Montreal Brink's robbery may top three million
A four man gang hijacked a Brink's security truck in Montreal with at least 1.5 million in cash aboard from beside the Royal Bank of Canada on St. James Street. Police say a fifth man may have been involved. no suspects named. No injuries occurred. Unconfirmed reports put the total haul at over 3 million. The heist followed a Boston robbery with 1.2 million cash and 1.56 million in money orders. A reward of 25,000 is offered for the arrest and conviction of the bandits, with up to 100,000 for recovery of the money.
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Boston
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Royal Bank of Canada
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Thedac
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Nun's Island
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Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd
Arabs in Galilee bury six after police killings
Tensions rise as Israeli Arab villagers prep funerals for six Arabs killed by police and army gunfire during a 24 hour strike over land deals. Police cap protests with curfew lifted north of Nazareth amid scattered rioting and 31 Arabs and 50 security personnel wounded.
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Israel
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Shlomo Hillel
Nazareth
Israeli Communist Party
Navy holds Lebanon evacuation ready as ceasefire sought
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said no evacuation plan now while the Navy stays prepared. An envoy, L Dean Brown, travels to Lebanon to pursue a truce in the civil war. A seven ship U S Navy task group led by carrier Guadalcanal remains about 24 hours from the coast in a holding pattern.
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Donald Rumsfeld
United States
Lebanon
Navy
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L. Dean Brown
Saigon
Rumsfeld
CBS
Morning News
Guadalcanal
Argentina vows war on terrorists and subversion
President Videla outlines a priority program to wage a forced campaign against terrorism and subversion to stabilize the nation for economic reconstruction. The junta will monopolize force, curb subversive crime, and invite foreign investment while keeping control of vital sectors.
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Videla
Isabel Peron
Mrs. Peron
Peron
Peronist Movement
Jose Martinez de Hoz
United States
Dine Enuine Iice
South Vietnamese chemist says regime will not satisfy all
Phiet Bui, a Purdue-educated chemist who fled Vietnam with four others, tells Manila reporters the communist regime offers peace and fixed salaries but leaves him unable to prosper. He explains personal needs differ from the peasantry and seeks new work abroad. The group arrived in Manila Bay after an eight day voyage, seeking asylum while plans are made for resettlement.
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The
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South China Sea
Phiet Bui
Purdue University
United States
Montreal
Nha Trang
Edmundo Reyes
Bai
Tuyen Dang
Long Truong
Hai Truong
Son Truong
Soviets offer inspection of underground nuclear sites
Washington reports the Soviet Union will allow on site inspection of its underground nuclear test sites in exchange for similar access at American testing grounds. A Ford administration official said basic agreement was reached in Moscow, with some details to be finalized. The move aligns with a new treaty capping nuclear test explosions at 150 kilotons, though peaceful nuclear explosion limits were not set.
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Soviet Union
Ford Administration
Moscow
Richard M. Nixon II
Hiroshima
Nuclear treaty aims to bar peaceable and military nukes
U.S. officials say a comprehensive weapons pact should ban both peaceful and military nuclear explosives, with no Senate ratification until pact details on peaceful applications are finished. Washington will not test above 150 kilotons meanwhile as SALT talks stall and Soviet replies lag. Brezhnev visit likely unlikely this year, officials say.
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U.S
Kremlin
Leonid
Brezhnev
Callaghan Likely to Succeed Wilson as British PM
Foreign Secretary James Callaghan leads Labour in the second round of Commons ballot over Michael Foot 141 to 133. Healey's presence keeps Callaghan short of an outright win with a third ballot set for Monday. Foot vows to carry on.
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Harold Wilson
Britain
Michael Foot
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House of Commons
Callaghan
Foot
Denis Healey
Commons
Healey
Occidental paysoffs probe linked to Venezuela contracts
A Venezuelan inquiry into Occidental Petroleum explores alleged bribes paid to officials from 1967 to 1971 to win service contracts. Occidental denies management knowledge of illicit activity. former employee John Ryan claims a $3 million payout. President Perez ordered a full investigation last year.
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Los Angeles
Occidental
John Ryan
Carlos Andres Perez
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