Pakistan seeks Canada aid to modernize oil gas sector
Pakistan's Oil and Gas Development Corp. chair Shehzad Sadiq said Canada could join a tri lateral aid program to update Pakistan's oil and gas industry. The plan funds 60 to 65 million dollars from CIDA with 18 to 20 million from Britain's overseas ministry and about 30 million from the World Bank.
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Calgary
Pakistan
Canada
Shehzad Sadiq
Oil and Gas Development Corp
Sadiq
Soviet Union
CIDA
Overseas Development Ministry
Britain
World Bank
Petro-Canada
No force for addicts in BC heroin treatment plan
Vancouver BC based official Ray Cohen announced that addicts entering the provincial heroin treatment program will not be compelled to take part in experimental therapies. He cited acupuncture biofeedback megavitamin therapy and hypnotherapy as possible options studied in a proposed experimental centre.
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Vancouver
British Columbia Alcohol and Drug Commission
Ray Cohen
Canada Week to mark 111th birthday across nation
Canada Week runs June 25 to July 1 with a nationwide celebration led by the Council for Canadian Unity. Alberta events include twinned cities with Quebec, posters, school exchanges, and cultural acts featuring Patsy Gallant and Alberta groups. Edmonton Medicine Hat Calgary Grande Prairie Fort McLeod host concerts fairs and a citizenship court. Public info lines list event contacts.
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Grant Kennedy
Chuck McDonald
Alberta
Horst Schmid
Alberta Folk Arts Council
Canada
McDonald
Quebec
Medicine Hat
Beloeil
Edmonton
Hull
Calgary
Quebec City
Grande Prairie
Granby
Lethbridge
St. Laurent
Fort McLeod
Fort George
Patsy Gallant
Les Blex d’Or
St. Paul
Arete Mime
Gabrielle Bugeaud
Downtown Business Association
Canada Week
Hostel Society
Council
Folk Arts Council
City Department of Culture and Recreation
Marilyn Moyer
R. W. McLennan
New church head elected in Medicine Hat
The Evangelical Church of Canada selected Rev. Leroy V. Myers as superintendent at its Medicine Hat convention. He succeeds retiring Rev. T. E. Jesske after 31 years in office and will serve a four year term. Myers plans to emphasize evangelism, an outreach to children in Medicine Hat, and continued bilingual services as the church shifts from German to English. The national conference, with about 100 delegates, ends Sunday.
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Evangelical Church of Canada
Medicine Hat
Leroy V. Myers
T. E. Jesske
Myers
Hillcrest Evangelical Church
Hillcrest Christian College
Evangelical Church
Jessie
Leroy Myers
Canada
Chilean leader urged to reveal fate of missing
In Calgary a Chilean protest at a church groups press hopes Pinochet will meet Cardinal to discuss 2,500 missing since 1973. About 100 Chileans and locals began a hunger strike five days ago, with 20 still fasting. Anibal Munoz warned of hospital or answer demand.
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Calgary
Augusto Pinochet
Radio
Cuba
Pinochet
Santiago
Anibal Munoz
End of two day news blackout in Kitchener
The Record reporter was allowed into Waterloo regional police headquarters ending a two day blackout for publishing photos from police files. Police planned charges against Sandy Baird Wayne MacDonald and Frank Etherington though a police statement was pending.
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Kitchener, Ont
Record
Waterloo
Syd Brown
Brown
Henchmen Motorcycle Club
K.A
Sandy) Baird
Wayne MacDonald
Terloo
Debate urged by Diefenbaker and defence concerns rise
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker urged a special Commons debate on defence after Admiral Robert Falls comments on the neutron bomb. The same day a PC motion to fire Transport Minister Otto Lang failed in Commons committee, with no vote on Lang’s fate. Additionally Frank Oberle sought West hearings on the $10 billion Alaska gas pipeline, but his motion lacked unanimous consent.
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Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Commons
Diefenbaker
Robert Falls
Defence Staff
Otto Lang
Transport Committee
Michael Forrestall
Halifax-Dartmouth East
Lang
John Campbell
Forrestall
Atlantic Canada
Frank Oberle
Prince George Peace River
The
United States
Pipeline vote postponed on Alberta gas import plan
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission delays the Northwest Alaska Pipeline Co proposal to import 1.04 bcfd of Pan Alberta gas as a first step of a 10 billion dollar project. The vote is moved to next Wednesday pending Alberta and Canadian energy board approvals with 1983 full pipeline start eyed.
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Washington
U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC
U.S
Alberta
Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Co
Pan-Alberta Gas Ltd
Northwest
Pan-Alberta
Province of
National Energy Board of Canada
NYC Bus Ridership Falls Amid 1974 Figures, NYC Bureau Says
In 1974 bus riders in New York City fell to 939.5 million, a drop reported by the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau. The figure highlights a shift in urban transit and tourism dynamics during that year.
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New York City
New York
Quebec Consumers Object to Bell Rate Increase
About 35 Quebecers traveled by bus to Ottawa to protest Bell Canada's proposed 400 million dollar yearly rate rise. The Quebec Consumers Association organized the action, backed by 18 groups, urging CRTC reforms and insisting Bell needs funds only for necessary service improvements.
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Ottawa
Bell Canada
Quebec
Consumers’ Association of Canada
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
CRTC
Bell
Consumers’ Group
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Quebec Federation of Labor
Association of Farmers
Automobile-Owners Protection Association
Alliance of
Montreal
Andy Roman
Quebec Consumers’ Group
Nichelle Forget
Forget
Provincial court sentences Dutton on break and enter charges
Judge Philip Wambolt sentenced Darcy Dutton of Redcliff to 60 days in jail on two break and enter charges and two breach of probation counts. Dutton will serve consecutive 30 day terms with a 60 day curfew and 10:30 p.m. nightly restrictions. Enslen awaits sentencing for break and enter with intent to commit theft related to March 16 A and W break in. Georgiou remanded for August 3 preliminary hearing after a January theft incident totaling about 1100 dollars in cash and two watches.
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Philip Wambolt
Darcy Dutton
Redcliff
Dutton
Westminster
Wambolt
Stephen Enslen
St. S.E
Darwin Greaves
Enslen
John Georgiou
Georgiou
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Cairney Crescent
Joe Schorr
Dunmore
Dan Lander
Bill Sass
NEWS
Canadian Unity
Council For Canadian Unity
Milt Reinhardt
BIG M Motors
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Commission
City of
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