Canada wheat deliveries fall behind schedule in Vancouver
Vancouver reports a 12 million bushel backlog from 1971. Norman A. Hope of the Canadian Wheat Board says normal winter conditions could catch up by end of March as West Coast ports handle 30 million bushels monthly. Longshore labor disputes threaten further delays and Japan-bound ships loom.
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Norman A. Hope
Winnipeg
Hope
Gordon Davis
United States West Coast
U.S. West Coast
West Coast
Japan
Italy
Europe
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Olson Renominated by Medicine Hat Liberals for Next Vote
Bud Olson, federal agriculture minister, was renominated unopposed to represent the Medicine Hat Liberal Association in the next federal election. He told party members at the Elks Club that the election could come this year and warned governing is about more than popularity as inflation and policy issues test Canada. The local Liberal executive was reappointed, with 23 urban and 17 rural directors named, followed by a banquet and dance.
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Bud) Olson
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Elks Club
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Canada
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Cypress
Lynn Brower
Etzikom
Taber-Warner
Les Chomony
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Bangladesh leader signals flexible foreign aid stance
Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh told reporters in Dacca he will accept aid from any source, including the United States, with no conditions. He said he would pursue a moderate foreign policy and noted some resentment toward U.S. policy, a milder tone amid regional criticism.
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Mujib
U.S
India
Southern centres bid for hog plant in Alberta
Bow Island leads as North American Integrated Food Processing Co. Ltd proposes a 20 to 25 million pork plant to process 640000 hogs per year with 1000 to 1500 new jobs and 400 housing units. Lethbridge Brooks Taber and Medicine Hat are in the running with Ottawa grants shaping the decision and farmer meetings planned in Burdett January 20 and Taber January 21.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
Bow Island
Brooks
Taber
Fred Mellen
North American Integrated Food Processing Co. Ltd
Japan
Orient
Ottawa
George Davison
Davison
Burdett
Airlines split over global fare plan after dollar drop
Geneva AP report says Air Canada and Aerolinas Argentinas blocked a proposed worldwide fares structure after the U S dollar devaluation. IATA noted 68 carriers had drafted a plan with a seven percent cap, but the two airlines refused to join the consensus, leaving the meeting inconclusive and a Monday deadline looming.
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Air Canada
Aerolinas Argentinas
U.S
International Air Transport Association
IATA
H. Don Reynolds
Airlines brace for Canada air traffic strike impact
OTTAWA CP Commercial airlines prepare to ground or divert Canadian flights as a strike by 1,600 air traffic controllers set for 4 am Monday. Major carriers including Air Canada CP Air say flights will be grounded domestically. Mediation ongoing. unlikely a settlement before the deadline. A 24 hour tech strike at federal airports looms Tuesday, with limited expected effect on civilian traffic. Controllers demand a 50 percent wage rise to 24000 annually over two years. Transport Minister Jamieson warns travel could halt.
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Vancouver
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Gander
Mid
Azores
Canada
Buffalo
N.Y
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Don Jamieson
Denmark mourns King Frederik IX and welcomes Queen Margrethe
In Copenhagen queen Margrethe VII begins duties as Denmark mourns King Frederik IX who died after illness. Flags half staff, church bells toll, 81 gun salute, two months of court mourning. Frederik’s body to Roskilde Cathedral. no coronation planned. Krag resigns to form new government.
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Margrethe
Frederik IX
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Ingrid
Jens Otto Krag
Frederik
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Roskilde Cathedral
Christiansborg Castle
Getty rejects label Prairie Province for Alberta
Alberta minister Getty says the province is not a Prairie Province but an industrial and parkland region with high level commerce. He spoke after a Prairie Economic Council meeting in Regina noting dissatis faction with Ottawa policies and discussing joint action on health care costs and potential BC participation.
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