Fromme narrowly targets Ford with loaded pistol
Lynette Fromme, a Manson follower, approached President Ford within two feet in Sacramento with a loaded .45 pistol. A Secret Service agent wrestled the weapon away, Ford safe, Fromme jailed on attempted murder charges with a preliminary hearing set.
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Sacramento
Calif
Charles Manson
Ford
Secret Service
Lynette Fromme
Manson
Sharon Tate
Miss Fromme
San Quentin
California
Edmund Brown Jr
U.S
Esther Mix
Folsom Prison
Sandra Good
Paul Young
FBI
Miss Good
White House
Ron Nessen
Leaked Alberta plan warns of eight billion annual deficit
Alberta may run an eight billion dollar annual deficit within seven years as per a leaked ten year fiscal projection. Grant Notley of the NDP said the report shows rising costs from the petroleum plan and tax cuts, with revenue shortfalls and expenditures growing due to oil, population, and inflation. He warned the government risks cutting social services while committing Heritage Fund money to Syncrude and loans.
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Alberta
NDP
Grant Notley
Treasury
Notley
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Heritage Trust Fund
Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Alberta Energy Company
Ottawa studies protective trade policy for shipping
Ottawa weighs protective measures for Canada’s international shipping. A interdepartmental advisory board will draft a policy report to cabinet this fall. Options include a Canadian deep sea merchant marine and incentives to register ships in Canada to defend Arctic mineral trade.
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Ottawa
Transport Department
Canada
Arctic
Jean Marchand
Shipping Advisory Board
Soviet Union
Trudeau to tour Cuba Mexico and Venezuela in January
Prime Minister Trudeau plans official visits to Cuba Mexico and Venezuela in late January. Spokesman says first trip to these three countries is in early planning and details will wait at least a week before release.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Cuba
Mexico
Venezuela
Leitch challenges Notley charts on Alberta budget projections
Provincial Treasurer Merv Leitch said the figures in a secret Notley report depend on variable combinations and do not reflect the government's outlook. He argued the $8 billion deficit projection assumed last years patterns would continue, which the government does not expect. He noted the Heritage Savings Trust Fund chart shows potential borrowing uses but requires legislative policy decisions and should not be seen as a plan.
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Edmonton
Merv Leitch
NDP
Grant Notley
Notley
Leitch
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Heritage Fund
Karate weapon ban tightens Ottawa crackdown
Justice Minister Otto Lang moves to outlaw three weapons used by karate enthusiasts with penalties up to five years. Protests from karate and jiu jitsu groups continue as RCMP report some devices surrendered. enforcement shifts to provincial authorities at midnight Sunday.
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Don Sellar Southam
Ottawa
Otto Lang
Justice Department
RCMP
Lang
Administration of Justice
BC Labor Woes Intensify Across Sectors
British Columbia faces broad labor disruption as bakers and meatcutters threaten to lock out clerks closing 125 Vancouver supermarkets. Forest unions stage widespread picketing, MacMillan Bloedel reports mass layoffs. Other regions report strikes in Quebec Ontario and Nova Scotia with settlements and new offers shaping the week.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
B.C
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd
Thunder Bay
Ont
Great Lakes Paper Co. Ltd
Abitibi Paper Co. Ltd
Quebec
Ontario- Minnesota Pulp and Paper Co
Woodlands
Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Co
Montreal
Outremont
Septies
Que
Wabash Mines
Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ray Anderson
Davie
Lauzon
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
Mississauga
Beloeil
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