Word: montreal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Throughout the early hours of yesterday morning, rumors flooded television and radio networks that British Trade Commissioner James R. Cross-seized by the FLQ at his Montreal home two weeks ago-was also dead. But police received written word from Cross several hours later stating he was alive...
Additional troops were air lifted from outlying provinces into Quebec yesterday as riot-equipped city police patrolled the streets of Montreal and cordoned off several blocks of municipal office buildings in the downtown area. There are now an estimated 8000 troops ready to move on the city...
Hours before the proclamation, Montreal students sponsored a rally on behalf of the FLQ's political manifesto. The demonstration attracted a tumultuous crowd...
Students and faculty at the University of Quebec in Montreal voted the day before Trudeau's announcement to close their institution until the Quebec government met the demands...
...morning last week, two men rang the doorbell at the fashionable Montreal home of James R. ("Jasper") Cross, who directs the British trade office in Quebec. "A present for Mr. Cross," said one of the men, displaying a gaily wrapped package. Since her employer had celebrated his 49th birthday only six days earlier, the Portuguese maid unchained the door. With that, one of the men whipped out a revolver and the other pulled an M-1 rifle out of the package...