Municipal camp ground urged to boost Tourism in Medicine Hat
Travel director Edward Bryant of the Alberta Government Travel Bureau urged Medicine Hat to build a municipally owned campground and trailer park along the Trans-Canada Highway. He warned provincial aid may be unlikely due to the Tillie site. Bryant urged broader region promotion, gas-themed attractions, and multiple roadside signs to draw visitors, noting around 11 000 tourists registered at the information centre this year versus 9 000 last year.
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Medicine Hat
Edward Bryant
Alberta
Medicine Hat and
Bryant
Tilley
Tillie
Northwest Nitro workers weigh 40 cent raise dispute
A Northwest Nitro union seeks a 40 cent per hour raise on a one year contract along with job security and a pension plan. Management offers 3 percent raises, a shift differential, and a two year deal. Dispute centers on security measures, retraining, and severance provisions amid possible strike action.
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Northwest Nitro
Calgary
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Patriot pensioner donates 84 to debt drive in UK
London AP reports George Parr, a patriotic pensioner, sent Chancellor James Callaghan £84 to apply toward Britain's national debt of about £30.5 billion. He explains the gift mirrors Miss Mary Manuel who gave £1 per year of her 64 years, inspiring Parr to participate. Manuel, a Newcastle upon Tyne retired teacher, contributed last week.
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London
George Parr
James Callaghan
Britain
Mary Manuel
Parr
Callaghan
Tear gas used to disperse rioters in Lansing clash
Police used tear gas grenades Monday night to disperse gangs of youths who threw fire bombs bricks bottles and sticks at passing cars. Four people were shot none seriously and arrests topped a score as racial unrest flared Sunday night. Clergymen aided by talking with teens helped reduce violence.
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Lansing
Mich
Max Murninghan
Grenada
Miss
Misssissippi
Robert Johnson
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Hosea Williams
SCLC
Jury bill would give majority verdict in Britain
London officials unveiled a bill to allow majority verdicts of 10 to 2 in criminal juries, replacing unanimous decisions after extended deliberation. Home Secretary Roy Jenkins cited rising crime and juror corruption as motives, noting 40 percent acquittals in some cases and calling for a tested change to Britain's legal tradition.
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Los Angeles Times
London
Home
Roy Jenkins
United States
Jenkins
House of Commons
House
Lord Parker
Conservative Party
Home Affairs
Quintin Hogg
Talks resume pessimism on Rhodesian solution
London and Rhodesian officials plan to resume talks in Salisbury amid rising pessimism that an end to the nine month rebellion can be reached. Prime Minister Ian Smith affirmed continued white rule, prompting British Prime Minister Harold Wilson to call Smith's stance extremely troubling and unlikely to yield a settlement.
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Los Angeles Times
London
Salisbury
Harold Wilson
Smith
Wilson
Fringe benefits in the U S Senate Luxury autos for 750 a year
The article reports that several U S senators lease Chrysler Imperial LeBarons for about 750 a year, far below market rates of 1800 to 2700, amid broader Detroit automaker programs. Senators Hartke Long and McCarthy confirm the arrangements, with GM and Ford detailing low-cost leases to high offices rather than individual lawmakers.
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United States
Senate
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Vance Hartke
Dem. Ind
Edward V. Long
Dem. MO
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dec. Minn
Hartke
Chrysler
Sens. Long
McCarthy
Commerce and Finance Committees
Commerce Committee
Sen. Long
Sen. McCarthy
General Motors
White House
Secret Service
House
Supreme Court
G.M
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Congress
North Viet Nam shells and air battles intensify
North Viet Nam anti-aircraft forces shoot down three more U.S. planes as American jets pound the north. Ten planes lost since Sunday. two shot northwest of Hanoi, one northwest of Dong Hoi. Nine army and Marine helicopters lost Monday. U.S. estimates place Viet Cong losses high in a two hour Ia Drang Valley battle as reinforcements arrive. In another engagement a Marine force repels 150 here and helicopters land to reinforce. Two American pilots rescued. two missing.
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Saigon
North Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Dong Hoi
South Viet Nam
Ia Drang
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