British forces to train at Suffield Base in Canada
Canada and the United Kingdom sign a 10 year agreement allowing more than 6000 British troops to train at the Defence Research Establishment at Suffield Alberta from May to November 1972. A Canadian base will host 600 to 1000 soldiers per session with costs borne by Britain.
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Alberta
Canada
United Kingdom
Defence Research Establishment
Suffield
Medicine Hat
H. A
Bud) Olson
Olson
Top Cowboys Sweep Prizes at Medicine Hat Stampede
Rockabar wins saddle bronc and all around as Medicine Hat hosts a three day rodeo climaxed by a payoff over $10,000. Rockabar scores 79 on Hat Rack and 71 on Welcome Aboard to win high marks and $367 in saddle bronc while taking all around with $407 from bull riding for total earnings near $1,000.
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Medicine Hat
Dirk Scholten
Rocky Rockabar
Rocky
Rockabar
Kenny McLean
McLean
Larry Jordan
Jack Schulte
John Holman
Ivan Davies
Shawn Davis
Jordan
Davies
Schulte
Tom Bews
Davis
Bews
Longview
John Dodds
Senate approves 250 million loan guarantee for Lockheed
The Senate narrowly authorized a government loan guarantee of 250 million to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation to prevent bankruptcy and keep work on the L 1011 Tristar jetliner. The House had approved the measure 192 to 189 amid conservative and liberal opposition over free enterprise and unemployment fears.
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United States Senate
Nixon
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Pentagon
Lockheed
James Buckley
Barry Goldwater
Edward Kennedy
Edmund Muskie
Britain
Rolls Royce
Tristar
U.S
Apollo 15 astronauts map 20 percent of the moon
After a nine hour sleep the Apollo 15 crew David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden in good humor operate a 17 million dollar array of instruments in lunar orbit mapping about one fifth of the moon. They wore pressurized suits during Falcon separation after a suspected leak delay, a precaution tied to Soviet cosmonauts deaths last June.
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Moon Orbit
Lunar
David R. Scott
Mission Control Centre
Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Falcon
Joe Allen
Moon
High altitude bomb threat forces BOAC jet to land in Denver
A BOAC Boeing 747 with 380 aboard diverted to Stapleton International Airport after a barometric bomb threat. Passengers were kept in the terminal as FBI and customs searched the jet. No bomb was found.
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Denver
Colo
British Overseas Airways
Enly
Stapleton International
Montreal
London
FBI
Stapleton
U.S. moves to block expulsion of Nationalist China from UN
Washington says it will consult governments on tactics to prevent Taiwan loss of UN representation. Secretary Rogers notes U S opposition to expulsion and considers who may hold China's Security Council seat if Taiwan remains a member. Canada will study the U S plan. The row centers on Peking and Taiwan claims to be the sole Chinese representative.
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Daniel Gottlieb Washington
Reuter
United States
China
United Nations
William P. Rogers
U.S
Taiwan
Peking
External Affairs Department
Canada
Security Council
Rogers
Ky to file presidential bid despite legal hurdles
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky plans to submit his candidacy for South Vietnam's presidency though he has not met legal qualification, his running mate said in Saigon. Also Sudan expelled the top Soviet diplomat and the Bulgarian ambassador after a wave of Communist press attacks as Nairobi recalled its ambassador from Moscow. In Washington, U S rail officials moved to resume service after settling a strike affecting ten railways amid surpluses of grain coal steel and autos.
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Reuter
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Sudan
Khartoum
Moscow
Sofia
Washington
United States
Trudeaus Journey to St Pierre and Atlantic Cruise
Prime Minister Trudeau and wife Margaret sail toward St Pierre off Newfoundland aboard the Sir William Alexander. The trip marks a next stop on their Atlantic Canada cruise, with foggy conditions after leaving Louisbourg and a workaday ship atmosphere noted during relaxed official and private calls along the way.
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William Alexander
Trudeau
Margaret
St. Pierre
Newfoundland
Louisbourg
W.S
Alexander
Trudeaus
Atlantic
Canada
Sir William Alexander
Gas rate hike hearing opens before energy board
Ottawa CP report details TransCanada PipeLines Ltd bid to raise rates, with a broad Canadian impact expected for about 1.16 million households 115 000 businesses and 29 000 shareholders. A new accounting method and rate base concepts spark debate among governments and interveners as hearings run toward October.
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Ottawa
National Energy Board
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd
Trans- Canada
TransCanada
Canada
David S. Beatty
Toronto
Old Canada Investment Corp. Ltd
Ontario
Beatty
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Quebec
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