Mail moves as some PSAC pickets end at Canadian offices
Pickets at several Canadian post offices were removed amid calls for renewed action by PSAC. In Toronto, Montreal and other sites, maintenance workers continued to strike or pause work, with postal service disruptions expected to persist for weeks.
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Canada
Nova Scotia
Public Service Alliance of Canada
PSAC
Ottawa
General Labor and Trades Group
London
Ont
Ronto International
Windsor
Ted Morris
Toronto
Air Canada
Ministry of Transport
Morris
Ontario
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Vancouver
Jean Chretien
Treasury Board
Cfb Downsview
Kingston
Calgary
Lorenz Kidnapping: Kidnappers Claim Mayor Candidate Safe
In Berlin a man claiming to represent the Movement of the Second of June told CDU officials Lorenz is in good condition. Police urged proof of life as demands for six jailed anarchists release a $9,000 payment per convict and a Boeing 707 getaway jet.
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Ettore Canella
Berlin
Gerhard Jagdmann
West Berlin
Karl-Heinz Schmitz
Lorenz
Christian Democratic Party
State Assembly
Klaus Schuetz
Christian Democrats
Peter
Peter Lorenz
Heinrich Albertz
Postmaster General cites CUPW leaders over bargaining
Ottawa Bryce Mackasey told Parliament CUPW leaders will not bargain in good faith and urged members who were laid off after Walkouts. He cited a letter from CUPW president Joe Davidson urging workers to enter postal buildings and stay until police remove them.
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Michael Lyons
PSAC
Bryce Mackasey
Canadian
Union of Postal Workers
CUPW
Joe Davidson
Toronto
Ed Roworth
Toronto Post Office
Ottawa
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Mackasey
Commons
Davidson
U S Consul Egan Killed by Argentine Guerrillas
Leftist Montonero group claims the murder of honorary U S consul John Patrick Egan in Cordoba for representing Yankee interests. An abrupt letter to U S Ambassador Hill was printed by Los Principios and cited as a plea to secure four missing comrades, but arrived too late for action.
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Egan
Cordoba
Los Principios
U.S
Robert Hill
Buenos Aires
Hill
Ottawa approves farm loan bill to boost young farmers
The Commons backed in principle a bill to lift Farm Credit Corp mortgage limits to 2.5 billion with 150000 cap for farmers under 35 and 100000 for older farmers or cooperatives. Critics warn of red tape while FCC has issued about 120000 loans in 15 years.
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Ottawa
The
Commons
Eugene Whelan
Alvin Hamilton
Commons Agriculture Committee
Farm Credit Corp
Young
Whelan
FCC
Hamilton
United States Congress
Ontario
Wheat board urges farmers to raise grain plantings this year
Ottawa CP The Canadian wheat board called for higher plantings of wheat barley oats and other crops after concerns over dwindling grain stocks. Lang announced 26 million acres of wheat including 2.5 million Durum up 12 percent from last year with initial price at 2 25 per bushel and expected 500 million bushels. Barley and oats plantings rise and prices listed with other acreages and minimum deliveries, while summer fallow is cut to 24 million acres from 29.8 million.
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Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
Otto Lang
Lang
Wheat Board
BC budget 3.2 billion aims at reliable revenue
Premier Dave Barrett tabled a record 3.2 billion BC budget for 1975-76 vowing to stop overestimation of expenditures and underestimation of revenues. He said the plan reduces political risk while boosting job programs and municipal aid, with tax increases on gasoline corporate income and sales to fund new measures.
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Victoria
Dave Barrett
Social Credit
W. A. C. Bennett
NDP
British Columbia
Bill Bennett
Bennett
David Anderson
Barrett
Scott Wallace
Death toll climbs in London subway disaster
London rescue teams raise the death toll to 31 as more bodies are recovered from the crumpled 8:27 a.m. train. Fire officials warn the final toll could reach 50 and survivors have been evacuated, with the front coach severely crushed in the wreck.
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London
Fire Brigade
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IKEA
Isabel Martinez
Yves Menard
B.C
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