Benson tackles surcharge crisis
Ottawa aims to shield Canadian industries from U S surcharges. Finance Minister E J Benson and officials identify hurt sectors and probe tax relief or targeted subsidies. They will press U S officials for relief while compiling affected industries and seek to distinguish genuine needs from claims.
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Southam News Services
Ottawa
E. J. Benson
U.S
Benson
Eric Kierans
Walter Gordon
Washington
U.S. Treasury
John B. Connally
Finance Department
Rinaldo Ossala
Bank of Italy
Prison strike looms over Alberta prison staff action
Edmonton CP reports Alberta prison employees may strike after Wednesday if the government has not reopened salary and working conditions talks. Civil Service Association leaders warn of a secret strike date to avoid government use of RCMP and Armed Forces. demands include a 4.7 percent raise, bush camp allowances doubling to 6 dollars, job classification review and a separate collective bargaining agreement.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Bob Donahue
The
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RCMP
R.C. Smith
Association
Bush Camps
Bolivian revolt crushed by right wing regime
In La Paz the new Bolivian government under Col. Hugo Banzer used a Mustang fighter bomber and troops to crush a student stand supporting ousted President Gen. Juan Jose Torres. Eight students died and at least 20 wounded in the attack, with hospitals reporting over 100 killed and about 500 wounded in 16 hours of fierce street fighting as relatives searched mortuaries for missing relatives.
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LA Paz
Reuter
Bolivia
Juan Jose Torres
Army Air Force
Torres
Hugo Banzer
Finance experts map G10 talks before September ministerial
Western officials from Canada Britain United States Japan Belgium France West Germany Italy Holland and Sweden prepare for an early next month meeting to set currency policy and monetary reform after the United States stopped gold convertibility. IMF head Schweitzer urged the US to raise gold price as Ossala fanned talks in Washington Ottawa and with Canadian Finance Minister Benson to assemble deputy ministers for preliminary policy discussions ahead of the September 15 ministerial.
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Reuter
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United States
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France
West Germany
Italy
Holland
Sweden
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
International Monetary Fund
Rinaldo Ossala
Bank of Italy
Ossala
Ottawa
E. J. Benson
Benson
Massive escape plot eyed at San Quentin by guards uniforms
San Quentin prison chief Raymond Procunier said the abortive escape that left six dead may be part of a larger breakout plan. He cited rumors of revolutionary types plotting escape, found evidence amid the Jackson incident, and noted guards and inmates swapped roles amid the chaos.
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San Quentin
Calif
California
George Jackson
John
Larry) Spain
Raymond K. Procunier
Jackson
Spain
San Quentin Adjustment Centre
Procunier
Soledad Brothers
Stephen M. Bingham
Marin County Civic Centre
Jonathan
Oakland
Berkeley
Bingham
U.S
Jonathan B. Bingham
Dem. N.Y
Berlin tensions ease as four powers reach draft deal
Berlin eight million residents await final settlement after the four wartime victors announce a draft agreement ending 18 months of talks. Bonn signals that West Berliners may travel freely to and from East Berlin and Germany, with joint Western handling of access. Approval remains likely, with technical details to follow and possible steps toward a European security conference and troop reduction talks.
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Berlin
Reuter
West Germany
Moscow
Warsaw
Soviet Union
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Europe
Strom Attacks Media and Opponents in Alberta Campaign
Premier Harry Strom closed Alberta's campaign week with a Red Deer rally to attack the news media and his rivals, saying Calgary Herald and CBC favor opponents. He criticized the Conservatives' platform as costly and questioned its fiscal plans, and accused the NDP of importing detractors. Strom recalled Social Credit's 36 years and outlined four guiding principles as the race heads to the election with 75 seats at stake. He travels to Lethbridge next.
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RED Deer (Cp
Harry Strom
Alberta
Progressive Conservatives
New Democratic Party
Red Deer Memorial Centre
Strom
Peter Lougheed
Calgary Herald
Social Credit
Edmonton Journal
CBC
The
Journal
NDP
T. C. Douglas
Douglas
Saskatchewan
Liberal Party
Lethbridge
Economic controls to stay after wage-price freeze
Treasury Secretary John B Connally says the United States will likely retain some economic controls beyond the 90 day wage-price freeze set to expire in November. He argues it will be rare to lift all controls and notes the freeze aims to make Americans rethink wage and price increases. The administration signals labor dissension over exclusions like mortgage rates and a Home Loan Bank Board news conference hints at rising mortgage costs.
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Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
U.S
ABC
Nixon
Organized Labor
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Devlin baby born in Belfast raises new party hopes
Bernadette Devlin 24, youngest British Parliament member, welcomed a six pound two ounce daughter on Monday in Belfast, a birth seen as stirring political energy amid Northern Ireland tensions and evolving party dynamics.
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Belfast
Bernadette Devlin
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