Hohol joins cabinet exodus in Alberta politics
Alberta education minister Bert Hohol says he will quit provincial politics after this term joining a growing list of Lougheed cabinet resignations. He cites the demands of public service and personal sacrifice as reasons, with election expected in early 1979. Hohel, elected 1971 from Edmonton Belmont, held labor and advanced education posts and backed by a busy postsecondary expansion agenda amid tuition debates.
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The
Edmonton
Bert Hohol
Alberta
Lougheed
Hohel
Energy
Don Getty
Gordon Miniely
Roy Farran
Allan Warrack
Jim Foster
Bill Yorke
Edmonton Belmont
Labor
University of Alberta
University of Oregon
Edmonton Public School Board
Vance tours Middle East to promote Camp David peace plan
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance flew to the Middle East to persuade Jordan Saudi Arabia and Syria to back the Camp David understandings He planned talks with King Hussein of Jordan in Amman King Khaled and Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh and President Hafez Assad in Damascus The trip aims to explain the agreements contents and philosophy to key Arab governments and elicit their response to invitations in the basic documents
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Cyrus Vance
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Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
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King Hussein
Amman
Khaled
Fahd
Riyadh
Hafez Assad
Damascus
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Carter
South Africa sets Namibia vote as Vorster retires
Prime Minister Vorster announces unilateral Namibian elections while retiring after 12 years. He plans to be available for presidency, and a new prime minister will be chosen on Sept. 28. SWAPO criticism and UN proposals frame the dispute over independence timing and Walvis Bay. Connie Mulder and R F Pix Botha vie for influence in the National Party.
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Pretoria
John Vorster
South Africa
Namibia
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Nicolaas Diedrichs
South West
Britain
United States
West Germany
France
Canada
Walvis Bay
Connie Mulder
Department of Bantu Affairs
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Interior
Department of Information
National Party
Transvaal
Cabinet to discuss mail strike threat in Canada
The Letter Carriers Union of Canada plans rotating strikes starting Friday over wage demands, aiming to avoid a country-wide walkout to safeguard old age pensions and family allowances. Postmaster General Lamontagne and Prime Minister Trudeau weigh government action and possible arbitration after four hours of talks failed.
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Ottawa
Letter Carriers Union of Canada
Robert McGarry
Gilles Lamontagne
Lamontagne
Trudeau
Kent cleared to enter Rhodesia for CBC reporting
CBC Africa correspondent Peter Kent, ordered to leave Rhodesia on arrival, will be allowed to enter and report if he wishes. Rhodesian officials criticized CBC coverage as biased while confirming the decision. Kent aimed for a two to three week assignment joining Don Dixon and crew in Salisbury after a flight via London.
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Toronto
Peter Kent
CBC
Rhodesia
Trina McQueen
National Television News
Kent
Don Dixon
Salisbury
London
Kenneth H. Towsey
Rhodesian Information Ministry
Washington, D.C
Premier and Cabinet to Attend Progressive Conservative Dinner
Premier Peter Lougheed and nine cabinet ministers will attend the Premier's Dinner in Medicine Hat tonight. They arrive around 5 30 PM with ministers Dick Johnston Marvin Moore Neil Crawford Dave Russell Dr Bert Hohel Graham Harle Dallas Schmidt Bob Dowling and Bob Bogle plus southern Alberta MLAs. The $100 plate event is at the Westlander Inn hosted by MLA Jim Horsman.
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Peter Lougheed
Medicine Hat
Progressive Conservative Party
Dick Johnston
Marvin Moore
Neil Crawford
Dave Russell
Bert Hohel
Graham Harle
Dallas Schmidt
Bob Dowling
Bob Bogle
Westlander Inn
Southern
Alberta
Jim Horsman
Tories win stunningly in Nova Scotia polls
Nova Scotia Conservatives led by Premier-elect John Buchanan won a broad majority taking 31 of 52 seats, with Liberals led by Gerald Regan reduced to 17 seats and New Democrats winning four seats in Cape Breton. Regan called it anti government sentiment while Buchanan celebrated the surprise landslide. Cape Breton polls largely went Liberal and NDP gained Cape Breton East.
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Halifax
N.S
Nova Scotia
John Buchanan
Gerald Regan
Liberals
Democrats
Cape Breton
Jeremy Akerman
Cape Breton East
Buchanan
Halifax-Atlantic
Regan
Canada
Halifax-Dartmouth
Terry Donahoe
Lands and Forests
Vince MacLean
Cape Breton South
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Stettler
Frank Hunter
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Hunter
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Exodus
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Kurt Waldheim
R.F
Pix’ Botha
Botha
McGarry
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G.I
Ike” Smith
Regan and Co
Walter Fitzgerald
Peter Nicholson
Annapolis West
Glen Bagnell
Dartmouth North
Maurice DeLory
Lunenberg West
George Mitchell
Halifax-Cornwallis
NDP
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