Finance ministers to review economy at Jasper meeting
Federal and provincial finance ministers will meet in Jasper Alberta January 31 February 1 to review the national economy and winter unemployment. They will discuss intergovernmental finances for five years and preparations for a new Fiscal Arrangements Act.
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Ottawa
Jasper
Alta
Alberta
Quebec City
Finance Department
Trudeau
Ontario
British Columbia
Benson
North Vietnam links prisoners to ending Vietnamization policy
Hanoi toughens terms for prisoner releases saying the United States must end the Vietnamization policy and withdraw all troops. Radio Hanoi ties POW returns to stopping the war and the withdrawal timetable, while talks in Paris resume after postponements.
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Hong Kong
United States
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
Women report submitted on royal commission status
Labor Minister Bryce Mackasey has received the government committee report on the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. The document covers economic participation and includes five working groups on public life family services education and disadvantaged women. The committee was coordinated by Freda Paltiel and aligned with Prime Minister Trudeau’s March 3 Toronto speech supporting women’s equality.
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Ottawa
Bryce Mackasey
Royal Commission On
Freda Paltiel
Health Department
Privy Council
Cabinet
Trudeau
Toronto
Nixon meets Sato in sensitive pre-Peking talks
President Nixon hosts Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato in California as both seek to ease tensions after the China visit announcement and the new economic program. Observers expect Nixon to reassure Tokyo and reaffirm US Japan interdependence while avoiding any moves that could harm their interests.
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San Clemente
Calif
Reuter
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
Peking
Japan
China
Sato
Gerald Warren
United States
Seaway season to be lengthened in Canada and US
Canada and the United States plan a coordinated study to extend the St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season toward year round operation. U S aims for a 30 day extension while Canada plans two days annually. cost and ice free methods are key questions. A M Luce leads Canada’s study effort with ongoing lock improvements near Montreal.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
St. Lawrence Seaway
U.S
A. M. Luce
Canadian Seaway Authority
Mr. Luce
Cote Ste. Catherine
St. Lambert
Montreal
Montreal-Great Lakes
Luce
Farm marketing bill faces Senate hurdle in Ottawa
The Senate agricultural committee resumes debate on the national farm marketing agencies bill amid a wary mood and possible amendments. Liberal and Tory senators propose changes, but final approval and royal assent hinge on Senate unity and possible House delays.
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Guyd
Marino Southam
Ottawa
Senate Agricultural Committee
House of Commons
Com
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Parliament Hill
Paul Martin
Commons
Siamese Twins to Be Separated in Edmonton Operation
Doctors plan a Sunday separation of Cynthia and Christine born Oct 28. Dr. Reuben Weinberg said a final rehearsal is set for Saturday with about 20 staff. The two girls will have separate body systems for most functions though joined by tissue between breastbone and navel. The procedure lasts about three hours with two general surgeons per twin, chest and plastic surgery support, anesthesiologists, nurses and technicians.
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University Hospital
Edmonton
Cynthia
Christine
Reuben Weinberg
Weinberg
Calgary hijacking case set for January hearing
Paul Joseph Cini, 27, of Calgary, faces seven charges after the Air Canada jet hijacking last November. A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 20 with Cini remanded to Jan. 13. He elected trial by judge and jury. four charges carry a maximum life sentence. Crown says he is mentally fit after a 30 day assessment at Ponoka hospital. The flight from Vancouver to Toronto diverted to Great Falls before landing back in Calgary.
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Calgary
Paul Joseph Cini
Air Canada
Cini
G. S. Fowler
L. A. Justason
British soldier slain in Belfast by sniper
An 18 year old British private Keith Bryan was shot in the stomach on Falls Road Belfast by a sniper during a foot patrol. He was the 49th British soldier killed in Northern Ireland since August 1969. A bomb attack near a Belfast army vehicle wounded two girls and two men.
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Belfast
Reuter
Northern Ireland
Keith Bryan
Falls Road
Bryan
Bristol
England
British Broadcasting Corp
Maureen Jones
BBC
Ministry of Home Affairs
Londonderry
Long Kesh
Maidstone
Space shuttle program okayed by Nixon to boost aerospace sector
President Nixon approved a six year 5.5 billion space shuttle plan to revitalize the U S aerospace industry and enable routine space travel. NASA forecast 50 000 jobs, with major work on the West Coast, and firms such as McDonnell Douglas Grumman General Dynamics Boeing North American Rockwell and Lockheed named as likely participants.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
James Fletcher
West
California
Fletcher
McDonnell-Douglas
Grumman
General Dynamics
Boeing
North American Rockwell
Lockheed
George M. Low
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