06 Mar 1975
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1975
Page
1
Overnight PSAC walkouts during a snowstorm hit airports from Toronto to Vancouver and several Ontario cities closing runways or delaying service. Ottawa and Toronto worked toward normal operations while federal mail and other services faced slowdowns and calls for immediate government action.
In Ottawa debate opens on a bill to broaden the Agriculture Stabilization Act, extending coverage to include milk and cream through crops like corn and soybeans. Critics say the measure does not address current market and production challenges, while proponent Eugene Whelan argues it widens income security and adds production incentives.
Thirteen killed and 11 wounded after Arab guerrillas seized hostages at the Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv, with a seven of eight attackers among the dead. Israeli soldiers, civilians, and hostages were casualties as troops stormed the site. Palestinians claimed higher Israeli losses in Damascus.
U S airlift resumes into Phnom Penh as insurgents fire intensively around the airport. Four wounded. one World Airways DC-8 hit earlier. Embassy orders evacuation of nonessential personnel with eight missions delivering about 330 tons of rice today. Cambodian forces push toward rebel positions near the airport as Marines await orders aboard Okinawa.
Labor Minister John Munro remains in hospital with no discharge date. An aide said he will rest today and decisions will be made day by day after a week of fatigue following questions over harbor dredging contracts in Hamilton. He discussed a possible cabinet resignation with Prime Minister Trudeau and has undergone several tests.
A 26 year old Protestant bread delivery man Edward Clayton was killed when his car door exploded in Portadown near a Catholic quarter. Police blame Catholic assassins seeking revenge for a photographer's death last month as Protestant patrols suspend amid assurances IRA policing not yet in Catholic districts.
A 50 year old Medicine Hat man Sergius Nesboly was killed when his pickup collided with a mobile home towed by a tractor unit on the Trans Canada Highway near Irvine at 6 40 p m. An autopsy is planned for 9 30 this morning with no inquest decision yet. The mobile home will be returned to Fort McMurray for rebuilding. Nesboly’s vehicle was a write off.
Captain Brian Erb pleaded not guilty today to stealing the Answer and a preliminary hearing was set for May 14. He was released on the condition he not hoard the vessel, which is en route to Sept-Iles, as his crew of 18 men and five women were arrested at sea after a 10 day pursuit in icebound Gulf waters.
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