Native demonstrators disrupt Lewis speech in Saskatoon
Canadian Press reports during a Trudeau rally in Toronto about 14 000 attended as NDP leader David Lewis faced disruption in Saskatoon by about 20 native and youth demonstrators. A woman Marge Laframboise attempted to reach the speaker with Nora Thibodeau of Native Women of Saskatchewan delivering group grievances. Lewis urged dialogue after his speech and noted a July 3 meeting with native leaders and the province.
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Gerry Bourdeau
Trudeau
Toronto
New Democratic Party
David Lewis
Saskatoon
NDP
Saskatchewan
Centennial Auditorium
Roy Romanow
Lewis
Marge Laframboise
Mr. Lewis
Nora Thibodeau
Native Women of Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat Woman Named to Order of Canada
May Laidlaw of 1532 St. S.W. Medicine Hat has been named an appointed member of the Order of Canada. The Ottawa announcement lists 64 Canadians receiving the honor from Gov Gen Jules Leger. The Order recognizes Canadians for community work and contributions in their fields.
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Medicine Hat
May Laidlaw
St. S.W
Order of Canada
Ottawa
Laidlaw
Jules Leger
Tory sweep predicted by Stanfield in Edmonton rally
Conservative leader Robert Stanfield predicted a majority government after the July 8 election in a speech to about 3,000 Alberta supporters. He pressed for a balanced budget with cuts, opposed Liberal policies on resource royalties, and warned against Ottawa's tax plans while pledging to suspend federal hiring and pursue economies. He named Maxwell Henderson to study deficit reduction.
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Arctic
Canada-U.s
Edmonton
Robert Stanfield
Trudeau
Alberta
Stanfield
Marc Lalonde
Montreal
Social Credit
Real Caouette
Riviere du Loup, Que
Riviere du Loup- Temiscouata
Donsellar Southam News Services
Canada
Lougheed
Maxwell Henderson
Henderson
John Turner
Information Canada
Beryl Plumptre
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Turner
Mr. Stanfield
Meat packers locked out workers in Alberta dispute grows
Pressure from livestock producers prompts government action as 2,500 Alberta employees face a lockout by Burns Foods, Canada Packers, and Swift Canadian. Talks in Toronto stalled over national versus local bargaining. Agriculture Minister Horner warns of irreparable damage to livestock industry while producers seek arbitration and government intervention.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Burns Foods Ltd
Canada Packers Ltd
Swift Canadian Co. Ltd
Canadian Food and Allied Workers Union
Toronto
Hugh Horner
Horner
Itate
R. B. d’Esterre
Alberta Industrial Relations Board
Bill Dickie
Ontario
Swift Canadian
Alberta Hog Producers Marketing Board
National Farms’ Union
Unifarm
Dobson Lea
Agriculture and Labor Departments
Peter Lougheed
Cattlemen’s Association
Ed Schultz
Hog Board
A. J. E. Childs
Calgary
Burns
Canadian in good health after Eritrean captivity
Don Wederfort, a 27 year old Canadian helicopter pilot and president of Canwest Aviation Ltd., released by Eritrean Liberation Front, is in good health and will travel to London for medical checks after a stay in Khartoum. Diplomatic officials remain cautious about details affecting other captives.
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Peter Calamas
Southam News Services
London
Don Wederfort
Canadian High Commission
Canwest Aviation Ltd
Calgary
Khartoum
Sudan
Ethiopia
Wederfort
Eritrean Liberation Front
Grant Wyatt
U.S
Tenneco Oil Company
Eritrea
Red Sea
Massawa
Cliff James
Walkerton
Ont
Wyatt
Tropical Diseases Institute
George Cowley
Cairo
Canada
Intensive security at London Heathrow for Rabin visit
More than 1,000 troops and police with tanks and armored cars patrolled Heathrow as Israeli Premier Rabin and other leaders arrived for a Socialist International meeting. The alert, the largest in peacetime Britain, prompted patrols around runways and terminals amid warnings of potential threats.
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London
Heathrow
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Golda Meir
Tel Aviv
Eal
Socialist International
Britain
Harold Wilson
Middle East
Europe
British Airports Authority
Bird Causes Citywide Power Outage Breaker Trip
An unidentified bird caused an electrical failure by tripping a breaker at the power house, darkening most of the city before noon. The breaker was reset and power largely restored, with Alberta Western Beef plant remaining without power until the carcass was removed from 13,000-volt lines at about 12:15 p.m.
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Alberta Western Beef
News rates raised by Medicine Hat News in July
The Medicine Hat News will raise subscription rates in most categories early in July. Carrier home delivery increases 10 cents to 60 cents per week from July 8, with 3.5 cents directed to city carriers. Mail and motor route rates change July 1, Canada mail outside Medicine Hat at 20 dollars per year, motor route 25 dollars, U.S. mail 28 dollars, weekly mail 8 dollars. Friday edition newsstand rises to 15 cents, Saturday remains 15 cents, Monday to Thursday at 10 cents.
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Medicine Hat
Canada Mail
U.S.A
Election rumbles shake Labour in Commons
In London the House of Commons rejected Labour's plan to double rural property taxes to ease city tax burdens. The defeat marks a series of reversals for Wilson's minority government, fuelling speculation of a fall election as Conservatives Liberals join rural opposition.
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London
House of Commons
Labor
House of Lords
Harold Wilson
Commons
Wilson
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