Canadiens Capture Stanley Cup in Three-Peat Victory
Montreal fans greet the Canadiens at Dorval Airport after a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins clinched the Stanley Cup in six games. About 3,000 gather with thousands more expected for a victory parade on St. Catherine Street. A fainted fan was helped to safety as crowds sang Les Canadiens Sont La.
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Montreal
Montreal Canadiens
Dorval
Air Canada
St. Catherine Street
Boston Bruins
Canadiens
Montreal Forum
Les Canadiens
Hutterite land drive provokes Alberta farmers near Irvine
In southeast of Irvine Alberta thirty-five farmers met at a farmhouse and voiced concern over a Hutterite land buying drive. They accused high pressure tactics and unfair advantage as at least five local owners sold to the Spring Creek colony near Walsh for a new settlement.
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Irvine
Alberta
Spring Creek
Walsh
Bull Trail
Cypress Hills Provincial Park
Larry Deering
Deering
Medicine Hat
Ken Hoeppner
Calgary
Bassano
Government withholds letter on RCMP tax file use in inquiry
Ottawa reports a government refusal to publish a letter from a former national revenue minister alleging RCMP used confidential tax data illegally in investigations. The royal commission chair resisted disclosure to preserve investigation work, while opposition leaders denounced the move as a cover up amid historic tax file access by the RCMP.
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Ottawa
National Revenue
RCMP
John Sopinka
Royal Commission
John Diefenbaker
Commons
Allan MacEachen
MacEachen
Joe Clark
Sopinka
Bud Cullen
Warren Allmand
Alberta
Jim Foster
Revenue Department
Edmonton
Federal Royal Commission
Five forgers convicted in massive London fraud scheme
Five men from a London based gang were convicted at the Old Bailey of an international fraud ring using forged bank drafts and identities. Victims included Union Bank of Switzerland and Chase Manhattan. The group faced sentencing on May 31 after probes across three continents uncovered prints, seals, embossing gear, and fake documents.
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London
Reuter
Whch
Union Bank of Switzerland
Toronto Dominion Bank
Bank of Montreal
United Bank of Kuwait
Chase Manhattan
New York
Old Bailey Criminal Court
Scotland Yard
Serious Crimes Squad
Peigan blockade at Pincher Creek defies court order
Peigan Indian band leader Chief Nelson Small Legs Sr says the blockade of an irrigation dam will continue after a Alberta Supreme Court injunction. An attempted landing by irrigation workers was blocked by about 40 band members. RCMP say the role is to keep peace while civil action proceeds. Alberta officials contemplate talks with band leaders and ministers to resolve the ownership dispute over riverbed land and downstream aqueduct.
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Pincher Creek
Alta
Alberta Supreme Court
Nelson Small Legs
Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District
RCMP
Roland Barber
Small Legs
J.W.H. Milwain
Lethbridge Herald
Barber
Trudeau urges steps to curb nuclear arms race at UN
Prime Minister Trudeau told a UN disarmament session that halting the nuclear arms race is possible by suffocation in the laboratory. He backed President Carter's postponement of the neutron bomb and urged a comprehensive test ban while promoting regional zones and Latin American disarmament.
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New York
Trudeau
United Nations
Carter
Soviet Union
United States
Canada
U.S
Latin America
Refugees flee Burma to Bangladesh in deadly jungle camps
About 140000 Muslim refugees, mostly women and children, have escaped Burma for Bangladesh and are living in jungle camps where children die from hunger and thirst. The Red Cross reports 200000 refugees by some counts, with 70 percent being children and mothers.
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London
Burma
Bangladesh
Red Cross
David Bedford
Bedford
Bob Hope Turns 75 With Global Salutes at Kennedy Center
A 34 hour tribute at the Kennedy Center honored Bob Hope on his 75th birthday with messages from Pope Paul and Queen Elizabeth, a White House reception, and a congressional tribute. John Wayne sent a televised greeting while British Ambassador Peter Jay read the Queen’s birthday message. Hope noted the event as a thrill in his career. The USO sponsored the gala which aired Monday to mark his birthday in Eltham, England.
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Washington
Reuter
Bob Hope
Pope Paul
Hope
Kennnedy Centre Opera House
White House
John Wayne
California
Kennedy Centre
United Service Organizations
USO
U.S
Eltham
England
United States
Peter Jay
Vatican
Paul
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Hutterite Colony
Grits
Ronalane Anderson
Historical Society
Mae Laidlaw
Stewart Wallace
Frank Webber
Saudi Arabia
Argentina
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Ecuador
Jorge Grunfeld
Peigans
Lethbridge
Irrigation District
Oldman
Supreme Court of Canada
Milvain
Barger
Cal Lee
Alberta Native Secretariat
Bob Bogle
Environment
Dave Russell
Dacca
Bernard Kzagorin
East Pakistan
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