Media praise and questions over Nixon coverage
An opinion piece questions where media criticism of President Nixon crosses into personal attack. It cites Watergate coverage, compares past coverage of Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, and Kennedy era events, and warns impeachment talk may damage the presidency and U S image abroad.
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Nixon
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Warren
Barry Goldwater
Bobby Baker
Johnson
Billy Sol Estes
Chappaquiddick
Edward Kennedy
U.S
United States
Ontario trustees urge rigid maternity leaves in schools
In Cambridge’s new regional area the Ontario Public School Trustees Association voted to penalize women teachers for maternity. Leaves must be arranged to fit teaching schedules. A trustee stressed the group is not against motherhood while opponents wonder how many of the 240 trustees are men.
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Planned Parenthood
Amuck
Cambridge
Ontario Public School Trustees Association
Clean Plate Syndrome Linked to Canadian Overweight Trend
A booklet The Whys of Weight from General Goods argues weight issues stem from upbringing heredity and modern lifestyles. It cites that 30 to 39 year old men and 50 to 59 year olds show overweight rates, women higher, and 10 percent of children are overweight. It urges medical checkup smaller portions, balanced meals, water, reduced fats, and Canada’s Food Guide with increased walking and light exercise. The pamphlet is available from Weight at 3200 Yonge Street Toronto Ontario Ma 206.
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Canada
Yonge Street
Toronto
Queen’s souvenirs kept in royal homes and loans to museums
The Queen’s press secretary says gifts from tours are not given away. Souvenirs like a size eight moccasin and a Niagara stone bear are stored in royal residences and may be lent or placed in museums if of significant interest.
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Prince Philip
Ronald Allison
Kingston
Gov Gen Michener Buys A Beige Volkswagen
Gov General Roland Michener and his wife have bought a beige Volkswagen as the Governor General’s term nears its November expiry. A Government House spokesman said nothing definite was decided but retirement plans are being considered. Michener, 73, was named governor general in 1967 for a five year term that has been extended twice.
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Ottawa
Roland Michener
Micheners
Government House
Michener
Rockcliffe
Mr. Michener
Haseen
Laura Secord Remembered In Out War of 1812 Heroine
Laura Secord is honored 160 years after her 19 mile walk from Queenston Heights to warn British forces of a looming attack. The tale of a cow leading the way is considered a myth by some, though her niece Elizabeth Secord joined part of the journey. The Secord house is rebuilt as a tourist site by a local candy firm that bears her name, with furnishings not definitively authenticated.
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Laura Secord
Upper Canada
Mrs. Secord
Niagra
Queenston Heights
St. Catharines
Elizabeth Secord
Secord
Plastic Industry Faces Crisis From Petrochemical Shortage
The plastics sector in Greater Vancouver fears long term harm as a severe petroleum resin shortage drives price hikes, delayed deliveries, and restricted new firm openings. Industry leaders from Marine Plastics and Seaforth Plastics warn that quotas and rising costs threaten competitiveness and output, while some firms pivot to clay pipe.
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Pete Devries
Marine Plastics
North
Vancouver
Greater
Mr. Devries
John Mackenzie
Seaforth Plastics
Crown Zellerback Canada Ltd
Canada
United States
Seaforth
Mackenzie
Wally Unger
Poly-Chlor Plastics Industries Ltd
Coquitlam Municipality
Los Angles
Montreal
Don Mason
Canadian Industries Ltd
Japanese Flags Bought for Schools Amid Queen's Visit
Lincoln County board bought 2900 Japanese flags for $1125 plus tax, hoping government supplies would cover them. In Niagara area, Laura Secord lore highlighted as a brave War of 1812 figure with a turning-point message to Lieut. Fitzgibbon, aiding British defenses after her perilous trek near Shipmans Corners.
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Cowan
St. Catharines
Ont
Japan
Lincoln County Board of Education
St Catharines
Niagara-on-the- Lake
Ontario
Queen's Park
Laura
James
Niagara Historical Society
Niagara-on the-Lake
Here
Niagra
Lake Ontario
John Adams
Secord
Great Barrington
Mass
Canada
Queenston
Niagara
James Fitzgibbon
St. David's
Charles Ingersoll
Elizabeth
Shipmans Corners
Lieut
Fitzgibbon
Laura Secord
Boy Discovers 360 Million Year Old Fish Fossil
Twelve year old Worustocs resident Steven Raper found a rock in a ditch he thought was a pretty stone. His teacher James Walker sent a photo to Bristol University and the rock was also studied at the University of Waterloo. Both institutions identified it as a Devonian era fossil from a galder border containing crystallized fish remains dating about 350 to 360 million years ago.
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Coveven Raper
Worustocs
Steven
James Walker
Bristol University
England
University of Waterloo
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CCL
Mason
Dow
Dome Petroleum
Alberta
Alberta Petroleum
Flex-Lox Industries Ltd
Abbotsford
B.C
Flex- Lox
R. M. Hungerford
Winnipeg
McLaren
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McMaster Funeral Home
Seibel
Corner Royal Road
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