Quebec hit by crippling storms again
The weather system that devastated southeastern Quebec struck again with hail rain and high winds causing power blackouts for thousands along a 30 mile stretch from St Cesaire to Waterloo near Granby and in Boucherville and Chateauguay. Officials led by Premier Bourassa and environment minister Victory Goldbloom assess damage and plan measures for farmers and municipalities as crops rot and prices unlikely to rise.
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Quebec
St. Cesaire
Waterloo
Granby
Montreal
Boucherville
Chateauguay
Victory Goldbloom
Natural Resources and Agriculture Departments
Quebec Housing Corp
Civil Protection
Robert Bourassa
Gerard Frigon
Quebec Cabinet
Noel
Windsor
Trudeau
Richmond
Bourassa
Maurice Guinais
Montreal Association of Market Gardeners
Albert Allain
Catholic Farmers’ Union
Guinois
IRA leader captured in Belfast stronghold
Rioting and firebombs erupted across Northern Ireland after the capture of IRA guerrilla Martin Meehan in Ardoyne Belfast. Troops faced 2000 protesters with rubber bullets as Meehan, a 26 year old stevedore, was found hiding near a bedroom door after a gun battle. conflicting statements followed.
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Ireland
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Martin Meehan
Ardoyne
Meehan
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Newry
William Whitelaw
Edward Heath
London
Britain seeks Amin extension of Uganda exile deadline
Britain mounts a diplomatic drive to persuade President Idi Amin to extend his 90 day deadline for thousands of British Asians to leave Uganda. The appeals focus on humanitarian concerns and regional stability while awaiting Ugandan government responses.
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Britain
Amin
Kampala
Uganda
Reuter
Idi Amin
Edward Heath
Gen. Amin
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Richard Slater
London
Robert Garr
Glasgow stevedores block mercy cargoes
Militant Glasgow longshoremen refuse to load mercy shipments despite shortages in the Hebrides and other Scottish islands. The strike by 42,000 dock workers presses for better job security and severance pay, leaving hundreds of tons of vital supplies stranded at Glasgow docks as Britain faces a dock shutdown.
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London
Glasgow
Scotland
Britain
Hebrides
Edward Heath
Western Isles
Shetland
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
North Sea
Vancouver dockers idle as union and owners clash over hiring
Vancouver longshoremen stayed off the docks amid a hiring hall dispute raising grain-shipment delays. Some 1,800 workers vote today and Friday on a potential official strike while 24 ships, including 14 grain-bound ones, remained tied up. Ed Strang accused the union of slowing work. employers deny untrained hires. The dispute stalls contracts for about 3,200 longshoremen across several West Coast ports. some Vancouver Island ports report normal activity after meetings.
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Vancouver
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Ed Strang
British Columbia Maritime Employees’ Association
Martin O’connell
Strang
New Westminster
Victoria
Nanaimo
Port Alberni
Prince Rupert
Vancouver Island
Chemainus
Covidhan Bay
Ladysmith
Windfall memo fuels Ottawa grant row and calls for inquiry
Opposition parties accuse the government of secret memo praise of windfall gains from industrial incentive grants. The Conservative demand a three member royal commission while the NDP seeks Regional Economic Expansion Minister Jean Marchand’s resignation. Government says memo echoed complaints and urged review.
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Ben Tierney Southam
Ottawa
Conservative
NDP
Jean Marchand
American arrested in drug roundup aimed to buy Vernon ranch
An American detainee tied to a massive West Coast drug sweep was close to purchasing 320 acres near Vernon British Columbia for a hobby farm. The land deal, valued at 100 dollars an acre with a 6000 dollar deposit, was to be registered to his mother, as RCMP and BC officials monitor for potential use as a drug commune linked to the Brotherhood of Eternal Love.
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Vancouver
U.S
Vernon
B.C
United States
Brotherhood of Eternal Love
Timothy Leary
Leary
Switzerland
Carleton Andre Youngstrom II
Brotherhood
Santa Ana
Calif
District Attorney’s Office
RCMP
Tom Collins
Youngstrom
Collins
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Harvard
David Springate
Commons
James McGrath
Newfoundland
Department of Regional, Economic Development
Marchand
Kalamalka Realty
Okanagan District
Grant’s Pass
Ore
Leslie Peterson
Air Canada
Saskatoon
Toronto
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