Mineral paydirt may lie off Canada's east and west coasts
Dr. B C Loncarevic predicts rich metal deposits buried beneath mud off Nova Scotia Grand Banks and Vancouver Island could make deep Ocean mining Canada’s main metal source by the next century. He notes Red Sea-style sediments offer $2.2 billion value per 12 by 3 mile area and cites US Joides drilling finds and Hudson heat flow data.
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Peter Calamas
Southam
Ottawa
Canada
B. C. Loncarevic
Atlantic Geoscience Centre
Dartmouth
N.S
Canadian Science Writers’ Association
No-Man’s Land
Loncarevic
Nova Scotia
Grand Banks
Juan de Fuca
Vancouver Island
Sudan
Red Sea
Loncarevie
U.S
mid-Atlantic
Alberta seeks hearing on natural gas field prices
Premier Peter Lougheed announced that the Alberta government has asked the Energy Resources Conservation Board to hold a special hearing into natural gas field prices. The aim is to determine if Albertans receive maximum benefits from gas sales under current and anticipated market conditions in North America.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Energy Resources Conservation Board
Peter Lougheed
North America
Iitral
Lougheed
Major Flights Grounded in Canada Amid Strike
Major Canadian air traffic controllers strike nears three months. J R Campbell says strike underway as mediator notes progress but no contract. 136 controllers to stay on job, emergency and northern flights continue, mercy flights allowed, cargo manifests provided, airports in Edmonton Winnipeg Goose Bay affected.
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J. R
Dick) Campbell
Canadian Air Traffic Controllers Association
Noel Hall
Campbell
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Goose Bay
Labrador
Ottawa International
Vancouver
Pacific Western Airlines
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
Europe
Seattle
Grand Falls
Mont
U.S
Canadian Pacific Air
National Hockey League
Time flights hindered by air controllers strike
Time Airways flights operate only in daylight due to an air controllers strike and weather. Officials in Lethbridge say planes can land without lights when visibility is clear, but flights to Edmonton are canceled. A Medicine Hat Calgary flight was half an hour late because of daylight factors.
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Time Airways
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Pargout: Pork price rise eyed in January outlook
Ottawa reports the January food outlook from the federal agriculture department notes pork prices will be relatively higher this month due to slightly tighter North American supplies. Beef remains adequately supplied with firm prices. Eggs and pears show steady supplies, while potatoes stay ample with steady prices. Poultry is generally ample at firm prices except heavy turkeys over 16 pounds. Apples east of Manitoba ample, western Canada sufficient, prices rising slightly.
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Ottawa
Federal Agriculture Department
Manitoba
Canada
Riots hit Gwelo as British commission nears
African mobs torched three European cars and attacked a bakery in Gwelo, while police and helicopters patrolled streets. No deaths were reported though some Africans were injured. Business operations stalled as workers stayed home amid unrest ahead of a British commission canvassing opinion on the Rhodesia settlement.
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Ap-Reuter
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Gwelo
African National Council
Lord Pearce
Frederik IX Lies In State Before Jan 24 Burial
Frederik IX will lie in state for five days at Christiansborg Palace before burial January 24 at Roskilde Cathedral. He died Friday at 72 after influenza and a heart attack. Queen Margrethe II, his daughter, now rules. Several European monarchs plan to attend the funeral.
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Copenhagen
Frederik IX
Christiansborg
Roskilde
Margrethe II
Baudouin
Belgium
Juliana
Netherlands
Olva V
Norway
Gustav VI Adolf
Sweden
Royal
Frederik
Royal Palace
Newfoundland Conservatives Poised After Burgess Sits Alone
Newfoundland leader Frank Moores heads toward a smooth premier's office as Joseph Smallwood's Liberals prepare to resign after 23 years. Tom Burgess of the New Labrador Party will sit as NLP member, withdrawing support from the PCs, while recounts and ballots shape the resignation timing. Christmas Eve.
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ST. John’s
Nfld
Frank Moores
Newfoundland
Joseph R. Smallwood
Tom Burgess
New Labrador
Burgess
Pcs
Liberals
New
Labrador Party
Conservatives
NLP
Labrador West
Smallwood
St. Barbe South
Newfoundland Supreme Court
Northwest Coast
Moores
Labrador
Liberal Party
Bhutto says he will step aside to keep Pakistan united
President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto declared he is willing to renounce his office and cooperate with Bangladesh Premier Mujibur Rahman to preserve Pakistan’s oneness. He noted he told Mujib he would step aside without conditions if unity is threatened, referencing the 1970 election results.
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Quetta
Pakistan
Reuter
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bangladesh
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Bhutto
Mujib
Awami League
Pakistan People’s Party
West Pakistan
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