Alaska gas pipeline rally fuels Democrat effort in 1982
Pacific News Service reports a shift as major Democrats join big oil in backing the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System ANGTS a vast privately financed project. Banks doubt feasibility while insiders link campaign money to support with Mondale Strauss and McMillian pushing waivers to raise consumer gas prices and fund the plan.
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Congress
PNS
James Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Village Voice
Washington, D.C
Walter Mondale
Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation System
ANGTS
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Canada
Midwest
U.S
John McMillian
Northwest Energy Co
Exon
Arco
Standard Oip
Ohio
Bank of America
Chase Manhattan
Citicorp
Morgan
Guaranty
McMillian
Washington
Robert Strauss
Democratic Party
Strauss
Carter
Northwest Energy
Mondale
Committee For the Future of America
Ann Wexler
Carter White House
Charles Manatt
Democratic Energy
Strauss’ Law
Reagan White House
John E. Bryson
California Public Utilities Commission
Ralph Nader
Public Citizen Organization
Congressional
Pacific News Service
Big Oil
Auditor General Dye shifts to measured critique in Ottawa
Ottawa’s auditor general Kenneth Dye releases his first report with a low key approach, criticizing waste and program control while avoiding harsh blasts of the Henderson era. He cites examples like $50 million on photocopying and $2 million for an unused building, and questions government access to information and department openness.
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Ottawa
Canada
Auditor General
Maxwell Henderson
J.J. Macdonell
Kenneth Dye
Dye
Henderson
Commons
Consolidated Computer Inc
Departments
Agen
Brantford’s Decline in Canada’s Industrial Map
Brantford once ranked as Canada's third major manufacturing hub after Montreal and Toronto but has faded. The city, population around 75,000, sits off major highways with transport gaps until an 1985 pledge. Nearby rivals Kitchener Waterloo and London have surged while Brantford’s prominence wanes.
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Brantford
Ont
Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Hamilton
London
Prince George
B.C
Brandon
Man
Kitchener- Waterloo
Brantford Seeks Federal Aid Amid Industrial Decline
Brantford faces a shrinking economy as manufacturing plants fall by ten percent from 219 to under 200 between 1973 and 1978 while population grows slowly. Mayor Neumann blames lagging investment and calls for federal help to include Brantford in a $350 million aid program for hard-hit communities.
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Hamilton
Brantford
Brant County
David Neumann
Neumann
Herb Gray
Historic Ottawa moments mark constitutional drama and plans
Southam News recounts a night of ceremonial scenes in Ottawa as Trudeau pushes a charter of rights, the Gang of Eight becomes the Gang of Ten, and Parliament braces for the Canada Act. The piece notes toasts, a gala at Government House, and a mix of hopeful forecasts and wit about future Heritage and Constitution Days.
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Ottawa
Canada
Senate Chamber
Peace Tower
Government House
Pierre Trudeau
Trudeau
Constitution
Gang of Eight
Supreme Court
Gang of Ten
Rene Levesque
Quebec
House of Commons
Senate
Maureen Forester
Esmond Butler
London
Westminster
Fathers of Confederation
Joey Smallwood
Parenthood
Ed Schreyer
Commons
Schreyer
Rene Chartier
Charlie Farquharson
Southam News
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