Foreign takeover bill clears first parliamentary hurdle in Commons
Ottawa Liberal legislation to curb foreign ownership of Canadian industry passed its first test with a 144 to 29 vote in the Commons on formal second reading. The bill moves to the finance committee for detailed study as debates stretch toward an end-of-month adjournment and a potential Senate review.
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Ottawa
Commons
Roc LaSalle
Joliette
Commons Finance Committee
New Democrats
Social Credit
Liberal
Conservative
New Democrat
Independent
Kierans
Eric Kierans
Montreal-Duvernay
Montreal
Canadian Stock Exchanges
Trudeau
Canada
Ian Wahn
Toronto-St. Paul’s
Finance Committee
Senate
Oil Cleanup Near U S Border Faces Tough Odds
In Crescent Beach British Columbia cleanup crews plan naptha gas and talcum to coax crude oil from rocks on beaches near the border. If ineffective 200 municipal workers and volunteers may resume labor intensive efforts while officials ban detergents on rock surfaces.
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Crescent Beach
B.C
United States
Explosions seal fate of nearly 450 men at Wankie
Rescue workers halted efforts as two more explosions in a ventilator shaft released poisonous gas. About 428 miners remained trapped underground after the Tuesday blast, with 293 Africans and 36 whites unaccounted for. Only eight survived. three bodies recovered. Sir Kenneth Acutt warned of considerable casualties while emergency plans for coal supplies were activated. The 70 year old Wankie Colliery, a key Rhodesian coal producer, fueled regional energy needs.
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Howard Vaughn
Anglo-American Corp
Wankie Colliery
Kenneth Acutt
Salisbury
Wankie
Fire rages north of Swan Hills in Marten Hills blaze
North of Swan Hills Alberta a second huge fire burns across 60,000 acres in the Marten Hills near Slave Lake while the Swan Lake Fire near Swan Hills is brought under control. About 425 firefighters with six helicopters two water bombers and 17 bulldozers battle the out of control blaze. Evacuations occurred earlier as winds shifted and clouds dampened conditions.
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Swan Hills
Alta
Alberta
Marten Hills
Slave Lake
Swan Lake
Edmonton
McGovern captures California primary
Senator George McGovern won California and extended his four state sweep to cement a path to the Democratic nomination. He led Humphrey with 47 to 38 percent as Wallace ran third. McGovern also secured New Jersey New Mexico and South Dakota wins, boosting his delegate total past 900 toward 1509 needed. Nixon swept California's Republican delegates with a 9 to 1 victory over Ashbrook as New York looms next.
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Associated Press
George McGovern
California
South Dakota
Hubert Humphrey
New Jersey
New Mexico
McGovern
Humphrey
Democratic Party
Wallace
George Wallace
Alabama
Nixon
John Ashbrook
Ohio
MPs argue over British use of Suffield base
Calgary CP report on a Western Canada swing through MPs from the external affairs and national defence committee. Disagreement centers on permitting 600 British troops to train at Canadian Forces Base Suffield near Medicine Hat for six weeks. Some call for ecological and archaeological protections while others worry over NATO withdrawal and military funding.
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Calgary
Canadian Forces
Suffield
External Affairs and
National Defence
Cfb Calgary
Western Canada
John M. Forrestall
Dartmouth- Halifax
Medicine Hat
Douglas Rowland
Selkirk
Man
Canada
NATO
Robert Thompson
Red Deer
Georges Lachance
Lafontaine-Montreal
Ian Wahn
St. Paul’s-Toronto
Jets wreck rail yard near Lang Son in Vietnam raid
SAIGON AP reports U S Air Force F 4 Phantoms hit a North Vietnamese rail marshalling yard 15 miles southwest of Lang Son and a highway bridge 10 miles southwest of Lang Son. Three fires began as bombs damaged the yard and bridge. The raid marked the closest approach to the northern frontier since April 6.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Lang Son
China
Canada nets 20 million wheat sale to Brazil
Canada has sold 11 million bushels of wheat, worth about 20 million dollars, to Brazil. Otto Lang announced the sale, totaling 30 000 metric tons under a four year long term agreement that Brazil negotiated two years ago. Shipments from St Lawrence ports run June to October.
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Ottawa
Canada
Brazil
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Lang
St. Lawrence
Western provinces debate feed grain control policies
Saskatchewan Manitoba and British Columbia back a wheat board led system for inter provincial feed grain movement while Alberta favors free market pricing. Roy Atkinson of Saskatoon says a coordinated plan with provincial boards and a national policy could bring order. Saskatchewan and Manitoba eye floor prices and marketing commissions, with announcements due after Aug 1.
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Saskatoon
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta
Roy Atkinson
National Farmers Union
Atkinson
Wheat-Board
Jack Messer
Messer
Sam Askiw
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Madawaska-Victoria
Environment
Warren Allmand
Notre Dame de Grace
Tom Goode
Burnaby
Richmond Delta
Mark MacGuigan
Windsor
Walkerville
Pierre de Bane
Matane
John Roberts
York— Simcoe
David Weatherhead
Scarborough West
Steve Ott
York East
Joseph Guay
St. Boniface
Murray
William Vander Zalm
Surrey
Fisheries Department
Eleanor McGovern
Sen
Hollywood
Rhodesia
Reuter
San Francisco
Edmund Brown Jr
New York
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