Provinces press for national energy conference plan
Ten provincial premiers met in Charlottetown to push Ottawa for a national energy conference within six to eight months and to craft a nationwide energy policy with the needed administrative machinery. They warned that energy policy and fuel distribution shapes provincial economies and debated Quebec’s proposed St Lawrence superport and Nova Scotia plans amid Ottawa funding and port doubts.
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Charlottetown
Ontario
Alberta
Ottawa
Prince Edward Island
Alex
Mr. Campbell
Nova Scotia
Gerald Regan
Campbell
Memo ties Laird to secret Cambodia bombing plan
Washington AP A memo released in testimony links former defence secretary Melvin Laird to a covert 1969 1970 B 52 bombing scheme in Cambodia and South Vietnam aimed at masking raids from Congress and the public. The plan sought simultaneous strikes for a credible press story while a second, restricted set of bombing data remained held by a few officials.
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Washington
Melvin Laird
Cambodia
United States
Laird
Nixon
Defence
William Clements
Senate Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle Wheeler
South Vietnam
Armed Services Committee
Defence Department
Adm
Thomas Moorer
Johnson
Moorer
Robert McNamara
Laos
Clements
Congress
Department of Defence
Warren Burger
Supreme Court
US crop report dims outlook for prices rise
The USDA warns crops are smaller than expected with corn 300 million bushels below forecast. Soybeans and wheat also undershoot, likely lifting food prices and prompting talks on wheat export controls as reserves tighten and inflation concerns grow.
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Bogdan Kipling
Financial Times
Washington
United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Administration
Rail strikes widen across Canada in 56,000-member union action
In a renewed shutdown, 20,000 Ontario workers walked out just after midnight while 7,000 more prepared to join in British Columbia Alberta and Northwest Territories. An additional 8,400 non-operating railway employees halted work in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Northwest Ontario. Federal mediator Judge Alan Gold sought a solution as talks continued.
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Montreal
Canadian Railways
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Thunder Bay
CP Rail
Canadian National Railways
Exchange
Vancouver
Churchill
Man
Ted Anhorn
Medicine Hat
Anhorn
Rhodesia proposal looms at Commonwealth Ottawa talks
At the eight day Ottawa meeting prime ministers debated a Barbados idea for a Commonwealth sponsored constitutional conference on Rhodesia with a supervising presence. Canada backed the plan hoping a single voice can push for majority rule while avoiding direct interference. Delegates noted risk of deadlock but hoped the proposal could steer the conference toward action despite ongoing regional issues in Southern Africa.
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Southam News Services
Ottawa
Errol Barrow
Barbados
Rhodesia
Commonwealth
Canada
Trudeau
Smith
Commons
South Africa
Angola
Mozambique
Africa
Great Britain
Beef trade booms across border dodges meat panic
Canadian packing houses report heavy cross border beef movement with U S prices higher than Nixon limits. Ontario and Montreal yards set record prices as imports rise. Executives insist no Canadian meat shortage exists and urge against panic buying amid price controls and rail strikes.
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Canada-United States
Montreal
Toronto
U.S
Richard Nixon
Canada
Graeme Hedley
Ontario Beef Improvement Association
Ontario
A. J. E. Childs
Burns Foods Ltd
Calgary
Childs
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Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Mr. Regan
Lower St. Lawrence River
Middle East
Regan
Strait of Canso
Shaheen
Canso
Maritime
Newfoundland
Frank Moores
Justin
Richard Bell
Pease Drive
Lakehead
Richard Smith
Alan B. Gold
Judge Gold
Jee
THE
NDP
David Lewis
Finance
John Turner
Kenora
Ont
Turner
Robert Stanfield
Tweed
Stanfield
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