Government orders speed up of unemployment claims
Ottawa Labor Minister Mackasey ordered the unemployment insurance commission to cut red tape and speed payments on overdue claims filed since December 1. He said 2,000 to 3,000 payments were overdue due to administrative flaws and that all such claims would be reviewed within 10 days, with late cases paid within 72 hours if delays were due to process failures.
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Arthur Blakely
Montreal Gazette
Ottawa
Mackasey
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Montreal
Verdun
Liberal
Labor
UIC
Air controllers return to work amid travel disruption
Air travel faces renewed strain as controllers resume duties after a strike. Officials report resumed instrument flight traffic planned by noon EST, with airports, switchboards, and ticket offices adapting to the workload. Delegations urge action on southeastern Alberta highway improvements, including Highway 48 as a potential tourist route from the United States.
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Medicine Hat
Hullock
U.S
Buffalo
Seattle
Don Findlay
Toronto International
Canada
Treasury Board
Air Canada
CP Air
Potato granules for Bangladesh aid program announced
The Hon. H. A. Bud Olson's office said Canada will allocate 1 million dollars for dehydrated potato granules for the World Food Program. Eight hundred thousand will buy granules and 200 thousand will fund overseas transport for Bangladesh Pakistan and India. The grant complements 30 million donated this year and may aid Vauxhall and Taber plants with stockpiles.
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H. A
Bud) Olson
Bangladesh
Pakistan
India
Canada
Vauxhall
Taber
Britain Deploys Forces to British Honduras Amid Border Tensions
London announced a show of force in the Caribbean after reports of rising tension along the disputed border with Guatemala. About 1,000 Grenadier Guards were flown in, with Ark Royal and escort ships en route, while Guatemala denied massing troops near the border.
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London
Britain
Caribbean
British Honduras
Guatemala
Foreign Office
Leonel Vassaux
Ark Royal
Fearless
Fleet Auxiliary
Vassaux
Guatemala City
Mexico
Security Council meets in Ethiopia in historic session
Emperor Haile Selassie welcomed the UN Security Council to Africa in Addis Ababa calling for action on racism and colonialism. The first meeting outside New York in nearly 20 years focused on Rhodesia South Africa South-West Africa and Portugal territories with Britain’s Rhodesia settlement likely on the agenda. Resolutions were expected on apartheid and Portugal’s colonial presence as the week began.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
UN Security Council
Africa
Council
New York
United Nations
Selassie
Rhodesia
South Africa
South-West Africa
Angola
Mozambique
Guinea
Somalia
Sudan
Britain
Portugal
Lougheed says no immediate economic overhaul planned
Premier Peter Lougheed of Alberta states his Progressive Conservative government has no plan for rapid changes to the province's economic structure. Speaking before the party convention, he defends the 1980 campaign and outlines a four to eight year rebuilding program without details.
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Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Social Credit
NOW
NABET strikes hit CBC stations in Calgary and beyond
The rotating technicians walkout affects Calgary with 33 technicians and offshore announcers. Ottawa, Montreal, and Prince Rupert also see action as the 149 Ottawa technicians hold a second strike after a 24 hour study session. Quebec City, Fredericton, and Halifax see partial returns as unions press contract demands.
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CBC
Ottawa
Calgary
Montreal
Prince Rupert
B.C
Canada
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
Halifax
Quebec City
Fredéricton
Injunction halts abortion in Ottawa case
An Ontario Supreme Court injunction prevents a 16 week pregnant woman from having an abortion on behalf of her unborn child. The order, issued by Mr Justice A H Lieff, bars the wife, two doctors and the hospital from acting while the matter is adjourned sine die. The case centers on medical opinion and ethics, with the husband seeking to protect both mother and fetus amid competing medical views and cross border considerations.
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Ottawa
A. H. Lieff
Ontario Supreme Court
Riverside Hospital
Andrew Fuzi
Dr. Fuzi
New York
Bernard Laramee
Montreal
Laramee
Fuzi
John Andrews
Andrews
J. F. Conklin
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Toronto
Transport
Dan Jamieson
Treasury
C. M. Drury
Canadian Air Traffic Controllers Association
Security Council
Lougheed
Nabet
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