Benson faces second front in economic war
Finance Minister Benson seeks a second front against unemployment while preserving inflation control. The piece notes rising joblessness at seven percent with a possible nine percent winter peak, the tradeoffs between government spending and tax cuts, and the risk of higher deficits requiring Bank of Canada support to finance borrowing.
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Tory critic raps loan amendment
Ottawa CP report notes Conservative farm critic Harold Danforth condemned a government bill amending three loan acts. He argued raising ceilings to eight percent ruins a main reason farmers used the Farm Improvement Loans Act though officials say current ceilings were unrealistically low and required extensions push to 1974.
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Kent Essex
the Commons
Danforth
Pat Mahoney
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John Lundrigan
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Basques Kidnap Consul in Spain During Hostage Standoff
Basque terrorists abducted the honorary West German consul Eugene Beihl Schaefer in San Sebastian and are holding him as 15 Basque nationalists await trial. Police recovered the consul in Ovarzun, about 10 miles southeast of the city. Spain’s cabinet met in Madrid to discuss the disappearance as the Basque group faces trial on Thursday.
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Egypt accuses Israel of ceasefire breach after sinking Egyptian boat
Cairo reports say an Israeli patrol boat sank an Egyptian motorboat in the Gulf of Suez last Saturday night near the Sinai shore. Egyptian claim cites unarmed civilians, three bodies recovered, one with documents indicating military intelligence pickup. Israeli account states the boat was halted then fired upon as it tried to flee.
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U.S. broadens air attack policy against North Vietnam
The Nixon administration has expanded its air war strategy against North Vietnam as U.S. troop withdrawals continue. Officials cite frustration with Paris talks and prisoner issues, plus a aim to prevent Hanoi exploiting reduced American force levels. The shift adds protective reaction claims and wider targets in Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam.
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Senate debate on Public Order Bill passes Commons
Ottawa reports the Liberal led Commons approved the Public Order Temporary Measures Act 1970 by 174 to 31 to replace War Measures Act regulations. Debate shifts to the Senate where amendments are anticipated as opposition critics push for changes and provisions for former FLQ members are discussed.
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NDP
Gordon Aiken
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R.G. L. Fairweather
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David MacDonald
Egmont
Roc Lasalle
Joliette
Creditistes
Pierre de Baane
L—Matane
Jacques Flynn
Pc— Quebec
Front de Liberation du Quebec
Coroner's inquest yields no progress on Laporte death
Montreal six-session inquest into Labor and Immigration Minister Pierre Laporte’s death has found no new information. Crown prosecutors focus on events before and after the Oct. 17 strangling as suspects Paul and Jacques Rose and Francis Simard remain at large. Widespread questioning continues under Coroner's Act with protections under the Canada Evidence Act, while witnesses resist testifying.
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Jacques Rose
Francis Simard
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Lortic
Jacques Trahan
Clement Roy
Henderson presses fight over auditor general powers
Ottawa based Auditor General Maxwell Henderson defended his right to report to Parliament on federal waste while opposing a government bill to curb his authority. He cited staff downgrades and cited examples like refit costs for the Bonaventure and PEI causeway studies as indicators of reduced effectiveness. Conservative Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield backed Henderson, urging MPs to oppose the bill.
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Causeway
Coast Guard Beefs Probed After Lithuanian Seaman Asylum Bid
Citizens group in Boston demanded court martial or resignations of three Coast Guard officers over the rejection of a Lithuanian seaman's asylum request aboard the Vigilant off Martha's Vineyard. The group presented 10 questions to the Coast Guard and picketed the federal building while officials said no comment until the investigation and White House report.
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William B. Ellis
First Coast Guard District
Fletcher W. Brown
White House
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Auto dispute stalls in Canada United Motors talks
Toronto CP report says top international auto negotiators made little progress in the General Motors of Canada strike. UAW President Leonard Woodcock called the situation a jogjam at the master table amid a tense session. GM said non-economic matters were trimmed and new subcommittees formed. Woodcock stressed parity as the key, seeking equal rates for equal work in the two countries. George Morris Jr. was absent from the table.
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Canada
Larry Gough
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General Motors Corp
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Environmental talk barred for provincial staff in Edmonton
Provincial servants were instructed not to engage with political or semi-political groups on pollution and environment topics, Health Minister James Henderson said on Tuesday. In related military testimony, a machine-gunner said Lieut. William Calley ordered him to fire on unarmed Vietnamese civilians. East Germany delayed traffic on the Berlin autobahn for up to 14 hours as West German leaders left after their talks in the divided city.
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James Henderson
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William Calley
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