Alberta rail strike disrupts Two provinces as talks resume
Ottawa reports resumed talks between Labor Minister John Munro and rail company reps to settle rotating strikes by 56,000 non operating workers. Medicine Hat service halted. CN ferries to Prince Edward Island disrupted. GM and Ford plants paused. grain shipments slowed. subsidies discussed but higher freight rates ruled out.
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NDP plans strategy to pressure Liberal government
New Democrat MPs met in Ottawa to map action if their demands are not met, with a noon EDT policy statement planned. Leader David Lewis said the plan focuses on a prices review board and timing, not broad policy changes, as party unity appeared among MPs.
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Nixon Defends Cambodia Bombing in Veteran Talk
President Nixon rebutted unilateral disarmers at a New Orleans Veterans of Foreign Wars event, arguing U S B 52 raids in 1969 70 targeted North Vietnamese troops in Cambodia with Sihanouk's invitation. He blamed secrecy on fear soldiers would pay with their lives and noted the plot to kill him uncovered by Secret Service.
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Food price jumps hit eight Canadian cities in July
Statistics Canada reports July living costs rose in eight cities with overall costs up nine-tenths of a percent and food costs up 1.9 percent. Montreal, Thunder Bay and Quebec City posted notable hikes along with Saint John and Winnipeg. Ottawa up 1.8 percent. Parliamentarian James McGrath urged a special session to address rising food prices.
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Officials silent on plot to kill Nixon
Federal and city authorities offered little public detail on a suspected conspiracy to assassinate President Nixon during a New Orleans visit. Officials cautioned to take the matter seriously yet provided few specifics as the investigation stretched on.
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