Trudeau outlines farm policy during Prairie swing
Prime Minister Trudeau finished a three day western campaign with a Saskatoon Humboldt stop promising quick action on agriculture. He pledged base price adjustments under the Agriculture Stabilization Act a 40 million dollar annual grain storage program and cash advances rising to 15000 for Prairie farmers plus two price wheat system guarantees and a later final payment for 1973 74 crop year to cut income tax. Also details on deferring tax and implementing plans promised before the minority Liberal loss. Meanwhile Stanfield campaigned in Toronto area stressing inflation controls and income relief while Lewis pressed price board reforms and Caouette promoted guaranteed annual income in Ottawa Gatineau.
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Trudeau
Ottawa
Prairies
Humboldt
Sask
Prairie Provinces
Saskatoon - Humboldt
Otto Lang
Robert Stanfield
Toronto
David Crombie
City Hall
Stanfield
Lewis
National Prices Control Board
NDP
Federal
Food Prices Review Board
Beryl Plumptre
Social Credit
Real Caouette
Gatineau
Que
Ontario
Peterborough
Ont
That City
Oshawa
Montreal
Caouette
Moncton
N.B
Nixon promises weapons for Saudi Arabian army
President Nixon pledged increased arms aid to Saudi Arabia during his Middle East tour third stop in Damascus. Security was tight as Syrian officials welcomed him. Syrian jets escorted the presidential jet briefly. Talks with King Faisal aimed at reestablishing diplomatic ties, with emphasis on security and peace in the region.
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Damascus
Nixon
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Middle East
Hafez Assad
White House
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Israel
Faisal
Jordan
Anwar Sadat
Three face charges in guerrilla camp
Ethiopian guerrilla group holding six North Americans says three captives will be freed soon. The three charged are Tenneco Oil geologists Cliff James, William Cayce, and John Rogers. Debates over release follow a March 26 helicopter capture near Massawa and a May 27 abduction of Deborah Dortzbach in Ghinda. The six include five Tenneco workers and one oil prospector.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Tenneco Oil Co
Eriterean Liberation Front
Red Sea
Massawa
Deborah Dortzbach
Freehold
N.J
U.S
Ghinda
Asmara
Tenneco
Cliff James
Walkerton
Ont
William Cayce
Texas
John Rogers
New York
Don, Wederfort
Calgary
Matte Tavela
Canada
Nova Scotia forecasts balanced budget with no tax rise
Halifax CP Nova Scotia Finance Minister Peter Nicholson tabled a balanced 1974 budget amid anticipated growth and lower inflation. Expenditures reach 766.2 million with revenues 798.7 million and a 128.7 thousand surplus after sinking fund provisions. Capital budget rises to 107.7 million, up 35.7 million. Nicholson cites restraint delaying some services but aims to curb inflation and living costs while matching national growth prospects.
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Halifax
Peter Nicholson
Nicholson
Nova Scotia
Bloodless coup rocks North Yemen. junta suspends constitution
North Yemen’s seven man junta led by Col. Ibrahim el Hamedi seized power in a bloodless coup and suspended the constitution and parliament. They dissolved the army high command, planned a new 10 officer command, and pledged quick army pay raises while establishing committees to review political prisoners’ cases. The move followed a meeting with Premier Hussein Makki’s cabinet.
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Beirut
Lebanon
CAP
North Yemen
Red Sea
Egypt
Middle East
Ibrahim el Hamedi
San
Hussein Makki
Constitution and Consultative Council
Governor General Leger Improves After Stroke
An aide reported Governor General Jules Leger is improving and fully lucid. He communicates with gestures and some speech, walks with a nurse, and has expressed desire to go outside while his left hand remains paralysed. He spoke to Mme Leger and daughter Helene during daily visits at Sherbrooke Medical Centre.
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Sherbrooke
Que
Jules Leger
Roger ‘Nantes
Helene
University of Sherbrooke Medical Centre
Leger
Watergate defendants seek appeal over tainted convictions
The seven original Watergate defendants filed appeals arguing perjury and evidence destruction tainted convictions and warrants a new trial or dismissal. Barker Martinez Gonzales Sturgis Gonzales and others had pleaded guilty or were sentenced to terms, with parole status noted. A Los Angeles Times memo cites Dean and executive privilege discussions influencing testimony.
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Washington
Watergate
U.S. Court of Appeals
James McCord
Gordon Liddy
Howard Hunt
Bernard Barker
Eugenio Martinez
Frank Sturgis
Virgilio Gonzales
Daniel Schultz
Barker
Martinez
Stkks
Gonzales
Hunt
Sturgis
Los Angeles Times
House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
White House
John Dean
Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
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Brampton
New Democrat
David Lewis
Mounted Patrol
Shriner Club
al Azhar Temple
Heartd Thew
Joe Dyler
RCMP
Frank Webber
Jerusalem
Palestine
Sadat
Pease
London
Mohsen el Eini
Eini
Hamedi
San’a
North Yemeni
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