Agnew vows to fight on after likely indictment
Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew rejects resignation, says he will appeal to the House for a full hearing and pursue exoneration through courts. He argues his political career is over but insists he will not plead guilty or quit. He criticizes leaks and doubts the criminal justice system, while praising President Nixon's cordiality.
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New York Times
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Baltimore
Agnew
House of Representatives
Fred Graham
Columbia Broadcasting System
Henry E. Petersen
Justice Department
Petersen
Graham
United States
U.S
Criminal Division
Tracker plane crash leaves four crew dead in BC mountains
The Canadian Forces Tracker aircraft with four officers aboard was found on Howson Peak in central British Columbia after disappearing during a search for a missing private plane. Capt. Larry Schaufele Cpl John Scammel Capt Ted Bade and Sgt Sherman Pye were aboard. A board of inquiry was ordered.
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British Columbia
Howson Peak
Terrace
Smithers
Tracker
Larry Schaufele
Bow Island
Alta
John Scammel
Windsor
Ont
Ted Bade
Sherman Pye
Dartmouth
N.S
Canadian Forces
Comox
CP Air
Neil Carey
North Vancouver
Quesnel
B.C
Iceland Rejects British Truce Over Fishing Rights
Iceland brushed aside a British-proposed truce in the dispute over fishing rights and issued an ultimatum to sever diplomatic relations if British warships and tugs do not withdraw from the disputed zone by next Wednesday. Britain maintains a voluntary restriction and a compromise proposal still stands.
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London
Iceland
Foreign Office
Edward Heath
Britain
Heath
Olafur Johannessen
International Court of Justice
The
Hague
Netherlands
Train pirates seize Jews near Vienna in tense airport stand-off
Two Arab gunmen hijacked a train carrying 37 Soviet Jews at the Czechoslovak border, moved to Vienna airport with hostages including an Austrian official, and demanded a plane to an Arab country. One account says a man was killed and two injured. another reports one injured. Hostages included a woman and child who escaped. The train originated in the Soviet Union and was to join a Bratislava to Vienna route. Israels officials cancelled Jewish New Year events to monitor the incident.
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Vienna
Soviet Union
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Schonau
Israel
Marchegg
Quebec Tory blasts Liberal energy policy rallying for unity
Quebec MP Claude Wagner charged that Donald Macdonald seeks cheap political points with a 40 cent a barrel oil export surcharge, urging Ottawa to craft a national energy policy with provinces. He praised Medicine Hat MP Bert Hargrave and warned Liberal and NDP alliance threaten Confederation.
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Quebec
Claude Wagner
Donald Macdonald
Medicine Hat
Federal
Progressive Conservative Association
Wagener
Robert Stanfield
United States
Wagner
Macdonald
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Ottawa
NDP
Bert Hargrave
Bert
Hargrave
Redcliff
Chilean junta reshuffles cabinet names Castro in as education minister
Chile's military regime replaced education minister Jose Navarro Tobar with Vice-Admiral Hugo Castro Jimenez and plans him as ambassador to Costa Rica. Civilians remain only Justice Minister Gonzalo Prieto. Rewards of 500000 estidos offered for 15 former Allende officials, including Miriam Contreras. Rodriguez backs regime after failed coup. 320 safe passes issued to asylum seekers. Raids continued to seize weapons and former left figures. Two top officials executed in southern provinces.
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Santiago
Reuter
Chile
Allende
Jose Navarro Tobar
Hugo Castro Jimenez
Costa Rica
Gonzalo Prieto
Allendes
Miriam Contreras
Carlos Altamirano
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Luis Corvalan
Rodriguez
Ecuador
BC land values at stake as farm use plan unfolds
Millions in British Columbia land values hinge on the provincial land commission deciding how many acres to freeze for agriculture. The plan aims to protect remaining farmland from commercial encroachment, potentially placing up to four million acres in a farm zone. Farmers resist limits on selling, fearing lost wealth from possible higher sale prices.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Land Commission
North America
Rocky Mountains
B.C
B.C. Land Commission
George Spetifore
Triple S Farms
Tsawwassen
Petifore
The
Spetifore
Dave Gray
Surrey
Everything A-ok on Russian craft
Moscow reports the Soviet Union's first manned space flight in two years proceeding smoothly as cosmonauts Vasily Lazarev and Oleg Makarov launch from Baikonur aboard an improved Soyuz 12. The two day mission aims to test flight systems and control in orbit while spectroscopic earth studies are planned.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Vasily Lazarev
Earth
Lazarev
Oleg Makarov
Voskhod
Tass
Makarov
Baikonur Space Centre
Kazakhstan
Central Asia
Salyut 1
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Canadian Forces Tracker
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Israeli Foreign Office
Jerusalem
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Austria
Poland
Hungary
Grits
al Hyland
Federal Progressive Conservative Association
Carol Snedden
Terry Michaelis
Milk River
Dennis Herman
Bill Aaron
Barry Miskuski
Pease
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