Suffield Pasture Not Reopened This Year Says Ottawa
A Medicine Hat press conference disclosed the federal government will not reopen the emergency community pasture on Suffield Experimental Station land this year. Defence Minister Hellyer noted drought conditions have passed and land is needed for the station program, while keeping installations ready for possible recurrence. Saskatchewan MP H A Olson and Alberta Agriculture Minister Harry Strom voiced farmer concerns and pledged to press Ottawa for cattle disposition if pasture remains closed.
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Suffield Experimental Station
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Harry Strom
H. A
Strom
Sc-Cypress
Ottawa
Olson
South Saskatchewan
Indonesia Seizes Shell and Unilever Assets in Labor Move
Indonesian unions claim control of shell and Unilever offices after ordering British executives to leave. Workers also take over P. and T. estates in West Java, with government supervision expected. British plans to land in Indonesia face a potential boycott ahead of Kennedy visit.
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Jakarta
Reuters
Shell Oil Company
Unilever Corporation
P. and T. Land, Rubber
West Java
Unilever
Shell
Airport Employees Association
Serband
Indonesia
U.S
Robert Kennedy
Pension Plan overhaul cuts benefits but builds huge reserve
Ottawa reports revised Canada Pension Plan cuts in benefits to age 70 and raises the contribution base to 4509 dollars. A 2 percent rate remains for workers and employers while a 2.5 billion dollar reserve grows after ten years. Legislation will proceed with Parliament opening February 18 and no new conference planned.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pearson
Ontario
Application Cancelled For Prairie Milk Run
Bill Donnelly of Donnelly Aviation Ltd Medicine Hat says he cancelled his application to service the Prairie milk run after learning no subsidy would be awarded. The Air Transport Board had already authorized Trans Air Ltd to suspend western Prairie service effective January 11.
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Bill Donnelly
Donnelly Aviation Ltd
Medicine Hat
Prairie Milk Run
Air Transport Board
Trans- Air Ltd
Western Prairies
Pearson mulls three power talks with de Gaulle and Johnson
Prime Minister Pearson back from France weighs inviting De Gaulle and President Johnson to a Canadian meeting after assessing if the two leaders can align on East West policy with Russia and Communist China. He returned Sunday night and will travel to Washington Tuesday for talks with Johnson Wednesday.
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Ottawa
Pearson
France
de Gaulle
Washington
Johnson
Canada
Russia
China
Mafia chief Perrone wounded in Detroit car bomb blast
Santo Perrone a longtime Mafia figure was severely injured when a bomb shattered his car on Gratiot Avenue. The blast hurled car parts and left Perrone conscious and asking who did it while en route to the hospital.
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Detroit
Santo
Sam) Perrone
Perrone
Gratiot Avenue
Earthquake Ravages Formosa Killing 110 and Wounding 479
Rescue crews began slow rehabilitation in south Formosa after Saturday’s quake that killed 110 and injured 479 with seven missing. Damage ran to millions of dollars, concentrated around Tainan and Chiayi.
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Taipei
Formosa
Tainan
Chiayi
Johnson asks Khrushchev ban indirect aggression
President Johnson urged Premier Khrushchev to broaden his non aggression proposal to outlaw indirect aggression and direct aggression and to bolster West Berlin security. In a 700 word letter he offered four guidelines for a wider international agreement and for more concrete actions to end the nuclear arms race and curb nuclear spread. Officials said the Berlin issue was in mind though no explicit routes are named.
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Washington
Johnson
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Berlin
East Germany
United States
Russia
U.S
Saskatchewan Water Shortage Triggers Diversion Proposals
At the Saskatchewan Resources Conference experts warn demand for prairie water by 1990 will outstrip supply by over a third due to low runoff. They present several cross province diversion schemes from the Rocky Mountain region to the Peace and Athabasca basins, with costs ranging to hundreds of millions and the need for urgent inter provincial cooperation.
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Saskatoon
Prairies
Saskatchewan Resources Conference
Saskatchewan
Canada
G. BK. Grippen
FE. J. Stephen
GK. Crippen and Associates Limited
Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
Crippen
Stephen
Rocky Mountain House
South Saskatchewan
Clearwater
Red Deer
Qu’Appelle
Peace River
North Saskatchewan
Little Smoky River
Maurice Lake
Heart River
Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Slave River
Athabasca River
Athabasca
Pembina
Redwater
North Saskatchewan River
Edmonton
South Saskatchewan River
Bow River
Continental Divide
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Edward Gauthier
A. Gauthier
Montreal
Madeline
Soest
Germany
L. Cpl. Lloyd Church
Regina
Edward
Canadian Provost Corps
NATO
National Defence
Mr. Strom
Saskatchewan - Nelson
Woodrow Lloyd
Little Cloud
Three Hills
Three Hills, Alta
Roy Davidson
Social Credit
L. P. Meston
Mr. Davidson
David
San Diego
Calif
Mexico
Catalina Channel
Chattanoga
Tenn
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Thomas Huntley Crump
Alec Douglas - Home
Britain
Douglas-Home
Swansea
Wales
Eighquake
Khrushchy
CPR
Norwood
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