Begin projects victory as Israel votes shift power
With half the ballots counted, Menahem Begin and his Likud Bloc led a decisive swing in Israel's election. Labor trails with 33 seats as Begin vows to form a Zionist coalition and seek Arab peace talks, potentially reshaping the government after 29 years of Labor rule.
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Tel Aviv
Menahem Begin
Israel
Labor
Begin
Likud
Knesset
New Democratic Movement For Change
DMC
National Religious Party
Irgun Zva'i Leumi
PLO warns of war possibility after Israeli vote
PLO official Yasser Abed Rabbo warned that a Likud victory in Israel could bring the Middle East to the brink of a new war. He argued the rightward shift signals efforts to block any quick peace and warned of potential annexation or clashes if West Bank and Gaza remain under Israeli control. US officials expressed private concern over stalled Arab‑Israeli talks as Begin prepared to form a government with Likud gains.
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Beirut
Reuter
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Likud
Middle East
Yasser Abed Rabbo
Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Israel
Abed Rabbo
Washington
U.S. State Department
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Hospitals minister confirms Hat meeting
Hospitals Minister Gordon Miniely reiterates plans to meet Medicine Hat and District Hospital board amid a moratorium on expansion. He says boards will be contacted by letter and may meet personally if time allows, stressing the pause is for evaluation and not cancellation. Medicine Hat plans a $20 to $25 million expansion over five to seven years.
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Edmonton — Hospitals
Gordon Miniely
Board of
Medicine Hat
Ray Speaker
SC Little Bow
Miniely
High River
Civic leaders warn on future labor costs at conference
At a Toronto federation meeting municipal officials debated post inflation wage pressures. Harold Renouf warned wage settlements rose faster in municipalities and urged restraints as federal controls end. Winnipeg’s B R Wolfe called councils sitting ducks and urged retained wage controls, a motion delegates rejected.
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Toronto
Harold Renouf
B.R. Wolfe
Winnipeg
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
FCM
Wolfe
Trudeau
Quebec
Michael Harcourt
Vancouver
Renouf
Environmental war ban signed at SALT talks in Geneva
U S Secretary Cyrus Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko led 34 nations signing a convention banning environmental modification techniques. The pact, backed by 96 countries in UN vote last December, aims to curb artificial catastrophes and takes effect after ratification.
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Geneva
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko
U S and Canada hold informal talks on trade
U S Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland arrives in Ottawa for a 24 hour visit to discuss tariffs domestic programs multilateral agreements and plans for an international wheat price agreement with Canadian officials including Eugene Whelan Otto Lang and Jake Warren a joint news conference is planned after private talks to review mutual interests and the beef and crop outlook.
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Ottawa
U.S. Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Eugene Whelan
Bergland
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Washington
Jake Warren
U.S
Medicine Hat Alderman Elected to National FCM Board
Medicine Hat alderman Ron Clement won a seat on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities board as a member at large in Toronto. He joined Ald. George Davison and three other Alberta reps, defeating St Albert Mayor Richard Plain. City officials attended the four day FCM conference.
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Medicine Hat
Ron Clement
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
FCM
Toronto
Clement
Ald
George Davison
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
AUMA
Alberta
Richard Plain
St. Albert
Ted Grimm
Carter warns South Africa over Namibia in UN push
President Carter said Britain France West Germany and Canada will join the United States in backing strong UN action if Pretoria does not end domination of Namibia. The message to South Africa's Prime Minister Vorster will be delivered by Vice President Mondale in Vienna.
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Los Angeles
Reuter
Carter
South Africa
Namibia
United Nations
Britain
France
West Germany
Canada
United States
South-West Africa
Pretoria
League of Nations
John Vorster
Walter Mondale
Vienna
Iran and Canada sign $200 million aid for industrial plans
Iran and Canada sign agreements totaling 200 million for feasibility studies of a 300,000 ton aluminium plant at Bandar Abbas, a 220,000 ton paper mill in Mazanderan, and semi mobile vocational schools. Chretien and Najmabadi announce IDRO and Alcon studies, plus possible Dash-7 aircraft orders for Pars Air.
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Tehran
Iran
Canada
Bandar- Abass
Persian Gulf
Mazanderan
Jean Chretien
Industry and Trade
Farrokh Najmabadi
Industrial Development and Renovation Organization
IDRO
Alcon
Gilan
Caspian Sea
Chretien
Pars Air Airways
National Iran Air
Canada rejects higher tariffs to protect industry
Finance Minister Donald Macdonald warned MPs that Canada cannot rely on high tariffs and must curb cost increases to keep industries competitive. The tariff bill, approved by the Commons, would extend duty reductions on consumer goods, cut duties for developing countries, and raise to 15 percent tariffs on machinery from Britain and Ireland. MPs from both sides argued about protection levels and impact on agriculture and electronics.
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Alex Binkley
Ottawa
Canada
Donald Macdonald
Commons
Senate
Britain
Ireland
Alberta
Stan Schellenberger
Wetaskawin
Fred McCain
Carleton-Charlotte
Gordon Ritchie
Politics becomes a rich man's hobby says Buck
Edmonton staff report MLA Walter Buck told a legislature committee that campaign expense rules should cap spending and limit party advantages. Buck noted big donor practices and rising costs, citing U S Senate spending and Crowfoot MP Jack Horner's leadership bid debt, before the bill was sent back for final approval.
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Edmonton
Walter Buck
United States
Crowfoot
Jack Horner
Buck
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