16 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1971
Page
1
In Vancouver Gastown, 15 000 to 20 000 people in party attire and streetwear danced and sang after police clashes the previous weekend left 79 arrests. The crowd enjoyed rock music and a gospel song fest as authorities sought calm and unity.
British Columbia faces a prolonged fire season with over 3 500 firefighters battling about one million acres burned across the province. The Tee fire in the north reached 350 000 acres with rain aiding containment. Kamloops district reports 221 fires, 1 469 personnel, and 149 machines as a major blaze near Merritt escapes guardlines. Lillooet relief aid flows to displaced residents from a reserve fire threatening its watershed. Mis sion Ridge Mountain near Lillooet enters mop-up. In Gastown a weekend riot scare follows a party in the wake of a pub feud, drawing aldermen and police but no arrests or violence reported.
Transport Minister Don Jamieson and Air Canada chief executive Yves Pratte are slated for a two day meeting to discuss a serious policy rift. Relations have worsened as Pratte has challenged Ministry of Transport air policies and reports claim Jamieson has sent indirect directives.
heavy rain from hurricane Beth triggers severe floods across Hal ifax Antigonish and Pictou counties with many basements and streets submerged. Highway 2 and the main Halifax Truro route suffer washouts as a bridge is ripped out near Enfield. no deaths or injuries reported. rainfall at Halifax airport reaches 8.59 inches in 24 hours ending 3 a.m. today.
President Nixon announced a sweeping emergency program to stabilize the dollar, curb unemployment, and slow inflation. Measures include a temporary 10 percent import surcharge, a 10 percent cut in foreign aid, deep federal spending cuts, a possible end to the car excise tax, and temporarily unpegging the dollar from gold. Treasury officials cautioned the dollar may not float freely, pending foreign central bank actions. International talks were urged to realign exchange rates and restore currency stability.
Major European governments halted foreign exchange dealings as President Nixon moved to defend the U.S. dollar. Britain, Switzerland and West Germany kept markets closed, with France Italy Belgium Luxembourg on a religious holiday. Gold prices likely to spike upon reopening. British banks to honor existing bona fide tourist contracts. Swiss tourists may exchange up to $30 daily.
Ottawa External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp acting prime minister convened a cabinet meeting to discuss U S Nixon economic measures and their effects on Canada. No retaliation planned, though Canadian exports and the dollar could be affected. Ministers briefed on implications after Washington announcements.
In Belfast opposition members led by Gerry Fitt call for a civil disobedience campaign against internment in Northern Ireland. Harold Wilson seeks an immediate parliamentary session to address the crisis as security nets widen with more IRA officers detained after the first pre-dawn raids.
Manitoba group Winnipeg Pollution Probe urges immediate drop of Lannate spraying to fight Bertha army worm in prairie rapeseed. It cites 37 reported Lannate poisonings across the Prairies, mainly Saskatchewan, and blames provincial agriculture departments for not pursuing safer, alternative controls after the DDT ban. Saskatoon minister Otto Lang says Ottawa may assist farmers.
North Vietnamese gunners pounded multiple South Vietnamese bases near the demilitarized zone on Sunday. Reports say North Vietnamese forces overran part of a South Vietnamese marine battalion. In Canada, Premier Bourassa hopes for a Quebec status accord with Ottawa by mid October. Pakistan’s high commissioner Shaikh says about 90,000 East Pakistani refugees have returned home.
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