Chretien Less Nervous Over Arctic Oil Pipeline
Canada’s Northern Development Minister Jean Chretien after a Siberia tour said he is less nervous about Arctic pipeline plans following Soviet experiments. He highlighted Russian safe tundra construction, potential gas exports to Japan France and West Germany, and vowed Canada would learn from Arctic neighbor practices to compete in resource export.
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John R. Walker
Southam
Ottawa
Jean Chretien
Canada
Arctic
Russia
Siberia
Mr. Chretien
France
West Germany
Soviet Union
Canadian Arctic
Canad
Pete
Worm blight damage surveyed across Saskatchewan rapeseed fields
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Jack Messer surveyed damage from Bertha army worms threatening rapeseed crops across a belt from east central Alberta through Saskatchewan to west central Manitoba. Infested acres include about 1 million in Saskatchewan and 250,000 in Alberta, with Manitoba outbreaks less severe.
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Saskatchewan Agriculture
Jack Messer
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Benito-Durban
Renewed violence feared in Ulster streets after Monday
Fresh outbreaks hit Belfast Londonderry and Newry as mobs roamed streets. Four soldiers wounded in Belfast and Londonderry amid clashes while troops fired rubber bullets and nerve gas. Officials warn of more hijackings and barricades as interment roundups fuel tensions and Belfast faces millions in damage with 14 dead officially reported. There is fear of higher uncounted casualties and unrest spreading to Dublin discussions push for a tougher northern policy.
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Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Newry
Bogside
Irish Republican Army
Bankers warn against loan holiday in Saska
Toronto Canada press report notes bankers and farm implement firms warn Saskatchewan farmers would suffer if a one year loan holiday is enacted. Legislation would suspend payments on farm machinery livestock and land debts Aug 1 1971 to Aug 1 1972. Institute telegram urges committee review to allow representations from farmers dealers lenders and suppliers.
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Toronto
Saskatchewan
The
Canadian Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute
Roy Romanow
Saskatchewan Agriculture
Jack Messer
Canadian fencer held by Cuban athletes at Pan Am Games
Les ter Wong of Toronto a foil and epee fencer was taken hostage by Cuban athletes at the Pan American Games in Cali Colombia. He was released unharmed after Bob Osborne the Canadian chef de mission went to the Games village to negotiate. A Canadian spokesman said a Canadian athlete asked Wong which flag was Cuban and Wong declined. The Cuban then reacted and Wong fled.
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Cali
Colombia
Lester Wong
Toronto
Bob Osborne
Vancouver
Wong
Vancouver mayor to call riot inquiry
Vancouver mayor Tom Campbell plans to ask Attorney General Leslie Peterson to conduct an inquiry into police handling of the Gastown riot after police deliver a preliminary report. More than 100 affidavits from witnesses, plus police interviews of about 200 people, are to form the basis for the council briefing and potential independent investigation.
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Vancouver
Gastown
New Democratic Party
Tom Campbell
Peterson
Strom attacks federal indifference to farm families
Edmonton Premier Harry Strom accuses Ottawa of coldness toward farmers and criticizes a proposed farm consolidation plan as unwise and unfair. He pledges a 25 percent rebate on crop insurance premiums, broader insurance access, and an expanded Alberta farm purchase board to aid young farmers with low‑interest loans, while insisting only the federal government can raise and stabilize farm prices.
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Edmonton
Harry Strom
Strom
Nws
Social Credit Party
Ottawa
Social Credit
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Alberta Farm Purchase Board
Germ warfare treaty criticized over loophole by Canada and Britain
Canada and Britain attacked the U S Soviet draft to outlaw germ warfare saying the plan still allows retaliatory use under the Geneva protocol. They urged a explicit ban on use and on related research to improve verification at the Geneva disarmament conference.
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Canada
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Washington
Vietnam
Henry Hainworth
Germs
Hainworth
George Ignatieff
NASA releases color photos from Hadley Base on Apollo 15
NASA unveiled the first color stills from Hadley Base where Apollo 15 astronauts explored for three days. David R. Scott and James B. Irwin photographed five scenes including Irwin by the moon buggy and by the flag and Scott by the flag with the Apennine Mountains.
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United States Space Agency
Hadley Base
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Irwin
Scott
Apennine Mountains
Greek Albanians seek asylum after island boat escape
On Corfu, 33 Greek-speaking Albanians fled by rented boat, overpowering six guards as they sought political asylum. In Oakland, Huey P. Newton faces a possible third trial for the 1967 police death after a hung jury in the second trial. In Tokyo, Japan shifts wheat imports to Canada and Australia due to the West Coast dock strike.
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Greece
Ionian Island
Oakland
Calif
Huey P. Newton
Newton
Tokyo
Reuter
Japan
Canada
Australia
United States
Food Agency
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Agriculture Department
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Delmans
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North Battleford, Sask
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Irish Republic
IRA
Dublin
Nomex
Saska
Farm Equipment Manufacturers’ Association
Ed Hicks
Council For the
Gastown Merchants Association
NASA
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