Prevention stressed by drug report
The LeDain commission urged the government to focus on prevention to curb hard-drug abuse while evaluating treatment methods. It proposed exploring new approaches including methadone in special clinics, therapeutic communities, and mind altering experiences, and noted alcoholism treatment should emphasize detox centers and integrated therapy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Calamas Southam
Ottawa
LeDain Commission
Osgoode Hall Law School
Gerald LeDain
Canada
Commission
Munro
Dean LeDain
Air traffic controllers vow to answer Hall proposals in Canada strike
Ottawa reports say the air traffic controllers plan to respond today to Noel Hall's secret proposals aimed at ending the 11 day strike that grounded most Canadian air traffic. Prime Minister Trudeau weighs possible recall of Parliament to enforce an end to the stoppage. President Campbell notes a conference call with regional offices shaped the union reply and signals concern over cabinet action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Noel Hall
Trudeau
H. Richard Campbell
The
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
Campbell
Association
Hall
Cabinet
Chamber brief urges Southeastern Alberta highway upgrades
The Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce presents a road brief to Alberta highways minister Clarence Copithorne urging fast paving and extensions. Priorities include Highway 48 to the Montana border by 1972, Highway 3 Taber to Medicine Hat by 1973, Orion to Seven Persons hard surfacing, Highway 41 south and north extensions for completion by 1975, and Trans-Canada resurfacing to Gleichen corner. The document cites economic loss at Northwest Nitro-Chemical and notes regional neglect compared with Lethbridge and other centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Ian MacDonald
Vaughan Hallock
Chamber
Montana
Lethbridge
Elkwater
United States
R. W. Archibald
Northwest Nitro-Chemical Ltd
Archibald
Canada
U.S
Calgary
Edmonton
Yellowhead
Alaska Highway
Banff
Jasper
Tabor
Orion
Seven Persons
Manyberries-Orion
Gleichen Corner
Brooks
Canada foreshadows Bangladesh recognition in days
Ottawa says recognition by Canada and allied nations could come within days. External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp notes Canada will join a bloc with shared views, including Britain and Australia, while urging careful handling of Indian troop presence and Pakistan’s Commonwealth status. He says Bhutto’s threat to sever ties won’t block progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Walker
Southam News Services
Ottawa
Bangladesh
Canada
Mitchell Sharp
Sharp
Mujibur Rahman
East Pakistan
Britain
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Australia
Pakistan
Bhutto
India
Soviet Union
Mahalia Jackson Dies at 60 in Chicago Suburb
Gospel star Mahalia Jackson died in Evergreen Park Illinois after a heart seizure in hospital. Born near New Orleans she rose from washerwoman to international fame with performances at Carnegie Hall and across Europe and the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mahalia Jackson
Little Company of Mary
Evergreen Park
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Miss Jackson
Carnegie Hall
New York
Europe
NABET relaxes rotating strikes in CBC dispute
The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians eased rotating strikes against CBC nationwide with Quebec City staff the only ones still off. About 60 technicians in Quebec City worked 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. on a 24 hour study, while 12 Fredericton CBC radio workers walked out briefly. Most Wednesday strikes ended, and mediators were appointed by Labor Minister Bryce Mackasey to aid negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
CBC
Quebec City
Fredericton
CBC Radio
Montreal
Radio- Canada
Quebec
Cbvt-Tv
CBV Radio
Bryce Mackasey
Charles Poirier
Labor Department
G. R. Doucet
Newfoundland
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Nixon reports bright U.S. economic outlook and 1972 gains
President Nixon told Congress the American economy is beginning to feel the effects of Aug. 15 actions, including the wage price freeze and a temporary 10 percent import tax. He cites a 6 percent unemployment target for 1972, predicts a $100 billion rise in GNP to $1.145 trillion, and notes Alaska North Slope oil and gas supply issues, while reaffirming continued price stability with controls as needed.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Council of Economics Advisers
Council
Alaska
North Slope
U.S
Canada
International Monetary Cooperation
Commerce Department
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John Unwin
Canadian Medical Association
John Munro
Max Brunner
Time Airways
Cessna
Frank Webber
C of C
Copithorne
Taber
Bulletin
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