Bank robber says jailed Canadian wrongly accused
Ontario Attorney-General Allan Lawrence says he is privately probing the police handling of the Ronald Shatford armed robbery case but will not open a public inquiry at this time. Shatford, 39, is serving a 15 year sentence from a 1967 Toronto robbery tied to employee identifications.
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Ontario
Allan Lawrence
Ronald Shatford
Lawrence
Shatford
GEM
Yonge Street
John Paul Anderson
Anderson
Clayton
Canada
Roy McMurtry
Millhaven
Gerald
Shatford Brothers
Calgary police suspensions voided by Alberta court
Chief Justice Milvain ruled the Calgary Police Commission overstepped by suspending two constables for assault without pay. He invalidated the suspensions, saying discipline should come only from the police chief for cases serious enough to warrant dismissal or demotion.
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Calgary
J. W. H. Milvain
Alberta Supreme Court
Calgary Police Commission
Milvain
Gordon James Herr
Michael Frederick Beal
Rod Sykes
Cut-rate air fare proposal moves toward acceptance
Montreal based IATA members consider a cut rate round trip fare between North America and Europe in the 200 range. The plan requires 90 to 120 days advance purchase and aims to win back charter flight business. Major carriers including British Overseas Airways, Air Canada, Trans World Airlines and Pan American Airways back the idea.
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North America
Europe
North Atlantic
International Air Transport Association
Trade Association of World Airlines
Overseas ‘Airways * Corp
Air’ ,Canada
Trans World Airlines
Pan American Airways
IATA
Hijackers back in jail in Argentina case
A U S Navy deserter Robert Lee Jackson and Lydia Lucerta Sanchez, a Guatemalan, remained jailed after an Argentine judge sent the hijacking case to a higher court. The pair hijacked a Braniff Boeing 707 from Acapulco to San Antonio, with stops in Monterrey Lima and Rio de Janeiro, ending in Buenos Aires. The FBI charged air piracy and assault. extradition asks loom. The same week Canada postal dispute over sorting circulars continues with union negotiations and proposed time changes.
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United States _Navy
Braniff
Robert Lee Jackson
Maryville
Tenn
Lydia Lucretia Sanchez
Mexico
la Plata
Luis Gerrello
Gerrello
Jackson
Miss Sanchez
Acapulco
San Antonio
Tex
Monterry
Lima
Peru
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
California
Rome
Rafael Minichiello
Algeria
FBI
U.S
West German leads in London-Victoria air race leg
West German aviator J H Blumschein tops the London Victoria rally midway to Calgary as 53 planes complete Ottawa Winnipeg leg. Tim Philips and Wynell Mitchell on a Piper Comanche sit second, while Clay Lacy on a Lear jet is third.
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Winnipeg
J. H. Blumschein
Ontario
Ottawa
AV. J. Bright
Ascot
Berkshire
England
North America
Roger Hannagan
Cabby, Ore
Prestwick
Scotland
Francine Johnson
Quebec City
Blumschein
Irish Hospitals Trust
Tim Philips
Wynell Mitchell
Clay Lacy
van Nuys
Calif
P. W. Reames
Long Beach
Vietcong peace plan challenges Nixon on withdrawal
President Nixon faces a dilemma as Vietcong negotiators demand a Vietnam withdrawal by year end in exchange for freeing all prisoners. The plan excludes North Vietnamese troop withdrawal and would bar the Thieu government from joining a national concord, complicating a 45,000 remaining force.
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Southam
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
Thieu
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
National Concord
U.S. Officials to Discuss Suez Reopening With Egypt
Two senior U.S. figures Donald Bergus and Michael Sterner arrive in Cairo to relay Washington's thoughts on reopening the Suez Canal. They will meet Mohammed Hafez Ismail acting foreign minister while Mahmoud Riad tours Eastern Europe. Observers note Egypt seeks progress. Sterner has ties to Sadat from 1964 visits.
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Reuter
U.S
Washington
Middle East
Mohammed Hafez Ismail
Donald Bergus
Michael Sterner
State Department
Suez Canal
Ismail
Mahmoud Riad
Europe
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sterner
Sadat
United States
National Assembly
China trade missions head to Canada in late July
Ottawa reports that the first of planned Chinese trade missions will arrive in the last week of July to explore buying cereals and other foods. Jean-Luc Pepin notes China may not yet be negotiating a wheat purchase while confirming Canada as a preferred wheat supplier if prices stay competitive. Deputy agriculture minister Williams highlighted interest in Canadian products.
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China
Canada
Jean-Luc Pepin
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Peking
Pepin
G. Williams
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London
Regina
Victoria
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