Stanfield Attacks Sharp Over Nordic Trip
Ottawa critics blast External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp after an 11 day Nordic tour. Stanfield accuses him of seeking public praise and misrepresenting NATO aims while dismissing talks with Beijing as a mere bandwagon move. Sharp defends trip as reaffirming Canadian Nordic ties and NATO goals.
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Commons
Mitchell Sharp
Robert Stanfield
Sharp
London
Stanfield
Oslo
Reykjavik
Helsinki
Copenhagen
Stockholm
The
Peking
Canada
China
Canada-Peking
NATO
Cadieux outlines phased 30000 manpower cuts in Canada and Europe
Defence Minister Leo Cadieux announced a government plan to cut the Canadian Forces to 80 000 85 000 by early 1973 with over half of the 18 000 reduction in support and administrative manpower. The moves include base consolidations in Europe and up to 9 000 civilian and military cuts, possible base closures, and a shift to higher operational ratios while preserving capital equipment funding for helicopters and mobile forces.
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John R. Walker
Southam
Ottawa
Defence Department
Defence
Leo Cadieux
Signals
Service Corps
Cadieux
Canada
Europe
Sion
Miami airliner crashes in street killing ten in Miami
A Dominicana Air Lines DC-4 cargo plane with one engine ablaze struck a busy Miami street, destroying a building and damaging eight more. Ten killed, twelve injured. The crash sent debris across 36th Street as flames, fuel, and wreckage leveled cars and a body shop. Rescue crews searched wreckage near Miami International Airport for more victims.
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Miami
Bulding
Miami International Airport
James Reese
Red Cross
Dominicana Air Lines
Ner
Charles Knapp
36Th Street
Air clash after commando raid near Suez Canal
Israel and Egypt fought an air battle about 20 miles south of Suez after an early morning commando raid across the canal by Egyptians and a sabotage of a Haifa oil pipeline. Israel claimed a MiG-21 was shot down. Egypt said it downed an Israeli aircraft. Police detained several dozen suspects amid the Haifa pipeline sabotage claimed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Haifa
Suez
Tel Aviv
Gulf of Suez
Cairo
Beirut
Amman
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Poison Believed To Kill Rhine Fish Across Rhine River
Four Dutch cities switched to emergency water supplies after a mysterious toxin, possibly a nerve gas component from West Germany, killed millions of Rhine fish over 250 miles. Officials warned residents and farmers not to use Rhine water while analysts identify the chemical. reports say about 40 million fish perished. Human harm remains unconfirmed, but precautions were taken along riverbanks.
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The
Hague
Cp-Reuters
West
Germany
Rhine
Mainz
Emmerich
West Germany
Dusseldorf
Westphalia
George Haeringer
Ministry of Agriculture
Hidden tax on services explored by governments
Ottawa reports show federal and provincial papers urging study of a hidden sales tax on services such as haircuts and auto repairs. Ottawa would allow indirect or direct taxes if interprovincial and international trade is not hindered and spillover between provinces is avoided.
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Ottawa
Constitutional Conference of
Provincial
Trudeau
Alberta
Port Arthur Mayor Elected To Lead Thunder Bay Amalgamations
Port Arthur mayor Saul Laskin was elected mayor of Fort William and Port Arthur as amalgamation proceeds to form Thunder Bay. Windsor Castle salutes Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis as Britain bids farewell. Infant mortality in Canada dropped to 20.8 per 1,000 live births last year, down from 22.0 in 1967 per the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Saul Laskin
Monday
Fort William
Thunder Bay
Windsor
England
Windsor Castle
Britain
Earl Alexander of Tunis
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba voters face three new leaders in provincial election
Manitoba heads to the polls tomorrow with Premier Walter Weir leading the Progressive Conservatives in place of Duff Roblin, Liberal R. W. Bond succeeding Gil Molgat, and New Democrats Ed Schreyer replacing A. R. Paulley. Weir says leadership changes give voters a different choice than last election.
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Winnipeg
Progressive Conservatives
Walter Weir
Duff Roblin
Liberals
R. W
Bobby) Bond
Gil Molgat
New Democrats
Ed Schreyer
A. R
Russ) Paulley
Weir
Mr. Weir
No News July 1 Dominion Day Holiday Medicine Hat News
The Medicine Hat News will not publish on July 1 1969 due to the Dominion Day holiday. Advertisers are reminded of copy deadline changes. Display advertising for July 2 1969 is due by 12 noon on Saturday June 28 1969. Display copy for July 3 1969 is due by Monday June 30 1969. Classified deadline for July 2 1969 is 4 30 p.m. June 30 1969.
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Medicine Hat News
Miners Lifted After 80-Hour Cave-In At Balmer South
Trapped miners Donald Evans Frank Kutcher and John Krall survived an 80 hour ordeal after a Kaiser Resources mine collapse near Natal British Columbia. Three colleagues died under rubble and water as rescuers cut through 68 feet of coal to reach the men who were heard tapping 15 hours earlier.
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Natal
B.C
Donald Evans
Frank Kutcher
John Krall
Balmer South
Robert Dancoisne
Coleman
Alta
Steven Tkachuk
Bellevue
Jerry Heath
Fernie
Kaiser Resources Ltd
Hope Evans
Kutcher
Krall
Don Evans
Evans
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Lahr
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Knapp Shop
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