Skipper recalls ordeal during Mayaguez rescue
Captain Charles Miller of the Mayaguez recounts U S jet fighters gassing and strafing his vessel and crew while attempting to prevent capture by Cambodians. He says release came after proving no military cargo and notes pilots risked lives. crew members were wounded and fumes burned all aboard.
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Singapore
Mayaguez
United States
Charles Miller
Mountain View
Calif
Miller
Cambodian
Kompong Som
U.S
Kas Trang
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Francis Pastrano
Willie
Ford
Gulf of Thailand
Coral
Sea-Land Services Inc
Bangkok
Howard Wilson
Heavy water plant purchase approved by Ottawa
Ottawa announces federal approval for AECL to buy a heavy water plant at Port Hawkesbury Nova Scotia from Canadian General Electric. The deal covers 30 million this year and 63 million over the next decade, with the plant capable of 400 tons per year for Canada’s nuclear program.
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Ottawa
Port Hawkesbury
N.S
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
AECL
Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd
Canada
General Electric
Thailand demands apology over US bases role in Mayaguez rescue
Thai Foreign Minister Chatichai Choonhavan said Washington must offer a satisfactory answer and apology for using bases in the Mayaguez rescue, as 3000 students protested outside the US embassy. Three South Vietnamese diplomats visited Bangkok to discuss the new embassy and talks with Thai officials.
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Thailand
United States
Mayaguez
Chatichai
Bangkok
Alberta cabinet weighs timing on major petrochemical plants
Energy Minister Don Getty gave no timetable on cabinet decision for ERCB approved projects in Medicine Hat Brooks and Raymond. ERCB endorsed permits for Canadian Fertilizers Medicine Hat Alberta Ammonia Raymond and Pan-Canadian Brooks with conditions including a 15 year feasibility review on converting from natural gas to coal. The $300 million ammonia-urea complex faces cabinet approval as officials eye early start on the second ammonia plant.
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Edmonton
Don Getty
Medicine Hat
Brooks
Raymond
Fred Mandeville
Bow Valley
Getty
Energy Resources Conservation Board
ERCB
Alberta Ammonia
NDP
Grant Notley
Gordon Taylor
SC Drumheller
Executive Council
Mandeville
National Energy Board
United States
Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board
Canadian Fertilizers
Mayor and Alderman welcomed by new legislature visitors
Edmonton a lively first regular sitting sees Medicine Hat Redcliff officials Mayor Ted Grimm and Alderman George Davison introduced by new MLA Jim Horsman. The 75 MLAs gave a desk-thumping welcome as the Medicine Hat visitors watched the daily question period from the speaker’s gallery after private talks with Municipal Affairs officials.
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Edmonton
Ted Grimm
George Davison
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Jim Horsman
Horsman
Grimm
Ald. Davison
Municipal Affairs Department
Israeli mortar shelling kills Lebanese children
A mortar shell in southern Lebanon near Aitaroun killed seven children and wounded five, three seriously, while Israeli border raids and cross border actions sparked the Lebanese government’s claim of ten such aggression acts since May 1.
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Aitaroun
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Shimon Peres
Suez Canal
Peres
State Radio
Israel
Egypt
MPs defend 33 13 percent pay raise in Parliament
Finance Minister John Turner defended the parliament pay hike as MPs faced criticism over arithmetic and inflation comparisons. The Commons approved in principle a raise for lieutenant governors to 35000, while Turner urged restraint amid broader price and pay talks.
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Ottawa
John Turner
Commons
Turner
Stanley Knowles
NDP
Winnipeg North Centre
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Quebec
Les Benjamin
Regina Lake Centre
Walter Baker
Grenville- Carleton
Heath McQuarrie
Hillsborough
Construction resumes for Olympics in Montreal despite vast labors
Quebec workers return to the Olympic Games site with the main stadium to reopen Thursday and the village on Monday while about 9,000 union members stay off to protest the Cliche report recommendations. Police will guard sites against threats as officials stay confident in finishing on schedule.
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Montreal
Quebec Federation of Labor
QFL
Olympic Village
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