Canada's nuclear program hit by Ontario Hydro assessment
Ontario Hydro engineers fault the CANDU reactor design saying U S built stations lead. AECL officials warn the dissent could end the CANDU program while noting federal secrecy and political pressure. The report questions long term viability and overseas prospects for Canada’s reactor technology.
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Peter Calamas
Southam
Ottawa
Canada
Ontario Hydro
Hydro
Toronto
U.S
Atomic Energy of
Canada, Ltd
Ontario
AECL
Tor Systems
Quebec
Manitoba
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Watson
Federal Atomic Energy Agency
George Gathercole
Tee fire becomes province's biggest in memory
The Tee fire in northern British Columbia grows to 300000 acres, stretching 30 by 20 miles across mostly uninhabited timberlands 135 miles northwest of Fort Nelson. Firefighters build guards along the edge as rain slows the blaze and officials warn of a hot dry weekend ahead.
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British Columbia
Bill Bishop
Fort Nelson
B.C
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Tee
Teeder Creek
Liard
Sue
Donald Station
Golden
Gold River
Donald
Driver’s Slaying Sparks Northern Ireland Toll Rises
In Belfast Springfield Road a delivery truck driver was shot dead by British troops who mistook the vehicle for an attack. Witnesses said the truck backfired twice before stopping at a light and troops opened fire. The victim, married with six children, was en route to work. Police questioned coworkers as the death toll rose to 28 since January amid ongoing sectarian violence.
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Belfast
Springfield Road
Northern Ireland
Falls Road
Strom denies impact of new home grant program
Premier Harry Strom of Alberta states the $1,000 grant for first time buyers of new homes will not raise prices. The plan, open to buyers of new, old and mobile homes with combined family income under $15,000, could take effect September 15 if re elected, despite opposition from NDP.
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Edmonton
Harry Strom
Social Credit
NDP
Franz Notley
Premiers agree on poultry quotas at annual conference
Canada's provincial leaders wrap up their 12th conference in Victoria and back voluntary poultry quotas and ending the chicken and egg war. They plan to advise Ottawa on tax reform and farm adjustment while preserving estate tax and extending the revenue guarantee. The 1972 meeting will be in Nova Scotia.
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Victoria
Canada
W. A. C. Bennett
British Columbia
Robert Bourassa
Alex Campbell
Prince Edward Island
Richard Hatfield
New Brunswick
Gerald Regan
Nova Scotia
Trudeau
Bennett
Ottawa
Otttawa
Ed Schreyer
Manitoba
Apollo 15 nears end of historic voyage and splashdown
Apollo 15 returns from a 12 day lunar mission with rock and film samples suggesting lunar crust material. Crew Scott Irwin Worden report sleeping well and seeing Earth for first time as recovery ship Okinawa eyes ideal splashdown zone off Hawaii.
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Houston
Apollo 15
Earth
Moon
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Endeavour
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Mission Control Center
Joe Allen
Scott
Allen
Okinawa
Hopes fade for Suez pact as Sisco mission fails
Cairo reports show no progress toward reopening the Suez Canal as Joseph Sisco returns to Washington. Egyptian officials and the press criticize U.S. arms shipments to Israel and note Sadat's focus on internal reform. Egypt approves a $280 million twin pipeline project to move Gulf oil to the Mediterranean. Abba Eban speaks of staged peace talks as a new approach.
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Cairo
Reuter
Suez Canal
Israel
Joseph Sisco
U.S
Sisco
Washington
al Akhbar
Anwar Sadat
Arab Socialist Union
Egypt
Gulf of Suez
Mediterranean
al Ahram
Middle East
Jerusalem
Abba Eban
Juez Canal
China opposes five power nuclear disarmament talks
Peking via New China News Agency opposes Moscow’s proposal for a five nation conference on nuclear disarmament and calls for a summit of all countries to discuss the issue. China reiterates its pledge against first use and urges abolition of nuclear weapons and bases worldwide.
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Tokyo
China
Soviet Union
Peking
New China News Agency
Moscow
United Sates
Jance
Britain
United States
Apollo 15 timetable marks splashdown and sample transfer
Apollo 15 schedule lists events in EDT with Endeavour separation from the service module, atmospheric reentry and parachute deployment around 4:32 to 4:41 p.m. The USS Okinawa is positioned in the mid Pacific near Hawaii for splashdown and later moon sample handling at Hickam Air Force Base.
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Okinawa
Pacific
Hawaii
Hickam Air Force Base
Mail robbery at Montreal post office nets 7360 dollars
Four men robbed the main Montreal post office taking six bags of registered mail. Investigators estimate cash stolen at seven thousand three hundred sixty dollars. In other items New York airlines seek major fare cuts and Quantas facing a bomb hoax payout of 224000 dollars from 556000.
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Montreal
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