Quebec farmers storm Parliament Hill over dairy policy
About 5,000 Quebec farmers besieged Parliament Hill for four hours demanding policy changes on production quotas and subsidies. Rioters showered officials with milk and butter, damaged property, and prompted RCMP intervention. talks with cabinet ministers were promised for next week, with continued protests planned in Quebec.
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Quebec
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Dairy Association
Canadian union backs U S labor solidarity in potential general strike
At a merger convention the ACTWU and other militant unions pledged support for the Canadian labor movement if a nationwide walkout occurs. Shirley Carr of the CLC warned of plans to mobilize affiliates for a general strike while noting no date has been set. ACTWU, formed by a merger, has about 30 000 Canadian members.
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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
ACTWU
Shirley Carr
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Textile Workers Union of America
Miss Carr
Deadly Saskatchewan storm leaves one dead and many injured
A Saskatchewan wind storm caused one suspected death near Davidson and injuries to 35 in Swift Current area. Winds up to 158 kmh felled a CBC transmitter tower at Watrous, cutting most stations except La Ronge and Uranium City. Widespread damage and power outages followed with extensive property loss and crop damage.
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Saskatchewan
Davidson
Environment Canada
Swift Current
Watrous
CBC
CBK
la Ronge
Uranium City
Manitou Beach
Canada invited to Puerto Rico economic talks with six major powers
Canada will attend a June 27-28 summit in Puerto Rico focusing on inflation, exchange rates, and Third World demands for a new economic order. France voiced reservations about Canada's role, influencing the invite without creating permanent status. The gathering includes the United States, France, Britain, West Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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France
Canada
Puerto Rico
Ottawa
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Britain
West Germany
Italy
Japan
Ford
Trudeau
Humphrey weighs campaign return after upsets in primaries
Senator Hubert Humphrey said he will reassess his position on actively campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination after Tuesday's Ohio California and New Jersey primaries. He will test party leaders sentiment if Carter falls short of 1 300 delegates.
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New Jersey
Jimmy Carter
Humphrey
Carter
Reagan
Ford
Melvin Field
Field
Edmund Brown
Rhodesia
U.S
Panama
Canal
Santa Barbara
Washington
Africa
Mideast Walkout Dominates Habitat Conference Session
At the Habitat conference in Vancouver Arab and some African and Communist delegates walked out as Israeli Interior Minister Josef Burg spoke. Saudi Prince Majid said walkout was over Israel’s presence, calling it illegal amid Palestinian refugee concerns. Burg defended Israel while noting Lebanon’s Muslim Christian conflict as a near-genocide. He said Habitat should stay non-political and predicted the walkout would not derail the conference.
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Southam
Vancouver
Middle East
Iraq
Josef Burg
Burg
Majid bin Abdul Aziz
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Security Council
Abdullah Abdullah
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Palestine
Enrique Penalosa
Penalosa
Lebanon
Barrett makes a comeback in Vancouver East byelection
Former BC premier Dave Barrett won Vancouver East by election with about 13 000 votes more than Social Credit rival Ralph Long. Barrett’s 179 polls gave him a decisive lead as the NDP rider remains a stronghold, while Victoria politics felt his victory as a rebuke to the government.
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Vancouver
Dave Barrett
British Columbia
New Democratic Party
Vancouver East
Barrett
Social Credit
Ralph Long
Ccf-Ndp
George Kerster
Coquitlam
NDP
Bob Williams
Williams
Victoria
Long
Bill Bennett
Bennett
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