Liberal and Conservative MPs clash over capital punishment vote
In Ottawa, Liberal MPs pledge to liberty in voting on abolition of capital punishment while cabinet members back abolition. Peter Elzinga accuses some MPs of selling out to cabinet position as debate on a 25 year minimum for premeditated murder continues.
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Alan Freeman
Ottawa
Peter Elzinga
Liberal
Commons
Mr. Elzinga
Pembina
Doug Neil
Moose Jaw
Jake Epp
Provencher
Quebec
Gilles Marceau
Lapointe
Louis Duclos
Montmorency
Elzinga
Marcel Lessard
Trudeau visits Masset Haida reserve amid island tensions
Prime Minister Trudeau and his wife saw a disciplined base and then Haida life as tensions rise over land rights and logging. Haida deputy chief Ron Brown warned against desecration at Kiutsa, site of an anthropology dig, while organizers faced criticism for not consulting Haida leaders.
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John Ferguson Masset
B.C
Trudeau
Queen Charlotte Islands
Margaret
Canadian Forces
Masset
Pacific Rim
California
Queen Charlottes
Armed Forces
Graham Island
Queen Charlottes Archipelago
Kiutsa
Trudeaus
Ron Brown
Nadine Chaval Kidnap Case Near Release Hint
Belgian Ambassador Andre Chaval’s daughter Nadine, 16, kidnapped by the Communist League of Sept. 23, is expected to be freed within hours in Mexico City. Ransom originally set at 800000 dollars. funds raised by the Chaval family amid public donations.
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Mexico City
Reuter
Andre Chaval
Nadine
Fernando Delaye
Chaval
Madame Chaval
Communist League of
OPEC split on pricing and kept oil at 11.51 a barrel
OPEC ministers failed to reach unanimity on price changes at their Bali session while maintaining a price freeze at 11.51 dollars per barrel. A new differential formula was agreed to curb perceived price cutting, with Libya and Iraq pressing for a rise and Saudi Arabia resisting. President Ford welcomed the decision as responsible for the world economy.
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Bali
Reuter
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Indonesia
Mohammed Saldi
World of Cartel
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Libya
Iraq
Organization
Washington
Ford
Suspected assassins seized in Jumblatt sister murder case
In Beirut three men are detained over the assassination of Kamal Jumblatt’s sister. Bashir Gemayelson says two more suspects are sought and joint questioning will proceed with the National Liberal party. Ceasefire talks begin as 75 killed in 24 hours amid artillery duels.
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Beirut
Kamal Jumblatt
Bashir Gemayel
Phalangist
Pierre Gemayel
Phalangist Party
National Liberal Party
Camille Chamoun
Lebanon
Mokhtara
Bad summer for student employment in Ottawa
Labour critic John Rodriguez of the NDP warns of a severe summer job shortage for students in Canada. He claims up to 50,000 fewer jobs will be available due to cuts in the OFY program and a tightened federal budget amid private-sector squeeze. He urges an emergency student employment fund to avert enrollment declines.
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Ottawa
John Rodriguez
Labor
NDP
Nickel Belt
Lafleur Kidnap Plot Not a Hoax, Montreal Police Say
Montreal police confirm information on a alleged plot to kidnap hockey star Guy Lafleur during the Stanley Cup playoffs. Inspector Jean Claude Rondou, head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, called the informer reliable and dismissed it as a hoax.
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Montreal
Montreal Canadiens
Guy Lafleur
Jean Claude Rondou
Criminal Investigation Bureau
Lafleur
Canadiens
Lise Lafleur
Guy
Yukon native land deal details 18,500 acres and cash
The Globe and Mail reports a draft agreement in principle would grant Yukon natives part or full ownership of 18,500 acres and about 80 million dollars in cash. Land would be held by native corporations for collective benefit rather than individuals.
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Toronto
The
Globe and Mail
Yukon
Council of Yukon Indians
Ottawa Dispatch
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York South
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Epp
Canadian Council of Churches
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Ont
Manitoba
Margaret Trudeau
Sandspit
British Columbia
David Bierk
Peterborough
David
Globe
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