Food price hikes moderating forecast by USDA
The USDA forecast 3 to 4 percent annual food price rise in the first half of next year, helped by a record corn crop and current livestock output. It aims to keep inflation in check in the U.S. and Canada with prices not rising more than in 1976.
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Peter Cook
Financial Times
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture Today
Department
USDA
U.S
Canada
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Gerald Bouey
Central Bank
Jimmy Carter
CLC plans Oct 14 protest fund from union pay
The Canadian Labor Congress asks full time union employees to donate a day’s pay to a protest fund for the Oct 14 anti-inflation actions. Meetings across Canada will prepare parades and work stoppages under the slogan Out to fight controls as the 1978 wage controls expire. The plan seeks broad support while noting potential effects on supermarkets and transit.
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Ottawa
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
John Simonds
Simonds
Vancouver
Atoms on market for peace
Canadian External Affairs Minister Allan MacEachen said Canada would consider selling nuclear power reactors to Indonesia if requested and safeguards ensured peaceful use. He noted Indonesia had not asked yet, and emphasized preventing diversion for non peaceful or explosive purposes while acknowledging past criticism of nuclear tech sales.
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Jakarta
Canada
Indonesia
Allan MacEachen
MacEachen
North Korea proposes split guards in Panmunjom zone
North Korea urged physical separation of troops in the Panmunjom joint security area after North Korean guards killed two U.S. officers. Maj Gen Han Ju kyong proposed North Korean forces stay north of the demarcation line while Americans and South Koreans stay south. U.S. Rear Admiral Mark Frodden called the plan a positive step but unsatisfactory and urged clearer assurances of UNC safety and punishment for those responsible. Kim Il sung had earlier expressed regret over the incident.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
United Nations Command
United States Army
Han Ju-kyong
Korean Military Armistice Commission
North
South Korea
Armistice Commission
Han
Kim Il-sung
U.S
Mark Frodden
Frodden
UNC
Kim
Mackasey Defends Brechin Over Egg Price Criticism
Ottawa Consumer Affairs Minister Bryce Mackasey defended Maryon Brechin a member of the National Farm Products Marketing Council after she said consumers pay at least six cents a dozen too much for eggs due to CEMA price rules. He criticized Max Roytenberg of CEMA for attacking Brechin and questioned the council's handling of the dissenting report amid broader doubts about supply management.
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Ottawa
Bryce Mackasey
National Farm Products Marketing Council
Maryon Brechin
Max Roytenberg
Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
CEMA
Brechin
Council
Mackasey
Roytenberg
Hat woman injured in accident near Porter's Hill
Catherine Adel of 1019 S Railway St is in intensive care after a single vehicle crash at 3 30 p m Tuesday on Highway 41A. Her car left the road rolling into a north ditch between Porter's Hill and Ken's Shell station. Her nine month old daughter Keri Anne Adel suffered a minor cut.
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Catherine Adel
S. Railway St
Adel
Porter's Hill
Ken's Shell Station
Keri- Anne Adel
RCMP
James Bay hydro project hit by Quebec strike action
More than 4000 workers walk off the LG-2 dam site in northwestern Quebec halting all construction at the 16 billion dollar James Bay project. Evacuation of the site will take about four days with airlift support from Nordair and Quebecair as electricians and other trades join a province wide labor action impacting major building sites.
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Montreal
James Bay
Quebec
James Bay Energy Corp
Guy Fi
Nordair
Quebecair
Hydro Quebec
la Grande Riviere
LG-2
Association of Building Contractors of Quebec
Quebec Federation of Labor
Soviet cosmonauts land after 49 days in space
Volynov and Zhlobov returned from the Salyut 5 mission aboard the Soyuz 21 capsule landing southwest of Kokchetav Kazakhstan. Tass said both men are in satisfactory condition after reaching 125 miles west of the landing site. They conducted genetic and geological experiments, weather observations, and televised updates during nearly seven weeks in orbit.
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Moscow
Boris Volynov
Vitaly Zhlobov
Earth
Tass
Volynov
Zhlobov
Kokchetav
Kazakhstan
Asia
Salyut 5 Space Station
U.S
Salyut 4 Space Station
Volynov and
Montreal Mayor faces post mortem on 1976 Olympics
Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau faces a Quebec national assembly committee as the PQ charges mismanagement and calls for independent expert scrutiny of Games costs and administration. Critics condemn Corridart dismantling and cite implementation problems by the city and COJO officials.
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Frank Mackey
Quebec
Montreal
Jean Drapeau
Quebec National Assembly
Parti Quebecois
Claude Charron
St. Jacques
Mr. Drapeau
Cultural Affairs Department
COJC
Gilles Houde
National Assembly
Bourassa
Roger Rousseau
COJO
International Olympic Committee
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Redcliff Pool
Medicine Hat
Doug Brown
Ford
Council On Wage and Price Stability
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N. Korea
NAP
Rohtenberg
Mr. Mackasey
Mrs. Brechin
Autopsy
Olympics Installations Board
Claude Rouleau
Robert Bourassa
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