Canada Extends Wheat Sale to Algeria Amid Tight Global Supply
Ottawa sells 92 million bushels to Algeria under a 1973 1978 contract plus existing shipments, signaling a tightening world wheat market. Board officials note near exhaustion of quick delivery stocks as western farmers may be urged to plant more. Rumors of a Soviet US deal and India’s coming market entry circulate amid shortages.
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Australia
China
India
Soviet Union
Bennett request rejected over port tieup in Vancouver
Premier W A C Bennett urged Ottawa to declare the Vancouver port tieup a national emergency. He argued the dispute harms British Columbia and the Western provinces, especially grain flow. Labor Minister Martin O Connell rejected the request, saying federal negotiators have been involved and personal intervention isn t warranted.
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W. A. C. Bennett
Ottawa
Bennett
Trudeau
British Columbia Maritime Employers’ Association
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
British Columbia
Martin O’connell
Maple Creek double tragedy claims wife and self
Maple Creek Sask was the scene of a murder death by own action yesterday when a resident of that community shot his wife and then himself with a single shot .22 calibre rifle at 2 p.m. RCMP say the incident occurred. names of the victims have not been released by police.
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Sask
RCMP
Northwest Nitro workers schedule strike vote
Northwest Nitro Chemicals Ltd. employees in Medicine Hat plan a strike vote Monday. Union chief Stan Zizek says no wage offer has been made since conciliation earlier this summer and wage parity with Alberta fertilizer workers is the goal. Talks between OCAW and Northwest begin Aug. 23 with Bill Bowden as the management chief negotiator.
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Northwest Nitro Chemicals Ltd
Medicine Hat
Stan Zizek
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Northwest
Mr. Zizek
Alberta
Calgary
Zizek
OCAW
John Anderson
Northwest Nitro
Bill Bowden
Terre Haute
Indiana
Ulster Protestants strike back at IRA bomb raids
Bomb blasts in Belfast believed sparked by Protestant guerrillas in retaliation against Catholic districts. The 150 pound gelignite devices followed a deadly Shankill Road bar strike that injured 55. UDA mobilizes about 3,000 men to patrol Protestant streets amid ongoing violence involving IRA and British forces.
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William Whitelaw
Catholic Falls Road
West Belfast
Londonderry
Ulster Defence Association
Power fight on U K docks
A power struggle in Britain's dock unions heats up as 10 000 London longshoremen vote on continuing a three week strike while militants in Liverpool Hull and other ports push for wildcat action. Union leader Jack Jones appeals to resume work under the official plan.
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Britain
Transport Union
Liverpool
Militant
National Dock Shop Stewards Committee
Jack Jones
Hull
Jones
Transport and General Workers Union
Bertha army worms hit Alberta hardest across western Canada
The Bertha army worm outbreak climbs across the prairies with Alberta most affected. Lamate pesticide remains the main control as 160000 acres in Alberta have been sprayed and 20000 additional pounds are en route from Texas. Saskatchewan Manitoba and other regions report ongoing aircraft spraying into their rapeseed fields.
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Alberta
Dupont Chemical
Texas
Manitoba
Ed Hudek
Agriculture Department
Swan River Valley
Russell
Roblin
Grandview
Saskatchewan
Cliff Barrett
Wynyard
Meadow Lake
Joe Gurba
Hijacker seizes United jet bound for Vancouver airport
A United Airlines Boeing 727 carrying a lone hijacker landed at Vancouver International Airport after demanding 2 million dollars, 15 pounds of gold, and weapons. The three crew members were aboard, with police securing the scene as flights were delayed and aircraft moved into hangars.
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United States
Dieppe battle observed on 30th anniversary in Dieppe
In Dieppe France observers mark the 30th anniversary of the 1942 raid. Veterans and relatives tour beaches and the cemetery while a Canadian piper plays. Brig Gen Robert Berube recalls the surprise German fire and the retreat. Maj Gen Clarence Churchill Mann calls the raid a political miscalculation linked to Allied strategy. The BBC documentary on the raid airs next week in Britain.
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France
Robert Berube
Montreal
Canada
Berube
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
Clarence Churchill-Mann
BBC
Britain
India New Home to Asians Seen For Uganda Crisis
Kampala Reuters report says up to 15,000 of about 55,000 British Asians ordered to leave Uganda by November 5 plan to settle in India rather than Britain. Many apply to the Indian high commission for visas as entry certificates are given to those renouncing British citizenship to become Indian. Estimates show 10,000 to 15,000 may move to India.
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Uganda
Reuter
India
Britain
Indian High Commission
Moroccan airmen detained after king’s assassination bid
About 1,000 Moroccan air force personnel at Kenitra base were detained in a crackdown after a failed attack on King Hassan II. Two senior officers and 13 others were arrested, some believed involved in the plan to strike the royal jet. An American source said all 15 had trained at a U S base in Arizona. Prince Moulay Abdallah called the coup isolated.
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Hassan II
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Britain
Gibraltar
Air Force
Mohamed Amigrane
Hassan
France
Royal Palace
U.S
Arizona
Moulay Abdallah
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