Apollo 9 landing delayed by one orbit to skirt Bermuda storm
Flight controllers postponed the Thursday splashdown by one orbit to avoid stormy seas southwest of Bermuda. The crew favored the Grand Turk Island area in the Bahamas as the new landing zone with an 11 56 a.m. EST target, weather forecast showing better conditions there.
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Houston
Bermuda
Grand Turk Island
Bahamas
Eugene Kranz
Guadalcanal
James McDivitt
David Scott
Russell Schweickart
Stuart Roosa
McDivitt
Grand Turk
Kierans survives bid to force resignation over postal row
In a tense Commons session, Kierans held his post as postmaster general as the NDP pressed for his resignation and threatened prosecutions of striking letter carriers in nine cities. PC Heath Macquarrie led the push for a special postal debate, while Kierans warned of inevitable prosecutions if illegal strikes continue. See KIERANS, page two.
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Communications Department
Industry Department
Trade and Commerce Department
Kierans
Public Service Staff Relations Board
Heath Macquarrie
Hillsborough
End of Wildcat Postal Strikes Across Canada
A nationwide series of wildcat postal strikes ended today as the last workers returned to their jobs. About 1,100 workers in three provinces participated at peak, with 350 Letter Carriers Union of Canada members back in Saskatoon and several Ontario centres. Earlier, over 700 workers in Winnipeg, Thompson, Hamilton, Sault Ste. Marie, Windsor, and London resumed duties. In Parliament, Postmaster General Eric Kierans drew support for the new five day week and adjusted routines, while warning prosecutions would follow illegal walkouts. Strike leaders have been invited to Ottawa March 17 to present their case.
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Letter Carriers Union of Canada
Saskatoon
Ontario
Welland
St. Catharines
Niagara Falls
Stoney Creek
Burlington
Dundas
Winnipeg
Thompson
Man
Hamilton
Sault. Ste. Marie
Windsor
London
Commons
Eric Kierans
House
Kierans
Public Service Staff Relations Board
Ottawa
Half of Canadian farmers will need new jobs by 1980
EDMONTON CP By 1980 half of Canada's farm population will seek jobs in other fields as farm labor drops from eight to four percent of total employment. Dr Glen Purnell warned at an Alberta conference that rural communities will wither as urban migration rises, with policy makers increasingly distant from agriculture and farmers needing strong organization to defend interests. He noted global hunger and rising production costs pressuring traditional exports and predicted shifts in consumption away from fluid dairy products toward meats and fruits.
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Edmonton
Canada
Federal Agriculture Department
Purnell
Tra
De Gaulle's tough speech stirs union fury in Paris
Union leaders reacted bitterly to De Gaulle's radio and TV address after nationwide strikes and student clashes. They push for 10 to 12 percent wage gains, while the president pledges wage limits to curb inflation and avoid devaluation as talks stall. CGT chief Georges Seguy accuses the head of state of gratuitous accusations.
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Reuters-Ap Paris
de Gaulle
Paris
France
Georges Seguy
Confederation Generale du Travail
CGT
Schirra Quits Program to Lead Private Equipment Firm
Walter M. Schirra Jr., 46, dean of U.S. astronauts, leaves NASA to head a private company leasing industrial equipment worldwide. He plans to help develop a space station in orbit by about 1975 to explore Earth and its mineral deposits from space.
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Houston
Walter M. Schirra Jr
U.S
Knowles urges fairer pensions in Commons late show
In Ottawa NDP House Leader Stanley Knowles urged tying pensions to wage gains to share growing affluence with retirees. Otto Lang acknowledged pressures on unprotected fixed income groups and proposed labor movement pressure for price cuts over wage raises.
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Ottawa
NDP
Stanley Knowles
Commons
Otto E. Lang
Mr. Knowles
Labor Movement
Knowles
Russia outlines its role in Chinese border clash
Paris AP report says the Soviet Union pressed its version of the Far East clash with China on major non Communist governments. Ambassadors Zorin and Troyanovsky met in Paris Tokyo Bonn to present claims. China and Russia each assert control of Chenpao Island and nearby islets in the Ussuri River, with cited intrusions on 16 dates between Jan 23 and March 2.
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Soviet Union
Valerian Zorin
Far East
Japan
West Germany
Tokyo
Bonn
Kiichi Aichi
Oleg A. Troyanovsky
Semyon Tsarapkin
Chan
Cellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Chenpao
China
Ussuri
Hsinhua
Peking
Chenpao Island
Kapotsu
Chilichin
Pot party fuels call to reassess drug laws
Edmonton report notes an opposition MLA argues federal control of cannabis should end under Narotics Control Act and Alberta study drug use effects. Len Werry says rising marijuana use alarms schools and police, blaming permissive society, materialism, and media exposure for youth pressures.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Len Werry
Calgary Bowness
Beatle Paul McCartney Marries Linda Eastman in London
Paul McCartney, the last bachelor Beatle, wed New York photographer Linda Eastman at Marylebone register office. About 150 onlookers braved light rain as police guided the couple through a crowded scene outside the grimy London office.
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Reuters
Paul McCartney
New York
Linda Eastman
McCartney
Maryle
Bone
Heather Eastman
Izda
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