Word: cannes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...CHICANO LIBERATION FRONT. With at least 15 hardcore members, the group apparently is centered in the barrios of Los Angeles. Last year a message purportedly from the front claimed responsibility for the slaying of Police Chief William Cann of Union City, Cal., but a subsequent communique denied it. This year the group said that it was behind the bombing of four buildings on the night of March 10 in San Jose and the San Francisco area...
...attending a meeting of the committee, only two said they were for Heath. However, Heath's own preferred successor, former Northern Ireland Proconsul William Whitelaw, is disparaged by much of the party as an amiable lightweight. At the same time, former Party Chairman Edward du Cann, a successful financier and a leader of the party's right wing, is suspected by many as a schemer...
...Catholics in Northern Ireland. Heath's delay in announcing his intention, however, allowed opposition to build and a whole pack of new contenders to emerge, including Sir Keith Joseph, shadow Home Secretary; Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, the shadow cabinet's spokeswoman on housing and environment; and Edward du Cann, a former party chairman. With the prospect of an internal power struggle erupting, Heath changed his mind and decided to remain the Tory leader-at least for the moment...
...said also that unless AP&L cann assure that farmers around the plant will incur no damage from its operation, he sees no reason why a "deposit in reverse"--a method of insuring damage claims will be paid promptly--should not be established...
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