Zambia Declares War on Rhodesia
President Kenneth Kaunda announced Zambia is at war with Rhodesia and placed the Zambian army on full alert. He said any Rhodesian aircraft entering Zambian airspace would be shot on sight and that national guerrilla bases in Zambia and neighboring countries support the fight for black majority rule in Rhodesia.
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Lusaka
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Rhodesia
Kaunda
Mozambique
Botswana
David Owen
Zimbabwe African People’s Union
ZAPU
Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe African National Union
ZANU
Owen
Ian Smith
Smith
U.S
Africa
Salisbury
London
Northern Rhodesia
Tanzania
Angola
Kurt Waldheim
Maputo
Waldheim
Hall commission report out Radical rail changes pushed
Saskatoon CP report details sweeping reforms for Prairie grain transport. A Prairie rail authority to be funded by Ottawa, staged abandonment of 2165 miles of grain lines by 1981, and inclusion of 1813 miles in Canada s basic network with 2244 miles under the new authority. Arctic railway planned in time, Crowsnest rates kept, and Ottawa compensation to provinces for tax losses.
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Saskatoon
Prairie Rail Authority
Hall Commission
Ottawa
Emmett Hall
Supreme Court of Canada
Hall Commission On
Prairie Provinces
Prairie
Canada
City favors direct deal with Hudson's Bay for second Medicine Hat mall
Mayor Ted Grimm explained the council chose to negotiate with Hudson's Bay rather than a developer to secure a second regional mall. The city had hoped Toulon Development Corp. would deliver a 38 acre Third Street site but would move directly to a major department store if Toulon failed.
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Hudson's Bay
Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Toulon Development Corp
Montreal
Third Street N.W
Toulon
Hudson’s Bay
Grimm
Bay
New South
13Th Avenue
Third Street
Toulon Corp
Participation Challenge Ends In Tie Between Two Cities
Medicine Hat and Penticton wrap a three day fitness challenge with an equal overall turnout, 81 000 participants, 48 000 in Medicine Hat and 33 000 in Penticton. Daily rise culminates with 87 percent in Medicine Hat and 82 percent in Penticton.
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Medicine Hat
Penticton
Quebec Premier delays referendum date and cabinet changes
Quebec Premier Rene Levesque announced the exact referendum date remains secret until a ground rules law is passed. He said the 24 member cabinet will be slightly enlarged, with no shuffle before year end, and a buy Quebec campaign will start in spring.
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Quebec
Rene Levesque
Levesque
Parti Quebecois
Bus Driver Chases Seven Foot Sasquatch Near Mission
A Pacific Stage Lines bus driver Pat Lindquist chased a seven foot tall Sasquatch on Highway 7 near Mission British Columbia as passengers described a 300 pound dark brown furred creature with a pale face. Lindquist, a reserve Vancouver policeman, followed it into thick bushes while reporting a foul odor and a state of awe and fear as RCMP arrived.
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Mission
B.C
Highway 7
Fraser Valley
Vancouver
Pacific Stage Lines
Pat Lindquist
Lake Erroch
Harrison Hot Springs
Lindquist
RCMP
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Kate Smith
Calgary
Rick McEvoy
Medicine Hat Motorcycle Club
Club
Alberta
Smith and McEvoy
Frank Webber
By Jim Neaves
Fort St. John
Manning
Great Slave Lake Railway
Clin
Ton and Ashcroft
City
Edmonton
Weather Office
Edson
Red Deer
Stettler
Highway 16
Highway 18
Swan Hills
Olds
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