Soviets sign wheat deal with Canada worth over 200 million
OTTAWA CP Russia will buy 128 million bushels of Canadian wheat and flour from a 1966 sales contract, expiring last July, with deliveries mainly in grades No 3 and No 4 northern. The sale, to Russia via the Soviet grain chasing agency, will exceed 130 million in value for 1970 shipments and extend into 1971, totaling well over 200 million overall.
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Ottawa
Russia
Monay
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Commons
Wheat Board
Lang
Cuba
Gerard Laprise
Crelliste — Abitibi
Jean-Luc Pepin
Canada
Dispute talks set for today with possible strike
Ottawa CP The Canadian Air Traffic Control Association and government negotiators meet today under a Friday noon EST strike deadline. The 1,000-member union seeks hours of work limits and pay increases amid eight disputed issues, with a potential nationwide grounding of flights during Christmas travel.
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Ottawa
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
John
David Lyon
Transport Department
Treasury Board
Lyon
Association
Conciliation Board
Winnipeg
U.S
Canada
Edmonton farmer warned to cut wheat acreage for 1970
Edmonton CP reports Alberta agriculture official Orlan Bratvold warns farmers to decrease wheat acreage by 5 million bushels in 1970 to avoid a record surplus. He cites July 1969 carryover near 900 million and 685 million harvested this year, with exports about 300 million and domestic use 160 million. Adjustments aim for production under 500 million bushels, possibly shifting half retired wheat land to forage crops.
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Edmonton
Orlan Bratvold
Alberta Department of Agricul
Ture
Bratvold
Canada
Bratvord
Soviet Union
Saskatchewan sees wheat sale to Russia lift hopes
Saskatchewan agriculture minister D. T. Mc Farlane called Canada’s wheat sale to Russia a potential boost to the economy and a signal for higher production quotas. He cited an 80,000 bushel sale to China and domestic demand, and urged speedy movement of grain from farms to elevators to put cash in farmers’ hands quickly.
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Regina
D. T. McFarlane
Russia
Saskatchewan
China
Torrijos regains control in Panama surge backed by guards
Brig Gen Omar Torrijos, deposed a year and two months prior, returned to David Panama and quickly secured National Guard loyalty in the capital. Authorities reported the two coup leaders Col Ramiro Silvera and Col Amado Sanjur were jailed, with Silvera seen in cuffs escorted from guard HQ.
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Ap-Reuters
Panama City
Omar Torrijos
Panama
National Guard
Torrijos
Mexico City
City of
David
Nicaragua
Ramiro Silvera
Amado Sanjur
Silvera
Nixon to Escalate Vietnam Withdrawal Pace
President Nixon announced a faster pullout from Vietnam, with 50,000 more U. S. troops to depart by April 15, doubling the cuts this year and reducing the wartime manpower ceiling by about 115,000. He warned of no progress in Paris talks but cited gains in Vietnamization and cited Sir Robert Thompson’s report on guerrilla warfare.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Agai
Hanoi
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Paris
Britain
Cabbie Identifies Italian Bombers in Milan Rome Attacks
Italian police identified those responsible for bombings in Milan and Rome that killed 14 and injured 107. Nine suspects were detained, with a Rome based organization alleged to coordinate the attacks. An arrest was made at a Tuscany photographer’s apartment as a taxi driver is questioned about a Milan bank explosion.
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Rome
Reuters
Milan
Italia
Franco Restivo
Senate
Querceta
Tuscany
Third B and B Commission report on French in Quebec industry
The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism will release its third volume The Work World this week and signal that French should have a larger role in Quebec industry while English remains essential for cross border and federal business. Volume 3A covers federal administration and 3B the private sector.
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Ben Tierney
Southam
Ottawa
Quebec
Royal Commission On Bilingualism
B and B Commission
Canada
United States
Commission
Lester B. Pearson
Opposition bids for emergency debate over inflation in Canada
Ottawa reports two opposition motions to debate rising prices failed as MPs argued over procedural rules. Dominion Bureau of Statistics showed the consumer price index rose to an all time high of 127.4 from October to November, with food housing clothing and transport sectors lifting the index while tobacco and alcohol declined. Hees urged a three point anti inflation program including tax incentives, tariff pass through, and a private briefing with business leaders to curb price and wage rises. Douglas agreed action is urgent given the unprecedented CPI level.
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Ottawa
George Hees
Hees
Liberals
Commons
Lucien Lamoureux
NDP
T. C. Douglas
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
DBS
Trudeau
Douglas
Canada
Ojukwu agrees to peace talks in Addis Ababa
Gen. Odumegwu Ojukwu announced at Geneva that he will enter immediate peace talks with Nigeria’s federal government in Addis Ababa. The move signals a potential halt to hostilities amid the ongoing Biafran conflict.
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Geneva
Reuters
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Nigeria
Addis Ababa
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