Sundance wheat licensed by government in Canada
The agriculture department licensed Sundance, a hard red winter wheat. It will be released in fall to Alberta seed growers chosen by the provincial seed stock committee, with a possible limited public sale in fall 1972. Developed by Dr. M N Grant at Lethbridge station, Sundance out yields Winalta and Kharkov 22 MC and resists shattering.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
Alberta
M. N. Grant
Federal Agriculture Research Station
Lethbridge
Alta
Sundance
Kharkov
Heath
Europe
Canada
Australia
Britain
Luxembourg
Escaped convict captured near Medicine Hat
RCMP Officers captured Larry William Harvey, 27, an escaped convict from Prince Albert penitentiary, on a farm two miles west of Medicine Hat Tuesday night. He had fled after a hospital treatment and was found asleep in a car reported stolen from Prince Albert. Harvey, sentenced to 10 years for an armed bank hold up in Red Deer, will be returned to Prince Albert.
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Medicine Hat
RCMP
Prince Albert
Sask
Larry William Harvey
Red Deer
Harvey
Prince Albert General Hospital
Frank Rembowski
Holsom Road
Rembowski
Rcmp Cnstable
Prince Alberta
Old Campaigner John Diefenbaker to seek re election
John Diefenbaker 75 says he plans to run again if nominated in Prince Albert rode he has served as MP since 1940 and denies pre election campaigning He plans three weeks in his riding and cites NDP sweep in Saskatchewan as motivation for gate keeping in Prince Albert Ontario valley
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Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Melfort, Sask
Prince Albert
Diefenbaker
New Democratic Party
Saskatchewan
Lake Centre
London to Victoria air race slowed by bad weather
West German pilot J H Blumschein led early but a five hour delay due to cloud and turbulence aimed to buffet small craft over the Rockies. A computer error briefly shuffled standings as Blumschein fell behind, then regained standing despite a hail storm near the finish.
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Calgary
Rocky Mountains
Blumschein
Regina
Timothy Philips
P. W. Reams
Long Beach
Calif
Prairies
Meinenzhagen
Peace proposals studied in Paris peace talks
The United States and South Vietnam will study the Viet Cong seven point peace plan at the Paris talks Thursday to gauge if it offers a path to ending the war. Neither acceptance nor rejection is expected. The plan, presented by Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh, calls for total U S withdrawal by year end and prisoner releases as troop pullout proceeds. North Vietnam endorsed the plan.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Binh
North Vietnam
U.S
Mrs. Binh
Canadian aircraft plants announce massive layoffs
Canadair Ltd. has laid off 5,000 of 8,009 workers and de Havilland Aircraft of Canada plans 600 to 700 more layoffs by year end as orders dwindle. John W. Hughes says no new orders. unions and politicians call for action and job support. A de Havilland official denies plans to move the plant to Montreal.
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Toronto
Singer
Grossman
Montreal
de Havilland
Young questions weightlessness in cosmonaut deaths
SUDBURY Ontario United States astronaut John Young suggested a faulty valve or hatch cover caused depressurization that killed three Russians. He and Charles Duke reject zero gravity as the primary cause and note NASA tests align with his view.
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Sudbury
Ont
United States
John Young
Capt. Young
Charles Duke
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Houston
Capt
Young
Maj
Duke
U.S
North America
Maj. Duke
Air Canada CP Air prepare new domestic fare deals
Air Canada and CP Air plan winter 1971 72 domestic package fares with substantial discounts from normal rates. They aim to attract winter sports travelers and fill underused days, but the prices may not drop below current 25 percent discounts or rival Atlantic fare cuts.
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Nick Hills
Southam
Ottawa
Air Canada
CP Air
Canada
Montreal
London
Vancouver
Mercury in Alberta fish bans advised
Edmonton CP warns against eating fish from the North and South Saskatchewan rivers the Red Deer River Moose Lake and Lac La Nonne due to mercury levels above tolerance. Tests show goldeye pickerel and pike in those waters exceed safety limits with 20 per cent of walleyes in Lac La Nonne also elevated.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Red Deer River
Moose Lake
Las la Nonne
Lands and Forests Department
Alberta
South Saskatchewan River
Bonnyville
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Sundance Wheat
Dief
Eee
Canadas
U.K
Roger Hannagan
Corby-Ore
Scotland
Winnipeg
Francine Johnson
Quebec City
Roca
Rockies
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