Overseas voting opens for UN service Canadians in Middle East
Overseas voters serving with the United Nations in the Middle East began casting advance overseas ballots for the July 8 general election. Pte. Wayne Talbot, 27, of Woodstock, Ontario, the first to vote, voiced frustration that many men from Cairo to the Golan Heights feel overlooked by Canadian politicians.
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Tel Aviv
United Nations
Middle East
Cairo
Golan Heights
Pte
Wayne Talbot
of Woodstock, Ont
Huron-Middlesex
United Nations Emergency Force
UNEF
Camp Shams
Talbot
Woodstock
Middlesex
Parkhill
London
Ont
Ismailia
Suez
Alexandria
Egypt
Quneitra
Rabha
Tiberias
Nuclear tension rises as Middle East war fears grow
Al Ahram warns of a potential nuclear confrontation if peace is not achieved with Israel blamed. PLO says disengagement moves toward peace but vows to press the Palestinian issue. Discussion includes Syria’s missile defences for Lebanon camps and SAM-7 requests. Israeli forces withdraw from a Golan strip as Kissinger talks push disengagement toward completion.
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Middle East
Israel
Tel Aviv
Palestinian Liberation Organization
PLO
Farouk al Kaddumy
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
WAFA
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Yasir Arafat
Hafez Assad
Golan Heights
United Nations
United States
Henry Kissinger
Quneitra
Britain targets nuclear test split under Labor MPs anger
Prime Minister Harold Wilson told the House of Commons Britain conducted a nuclear test weeks earlier within the 1963 partial test ban and 1968 nonproliferation treaties. Left wing Labor MPs pressed questions after a weekend report claimed Britain planned a Nevada underground test.
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Britain
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Wilson
Labor Party
United States
Nevada
Scotland
France
China
India
U.S
Soviet Union
Egypt
Israel
Labor
Nuclear Club
Pacific
Daily Telegraph
California
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Edward Heath
NATO
Kirchschlaeger elected Austria's fifth postwar president
Rudolf Kirchschlaeger the Socialist candidate in Austria won 51.7 percent of the vote defeating Alois Lugger 48.3 percent to become the country’s fifth postwar president a six year term for the 59 year old legal expert and former foreign minister. He is married with two children and rose from a worker family in Upper Austria.
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Vienna
Rudolf Kirchschlaeger
Austria
Kirchschlaeger
Socialist Party
Alois Lugger
People’s Party
Interior Ministry
Fanz Jonas
Upper Austria
Fatherland Front
Kurt Schuschnigg
Lueger
Heimwehr
Nixon asked for Watergate tapes and grand jury records
The Supreme Court postponed ruling on Nixon's request for transcripts tapes and grand jury minutes tied to Watergate. A July 8 hearing will address executive privilege and whether a sitting president could be named an unindicted co conspirator in the 1972 break in case. Special prosecutor Jaworski urged stricter standards before releasing material.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Nixon
Democratic Party
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Opposition Leaders Clash Over Budget And Economy
New Democrat Leader David Lewis attacked the May 6 budget as ineffective against rising grocery costs and corporate taxes. Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield promoted a 90 day income and price freeze while criticizing profits, inflation, and government handouts during a cross country campaign tour.
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Gerry Bourdeau
Robert Stanfield
New Democrat
David Lewis
Ottawa
Stanfield
CBC Radio
Statistics Canada
Sydney
N.S
Montreal
Daisy Air
NDP
Lewis
Glace Bay
High rate of returns in Canada as refunds rise
Ottawa reports that about 95 percent of individual tax returns were processed with 78 percent yielding refunds averaging 191.60 dollars. The 10.75 million filings compared with 10.16 million last year, while total processed reached 10.18 million. Refunds total 1.519 billion dollars, up from 927.9 million. Factors include inflation, new payroll tables, and a new averaging method spreading high income tax burden over time.
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Ottawa
Revenue Department
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Henri Francoeur
Fort Coulonge
Quebec
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Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Yosef Tekoah
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Pease
House
Treasuries
Charlottetown
Trudeau
Canada
Atlantic
Maritimes
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Margaret
Fogo Island
Nfld
St. John’s
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