Cote Under Fire Over Post Office ITT Contract
Ottawa scrutiny rises as Postmaster General Jean-Pierre Cote faces questions on a 70 million ITT Canada contract for mechanized letter sorting. Opposition MPs press alleged conflicts involving deputy postmaster general and a former ITT engineer, with Canada wide rollout slated from Halifax to Victoria early next year.
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Ottawa
Commons
Jean-Pierre Cote
Cote
International Telephone and Telegraph Canada Ltd
Guelph
Ont
ITT Canada
Post
J.A.H. Mackay
ITT
Post Office
John Moodie
Moodie
England
Plessey Co
Patrick Nowlan
Walter Dinsdale
Mitchell Sharp
James Richardson
Hog plant approval denied stirs Western farming clash
Alberta officials deny authorization for North American Integrated Food Processors to build a hog plant in Taber, while Opposition Leader Wyse and NDP threaten bold farmer protections. Horner refutes location decision. sites like Taber Medicine Hat Bow Island and Lethbridge are discussed.
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Social Credit
Horner
Alberta Department of Agriculture
North American Integrated Food Processors Co. Ltd
Saskatoon
Taber
Lethbridge Herald
Dr. Horner
Assembly
Alberta
Harry Strom
Medicine Hat
Bow Island
Lethbridge
Wyse
NDP
Grant Notley
Spirit River
Fairview
Notley
Plane crash into Albany home kills 17 and injures others
An instrument approach Mohawk Airlines F-27 crashed into a two story Albany residence. Seventeen died including a resident, with 33 hospitalized. The Rosen family escaped serious harm. plane occupants and local residents affected amid a snowy, overcast night.
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Albany
Joseph Rosen
N.Y
Marcia
Lawrence
Roger
Mohawk Airlines
Sandy Segir
Rosen
Peter Sargent
Washington Avenue
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
New York City
la Guardia
Albany County
No ill will between Schreyer and Sidney Green
Premier Ed Schreyer says there is no ill will with former resources minister Sidney Green who resigned over tax aid for private schools. Schreyer plans a free vote to back aid while Green argues the majority supports his stance. The Manitoba scene adds pressure as Quebec faces a civil servant strike threat and a key salary vote looms.
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Quebec
Manitoba
James Bay
Winnipeg
Ed Schreyer
Sidney Green
NDP
Schrever
Green
Government House
Sidney Spivak
Quebec House
Western technicians vote yes on settlement offer
Western region airport technicians comprising 180 workers in Alberta British Columbia the Yukon and part of the Northwest Territories approved a three stage wage increase package totaling 14 to 22 percent over 25 months. The IBEW Local 2228 had been on strike since February 6 and returned to work after a tentative agreement.
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Edmonton
Western Region
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Union
Treasury Board
Ottawa
Boy Freed From Narrow Shaft in California Rescue
A six year old boy Anthony Bernardino trapped seven hours in a narrow dirt shaft near El Monte California was rescued and listed in fair condition despite weariness. A hospital spokesman said he is okay and resting comfortably after the ordeal.
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EL Monte
Calif
Anthony Bernardino
Canada GNP climbs 9.1 percent in 1971
Statistics Canada reports 1971 GNP at 92.12 billion dollars, up 9.1 percent from 1970 driven by 5.4 percent output gain and 3.4 percent higher prices. In Q4 1971 the annual rate was 95.57 billion, with inflation eroding gains and output growth lagging potential. Prices rose 1.4 percent in the last quarter as volume grew 1.4 percent.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
GNP
Economic Council of Canada
Canada
Statistics Bureau
New defence chief named
The government named Lt Gen Jacques Dextraze to be chief of defence staff and announced Lt Gen Michael Dare will join the Privy Council Office to aid emergency planning. Dare moves May 1 to help coordinate federal response to natural disasters and other emergencies while Dextraze takes Sept. 15 as the new top military leader.
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Ottawa
Defence
Privy Council
Michael Dare
PCO
Trudeau
EF. J. Benson
Jacques Dextraze
Montreal
Canadian Forces
UN Force
Dextraze
United Nations
Congo
Frederick Sharp
Jean Allard
Air Force
Sharp
Defence Staff
Frank Miller
Old Chiefs of Staff
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Windsor
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Victoria
Brandon, Man
New Democrat
David Lewis
Lewis
Brandon-Souris
New Democrats
North American
Alberta Hog Marketing Board
Schreyer
Rene Brunelle
Ontario
Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
Roy Romanow
Gerry Amerongen
Alberta House
Ralph Loffmark
Norma Rankin
Sparks
Nev
Nova Scotia
Chedabucto Bay
Kingston Penitentiary
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