Ottawa banks face new rules after service charge hikes
Canada faces tighter regulation as Basford hints at combines legislation to curb bank price collusion. PIC critics say banks acted irresponsibly raising service charges April 1, while ECC recommendations push competition policy to cover financial services and enforcement bodies.
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Ottawa
Canada
Consumer Affairs
Ron Basford
Basford
Prices and Incomes Commission
PIC
Economic Council of Canada
ECC
U.S
Alberta police act would centralize discipline power
Alberta introduced a bill creating a three member provincial police commission with final authority over municipal forces. The act would allow demotion or firing for poor performance and empower appointment of special constables to probe police operations across the province.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Edgar Gerhart
Morrow
W. G. Morrow
Northwest Territories
Calgary
Gerhart
Harry Maxtead
RCMP
Maxstead
Attorney - General
Commission
Nixon refuses to set pullout date but orders 100,000 more to leave by Dec
President Nixon rejected calls to set a fixed withdrawal date from Vietnam while announcing a plan to remove about 100,000 troops by December 1. He argued a pace of 14,300 monthly departures would still let South Vietnam defend itself and avoid a precipitous retreat. The move drew mixed reactions from allies and critics amid a tense political climate.
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Washington
Reuter
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Manitoba throne speech highlights integrated income security
Premier Ed Schreyer's government outlines pilot programs for an integrated income security system and guaranteed annual income. He says Canada needs concerted action to design income supplements that do not deter work, signaling major social welfare reforms.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ed Schreyer
New Democratic Party
Canada
North America
India and Pakistan clash as East Pakistan invasion feared
Pakistan charged Indian air force action across East Pakistan after martial law orders froze banks and weapons. reports said strikes killed civilians, with Sylhet Rajshahi Comilla and other towns falling to Bangla Desh forces amid heavy fighting and mounting casualties.
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Pakistan
East Pakistan
Radio Pakistan
Rawalpindi
Radic
Sylhet
Rajshahi
Mymensingh
Rangpur
Indian Radio
Pakistan Air Force
Press Trust of India
All-India Radio
PTI
Sheik Mujib
Comilla
Bangla Desh
Bengali Nation) Liberation Army
Gauhati
Mainamati
Liberation Army
Kushtia
Narayanganj
Bogra
Feni
Noakhali
Sraswary Bazar
Laksam
Chitetagong
Sonamura
Chittagong
Russians airlift troops to Egypt amid suspected missile buildup
Western diplomats in London report a Soviet airlift to Egypt with growing manpower and anti aircraft missiles. About 16 000 Soviets were in Egypt last year and additions bring 2 000 more. SAM networks and MiG 211 jet deliveries increase as Sadat warns of renewed fighting in April. UN observers note cross over Suez but no clashes.
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Egypt
London
Cairo
British Institute For Strategic Studies
Institute
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Israel
Suez Canal
Health Minister outlines future Medicare plan in Canada
Ottawa Health Minister John Munro sketches a two tier medicine future warning against disparities. He endorses expanded nurse training and paramedical workers to relieve doctors and cut costs while promising pilot grants for southern regions.
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Ottawa
John Munro
Canada
Munro
Department of National Health and Welfare
Trapper Defends Petition Amid Alberta Legislature Inquiry
Noel McKay a 65 year old trapper testifies before a legislative committee denying his petition was an anti government maneuver. He says trapping funds families and cites delta water issues while noting his aims were to improve trapping conditions not to oppose the government.
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Edmonton
House
Noel McKay
Peace Athabasca
McKay
James Henderson
Peter Lougheed
Lougheed
Peace-Athabasca
Alberta
Fred Colborne
British Columbia
Bennett Dam
Lougheeds
Bees Airlifted to Aid Pacific Northwest Orchards
About six million California honeybees were flown from San Francisco to Oregon Washington and Idaho to pollinate orchards after wild bees were decimated by pesticides. In Dallas a jury gave a 28 year old man a life term in the state’s longest murder sentence.
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Seattle
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
San Francisco
Dallas
Tex
Texas
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