NDP Convention Opens Under Waffle Split Tension
Delegates at the Ottawa convention confront a clash between the NDP establishment and the Waffle radical wing over Quebec self determination and nationalization plans. Waffle wins a reconsideration on agriculture policy as leadership candidates campaign amid technical delays and noisy protests.
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Ottawa
NDP
Quebec
Waffle
Waffle S
Eamon Park
Labor Congress
British Columbia
Egypt rejects Israeli Suez canal proposals
Cairo rejects all Israeli conditions for reopening the Suez Canal as outlined by Yigal Allon. Al Ahram notes the insistence that Soviet and Arab forces stay out of Sinai and demands a ceasefire terms and a plan for full evacuation, while Israel pushes for broader peace talks.
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Egypt
Reuter—Ap Cairo
Israel
Suez Canal
al Ahram
Washington
Yigal Allon
Jerusalem
Allen
William Rogers
Sinai
Anwar Sadat
Gunnar Jarring
Cairo
Pakistan Army Poised for Major Assault on Mymensingh
Reports from Agartala say West Pakistan armored units with 24 Russian T-29 Tiger tanks are ready to strike Mymensingh as secessionist forces defend the town 80 miles north of Dacca. Air support was limited by thunderstorms while monsoon rains threaten heavy movement and supply routes.
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New Delhi
Reuter
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Mymensingh
Press Trust of India
Mensingh
Dacca
PTI
Pakistan Air Force
Pakistan Army
Agartala
Vietnam veterans ignore injunction at protest rally
Hundreds of Vietnam veterans disobeyed a Supreme Court order to vacate the grassy area between the Capitol and Lincoln Memorial. The decision, supported by a 480 to 400 vote, echoed protest leaders who shouted Hell no, we won’t go. Police said no immediate action would be taken.
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Washington
Justice Department
U.S. Supreme Court
Capitol
Lincoln Memorial
Ramsay Clark
District of Columbia Police
National Park Police
Park Police
William R. Kinsey
Socreds block delay to 38 million annual municipal aid ceiling
In Edmonton the Social Credit majority defeated a PC proposal to delay second reading of a bill setting an 38 million annual cap on municipal grants. Officials criticized the freeze, arguing it forces higher property taxes, while ministers defended the measure as necessary and fiscally responsible.
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Edmonton
Social Credit
Alberta
Fred Colborne
Dave Russell
Calgary Victoria Park
Russell
Hugh Horner
Lac Ste. Anne
James Henderson
Antonio Aloisio
SCA
Calgary teachers strike leaves 164 schools empty
Alberta public school teachers walk off for a second day in a contract dispute over working conditions. More than 3,900 strikers halted classes for 79,000 students as the Calgary board refused talks, and Labour Minister Reierson cancelled a Ottawa trip to monitor the dispute.
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Calgary
Alberta
Ottawa
Henry Libke
Edmonton
Alberta Teachers’ Association
Ray Reierson
Freight collision inquiry opens in deadly CPR wreck
A Canadian Pacific Rail inquiry into a head on collision between two freight trains near Edmonton will review the crash that killed two trainmen and halted the Calgary to Edmonton line for 25 hours. Crews battled a ruptured butane tank car still burning as investigators prepare findings for the federal transport department.
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Bowden, Alta
CP Rail
Calgary-Edmonton
Transport Department
CPR
Edmonton
Calgary
Duvalier dies. son Jeane Claude to succeed him
Francois Papa Doc Duvalier dies at 64 after a three month illness. His son Jeane Claude, 20, is named successor as president. A new cabinet is listed, with two holdovers, and Port au Prince quiets amid uncertain power transition and potential chaos.
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Ap-Reuter Port AU Prince
Francois
Papa Doc) Duvalier
Haiti
Jeane Claude
Duvalier
Jean Claude Duvalier
Presi
Port Au Prince
Life
Jean- Claude
Caribbean
Interior egg farmers threaten split from B C marketing board
Prince George producer Arnold Link warned interior egg producers may form a splinter group if demands are not met. They seek equal representation for Vancouver Island Fraser Valley and interior, area permits, arbitration, and votes on major policy changes. Resources Minister Williston urged a hearing with Agriculture Minister Shelford.
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Prince George
B.C
British Columbia
Arnold Link
Ray Williston
Williston
Cyril Shelford
Vancouver Island
Fraser Valley
Interior
Alberta Ecology Corps hits 423 jobs in first push
Edmonton CP The Alberta Ecology Corps has created 423 of 1 300 promised positions as applications closed April 10 after a surge. Over 2 000 applications were received, 1 878 qualified, with random selection for municipal provincial and private postings by April 30.
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Edmonton
Alberta Ecology Corps
Lloyd de Vore
de Vore
Department of Lands and Forests
de Vere
Vietnamese drive pushes troops into A Shau Valley
South Vietnamese commanders dispatched more troops into the A Shau Valley to lure North Vietnamese forces into battle. In Montreal, rising floods forced more evacuations as waters spread into suburbs. In Moscow, Salyut space station marked its third orbit day amid media silence on progress and a possible manned rendezvous.
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Saigon
A Shau
South Vietnam
Moscow
Salyut
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Southam News Services
Laval
Bangla Desh
Bengal Nation) “Liberation Army
India
Chittagong
Carl Muller
SC Pembina
Progressive Conservatives
Muller
Aalborg
Peter Lougheed
Papa Doc
B.C. Egg Board
Ecology Corps
NEWS
Montreal
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