Premiers eye inflation curbs in joint Ottawa push
Canada’s 10 premiers, in a two day conference, pledge cooperation with federal moves to curb rising living costs and discuss national energy questions at a federal convening by early next year. They back unilateral action on offshore fisheries and push studies on health costs, preventive medicine, and alternative care. Several premiers urge concrete federal timing, with mixed views on wage and price controls, while stressing cooperation to restrain inflation and address price hikes in essentials.
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Israel frees Iraqi plane hijack raid details emerge
Informants report Palestinians sought include Dr. George Habash and Salah Salah among others aboard a Baghdad bound flight diverted by Israeli fighters. Two Iraqi Airlines flights were set to depart Beirut area as Israeli jets intercepted and redirected the aircraft, passengers subjected to a list check after landing in Israeli air space.
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George Habash
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Habash
Salah Salah
Front
Palestine Liberation Organization
Abdul Wahab Kayali
Arab Liberation Movement
Israel
Baghdad
Vienna
Beirut
Kolefat
George Matta
Sinai Desert
Plumptre blames media for distorting food price picture
Halifax CP reports Beryl Plumptre head of the federal prices review board told a Mount St. Vincent University conference the media distorts the current food prices situation. She warned against panic and noted Canadians have plenty of food while criticising coverage of meat shortages and price freezes. She said an October report will detail price indexes and studies on meat, grains, poultry, bread, and eggs, with major food chain reps appearing next Friday to discuss price increases.
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Halifax
Beryl Plumptre
Federal Prices Review Board
Mount St. Vincent University
Canada
CP denies grain delay amid rotating rail strikes
CP Rail says it kept the grain pipeline open during the round of rotating strikes. R. S. Allison reports seven million bushels transported in one week while non-operating workers across western Canada and Ontario stage 48 and 56 hour walkouts disrupting all rail freight including grain.
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Montreal
CP Rail
R. S. Allison
CP Rails Prairie Regions
Richard Smith
Smith
Allison
Thunder Bay
Ont
Lakehead
British Columbia
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Ontario
Northwestern
Canada Gains Little From Conference
Prime Minister Trudeau faces limited gains after the conference as Guy Demarino reports for Southam News Services. The article notes modest outcomes for Canada and underscores strategic challenges ahead for Ottawa in international diplomacy.
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Guy Demarino
Southam News Services
Ottawa hosts Commonwealth meeting with unclear benefit
Prime Minister Trudeau said Canada may have gained little from hosting the nine day Commonwealth heads of government conference, admitting no clear taxpayer benefits. Canada budgeted 2.7 million for the event, with bills likely rising. Delegates felt the meeting was worthwhile, and a future gathering is planned, possibly in Jamaica in 1975. Kenya and Uganda have invited host nations.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Canada
Jamaica
Kenya
Uganda
Trudeau Heads Post Conference Debrief on Rhodesia Talks
The final communique from the nine day Commonwealth conference shows broad talk but few concrete solutions. Prime Minister Trudeau notes no decisive remedies, supports peaceful self determination for Rhodesia, and backs a possible Commonwealth presence in Rhodesia while urging humanitarian aid to African liberation movements. Canada will press Portugal for independence of Angola and Mozambique and avoid arms sales for Africa. Domestic steps to tackle rising food prices are to be discussed next week.
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Barbados
Canada
Britain
Rhodesia
Africa
Commonwealth
Ian Smith
Muzorewa
United Nations
Ottawa
Portugal
Angola
Mozambique
Mitchell Sharp
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