Last weld marks end of Trans Alaska pipeline build
A quiet ceremony marked the final weld on the 800 mile Trans Alaska oil pipeline near the Brooks Range. The project began after oil was found at Prudhoe Bay in 1968 and faced years of planning lawsuits before Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. started construction in 1974. The pipeline aims to bring oil from the Arctic edge to Valdez with first oil expected by July after a June readiness target.
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Alaska
Brooks Range
Atlantic Richfield Co
Exxon Co. USA
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Arctic Ocean
Prince William Sound
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Soviet recall ambassador amid Sudan staff cut protest
The Soviet Union recalls ambassador Felix Fedotov after Khartoum orders reducing embassy staff by half from 100 to 50. Diplomats say the move is a protest as Sudan accuses Moscow of backing hostile regimes in Libya and Ethiopia, following earlier expulsion of Soviet experts. Fedotov may depart this week.
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Khartoum
Soviet Union
Felix Fedotov
Sudan
Moscow
Libya
Ethiopia
Jaafar el- Nimeiry
Fedotov
Nimeiry
Beaufort drilling approved by federal cabinet
The Star reports the federal government approved another summer of oil and gas drilling in the Beaufort Sea and rejected a plan to reduce blowout danger. The decision limits Dome Petroleum Ltd to a one year drilling operation and requires deep drilling to stop about one month before the end of the ice‑free period in late October to allow containment if a blowout occurs.
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Toronto
The
Star
Beaufort Sea
Dome Petroleum Ltd
Calgary
Government restrained over Montreal newsroom break in sends wary signal
For Southam News Services Ottawa rebukes minimal government action over the RCMP role in the 1969 break in at lAgence de Presse Libre du Quebec. The piece notes delayed disclosures, RCMP officers involved, and parallels to a Praxis Corp theft, highlighting concerns about obstruction and accountability.
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John Gray
Southam News Services
Ottawa
RCMP
Montreal
l’Agence de Presse Libre du Quebec
Donald Cobb
Quebec
Cobb
Agence de Presse Libre
RCMP Probe and Agence de Presse Libre Break-in Unfolds
The Praxis incident adds uncertainty while the Agence de Presse Libre break-in draws RCMP involvement. Solicitor General Francis Fox will issue a full statement next week when sentences for three policemen are handed down, or face pressure for a public inquiry.
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Agence de Presse Libre
RCMP
Francis Fox
Fox
Brezhnev warns of dangerous China threat to world peace
In a Kremlin dinner address Brezhnev cited forces inside and outside China seeking to drive Soviet Chinese relations to impasse and raise tensions. Tass said Mao's death failed to bring positive changes, signaling renewed propaganda clashes with Beijing.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
China
Kremlin
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Todor Zhivkov
Brezhnev
Mao
PRC
People’s Republic of China
Tass
Queen attends Jubilee opera and ballet gala in London
The Queen accompanied by most of the Royal Family attends a televised opera and ballet gala at the Royal Opera House marking the silver jubilee. BBC and Eurovision broadcast to millions in Britain, Europe, and the United States as star soloists perform Berlioz, Verdi, and Beethoven excerpts.
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Reuter — AP London
Royal Opera House
London
United Kingdom
Europe
United States
BBC
Opera House
Royal Box
Prince Philip
Queen Mother
Princess Margaret
Princess Anne
Prince Charles
Berlioz
Cartage
Dido
Josephine Veasey
Philip 11
Dutch seek hostage release for flight out of Netherlands
The Dutch government presses South Moluccans to surrender weapons and prisoners in exchange for a flight out. Moluccans offered to release prisoners if a plane would be provided, with no clear destination and no word on allowing 21 imprisoned comrades to depart. A Vietnam refuge mention remained unconfirmed.
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ASSEN
Justice Ministry
Hague
Vietnam
All must accept change Jack Horner tells forum
Jack Horner urged business unions and environmentalists to accept change in Canada's transportation system. He blamed unions for many transport disruptions and called for shared accountability, modernized railways shipping and trucking, and consideration of user pay to clarify transit goals.
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Jack Horner
ST. Andrews
N.B
Canada
Horner
Canadian Transportation Research Forum
Alberta
Progressive Conservative Party
Liberals
Otto Lang
Fire destroys Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate Kentucky
Investigators shift from body recovery to clues about the fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club near Cincinnati. A crane tears down the facade on a 17 acre bluff as 160 bodies are found with 118 identified. Arson and initial causes ruled out but no clear explanation for rapid spread.
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Southgate
Beverly Hills
U.S
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Red Cross
Mount Healthy
Ohio
Ken Brandenburgh
Kentucky Highway Patrol
Quebec minister blasts francophone exclusion in business
Cultural Development Minister Camille Laurin says the systematic exclusion of francophones from English speaking businesses creates a socially explosive climate in Quebec. He cites wage gaps and underrepresentation in leadership, while contrasting figures from the language white paper with rising French job mobility. Ottawa also launches a $5 an hour make work crime-fighting program for 1,100 youth.
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Montreal
Camille Laurin
Quebec
Laurin
Bernard Finestone
Montreal Board of Trade
Claude Ryan
le Devoir
Gendron Royal Commission
University of Montreal
Francois Vaillancourt
Ottawa
RCMP
U.S. Prefers Alaska Canadian Gas Route Over Mackenzie Valley
Canadian and U.S. legislators at a four day energy conference discuss the Alaska Canadian route as preferred by many U.S. lawmakers to the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. Alaska may ship LNG by tanker if Mackenzie goes ahead, raising price concerns for U.S. Midwest consumers.
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Southam News Services
Victoria
U.S
Mackenzie Valley
David MacDonald
Macdonald
Pc—Egmont
Canada
B.C
Alaska
Daniel Lang
Garrison
North Dakota
Manitoba
Skagit Valley
Maine
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Dan Lander
Ottawa Citizen
Pravda
Boris Christoff
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