Canada tops ionosphere study with ISIS I launch
Canada aided by the United States completed a four mission ionosphere study by launching ISIS I from the Western Range atop a Delta rocket. The near polar orbit at 750 nautical miles supports long term data from two large antennas while engineers confirm all systems and spin behavior.
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Lompoc
Calif
Canada
United States
U.S
Aeronau
Tics and Space Administration
ISIS
Isis I
Rica
North Pole
Alaska Space
Calley’s life sentence sparks automatic appeal process
Lieut. William Calley received life in prison for the My Lai massacre, with automatic review lasting a year to five years. Appeals could reach the U.S. Court of Military Appeals and possibly civil courts, while President Nixon could grant a pardon or reduce the sentence.
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Fort Benning
William Calley
Calley
My Lai
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Nixon
Rail union calls strike effective Monday noon
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers plans a national strike starting at noon Monday against Canada's two largest railways. Prairie rail service is at a standstill as westbound passenger trains are halted or cancelled and freight traffic faces embargoes ahead of the strike deadline. Salary disputes and stalled talks preceded the action.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Canada
Prairies
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National Railways
Toronto
Montreal
Manitoba
Edmonton
CNR
Railways
Students to Run Own Job Agency
Medicine Hat students from three high schools and the college propose a student operated employment agency this summer under the Opportunities for Youth program. The agency would coordinate projects for local groups and service clubs to provide a steady work force and avoid duplicating ideas.
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Clive Mostyn
NEWS
Medicine Hat
Department of the Secretary of State
Ottawa
George McKay
Crescent Heights High School
Strom shuffles Alberta cabinet and new ministers named
Premier Harry Strom announced a cabinet reshuffle in Edmonton to reflect legislative changes. Ambrose Holowach and James Henderson were sworn in to new posts with Henderson becoming minister of the environment while Holowach received the culture, youth and recreation portfolio. Gordon Taylor remains highways minister.
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Edmonton
Ambrose Holowach
James Henderson
Alberta
Harry Strom
Henderson
Department of Environment
Health
Strom
Holowach
Gordon Taylor
Taylor
Pakistan forces win all-out offensive in East Pakistan
All-India Radio reports Pakistan army navy and air force launch offensives in five East Pakistan cities including Dhaka and Chittagong. Foreign ministry says Indian border infiltrations exist while Delhi seeks global focus on what it calls a massacre.
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New Delhi
Reuter
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
All - India Radio
Islamabad
Foreign Office
East
All-India Radio
Calcutta
Pakistan Army
Mujib
Dacca
Chittagong
Comilla
Rangpur
Bogra
West Pakistan
Shillong
Cherrpunji
Cherrapunji
Kishanganj
Bihar
Dinajpur
Sheik Mujib
London
Awami League
Lahore
West
Mystery lawyer Ronald Hughes found dead in desert creek
In Ventura California the body of Ronald Hughes, a lawyer linked to the Sharon Tate murder case, was identified in a rugged creekbed. In Saigon a North Vietnamese regiment crossed into South Vietnam and drove Saigon forces from a frontier fire base. In Tel Aviv Egyptian troops fired across the Suez Canal, the first such incident since ceasefire ended.
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Ventura
Calif
Ronald Hughes
Sharon Tate
Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Middle East
Alberta government reshapes programs with new departments
Edmonton CP reports the Social Credit government completes six bills granting royal assent. New departments for environment culture youth and recreation and a combined health and social development department take effect. The age of majority lowered to 18 grants voting drinking and candidacy rights with other changes to follow. Premier Strom to announce cabinet reshuffle.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Environment and Culture
Department of Health and Social Development
Grant MacEwan
Harry Strom
Social Credit
Canada Railways Reach Agreement to Pressure Engineers
Canada’s major railways and 56 060 non operating employees reached a contract as Labor Minister Bryce Mackasey hopes to pressure 7 000 locomotive engineers facing a possible Monday strike. Talks resume at 1 30 p m EST with Bernard Wilson attending for the engineers union and railways. Mackasey left for Ottawa for a cabinet meeting.
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Montreal
Canada
Bryce Mackasey
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Bernard Wilson
Engineers’ Union
CNR
CP Rail
Alberta lowers legal drinking and voting age to eighteen
Alberta passed the Age of Majority Act lowering the legal age from 21 to 18 in time for 80 000 young Albertans to celebrate. Royal assent came mid afternoon with immediate notices to police and liquor outlets. Hotels and outlets reported a brisk evening as 18 to 20 year olds could purchase liquor and marry or contract without parental consent July 1.
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Edmonton
Attorney General's Department
Alberta
Ontario
New Brunswick
Roy Ellis
SC Grouard
George Barr
The
Alberta Hotel Association
Liquor Control Board
Calgary
Steven Spithakis
King Edward Hotel
Mr. Spithakis
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George Latimer
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Washington
Moscow
Legislature
Mr. Mackasey
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