Gandhi Wins Landslide Victory in Indian Elections
New Delhi CP India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the Congress party won a sweeping mandate in the 10 day parliamentary polls closing in West Bengal with 208 seats declared of 282 of 518. Gandhi aimed for a majority and potential two thirds while opposition parties dwindled.
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New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
India
Congress Party
West Bengal
Mrs. Gandhi
Gandhi
Ottawa to roll out six character postal code system
The post office will introduce a new six character code to replace much manual mail sorting. Canada will issue codes to residents this month with mid 1973 machine installations in 15 major offices. The system promises faster delivery and city block level sorting, costing up to 60 million dollars.
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Ottawa
J. G. Fultz
Post Office
United States
Manitoba
Fultz
Alberta to fund small communities with 10 million loan program
Alberta will establish a 10 million loan fund under the industrial development incentives act to aid small communities of 40 000 people or less. Loans cover up to one third of capital costs but not more than 500 000 per plant to spur manufacturing and job growth. Premier Harry Strom touts a separate Athabasca oil sands project update. Syncrude Canada Ltd seeks to raise authorized production from 80 000 to 125 000 barrels per day.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ray Ratzlaff
Industry and Tourism
Harry Strom
Athabasca
Syncrude Canada Ltd
Alberta Oil and Gas Conservation Board
Canadians face higher costs forcing life decisions
The Canadian Medical Association warns that rising medical costs may force society to deny expensive treatment to some patients to help others access care. Dr Derek Gellman of Winnipeg argues public priorities will decide who dies, challenging the idea that health has improved despite vast spending. The CMA plans to study doctor incomes amid concerns over pricey procedures and wasted effort.
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Peter Calamas Southam
Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Medical Association
Current Journal of
The
Association
Derek Gellman
Winnipeg
Gellman
CMA
Council On Medical Economics
Mackasey Unveils Broad Unemployment Insurance Reform
Ottawa Labor Minister Bryce Mackasey introduced a sweeping unemployment insurance reform bill to extend coverage to an additional 1.16 million Canadians, raise maximum benefits from 57 to 100 dollars weekly, and overhaul the system first created in the 1940s. The plan lowers barriers to eligibility, taxes benefits, and includes sickness and pregnancy coverage, with Quebec outcomes and industry merit rating debated. The reform phases in from June 27 to January 2, 1972 and aims for swift Commons approval.
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Ottawa
Bryce Mackasey
Quebec
Department of Labor
UIC
Commons
Mackasey
Commons Committee
Rahman successful in grab for power
In East Pakistan Awami League leader Sheik Mujibur Rahman expands control as civil servants and banks heed his commands while the Pakistan army maintains key lines of communication and airport access. Rioting has claimed at least 173 lives as Yahya Khan postponed a National Assembly session.
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Dacca
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Awami League
East Pakistan
India
Karachi
Pakistan Army
Sheik Mujib
East
Pakistan
United Nations
U Thant
West Germany
Britain
Netherlands
Belgium
Japan
Thant
Agha Mohamed Yahya Khan
Yahya Khan
National Assembly
Murder of British soldiers heightens crisis in Ulster
In Belfast three off duty British soldiers were killed by suspected IRA gunmen, heightening the Northern Ireland crisis. Names identified include John Boland McCain 17 Joseph McCain 18 both Ayr Scotland and Dougal McCaughey 23 Glasgow. The soldiers had been unarmed in civilian clothes. Detectives probe the attack amid sectarian tensions and a looming funeral for IRA figure Charles Hughes.
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Ulster
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Charles Hughes
IRA
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
Royal Highland Fusiliers
John Boland McCain
Joseph
Ayr
Scotland
Dougal Mc.Caughey
Glasgow
Mixed reaction as Alberta inquiry ends in Calgary
A government committee probing non Canadian influence in Alberta education wrapped up its Calgary session with mixed reactions from teachers students and educational representatives. A Calgary high school teachers group urged a quota on non Canadian staff in universities while four briefs opposed quotas. Opponents included the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology the University of Calgary Students Union the university political science department and a private briefing by Tom Flanagan.
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Calgary
Alberta
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
University of Calgary Students’ Union
University
Political Science
Tom Flanagan
Job plan costs and job creation across Canada
As of last month the regional expansion program created 21 500 jobs with over 9 000 in Quebec. Total federal incentives reached 126.4 million dollars, cost per job 6 155 dollars. Quebec costs below average at 4 772 dollars per job. other provinces ranged from 1 615 to 14 652 dollars per job.
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Arthur Blakely Southam
Ottawa
Jean Marchand
Quebec
Federal Treasury
Newfoundland
P.E.L
Nova Scotia
New Brunswic
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
B.C
Uruguayan Attorney General Kidnapped by Tupamaros
AP reports Guido Berro Oribe was seized from his home by four armed men and a woman, joining British ambassador Geoffrey Jackson as captives of the Tupamaro urban guerrillas in Montevideo. In separate items, a U.S. rail research proposal eyes a maglev line up to 1000 mph, and Moscow sees over 100 Soviet Jews stage a sit in for exit visas before police cleared the crowd.
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Montevideo
Guido Berro Oribe
Uruguay
Geoffrey Jackson
Moscow
Israel
Parliament
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