Technicians expected to endorse strike action
CBC technicians across Canada vote on strike action after a one day walkout from Halifax to Vancouver. 2,170 technicians returned to work but could strike in midweek if the ballot supports it. Results due by noon with expected high approval.
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CBC Radio and Television
Halifax
Vancouver
Montreal
Kenneth Steel
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
Ottawa
Robert Bouchard
Federal
Labor Department
CBC
Canada
Boston
New York
Toronto Maple Leafs
Minnesota North Stars
Bloomington
Minn
United States
Social Credit calls for Russell resignation in Alberta
The Alberta Social Credit opposition urged Municipal Affairs Minister Dave Russell to resign for what they call a record of bungling in five months. MLA George Ho Lem cited five blunders including a freeze of the Alberta Housing Corp direct mortgage program and reduced urban task force funding. He also criticized a drumheller Hutterite colony expansion decision and the firing of the Communal Properties Board.
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Edmonton
Social Credit
Alberta
Dave Russell
George Ho Lem
Calgary
McKnight
Russell
Alberta Housing Corp
Ho Lem
Peter Lougheed
Drumheller
Communal Properties Board
Tuzo orders inquiry into brutality charges
Belfast reports Gen Sir Harry Tuzo, commander of British forces in Northern Ireland, ordered a full inquiry into charges of brutality by troops against Catholic demonstrators protesting internment after viewing a TV film of a soldier kicking a marcher. The incidents occurred during hand to hand clashes near the Magilligan internment camp outside Londonderry.
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Lake Poyle
Nagilligan
County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Harry Tuzo
Tuzo
Magilligan
Londonderry
Northernern Ireland
John Hume
Ivan Cooper
Cooper
Hume
Social Democratic Party
Lough Foyle
Jack Lynch
Irish Republic
Brussels
Edward Heath
Republic
Lynch
Heath
Women group urges CBC changes and legal reform
The National Council of Women urged Prime Minister Trudeau's cabinet to pull dirty films from CBC and remove abortion and marijuana offenders from criminal law. The brief also called for uniform highway rules, more youth hostels, metric adoption, and increased cultural heritage protections, while praising some advances in women's working rights and unemployment benefits.
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Ottawa
National Council of Women
CBC
Trudeau
John Hnatyshyn
Saskatoon
John Turner
Otto Lang
Robert Andras
Royal Commission On the Status of Women
Council
Result of vote on air traffic controllers contract
Ottawa expected tonight as 1 600 controllers decide whether to ratify a tentative agreement signed after a night of mediation. A negative result could prompt recall of Parliament for back to work legislation, with debate likely to stretch the week. North American centres report strong dissatisfaction and a likely rejection trend.
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Ottawa
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
Ball Park
Lucien Lamoureux
Commons
Senate
Toronto
Fred Luettger
Pacific Region
Association
British Columbia
William Schwartz
Winnipeg
John Shepert
Calgary
Shepert
Montreal
Halifax
Jim Livingston
Moncton
N.B
Gromyko Fukuda begin talks over war islands dispute
In Tokyo Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Japanese counterpart Takeo Fukuda opened a six day series of talks seen as a path to a peace treaty. Japan seeks return of Habomai Shikotan Etorofu Kunashiri islands and may soften stance on territorial issue to advance diplomacy with the Soviet Union. Police arrested 11 ultra rightists who stormed toward Gromyko's hotel amid the visit.
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Tokyo
Reuter
Andrei Gromyko
Takeo Fukuda
Japan
Tshe
Soviet Union
Habomai
Shikotan
Etorofu
Kunashiri
U.S
Okinawa
Shikotan Islands
Gromyko
China
Peking
United Nations
Siberia
Royalty Pays Respects to Frederik IX in Denmark
European royal houses gathered in Copenhagen to accompany the king’s body to Roskilde Cathedral, with four kings, five queens and many princes and princesses among hundreds of thousands mourning Frederik IX who died January 14 after nearly 25 years on the throne. A history-book funeral featured 48 marines pulling the gun carriage through Copenhagen and Roskilde, with guards of honor from Britain, the United States, France and Sweden. The state railway revived two old steam engines to pull the funeral train on the 20 mile journey from Copenhagen to Roskilde.
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Copenhagen
Europe
Frederik IX
Roskilde
Denmark
Britain
United States
France
Sweden
State Railway
Frederik
Nixon proposes election year defense budget amid submarine push
President Nixon sent Congress an election year budget totaling 76.5 billion. He seeks accelerated undersea missile development, bolstered by a new class of huge submarines with long range, airborne command posts, and expanded anti-missile defenses. Navy adds four nuclear carriers and six submarines while manpower falls to 2,358,000.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Pentagon
Polaris
U.S
Moscow
United States
Fence Department
Safeguard
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Socred
Human Rights Commission
Fukuda
Nixo
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