Vancouver grain flow hits record pace as bottlenecks ease
Vancouver officials celebrate a grain surge as CP Rail and CN deliver 838 cars daily to port facilities in the second week of April, with the first week earlier at 818 cars. Grain traffic is projected to reach a yearly record, aided by winterization and continued rail improvements.
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Vancouver
Canadian Transport Commission
Prairies
Commission
Canadian National Railways
CP Rail
W. R. Beaton
Beaton
North Vietnamese advance reaches Hoai An on central coast
Saigon reports a three week offensive scores along the central coast with Communist forces overrunning Hoai An district town and its battalion HQ near Landing Zone Orange. Hoai An is the sixth district town lost and Landing Zone Orange the 18th government position abandoned. Bomber attacks destroy three tanks north of Saigon near Highway 13.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Binh Dinh
Central Highlands
Hoai An
Orange
South Vietnam
Pony
Highway 13
Brier Park chosen as construction site for plant
The NEWS reports a $5.6 million petrochemical plant to be built in Medicine Hat with mid May start. Contex Associates of Houston outlines site likely in Brier Industrial Park. Plant aims for 42 million lbs of carbon black yearly, employing about 45 locals with a $400,000 payroll.
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Harry Weiner
Bill Marquardt
Gas Machinery
Phil Lesauvage
Medicine Hat
City Hall
H. A
Bud) Olson
Weiner
Gordon Robinson
Contex Associates
Houston
Texas
Bill Keith
Dr. Robinson
Department of Regional
Arthur Middleton
Gas Machinery Co
Alco Standard Corp
United States
Cleveland
Ohio
Toronto
Stampede Company windfall doubles provincial grant
Alberta Agriculture Minister Hugh Horner announced grants to exhibition associations including Medicine Hat Stampede Company receiving 55 000 this year, up from 25 000 last year and 15 000 planned last week. Dirk Scholten welcomed the extra funds for improvements to the Agriculture Arcade.
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Medicine Hat
Bill Wyse
Medicine Hat-Redcliff
News Today
Alberta
Hugh Horner
Wyse
Calgary
Edmonton
Red Deer
Lethbridge
Dirk Scholten
Police advised to warn pinball concessionaires
Alberta Attorney-General Merv Leitch said police chiefs were instructed to warn pinball concession holders that criminal charges may be laid for machines deemed illegal under the Criminal Code. He noted the code bans slot machines and other mechanical games of chance but called the definition hard to apply. Authorities will advise operators which machines are considered illegal, but concessions may still operate at risk of charges if contests the judgment. Police crackdown previously announced by Medicine Hat police chief Sam Drader prompted the inquiry.
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Edmonton
Merv Leitch
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Bill Wyse
Leitch
Mr. Wyse
Sam Drader
Drader
Alberta drops plan to resume compulsory vehicle tests
Edmonton CP report says Alberta government will not restart compulsory testing of all motor vehicles. Highways Minister Clarence Copithorne stated the two permanent testing stations in Edmonton and Calgary, used for under a year before 1970 shutdown, will not reopen. No alternate use found for the facilities.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Clarence Copithorne
Calgary
City of Edmonton
Department of Public Works
Copithorne
Apollo 16 in view of moon before fifth landing
Houston reports Apollo 16 commander John Young and crew closing in on the moon as the Casper passes Earth’s gravity. The main engine will brake velocity to enter lunar orbit, paving the way for Orion’s descent by Young and Duke on Thursday afternoon. Mattingly rested after final checks and eight hours’ sleep.
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Houston
John Young
Casper
Young
Charles Duke
Orion
Duke
Thomas
Ken) Mattingly
Rail unions defy ultimatum in UK go slow
London reports the rail unions rejected the cabinet demand to end the go slow as the government seeks a compulsory cooling-off period of up to 60 days. Disruption hits the nationalized network with hundreds of trains cancelled and traffic jams growing in major cities. The strike risks coal, power, hospitals and schools.
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London
Britain
Quebec strikers weigh return to bargaining amid possible legislation
Leaders of about 200000 Quebec public service workers consider returning to talks as the province contemplates legislation to end the strike. Union officials show little enthusiasm for a government proposal, while officials await a formal reaction before acting.
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Quebec
Rapeseed Control Urged by Canadian Minister in Commons
Ottawa CP Agriculture Minister H. A. Olson told the Commons that incentives to sustain rapeseed production for world demand are impossible until rapeseed is brought under the Canadian Wheat Board. He spoke in response to ex prime minister John Diefenbaker who warned of a 37 percent acreage cut this year risking overseas markets.
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Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
Agriculture
H. A. Olson
John Diefenbaker
Alberta study blanks in on pipeline ecological impact
Alberta Environment Minister Bill Yorke announced a consultants report on oil and gas exploration and pipeline effects on the environment. The study calls for provincial control over right of way and construction standards for federally regulated pipelines, urges automatic shut off valves and spill warning devices, and notes seismic exploration damage minimized by winter surveys. A second, more detailed report will follow, leading to Conservation Board hearings next year.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Bill Yorke
North
America
Underwood McLelland and Associates Ltd
Arctic
MacKenzie River
Yorko
Environment Conservation Board
Canadian Standards Association
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British Columbia
Brier Park
Marquardt
Petrochemical
Stampede Company
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