Carter urges calm diplomacy over Soviet Cuba troops
President Carter warned the Soviet Union that U S relations would be adversely affected unless concerns about Soviet troops in Cuba were respected. He urged calm and said a diplomatic resolution would be sought without an immediate withdrawal demand. The TV statement followed the disclosure of a brigade in Cuba.
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Martin Tolchin
N.Y. Times
Washington
Carter
Soviet Union
United States
Cuba
Congress
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Castro
Brzezinski
Bank of Canada raises lending rate to curb demand
Ottawa reports record loan rates as the Bank of Canada announces a Friday night move raising its rate on occasional loans to chartered banks. The action targets rapidly rising demand for money and credit in Canada starting Monday.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Canada
John Crosbie
Crosbie
St. John’s
Nild
U.S
Lorne Nystrom
New Democratic Party
Chretien
Jean Chretien
Nystrom
Herb Gray
Cuban summit extends as delegates clash over stance
The non aligned summit in Havana extends into an extra day as leaders debate final wording. Castro chairs the 96 member gathering with over 50 heads of state awaiting a closing declaration. The draft faces criticism for being too harsh on the West and not enough on Moscow.
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Havana
Reuter
Kremlin
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Moscow
Hijackers surrender after Alitalia DC-8 lands in Tehran
Three Lebanese Shiite hijackers who seized an Alitalia DC-8 between Beirut and Rome surrendered in Tehran after negotiations with Iran's interior minister and officials. The plane arrived with 11 hostages and all crew aboard. one passenger volunteered to stay. The hijackers had demanded a public statement about Imam Musa Sadr's disappearance.
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Tehran
Hashem Sabaghian
Imam Musa Sadr
Sabaghian
Beirut
Rome
Islamic Republic
Sadeq Tabatabai
Mehrabad
Alitalia
Lebanon
Robert Saliba
Sanford homeowner subdues burglar with fingerpoint
Charles Towne, 45, confronted a burglar in his Sanford bedroom and kept him from moving by fingerpoint. Towne summoned police, then handed his 15-year-old son a piano leg and armed him with an antique war club as officers arrived and charged 32-year-old Gerard Robert Baudy with burglary to an occupied dwelling. Bail set at 1575 dollars.
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Sanford
Fla
Charles Towne
Towne
Russ
Gerard Robert Baudy
Bandy
Mozambique
ZANLA
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
London
Patriotic Front
Robert Mugabe
Britain
Muzorewa
Joshua Nkomo
Zambia
Zambesi
Calgary man serious after early morning motorcycle crash
A city man identified as William Hanley, 109 Mitchell Cros, N.W., is in serious condition at Foothills Hospital after a motorcycle collision at 2:50 a.m. at the intersection of 12th Avenue and 25th Street S.E. No other vehicles were involved. He was moved from Medicine Hat and District Hospital to Calgary for treatment.
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Calgary
Foothills Hospital
William Hanley
Mitchell Cros
N.W
12Th Avenue
25Th Street
S.E
Hanley
Medicine Hat and District Hospital
Bandits bargain for freedom in Quebec credit union siege
Two bandits hold four men and four women hostage inside a Credit Union in Adamsville Quebec as negotiations continue. The latest hostage freed is 20 year old cashier Christianne Bouchard who was released after a television was delivered to the captors.
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Adamsville
Que
Eastern Townships
Christianne Bouchard
Lynch to form border anti-terror units in Ireland
Dublin reports Prime Minister Jack Lynch plans special anti-terrorist police units along the Irish border with Northern Ireland to target IRA guerrillas. The government also aims to improve security communications with British forces after Mountbatten’s killing and rising tensions in Northern Ireland.
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Dublin
Jack Lynch
Irish Republic
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Fianna Fail
Soldiers of Destiny
Republic
Lynch
Margaret Thatcher
London
Earl Mountbatten
IRAF
Mountbatten
IRA
Britain
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