Medical contract ends long dispute in Quebec
Quebec Health Minister Claude Castonguay announced a signed accord with the Quebec Federation of Medical Specialists, ending a long dispute and granting about 85 percent of the pay scales sought by the 4000-member group. The deal follows a 10 day strike in October during the kidnap crisis and covers pay matters amid broader welfare policy revisions to help elderly live independently. Premier Bourassa noted a working language concession from General Motors in Ste Therese, Quebec, as French was accepted “in principle.”
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Quebec Federation of Medical Specialists
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General Motors of Canada Ltd
United Auto Workers
Ste. Therese
Que
Spanish cabinet meets as Basque trial verdict awaited
Madrid Reuters reports the Spanish cabinet met without a verdict on 16 Basque nationalists whose military trial ended last week. Lawyers say the five judges may not issue a ruling until Saturday or early next week after closed sessions in Burgos following the Dec 9 end of the trial. Six defendants face possible death sentences for the 1968 murder of the chief of political police in San Sebastian.
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Reuter
Burgos
Political Police
San Sebastian
Commons approves pension legislation in Ottawa
The Commons passed the pension bill by informal vote after lengthy study, increasing basic old age pensions to 80 dollars monthly and upping supplements to a maximum of 55 dollars. Edges: bill heads to Senate. Knowles' price escalator provision defeated. Munro notes most seniors rise out of poverty under the plan.
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House
Senate
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Stanley Knowles
NDP
Winnipeg North Centre
Liberal
Conservative
Creditiste
Knowles
John Munro
No spirits ban passed by Montreal council
Montreal authorities approved a bylaw outlawing fortune telling and occult practices for pay. Offenders face a 100 dollar fine or 60 days in jail, aimed at protecting citizens from fraud artists amid complaints about fortune tellers. The measure permits fee based fortune telling only if using accepted scientific methods or within an accepted religion or science, details unclear.
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Montreal
Gerard Niding
Riots engulf Szczecin as troops quell port city violence
Polish authorities imposed a curfew in Szczecin after night clashes that left buildings ablaze and looting reported. Radio Szczecin described firebrands and bandit elements. troops and police were ordered to shoot to control rioting. A mother and child were reportedly struck by a tank amid the chaos.
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Szczecin
Bonn
East Germany
Poland
Stettin
Warsaw
Gdansk
Danzig
Cyrankiewicz
Anders Tunborg
Stockholm
Communist Party
Tunborg
GM workers approve new auto contract in Canada
Toronto based GM Canada workers ratify a three year deal with United Auto Workers by a wide margin 10 826 to 1169 returning to work after a 94 day strike. Wages rise to 4 12 per hour for assemblers with targets to 4 51 by 1973 plus cost of living adjustments.
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General Motors of Canada Ltd
United Auto Workers
Oshawa
Dennis McDermott
St. Catharines
Windsor
Ste. Therese
Que
Iris Vidaire
London
McDermott
United States
U.S
Senate report says billions sunk in unassessed science
Ottawa reports a Senate science policy inquiry criticizes decades of unassessed science funding and calls for a clear national policy to direct over $1 billion yearly toward social and economic priorities. It notes missed top-level leadership and stalled projects like the Arrow while pursuing huge nuclear programs.
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Ottawa
Canada
Maurice Lamontagne
Lamontagne
Privy Council
Committee On Scientific and Industrial Research
United States
Heath pushes Britain South Africa arms role in Commonwealth
Prime Minister Heath again asserts Britain's legal obligations to South Africa over arms and security ties, arguing the Commonwealth cannot survive if Britain is constrained. Trudeau criticizes the stance as threatening African security interests and possible defection from the bloc.
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Edward Heath
Trudeau
Ottawa
John R. Walker
Southam
Heath
Britain
South Africa
Commonwealth
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
Mr. Heath
Association
Harold Wilson
Brazil signals willingness to trade for kidnapped ambassador
Rio de Janeiro AP report says Brazil may exchange 70 political prisoners for kidnapped Swiss Ambassador Giovanni Enrico Bucher. Talks with Chilean Algerian envoys aim to arrange asylum and airlift, amid tension and withheld confirmation from involved diplomats.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Giovanni Enrico Bucher
Brazil
Bucher
Rio
Bomb threat at Cape Kennedy spurs security checks
Cocoa Florida AP reports one man taken into custody after a bomb threat at the Cape Kennedy spaceport. Security measures were stepped up but no explosive devices were found. The item also notes a separate court martial recess at Fort Benning for Lieut. Calley after witnesses claim Captain Medina ordered killings in My Lai. In Ottawa, a Commons agriculture committee tour plans one day stops in January to gauge farm reaction.
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Cape Kennedy Spaceport
Fort Benning
Reuter
William L. Calley
Ernest L. Medina
Calley
My Lai
South Vietnam
Ottawa
The
Commons Agriculture Committee
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