UN General Assembly opens amid terrorism and enviro threats
The 27th UN General Assembly session begins with calls from Secretary-General Waldheim to curb international terrorism and major conflicts over Korea and Bangladesh. Delegates from 132 nations will tackle pollution, security, and funding as Ninety-day talks start under tight security following Munich tragedy.
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David Nicholson
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Korea
Bangladesh
General Assembly
Assembly
U.S
Canada halts aid to Uganda over crisis
Canada freezes its development aid to Uganda amid mounting political turmoil. CIDA pauses new programs including a dairy development project worth several million, while 400 Canadian workers face risk. some personnel relocate to Tanzania, and others are kept in Kampala under orders.
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Patrick Best
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa
Canada
Uganda
Amin
Canadian International Development Agency
CIDA
CUSO
Tanzania
Kampala
Britain
Washington
London embassy blast kills Israeli attache
A booby trapped package exploded at the Israeli embassy in London killing Agriculture Attache Dr. Ami Shachori and wounding another man. The package was mailed from Amsterdam and addressed to an unknown recipient. Scotland Yard noted heightened concern following the Munich massacre and Israeli reprisals. In Beirut, the U S embassy reported the Syrian government arrested the assistant military attache near the Jordan Syria border.
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Associated Press
London
Scotland Yard
Beirut
U.S
Amman
Jordan
Jordan-Syria
Ami Shachori
Amsterdam
Munich
Israel
Shachori
Maj
Richard Barrett
Deraa
Syria
Egypt
Libya
Uganda repels invasion force in swift counterattack
Kampala reports say Uganda’s armed forces beat back a 1500-strong invasion three days after it crossed from Tanzania. Towns Mbarara Kyotera and Laisizo were retaken as Amin accused Tanzania Britain and Israel of complicity. He claimed 200 guerrillas were killed and 50 captured.
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Kampala
Reuter
Uganda
Tanzania
Mbarara
Kyotera
Laisizo
Amin
Organization of African Unity States
Barrett backs Quebec style social funds plan
Premier Dave Barrett praised Quebec for using family allowance funds within provincial jurisdiction and said he expects greater cooperation among provinces. He praised federal Canada Assistance Plan as a premier social measure and emphasized Canada first, while seeking federal provincial collaboration and BC rights.
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Victoria
Dave Barrett
Quebec
Barrett
New Democratic Party
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Canada
British Columbia
North America
Levesque says military keeps file on CNTU activities
Montreal Canada. Rene Levesque accuses the Canadian Armed Forces of maintaining a file on CNTU political activities. Defence officials insist the document is a compilation of public sources not a government report. CNTU leader Marcel Pepin criticizes the move as civilian intrusion by the military. fire power of espionage questioned by both sides.
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Montreal
Rene Levesque
Parti Quebecois
Canadian Armed Forces
Quebec
Defence Department
Mobile Command
Levesque
Armed Forces
Nixon moves to raise U.S. oil import quotas
President Nixon ordered a 35 percent increase in daily U S oil imports with a 50 000 barrel per day gain from Canada for the last quarter of 1972. The action, aimed at easing shortages, expands Canadian imports by 12 250 barrels daily and boosts overall petroleum intake to 1 780 000 barrels per day, shifting emphasis toward Middle East supplies and Northeast heating needs.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Mexico
S An
U.S. Northeast
Restrictions sought on Crown land sales in Alberta
EDMONTON CP The Committee for an Independent Canada urged a legislature committee to ban all sales of Crown lands to non Canadians. James C Russell said foreign landholdings are hard to gauge and urged policy tailored to Alberta. A Calgary group urged prohibiting Crown land sales, proposing leases instead. A Lacombe Blackfalds group backed a bill to bar sales to non‑Canadians. Mieczyslawa Gawlak, a private citizen and former Polish immigrant, criticized U S ads for cheap Canadian land.
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Edmonton
Committee
Canada
James C. Russell
Alberta
School of Economic Science and Social Philosophy
Calgary
Lacombe-Blackfalds
Mieczyslawa Gawlak
United States
Miss Gawlak
Poland
Alberta Research Council
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New York
Adam Malik
Indonesia
Stanislaw Trepczynski
Trepcczynski
Eastern Europe
Bradford Morse
NEW
Saul F. Rae
Yvon Beaume
Rae
Geneva
Mitchell
Security Council
Soviet Union
China
Lebanon
Council
Middle East
Waldheim
East Pakistan
Pakistan
The
Canadian University Service Overseas
Animal Farm
Jacques Ferron
Parc Safari Africain
Hemmingford
Arab League
Cairo
al Ahram
Mahmoud Riad
Saudi Arabia
Riad
Palestinian Liberation Army
Saskatchewan
NDP
Ed Schreyer
Manitoba
Allan Blakeney
CNTU
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Marcel Pepin
Elmer Bennett
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