Alberta to ease liquor laws and add neighborhood pubs
A six member Alberta cabinet committee urges sweeping liquor law changes including creation of neighborhood pubs and small lounges, abolition of the Liquor Control Board, and a four percent beer limit. It calls for provincial oversight by a beverage control board, local policing of licensed premises, and parental responsibility for drinking habits.
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Calgary
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Ron Ghitter
Galgary Buffalo
Minister of Consumer Affairs
Beverage Control Board
Ghitter
Michael Dacyshyn
Corona Hotel
Rhodesian guerrillas abduct women and children near mission
Rhodesian security forces hunted armed guerrillas after a raid on the St Albert’s mission station. About 293 abducted residents, including 58 girls aged 13 to 18, with 191 children recovered. Guerrillas looted a store and likely intend to move toward Mozambique, splitting into two groups in the Zambesi Valley.
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Salisbury
Reuter
Mozambique
St. Albert’s
Rhodesia
Lorenz von Walter
China
Zambesi
Canadians face setback in Viet Cong rescue plan
Saigon reports a snag in efforts to rescue Capt. Jan Patten of Toronto and Capt. Fletcher Thomas of Ottawa. The PRG says a first stage to return the men by Monday must be called off due to South Vietnamese operations, and flights cannot resume without safety guarantees.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary Government
PRG
Xuan Loc
Cam Tam
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
Jan Patten
Toronto
Fletcher Thomas
Ottawa
South Vietnam
Compromise Reached At Helsinki Security Talks
In Helsinki the first phase of the European security conference concluded as Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko helped broker a compromise. The foreign ministers approved a communique outlining agreed points and the outline of further talks.
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Helsinki
Andrei Gromyko
Malta
Spain
Algeria
Tunisia
Middle East
Canada
Israel
Gromyko
Geneva
Mediterranean
Sharp
Rural MPs face choice over full time duties in riding work
In Ottawa, MP John Reid warned large rural ridings may force MPs to choose between full time House duties and addressing local riding problems. A government defender of a bill delaying redistribution argues urban areas gain representation while sparsely populated regions lose seats, a rural urban split emerging as debate resumes.
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Ottawa
John Reid
Kenora-Rainy River
Commons
Government House
Allan MacEachen
Reid
Don Blenkarn
Peel South
Blenkarn
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Wally Firth
NDP
Canada
Mississauga
Ont
Toronto
Lang says western policy review is century’s thorough study
Ottawa CP Justice Minister Otto Lang told the Commons the federal review of Western Canada policies for the July Western economic conference is the most comprehensive in a century. NDP MP Lorne Nystrom cited Lang and Lalonde remarks about provincial kingdoms and duchies, while Allan MacEachen noted descriptive language does not equal policy.
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Ottawa
Otto Lang
Commons
Canada
Lang
Marc Lalonde
Lalonde
Duchies
Western
Allan MacEachen
Trudeau
Alberta
Mackenzie pipeline question raised in Ottawa
Canada ready to consider a Mackenzie district oil pipeline but foresees no near term prospects. Energy Minister Macdonald opposes Alaska line due to tanker risks along Canada west coast and pledges total oil supply to Puget Sound during construction. If Alaska goes first, Canada shows little interest in a second pipeline via Northwest Territories and Alberta.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
Donald Macdonald
United States State Department
State Department
U.S. Congress
Macdonald
Alaska
Canada
Puget Sound
Washington State
British Columbia
Northwest Territories
Alberta
Commons
National Energy Board
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Edmonton
Chateau Lacombe
Ken MacKell
Jan Grude
Edmonton Inn
Richard Thomas
New Orleans
Thomas
Inem
Pease Drive
Lorne Nystrom
Yorkton- Melville
Congress
Nixon
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