Glass bead plant confirmed for Redcliff site
Flex-O-Lite Ltd of St. Louis confirms plans to build a Redcliff glass bead plant to supply highway signs. Initial investment reportedly at least 100000 dollars with about 10 jobs, construction hoped to start this spring. Contain-A-Way Ltd may supply the plant with 6 to 8 million pounds of clear glass annually.
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Redcliff
Edmonton
Flex-O-Lite Ltd
St. Louis
St. Thomas, Ont
Flex-O-Lite
Dave Wilkins
Wilkins
Belleville
Ill
Dave Beck
Contain-A-Way Ltd
Calgary
Contain-A-Way
Alberta
Universal
Fred Peil
Peil
Beck
St. Thomas
United States
U.S
Suffield drilling approved as Alberta-Government plan moves ahead
Edmonton Ottawa grants approval for a 2.5 million dollar Suffield oil and gas evaluation drilling program. Premier Lougheed and Inter-Governmental Affairs Minister Getty outline 23 wells this summer and 54 in late fall, with drainage losses projected to rise to 3.5 million by 1975. The plan covers access rights only as surface ownership remains under negotiation.
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Edmonton
Ottawa
Suffield
Don Getty
Department of Mines and Minerals
Bill Wyse
Sc—Medicine Hat-Redcliff
Getty
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Lougheed
Mines and Minerals
Bill Dickie
Industry
Fred Peacock
Environment
Bill Yorke
Sharp threatens to bring home peace observers
Canada faces a deteriorating ICCS mission in Vietnam as External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp warns observers may be withdrawn if conditions do not improve. The death of Capt. Charles Laviolette and a second shooting prompt grounding of ICCS helicopters in danger zones. Claude Wagner criticizes the government for not clearly ensuring observer safety.
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Sharp
Dave Blairie
Ottawa
Vietnam
Mitchell Sharp
the Commons
International Commission of Control and Superivision
ICCS
Saigon
South Vietnam
Canada
The
Commons
Plane crash kills 106 on Basel flight from Bristol
A British charter airliner carrying 139 Britons to Basel collided with a hill in a blizzard, killing 106. The four engine craft had seven crew, and most passengers were women on a pre arranged shopping trip. Surviving victims numbered about 40.
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Basel
Switzerland
Bristol
England
Britain
Axbridge
Congresbury
Cheddar
Solothurn
Canadian officers probe Viet Cong crash over Quang Tri
Two Canadian officers crossed the Thach Han River to investigate the helicopter crash that killed Capt. Charles Laviolette of Quebec City. ICCS investigators will spend about two days in western highland bush as ceasefire operations face suspensions and supplies to remote truce sites may slow.
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Saigon
Thach Han River
Quang Tri
Charles Laviolette
Quebec City
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
Duncan McAlpine
Duc Co
Ben Het
Dick Paukistaitis
Montreal
Winnipeg
Ronald Day
Belleville
Ont
John Ratcliffe
Trenton
G. J. Manchester
Calgary
Canada
Poland
Indonesia
Hungary
Ouzai
Beirut
Shatila- Sabra
Najjar
Kamal Adnan
Israel
Kamal Nasser
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israeli commandos raid Beirut targets Palestinian leaders
Israeli commandos invaded central Beirut early today in a raid that wounded 11 Lebanese and left several Palestinian leaders dead including Abu Yussef. A separate strike hit a Sidon garage used by guerrillas while Lebanon vowed to protest to the UN.
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Cyprus
Beirut
al Fatah
Mohammed Yussef Najjar
Abu Yussef
Lebanese Defence Ministry
David Elazar
Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Sidon
Suleiman Franjieh
United Nations Security Council
Grain sale to Soviet Union boosts Prairie farming outlook
Ottawa announces a $200 million deal with the Soviet Union for 58 million bushels of wheat and 24 million bushels of barley. Prices are reported high, up to 2.70 per bushel for wheat and 1.50 for barley, with delivery starting immediately from West and East Coast ports. Churchill becomes a shipping port for the first time. Officials call it a seller's market as Canada aims to surpass last year's 812 million bushel international sales and farmers weigh acreage plans amid cautious optimism.
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Donsellar Southam News Services
Ottawa
Soviet Union
Wheat Board
Otto Lang
China
Canada
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Lang
Statistics Canada
Train Collides With Truck Killing Three Near Bassano
Three people died when a CPR trans continental train struck a truck pulling a house trailer about eight miles east of Bassano on the CPR line. The two locomotives caught fire but were stopped after crew uncoupled them. Names of the dead withheld. all believed Calgary area residents.
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Bassano
CPR
ACP Rail
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CFB
Lake
Ontario
Lake Shore Boulevard
Toronto
Charles E. Laviolette
Vi Thanh
Claude Wagner
Harold Morrison
Canadian Press
Col
Bentley MacLeod
Kingston
Charlottetown
Maj
Jim Murphy
Saint John
N.B
Russia
Vic Carr
Jerry Egger
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