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...mutilated body of Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte was found early yesterday morning in the trunk of a car parked at an Air Force base 30 miles southeast of Montreal. A member of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ), the group which kidnapped Laporte eight days ago, had earlier phoned a radio station here and given word of the killing...
Hundreds of troops and police took part in fencing off parts of Montreal yesterday, while additional hundreds made arrests of FLQ members and sympathizers...
...Canadian government, in an unprecedented move designed to quell Quebec's secessionist Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ), yesterday suspended civil liberties and arrested over 250 FLQ members and sympathizers...
Invoking the War Emergency Act-an authorization of martial law-the Canadian government sought to cripple the increasingly militant activities of the FLQ. Thirteen days ago, secessionists kidnapped British diplomat James Cross; seven days ago, Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte was abducted...
Negotiations between the FLQ and the Trudeau government over release of the captives broke down early yesterday morning. FLQ representative Robert Lemieux, seeking the release of 23 separatists convicted or awaiting trial for terrorism, dismissed the final government offer to free five prisoners in exchange for Cross and Laporte as "an incredible mockery." One hour later, at 4 a. m., the government issued its proclamation suspending civil liberties and outlawing the FLQ. Lemieux was among those arrested yesterday...