Bennett calls election opens BC campaign with policy push
Premier Bennett announced an early election claiming a two year mandate while criticizing the Social Credit government for inaction. He unveiled the Kelowna Charter proposals including higher wages, better social aid, and a BC development corporation. NDP leader Dave Barrett and Liberal head David Anderson urged change as party nominations begin.
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New Democratic Party
Social Credit Administration
B.C
Derril Warren
People of
Bennett
Byron (Ross) Johnson
Kelowna
B.C. Development Corporation
Social Credit
NDP
Vancouver
Barrett
Tom Berger
Warren
John de Wolf
Anderson
Esquimalt-Saanich
Pat McGeer
Hellyer joins PCs to seek nomination
Ottawa CP report Paul Hellyer former Trudeau minister announces he will seek Progressive Conservative nomination in the next federal election. He left the Liberals to sit as Independent for Toronto Trinity and formed Action Canada. The PC move may end Action Canada in Medicine Hat as Earl Smith says a candidate there is unlikely. Smith, a former Alberta Social Credit member, warns neither Liberals nor Conservatives fully address Canada’s problems.
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Social Credit
NDP
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
Ottawa
Paul Hellyer
Trudeau
Hellyer
Liberal
Toronto Trinity
Action Canada
National Advisory Council of Action Canada
Progressive Conservative
Medicine Hat
Bow Island
Earl Smith
Smith
Alberta Social Credit Party
Harry Strom
Conservative Party
Canada
U K troops mass in Belfast amid gun battles and arrests
British troops launched a large operation in Belfast seizing 16 suspects and finding weapons as they clashed with Roman Catholic and Protestant guerrillas. Dozens of shootouts left at least one Protestant dead and brought Northern Ireland's three year death toll to 472. Troops moved through New Lodge Ardoyne and Turf Lodge facing sniper fire nail bombs and tear gas while dismantling barricades. Patrols also covered Londonderry Free Derry and Bogside with planned nonviolent protests marking internment anniversary.
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Northern Ireland
New Lodge
Markets
Ardoyne
Turf Lodge
Divis Flats
Irish Republican
IRA
Bogside
Creggan
Londonderry
Free Derry
Nine Miners Trapped as Blacksville Mine Sealed
Fire and explosion wreckage at Blacksville No. 1 mine near the West Virginia Pennsylvania border trapped nine workers Saturday night after methane buildup and a fire. Rescue efforts ended Monday when three small detonations forced crews from the shaft. 31 miners escaped.
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John Corcoran
Consolidation ‘Coal Co
Blacksville No. 1
Blacksville
W.va
No. 1
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Consolidation Coal Co
Britain weighs freeing dock leaders amid court move
In London hundreds of dock workers rally for five militant leaders jailed for contempt last Friday. Official Solicitor Norman Turner plans to apply to the Industrial Relations Court within days to seek early release, arguing the leaders have served time sufficient to purge contempt. Sir John Donaldson will decide if release is warranted.
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London
Britain
Pentonville
Norman Turner
Industrial Relations Court
Sir John Donaldson
Sir John
Senate kills 1.79 billion military aid bill in vote
The Senate voted 48 to 42 to defeat the foreign aid package for 49 countries, after an amended troop withdrawal clause. Leaders Hugh Scott and Mike Mansfield opposed passage for peace and policy reasons, while Stennis failed to strike the withdrawal proposal.
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Senate
United States
Indochina
U.S
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Africa
Hugh Scott
Paris
Mansfield
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
House of Representatives
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Stennis
Dem. Miss
Sadat warns of Israeli reprisal after downing of Israeli jet
Egyptian forces go on alert after President Sadat criticizes U S and Soviet policies in the Middle East. He spoke at Cairo University about pressures on Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab lands and noted Moscow's arms limits. Within hours an Egyptian air defense claimed to shoot down an Israeli Phantom over the Suez canal. Israel said no planes were hit.
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Reuter
Israel
Anwar Sadat
U.S
Middle East
Sadat
Arab Socialist Union At
Cairo University
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
Canal
Soviet Union
Johnson Taken To Hospital In San Antonio
Former president Lyndon B. Johnson, who had a heart attack in April, was admitted to Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio after chest pains and nausea. A hospital spokesman said he was comfortable and in excellent spirits, with a satisfactory condition, though officials cautioned it may take days to determine the nature of his illness.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Army
Brooke General Hospital
Brooke
Agriculture chiefs down to basics
Agriculture ministers at Halifax opened the second day of the Canadian agriculture conference with plans to discuss specific farming problems. J. R. Messer of Saskatchewan said groundwork was laid for serious talks on inter provincial cooperation and market prospects, aiming to boost farm income and sector stability.
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J. R. Messer
Saskatchewan
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B.C. Liberal Party
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U.S. Bureau of Mines
U.S. Senate
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