Budget speech aims at inflation curb and investment boost
Ottawa expected budget tightens anti inflation measures while avoiding new job programs and aiming to spur business investment. Government projects no major spending, with gradual inflation relief and neutral fiscal stance. Greece sees violent protests over a labor bill as police clash with demonstrators. one elderly woman reportedly killed by armored police car amid strikes.
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Glenn Somerville
Ottawa
Donald Macdonald
Macdonald
Insurance Commission
Manpower Department
Canada buys 128 German Leopard tanks from West Germany
West Germany welcomes Canada's decision to buy 128 Leopard battle tanks worth over $60 million. External Affairs Minister Allan MacEachen was told the deal, with terms to be worked out, will equip Canadian forces in West Germany and provide training tanks for Canada.
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BOM
Reuter
West Germany
Canada
Allan MacEachen
Georg Leber
Ottawa
Leber
MacEachen
Kelly Surrenders After Jail Escape Attempt in North Bay
Convicted killer Donald Kelly, 37, gave up at 6 45 a m after a thwarted escape in North Bay jail. Officials say his gun was a realistic toy concealed in a cast. He faced 28 charges including abduction and unlawfully escaping custody.
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North Bay
Ont
Donald Kelly
Kelly
Tony Celentano
Don Kerr
Ontario
Ministry of Correctional Services
Kerr
Don Gauthier
Gauthier
Ministry
Inspection and Standards Branch
Carol MacWilliams
Jack MacWilliams
Ford and Carter in tight race as six-state primaries loom
President Ford passes the halfway point with 701 delegates after New York’s 119 uncommitted votes aligning with him. Carter targets 100 plus of 191 Democratic delegates in Arkansas Idaho Kentucky Nevada Oregon and Tennessee as Oregon stands as a key battleground and bellwether.
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Associated Press
Ford
U.S
Jimmy Carter
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Carter
Arkansas
Idaho
Kentucky
Nevada
Oregon
Tennessee
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Indiana
Alabama
Georgia
Morris Udall
Arizona
California
Frank Church
Church
Edmund Brown
White House
Woman rescued after Bigfoot abduction claim shocks Eureka
Cherie Darvell, 23, of Redding California, reappeared near Bluff Creek Resort late Monday after an alleged abduction by a Bigfoot. Humboldt County Sheriff Gene Cox called the incident a hoax and said Darvell had minor scrapes and bruises.
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Eureka
Calif
Bigfoot
Humboldt County
Gene Cox
Cox
Cherie Darvell
Redding
Humboldt Medical Center
Hoopa
Miss Darvell
Cherie Nelson
Weekend fatality in head-on highway crash near Medicine Hat
A head-on collision on the Trans-Canada Highway eight miles east of Medicine Hat Sunday at 3 30 p m killed 37 year old Calgary woman Rachel Girward and sent six others to hospital. Girward died at the scene. Passengers in her vehicle Ema Gagnon and her daughters Carol Penny and Sandy all from Calgary were hospitalized with Penny and Sandy in critical condition. Gagnon is in critical care while Carol is in satisfactory condition. In the other vehicle, Wayne Knesh of Medicine Hat was in critical condition and two passengers Burt Wright of Calgary and Allan Aman of Calgary were hospitalized with Aman discharged and Wright in serious condition. Both vehicles were demolished according to RCMP.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary
Rachel Girward
Wayne Knesh
RCMP
Girward
Ema Gagnon
Carol
Penny
Sandy
Sandy Gagnon
Carol Gagnon
Knesh
Burt Wright
Division Ave. S
Allan Aman
Aman
Wright
Time running out as Ottawa eyes extended House sitting hours
Ottawa reports the government seeks extra hours to finish business before June 30. MPs may hold morning sessions on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays to speed bills including capital punishment changes and Medical Care Act revisions. The budget debate runs June 2 3 and 8 9 10 with extended sittings anticipated.
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Ottawa
Commons
Justice Committee
Donald Macdonald
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