City weighs land reimbursement for YMCA site
City mayor says decision on whether Ottawa and Edmonton will waive reimbursement for 11,980.80 remains uncertain, with a month or more before word. Officials argue the Y program benefits the community, while the city has already funded related costs from a 255,000 grant.
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Gordon Pollard
Ymywca
Harry Weiner
Ottawa
Edmonton
Weiner
Don Medhurst
Medhurst
Ron Basford
Canadian tourists trapped on Grenada after airport closure
Hundreds of tourists including Canadians are stranded on Grenada as three days of disturbances close the island’s only airport. Police killed a Grenadian youth last week, sparking protests and gunfire with tear gas. A Toronto DJ recounted the riot and a forced detour via Barbados before returning home.
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Toronto
The
Star
Grenada
St. George’s
Wally Crouter
CFRB
Barbados
Brinks vault heist lists two missing men and $700000
Brinks Express Co of Canada faced an international manhunt after two Saint John employees vanished and $700,000 disappeared from a vault. Driver-guard Leslie Dominey and assistant cashier Melvin Downs, both of Saint John, are sought as police probe timing device manipulation and a Saturday night theft.
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Mark Pedersen
Saint John, N.B
Brinks Express Co. of Canada Ltd
Brinks
Saint John
J.T. Walsh
Montreal
Leslie James Dominey
Melvin Edward Downs
Walsh
Downs
Dominey
Harry M. McKay
Civilians to be freed in Vietnam prisoner release plan
In Saigon a government spokesman said talks with the Viet Cong led to an agreement to begin releasing civilian prisoners, with 750 detained Communists to be freed for 637 South Vietnamese civilians, timing to be decided for Wednesday or Thursday. Saigon cites 5,081 prisoners held. the Viet Cong claims 637 civilians in captivity.
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Saigon
Reuter
Joint
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary Government
U S bombers resume raids near Phnom Penh and Siem Reap
B 52 bombers from Thailand struck near Takh Mau as Cambodian forces retook Siem Reap to close a security gap. A relief convoy reached Phnom Penh after breaking a Mekong blockade, with one crewman killed and four injured. Thailand pledged aid without sending troops, offering training and support to Lon Nol's government.
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Phnom Penh
United States
Siem Reap
Mekong
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Bangkok
Thailand
Lon Nol
Kriangsak Chamandand
Hanoi Radio
Kriangsak
Vientiane
Laos
Kissinger decries Vietnam peace violations and Watergate
NEW YORK AP Henry Kissinger told the AP meeting North Vietnam has systematically and cynically violated the Paris peace accord. He urged keeping faith in the country, warned against an orgy of recrimination over Watergate, and outlined NATO and Atlantic Charter plans with a joint U.S. European strategy. He stressed participation of all forces in Cambodia talks and warned resignation is premature.
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New York
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Kissinger
Associated Press
Democratic Party
Watergate Building
Washington
Cambodia
NATO
United States
Japan
U.S
Europe
Atlantic
Viet Cong Agree to Reinspect Helicopter Crash Site
Viet Cong said they will allow ICCS to re examine the wreckage of the April 7 helicopter crash in northern Quang Tri to settle a dispute over whether the two helicopters followed an approved mission. Four ICCS officers including a Canadian were killed in the first crash. the second helicopter landed safely with no casualties.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Quang Tri
Duncan A. McAlpine
C. E. Laviolette
Quebec City
Co operation urged between govt and teachers in Alberta
Premier Peter Lougheed urged cooperation with the Alberta Teachers Association to avoid confrontation amid a wage dispute and recent rural strikes. ATA president Murray Jampolsky claimed government intervention pushed teachers toward political activity. Talks continue as teachers return to work without a signed contract and funding shifts reduce reliance on property taxes.
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Calgary
Peter Lougheed
Alberta Teachers’ Association
ATA
Murray Jampolsky
Jampolsky
Alberta
Lougheed
Canada
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Halifax
CP Ambassador
Maurice Abbott
Walther Herwig
Newfoundland
Buchenstein
Abbott
Thanom Kittikachorn
Khangasak
Hanoi
Pease
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