Naturalists clash with government over Suffield site
Ottawa faces a fight as naturalists challenge the 10 year British training plan on the 1000 square mile Suffield range in Alberta. They argue the area north of Medicine Hat suits a national grasslands park and warn the rolling grassland exercises with tanks could damage vegetation and dust bowl conditions. Officials acknowledge incomplete park studies.
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Southam
Ottawa
Suffield
Alta
Medecine Hat
Alberta
Naturalists
Federal Parks
John Nicol
National and Historic Parks
National Defence
Lic
Meaford
Nicol
Canada
Defence Department
Libya
Parks
Department of National Defence
Jean
Suffield Range
Berlin four power talks reach draft postwar settlement
Ambassadors from Britain United States France and the Soviet Union said a draft Berlin settlement was complete after 18 months of talks. They pledged to submit the text to their governments with hopes for a final signed accord this winter. The agreement addresses West Berlin’s status and travel, while paving the way for a joint East West German framework and future NATO Warsaw Pact negotiations.
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Reuter
Pyotr Abrasimov
United States
Kenneth Rush
Roger Jackling
Jean Sauvagnargues
Britain
France
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U.S
Allied Control Council
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Moscow
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Europe
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East Berlin
East Germany
Dollar slips as trading resumes after monetary crisis
The U S dollar eased in London and European markets as trading reopened after a monetary crisis. Dealers reflated the yen at 317 per dollar, amid scarce yen liquidity, while Japanese banks kept a currency freeze. The move came amid a broader cautious mood and a break from international rules, with the dollar quoted around 2 45 to 2 46 in London, a drop of about three percent from the pre crisis level.
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London
Tokyo
U.S
Nixon
United States
International Monetary Fund
Washington
Group of Ten
Bolivian coup tops right wing control after street fighting
Bolivia was ruled by right wing army factions after a four day revolt that included 12 hours of heavy street fighting. an estimated 100 people were killed. Juan Jose Torres was ousted as president. The turmoil reshapes Bolivian politics and security.
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LA Paz
Reuter
Bolivia
Juan Jose Torres
Bank of Italy deputy governor to visit Ottawa
The Bank of Italy deputy governor Rinaldo Ossala will travel to Ottawa on Tuesday to discuss potential Group of Ten meetings with Canada’s Finance Minister E. J. Benson. The G Ten, comprising Belgium Canada France Germany Italy Japan the Netherlands Sweden the United Kingdom and the United States, coordinates IMF policy amid Nixon’s dollar float and duties.
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Bank of Italy
Nixon
Rinaldo Ossala
International Monetary Fund
Ossala
E. J. Benson
Belgium
Canada
France
Germany
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Japan
Netherlands
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Benson
Ments
U.S
Sydney police win 38.5 per cent raise over three years
Sydney Nova Scotia police secure a 38.5 percent wage increase over three years with provincial funding aid via revised tax formulas for the Sydney Steel plant. The first class constable salary will rise to 9 000 by 1973 from 6 500. Firemen may strike next month as pension disputes remain unresolved.
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N.S
Leonard Pace
Carl Neville
Mouth
Manning MacIntyre
Cape Breton
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Neville
Pacé
Lawyer sought after San Quentin breakout kills six
San Francisco Chronicle reports Oakland lawyer Stephen Mitchell Bingham, 29, sought for questioning after Saturday’s deadly breakout at San Quentin that left George Jackson and five others dead. Bingham, a UC Berkeley Law graduate, visited Jackson days earlier. authorities say a guard’s curiosity may have spurred the escape attempt.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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Stephen Mitchell Bingham
Jackson
the Chronicle
Bingham
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
U.S
University of California At Berkeley Law School
Canada to scrap Bomarc squadrons in defence plan
Ottawa reports indicate the defence white paper due Tuesday will scrap the anti bomber Bomarc squadrons and may assign CF-5 jets to NATO in Norway. It could signal ending Canada’s heavy tank role in Germany as aging Centurions near retirement. The document reportedly addresses North American air defence links with the U S and bomber defence amid shifting Soviet threats.
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Canada
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Ont
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Que
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