Labour clashes mount for UK Tory government in wage fights
London reports Prime Minister Heath won second reading of the industrial relations bill by 44 votes while the government conceded to a scale back a 125000 worker walkout at the state electricity system. Railways seek about 25 percent hikes for 192000 members driving potential fare increases. White collar workers seek 25 to 30 percent gains. NHS technicians demand 85 percent and 1000 national health service roles face wage calls. Airports employees press seven percent cost of living boost.
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National Union of Railwaymen
Tentative GM Canada contract reached ending 93‑day strike
United Auto Workers says a tentative agreement with General Motors of Canada ends a 93 day strike by 23 500 workers. A ratification vote will occur Thursday across seven GM plants in six cities. Details may wait until after the vote. Unclear if Ste Therese dispute over French language policy is resolved.
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Toronto
General Motors of Canada Ltd
United Auto Workers
Dennis McDermott
UAW
McDermott
United States
Ste. Therese
Que
Riots in Poland Over Food Fuel Price Hikes Kill Six
Rioting in Gdansk and nearby Baltic cities Gdynia and Sopot over price increases left six dead and many wounded. Arson, looting and street battles followed a government move to raise prices, with curfew ordered and public meetings banned.
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Warsaw
Gdansk
Gdynia
Sopot
Poland
Szcczecin
Bay of
Danzig
Opposition rails at gov economic policy in Commons
In Ottawa the opposition assailed Manpower Minister Otto Lang over 11.2 percent youth unemployment, while the government pushed three motions condemning manpower and economic policy. Votes defeated the opposition bids. government spending for 1970-71 rose to 14.41 billion. The House continued debate on pension reform.
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Otto Lang
Lang
Creditistes
Liberal
Conservative
NDP
Creditiste
Commons
Senate
House
Local family dies in gas-filled house
Four members of a Medicine Hat family were found dead in their Flats home by city police amid a gas furnace poisoning. Names withheld pending next of kin notice. Police say a man, his wife and two children died after fumes from a defective furnace. Police were alerted at 10:59 AM by a friend reporting the man’s absence from work. The family had last been seen Sunday night. An inquest was ordered by Coroner Dr. FE. G. F. Skinner.
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FE. G. F. Skinner
Trudeau open to British arms sale view at commonwealth talks
Prime Minister Trudeau says he will listen at the Singapore Commonwealth conference in January and may adjust Canada stance on British naval arms sales to South Africa if arguments justify change. He sent Ivan Head to discuss with Tanzania's Nyerere and Zambia's Kaunda to urge attendance and accommodation within the Commonwealth context. Heath stresses Britain will decide its own policy.
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John R. Walker
Southam
Ottawa
Trudeau
South Africa
Heath
Ing
Singapore
Ivan Head
Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Canada
Britain
Simonstown
Indian Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Tuna safe to eat says U S official
FDA Commissioner Charles Edwards says Americans can continue eating canned tuna despite 23 percent of tested cans exceeding the 0.5 parts per million mercury limit. Industry recalls 900,600 cans as testing expands, with officials noting the risk remains low and safety margins are large.
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Washington
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles Edwards
U.S
Edwards
Albert College
Fdas Bureau of Foods
Japan
Himit. Edwards
United States
Diary Excerpt Highlights My Lai Assault Defense
In Fort Benning testimony, Thomas H. Partsch recounts writing in his diary before the My Lai raid, saying the unit would hit four places. He describes My Lai as a desert stormer’s scene, while Calley’s defense emphasizes Capt. Ernest Medina’s orders as the source of actions.
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Fort Benning
Vietnam
C Company
My Lai
Thomas H. Partsch
Partsch
William Calley
Calley
Ernest Medina
Medina
Johnstown
Death verdicts due for 16 Basque suspects in Burgos
Verdicts on 16 Basque nationalists, six facing possible death, are expected Thursday after a Burgos military court trial. Those seeking death are accused of planning or carrying out the murder of Inspector Meliton Manzanas in 1968. If confirmed and not commuted, executions by firing squad could occur in Burgos. The prosecution seeks 724 years for all 16. a Franco cabinet meeting Friday could allow commuting sentences to 30 years.
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Madrid
Reuter
Burgos
Meliton Manzanas
San Sebastian
Francisco Vranco
Franco
Eban expects Israel to rejoin Middle East talks in 1971
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban stated Israel will rejoin Middle East peace talks under UN mediator Gunnar V. Jarring and negotiations are expected to begin in early 1971. In Washington, the Senate rejected a measure to ban sending U S troops or advisers to Israel. In Lorain Ohio, a Canadian fishing vessel crew faced charges for fishing within Ohio's 24 mile limit.
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Abba Eban
Middle East
United Nations
Gunnar V. Jarring
Washington
Reuter
Senate
United States
Israel
Lorain, Ohio
Lake Erie
Ohio
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