Farmers reject pleas for full production
Farmers cling to traditional planting patterns amid world grain shortages. Despite droughts in Africa and Asia and 296 million bushels anticipated to be required, Canada sees wheat acreage at 24.2 million and barley at 11.7 million, well below government targets to meet demand.
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Ottawa
Africa
Central America
India
Bangladesh
U.S.S.R
China
International Wheat Council
Statistics Canada
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Food costs defended by minister in policy stance
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan defended higher food costs as essential to keeping farmers on the land. He said farm profits must rise and noted thousands of farm children have left farming as city wages tempt better pay. He added a new food prices review board is studying the issue.
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Sturgeon Falls
Ont
Statistics Canada
Eugene Whelan
Nipissing Liberal Association
Statistics Bureau
Whel
Canada
Whelan
Food Prices Review Board
Viet Cong Silence on Missing Canadian Officers
The Viet Cong have still not told the International Commission of Control and Supervision where Captains Ian Patten of Toronto and Fletcher Thomson of Ottawa are held near Saigon. Canadian officials see no foul play in the delay as talks about liaison officers and safe helicopter landings continue, with no fresh word from Viet Cong troops in the area.
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Saigon
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Ian Patten
Toronto
Fletcher Thomson
Ottawa
Fire linked to crash over Paris kills Brazilian travelers
Survivors report a rear fire aboard the Boeing 707 from Rio de Janeiro as it neared Orly. The crash in a Longjumeau onion field killed 117 passengers and five crew, with 12 of 17 crew rescued including Captain Gilberto da Silva who is critically injured. Among the dead are Senate president Filento Muller and singer Agostinho dos Santos.
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Paris
Gilberto da Silva
Orly
Rio de Janeiro
Longjumeau
da Silva
Boeing
Jean-Francois Frerot
Rail unions threaten strike as conciliation reports lag
Union leaders say a July 24 or 25 strike is possible if board findings remain incomplete. Ministerial actions hinge on three member reports and wage demands cited as 8.79 percent per year by unions versus a seven percent first year offer from rail companies.
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John Munro
Justice Craig Munroe
Bernard Wilson
Wilson
Federal Labor Department
Nixon Aides Accused of Withholding Canada Route Facts
Senator Birch Bayh charged the Nixon administration with false statements about the Alaska oil pipeline and withholding information on a Mackenzie Valley route through Canada. He cited Trudeau's Senate remarks and State Department letters showing Canada’s interest, claiming congressional access was blocked as “working papers.”
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Washington
Nixon
Alaska
Canada
Birch Bayh
Dem. Ind
Senate
Bayh
State Department
Congress
Mackenzie Valley
Trudeau
Mackenzie
Vote on election expense bill eyed in Commons
Ottawa Liberal Barnett Danson leads debate on a government bill to curb campaign spending amid claims Parliament must not resemble a playground for the rich. The measure sets spending limits by riding and requires disclosure of major donors, with votes anticipated tonight.
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Ottawa
Barnett Danson
Commons
Dawson
North York
Liberal House
Allan Mackachen
Canada
Terry O'Connor
Pc—Halton
Sonic booms heard during NORAD drills over Alberta and Montana
Residents in the Medicine Hat area reported sonic booms on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. NORAD air exercises were confirmed by a Malmstrom Air Base spokesman but details were withheld. A base official said the drills are not connected to activity at the Suffield Military range.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Montana
Malmstrom Air Base
Great Falls
Suffield Military Range
Mondale urges study of Canadian pipeline route alternative
Senator Walter Mondale asks the Senate to delay a trans Alaska pipeline and study a Mackenzie Valley Canadian route as a potential North Slope oil path. He would require a National Academy of Sciences study and an 11 month review comparing economics environment and security.
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Washington
Walter Mondale
Dem. Minn
United States Senate
Canada
Mackenzie Valley
Mondale
Senate
National Academy of Sciences
Congress
Academy
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Gilbert Seddon
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Celso Ribeiro
Sao Paulo
O Estado
Dos Santos
Athens
France
Air France
U.S
PeaSe Drive
Russell Long
United States
Mike Gravel
Harry Jackson
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