Lang defers feed grains policy until late July
Justice Minister Otto Lang said the government will not announce its feed grains policy until after the July western economic conference in Calgary. He cited a strong request from Saskatchewan premier Allan Blakeney and noted discussions with provincial ministers in Charlottetown as delaying factors.
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Justice
Otto Lang
Calgary
The
Commons
Allan Blakeney
New Democratic Party
Saskatchewan
NDP
Lang
Wheat Board
Eugene Whelan
Charlottetown
Whelan
Alf Gleave
Saskatoon-Biggar
Red Cross sought from Canada and Poland in Vietnam
In Saigon today both the South Vietnamese and Viet Cong invited Red Cross societies from Canada and Poland to help implement the Paris peace agreement. Letters forwarded by respective delegations request visits to captured military and civilian personnel. A Canadian team previously waited in Saigon but left after no invitation.
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Red Cross
Canada
Poland
International Commission of Control and Supervision
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Paris
Arthur Wrinch
Canadian Red Cross
Polish Red Cross
Que Son
Central Highlands
U.S
United States
Graham Martin
Martin
Ellsworth Bunker
Nguyen van Thieu
Indochina
Nixon refuses release of Watergate tapes
The White House said President Nixon will not hand over or allow Senate Watergate committee access to his taped conversations calling them presidential papers. Press secretary Ziegler cited ongoing refusal in a broader pushback that includes his nonappearance and withholding documents.
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Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Leonard Garment
J. Fred Buzhardt
Ziegler
Committee
Sam Ervin
Dem. N.C
Herbert Kalmbach
Kalmbach
California
John Dean
John Ehrlichman
Democratic
Alexander Butterfield
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Moscow
Butterfield
Secret Service
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Oval Office
Executive Office
Cabinet Room
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Dean
Sam Cash
Senate Committee
Cash
Senate backs Alaska oil pipeline route
The Senate voted 49 to 48 to approve a 900 mile trans Alaska pipeline, exempting it from NEPA and court review. The move ends a legal challenge to begin construction tapping North Slope oil reserves.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
Canadian
North Slope
Toronto police seize firearms in Dublin court case
Toronto police seized five Sten guns a dozen handguns and about 18000 rounds of ammunition during a raid on the Toronto home of John Patrick Daniel Murphy 38 of Scarborough who appeared in a Dublin court on charges of illegally importing firearms and ammunition into Ireland He was released on bail of 13000 Murphy born in Ireland faces possible charges if he returns Police uncovered Second World War weapons crated in the attic and a consignment of weapons aboard the freighter Manchester Vigour arriving from Montreal in Dublin Canada Ireland cooperation aided the raid No arrests were made at the Toronto scene Murphy wife Mary not charged. couple have no children.
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Dublin
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Scarborough
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
RCMP
Manchester Vigour
Montreal
Ottawa
Murphy
Mary
Canada
Nixon authorizes secret bombing raids in Cambodia
President Nixon approved covert U S bombing raids over Cambodia in 1970 based on defense department advice, with safeguards for secrecy due to sensitive operations and diplomacy. A former officer testified about falsified reports to shield lawmakers, while officials debated halting raids by August fifteenth amid political pressure.
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Reuter
Nixon
United States
Cambodia
White House
Defence Department
Gerald Warren
Defence
James Schlesinger
Stuart Symington
Dem. Mo
Unemployment trend reverses in Canada in June data
Statistics Canada reports a rise in seasonally adjusted unemployment to 5.3 percent in June from 5.2 in May, with 568000 Canadians jobless. Labour force grew as 278000 entered and 268000 new jobs were created, while teens 14 to 24 faced higher joblessness.
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Prairie
British Columbia
Prairies
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