Picket Clash at Dominion Glass Co Sparks Road Blockade
Violence erupted on the Redcliff picket lines as two 45 foot semi trucks broke through during a two month strike by United Glass and Ceramic Workers Local 201. Trucks rammed past barricades toward the Trans-Canada Highway, smashing a stop sign and causing damage. police planned charges while one picket faced mischief charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Glass Co
Redcliff
United Glass and Ceramic Workers
Broadway
Roy Hoffman
Hoffman
Trans- Canada
News Company
Trans-Canada
AIM occupies Toronto museum office in bone rebury dispute
AIM members occupying the Royal Ontario Museum office in Toronto to press a plan to rebury bones taken from Neutral Indian burial grounds near Grimsby Ontario. AIM says officials refused rebury permission after discussions with museum archeologist Dr A M Tushingham and other authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
American Indian Movement
AIM
Royal Ontario Museum
Grimsby
Ont
Douglas Pine
Ontario
Pine
St. Catharines
Six Nations
A.D. Tushingham
Alberta sees rosy finances from oil and gas sales in 1975-76
Provincial Treasurer Merv Leitch announced that oil and gas revenues helped Alberta post a $607.1 million surplus for 1975-76 as total revenue reached $3.3 billion. He warned that reliance on non renewal resources is finite even as royalties brought in $1.5 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Leitch
Douglas Rogers
Rogers
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Governent
Pacific Western Airlines
PWA
Alberta Energy Co
Auditor General seeks full access before United Development audit
Ottawa officials say the auditor general plans a free audit of United Development Inc. if allowed access to its books. United, paid 15.4 million by AECL with potential for 3 million more, faces questions over 8.1 million in expenses. The inquiry ties to AECL agents in South Korea and Argentina deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Federal Auditor General's
Tel Aviv
South Korea
United Development Inc
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
United
J.J. Macdonell
W.A. Bradshaw
Commons Public Accounts Committee
AECL
Liechtenstein
Argentina
Italimpianti
Bradshaw
Rod Blaker
L—Lachine-Lakeshore
Opposition foils Trudeau on Polysar charge delay
Ottawa MPs blocked the prime minister as he blamed a former auditor general for a 30 year delay in charging Polysar now Polymer with questionable rebates to European customers via Swiss accounts. The Commons referred the Polymer matter to the public accounts committee for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Okanagan
British Columbia
Eugene Whelan
Trudeau
Maxwell Henderson
Polysar
Polymer
Henderson
Peat Marwick
James McGrath
St. John’s East
McGrath
T.C. Douglas
NDP
Nanaimo- Cowichan-The Islands
Douglas
Commons
Public Accounts Committee
J.J. Macdonell
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
South Korea
Argentina
Defence minister accused of patronage over airborne move
Ottawa reports accuse Defence Minister Barney Dawson of political patronage for plans to move the Canadian Airborne Regiment from Edmonton to Petawawa Ontario. Critics say the West loses seats while Liberal strongholds stay open and Dawson cites troop gains and base closures as part of restructuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Barney Dawson
Canadian Airborne Regiment
Alberta
Ontario
Steve Paproski
Edmonton Centre
Edmonton
Petawawa
Ont
London
Dawson
J. A. Dextraze
Royal Canadian Regiment
RCR
Maritimes
Moncton
N.B
Summerside
Paproski
The
Commons
Liberals
Manitoba
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Dominion Glass
Scott Clark
Scott Clark and
Karl Bruhn
NEWS
Macdonell
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gary Mark Gilmore
State Pardons Board
Gilmore
4Th District
J. Robert Bullock
Provo
George Latimer
United States
Calvin Rampton
Pardons Board
Tom Jones
Utah Supreme Court
Agriculture Department
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