion
Edmonton reports provincial cabinet approved a loan guarantee up to 9 million dollars to Time Air Ltd to cover part of a 14.5 million commercial loan. The funds will buy two de Havilland Dash 8 aircraft a hangar and working capital, expanding Time Air alongside its existing fleet. Owner Stubb Ross had announced plans to sell the business due to cash constraints.
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Edmonton
Time Air Ltd
Hugh Planche
Time Air
Stubb Ross
Ross
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