Worms rampage across Prairies pestilence hits rapeseed
Massive Bertha army worm outbreak devastates acres of rapeseed in Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba. About 1.0 million acres infested in Saskatchewan 250 000 in Alberta and 10 000 in Manitoba. Lanate insecticide sprayed by over 100 aircraft to halt spread. Reports of 37 people treated for Lanate poisoning and farmers worry about late action as Vermilion district intensifies spraying across 25 000 acres feared infested.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Saskatchean
Alberta
Manitoba
Vermilion
Dennis Berdine
Lamnate
Houston, Tex
du Pont Chemical Firm
Vermilion, Alta
Vermilion River County
Peter Wasylik
Forest fires scorch nearly a million acres in British Columbia
Vancouver dispatch reports hundreds of fires across BC with about 750000 acres burned so far this year and firefighting crews numbering nearly 3500 supported by 250 bulldozers and air units. Kamloops district bears the brunt with 221 fires over 26000 acres as weather stays hot and dry. Affected residents in Lillooet seek relief after a reserve fire left 60 people homeless, while crews battle blazes north and east of Fort Nelson and Merritt amid rising costs and equipment strains.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Kamloops
Cal
Lillooet
Merritt
Prince George
Nelson
Fort Nelson
Mine derailed train near India border
An Indian freight train carrying food grains and an ambulance struck a mine 10 miles from the East Pakistan border in Assam. Three were injured. The blast, attributed to Pakistani agents, occurred near Karimgang as the train headed toward Tripura amid border tensions and a refugee crisis.
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Assam
East Pakistan
Karimgang
India
Pakistan
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British troops clash with gun runners near border in Ireland
Belfast dispatch reports British troops fought a 45 minute gun battle with a smuggling gang along the Northern Ireland border near Newry. Six gang members were wounded or killed. pursuing IRA leader Joe Cahill remained at large as authorities press a wide search. Brigadier Tickell cited IRA casualties and mass arrests elsewhere as the hunt continued.
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Irish Republic
Joe Cahill
Cahill
Northern Ireland
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IRA
Marston Tickell
Tickell
Londonderry
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Portadown
Belleek
County
Fermanagh
Lougheed pledges different course for Alberta
Peter Lougheed, leader of the Progressive Conservative party in Alberta, says a PC government would dramatically change the province’s direction in interprovincial and federal affairs. He asserts the party would not shy away from teaming with other provinces to press Ottawa on just causes.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ottawa
Peter Lougheed
Arafat agrees to pact amid Cairo Amman talks
Yasser Arafat said all sides must abide by the Cairo and Amman agreements for the guerrilla Jordanian conflict after a three hour meeting with Hassan Sabry el Khaly of Egypt and Omar Sakkar of Saudi Arabia in Damascus. He criticized Social Credit policies and outlined policing reforms and a plan to repeal the police act.
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Egypt
Omar Sakkar
Damascus
Hussein
Middle East
Arafat
Cairo
Amman
Stony Indian leaders offer Strom chance to pow wow
Stony Band chiefs Bill McLean John Snow and Frank Powderface propose a meeting with Premier Harry Strom and cabinet to settle a dispute over mineral rights on 13,188 acres. If unresolved by Aug 20 toll gates on the Trans-Canada highway through the reserve may be erected, and charges of obstruction could lead to arrests.
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Morley
Alta
Stony Band Council
Harry Strom
Bill McLean
Frank Powderface
Alberta
Band Council
Government of
Stony Band
Gordon Taylor
Lloyd MacKay
Banff
Malta base NATO reconciled to loss of naval HQ
NATO agreed to move its naval headquarters from Malta to Naples after Prime Minister Dom Mintoff insisted it leave the island. Britain seeks higher rent for Malta’s naval and air base with offers rising from 11.5 to 20.4 million dollars a year, while Malta negotiates with Libya for potential use of naval facilities and NATO weighs the risk of Soviet access.
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NATO
Malta
Mediterranean
Soviet Union
Dom Mintoff
Mintoff
Naples
Britain
Libya
Lomats
Gastown party aims to heal riot scars with feast
In Vancouver the Gastown Merchants Association invites up to 10,000 people to a peaceful street party to replace last week's riot with a child friendly event. The menu features 10,000 hot dogs and rolls, 5,000 pounds of watermelon, 20,000 cups of soft drinks, 3,000 doughnuts and 200 bushels of popcorn.
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Vancouver
Here
Gastown
Refugees settle in Gaza Strip and Sinai area
Around 10 000 Arab refugees have settled in the Gaza Strip and El Arish in Northern Sinai as Shimeon Peres, Israel’s minister of communications and director of a refugee rehabilitation fund, stated today. In Montreal, more than 80 people arrested last October under the War Measures Act had charges dropped by the Crown. Registered letters informed 32 individuals that charges under the War Measures Act were dropped. In Washington, Attorney General Mitchell refused pleas for a federal grand jury probe into the Kent State shooting death of four students by Ohio National Guardsmen.
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Sinai
Shimeon Peres
Montreal
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Kent State University
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