Western Canada well served in federal study says
A federal background paper on capital financing and financial institutions argues Western Canadians receive a fair share of loans and banking services. It notes decentralizing decisions, no proven regional discrimination, and stresses financing small business as a problem area needing policy focus or moral suasion to aid slower-growth regions.
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James Ferrabee
Southam News
Ottawa
Calgary
Western
Canada
Industrial Development Bank
Prairie
B.C
Western Canada
Bank of Canada
New Canada Development Corporation
Bank Act
Bank of British Columbia
Nixon Hospitalized With Viral Pneumonia Amid Watergate Tensions
President Nixon entered Bethesda Naval Hospital with viral pneumonia after agreeing to an early meeting with Senate Watergate committee chair Sam Ervin. White House officials said he would remain for about a week for supportive therapy as the constitutional clash over presidential papers looms.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Walter Tkach
White House
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Ron Zeigler
Tkach
Sam Ervin
Ervin
U.S
Sen. Ervin
Agriculture tops list as WEOC issues outlined
A 13 000 word government background paper for the Western Economic Opportunities Conference in Calgary urges more extensive federal action to stabilize and diversify Western Canada’s farm economy. It calls for market stability investment in technology and better access to foreign markets plus transportation improvements.
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Ottawa
Western Canada
Calgary
Trudeau
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Lang
Canada
Rescue mission planned to save four officers Saturday
Two Canadian officers Capt. Ian Patten and Capt. Fletcher Thomson with a driver and interpreter are to be recovered Saturday by two helicopters in Viet Cong controlled areas near Xuan Loc, 35 miles northeast of Saigon. IC CS and PRG negotiated the plan amid cautious Canadian optimism.
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Saigon
Xuan Loc
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
Provisional Revolutionary Government
PRG
Michel Gauvin
Ian Patten
Toronto
Fletcher Thomson
Ottawa
Canada
Rail union heads deny charge amid looming Ottawa strike
Ottawa sources report rail unions deny internal politics caused any strike push and fault federal mediators for failed talks. R C Smith says 57,000 employees are ready to use collective strength as July end deadline nears with rotating strikes eyed and government ready to intervene if needed.
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John Munro
National rail strike feared. Medicine Hat industries warned
A possible nationwide rail strike by end of July could disrupt Medicine Hat and Redcliff industries. Dominion Glass in Redcliff could close within three to five days without rail raw materials, as limestone and sand arrive by train. Other plants including Northwest Nitro-Chemicals, Goodyear Tire, Ogilvie Mills face material delays, trucks replacing rail shipments increasing costs and labor.
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Jim Bradley
the News
Medicine Hat
Canadian Pacific Rail
Redcliff
Dominion Glass
Bill Sellhorn
Selhorn
Sellhorn
Summit
B.C
Idaho
Cancard
Roy Archibald
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd
Dick Skidmore
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Skidmore
Duncan MacLean
Ogilvie Mills
Alberta
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
MacLean
Senate Defeats Mondale Plan on Canadian Route for Alaska Oil
The Senate rejected a Mondale amendment 61 to 29 seeking a one year delay and study of a Canadian oil pipeline route. Senator Jackson defended NEPA remain intact while Senator Stevens argued NEPA has been satisfied and urged swift passage of the main bill for an 800 mile Alaska line.
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Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Henry Jackson
Walter Mondale
Dem. Minn
Jackson
Mondale
Canada
Alaska
National Academy of Sciences
Ted Stevens
Rep
Stevens
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Westminster
Duart
Congress
Gov't
Maureen Hunter
Southam News Services
Rail Union
Guy Demarino
Southam
Ottawa — Railway
Federal Labor Department
R. C. Smith
Rail Employees
Munro
Railway Unions
CNR
CPR
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