GandhiVisits Montreal Sparks Police Demonstration Clash
In Montreal two hours after Indira Gandhi criticized security, a violent clash erupted between police and protesters as 225 Pakistani demonstrators urged the release of 90,000 POWs. Security kept tight around the Ritz Carlton dinner in honor of Gandhi.
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India
Indira
Indira Gandhi
Hitler
Mountain Street
St. Catherine Street
House backs Lang action on wheat sales
The Liberal government survived a Conservative motion censuring Otto Lang over wheat sales with New Democrats voting to support. The debate cited World prices, wheat board efficiency, and a 30 cent per bushel interim payment for 1972-73, as Lang touted record Western shipments and ongoing board competition.
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New Democrats
Justice
Otto Lang
Wheat Board
Lang
Social Credit
Roc LaSalle
Ind— Joliette
Liberal
Conservative
NDP
Independent
Liberals
Jack Horner
Crowfoot
Alf Gleave
Saskatoon-Biggar
Stanley Korchinski
Mackenzie
Skylab trio lands safely after record space mission
Apollo astronauts Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz return from a 11 million mile Skylab voyage on the Ticonderoga. They walk unsteadily but salute the crew after splashdown 830 miles southwest of San Diego. Doctors begin medical debriefing while officials assess long duration spaceflight effects for future missions.
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Skylab
Charles Conrad
Joseph Kerwin
Paul Weitz
Earth
Conrad
Pacific
Kerwin
Weitz
Space
Mission Control
Houston
Apollo
Thailand
San Diego
Calif
Air Canada DC 8 Explodes at Airport Killing Flight Crew
An Air Canada DC-8 exploded while refueling in Toronto, destroying the jet and delaying a Zurich Vienna flight. Two ground workers from Toronto were badly burned but listed as stable. 11 crew members escaped unharmed. Investigations by Air Canada and the transport department are ongoing.
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Toronto
Air Canada
Zurich
Vienna
Air Canada and Consolidated Fuel Co
Paul Jesin
Owen Nimmo
Air Canada and
Transport Department
Terminal
Nixon Brezhnev Reach Landmark Nuclear Pact
U S President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev announce a landmark agreement to regulate relations and reduce nuclear war risk. The accord, reached during the fifth summit day, has multilateral implications and calls for restraint in force and conflict, with Kissinger fielding questions on its scope.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Nixon
Brezhnev
White House
California
Henry A. Kissinger
Cambodia
Czechoslovakia
Grits push total hanging ban in capital punishment bill
Ottawa government moves to abolish the death penalty for all murders with a full vote on the measure. Amendments would end hanging for killers including guards and police, extend parole delays, and allow longer jail terms with potential appeals.
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Warren Allmand
Commons Justice Committee
Allan Lawrence
Northumberland-Durham
Allmand
Hugh Poulin
L—Ottawa Centre
Mr. Allmand
Lawrence
Ontario
Commons
Marcel Prud’home
L—Montreal St. Denis
Jim Fleming
L—York West
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