Government backtracking on grain sale estimates
Ottawa strains of a grain export forecast shift as the grain outlook cools. Six months earlier Otto Lang projected a record 700 million bushels with wheat near 500 million, but Bud Olson's department now suggests exports around 400 million for wheat, with total grain unclear. The report cites strong Russian harvests and a rising carryover, yet notes Canada remains healthier than last year. It urges barley plantings of 14-16 million acres and wheat acreage around 20 million to balance supply.
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Southam
Ottawa
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Federal Agriculture Department
Mr. Lang
Bud Olson
Lang
China
Russia
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Stuart Carmichael
Soviet Union
Alberta pollution attack in legislature targets Socreds
Opposition critic Bill Yurke says Alberta has higher pollution than any prairie province except British Columbia, naming polluted rivers and warning the Wapiti River may be tainted by a planned pulp mill. Alberta's Ray Ratzlaff reports 1970 investments totalled 2.5 billion, with 153 major plants valued at 209 million and 47 more under construction.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Prairie
Canada
British Columbia
Social Credit
Bill Yurke
Strathcona East
Wapiti
Alberta Commercial Corp
Ratzlaff
Morton backs Mackenzie Valley pipeline plan
Interior Secretary Rogers Morton urged oil companies to consider the Mackenzie Valley route from Alaska to market via Canada as an alternative to the disputed trans Alaska pipeline. Ottawa fears spills along the West Coast, while Morton signals a cautious stance not to rush a permit despite security arguments.
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George Brimmell Southam
Washington
Canada
Interior
Rogers Morton
Prudhoe Bay
North Slope
Valdez
Puget Sound
Ottawa
Interior Department
Department
National Security
Gandhi majority grows as Indira wins sweeping mandate
Indira Gandhi's Congress party extended its lead in India's general election, claiming 296 of 394 seats mid morning and likely securing a two thirds majority in the 521 seat Lok Sabha. The party also led in West Bengal state assembly elections, signaling a personal triumph for Mrs. Gandhi who framed the vote as backing progressive policies and national tackling of unemployment, rising prices, and social needs.
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New Delhi
Reuter
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
India
Gandhi
Congress
West Bengal
Marxist Communist Party
IRA activity on the rise in Northern Ireland crisis
Britain prepares to send up to 4000 more troops to Northern Ireland as part of a stepped up campaign against the IRA after the killings of three Scots soldiers near Belfast. Reinforcements join police and intelligence teams to infiltrate IRA ranks amid government vows of utmost vigor. Police hunt spreads to London Manchester and Liverpool as bombs injure a post office and a government employment bureau in Tyrone.
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Northern Ireland
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IRA
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Irish Sea
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Manchester
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IRA Provisionals
Rose admits kidnap role in Laporte case
Paul Rose told a 12 man jury in Montreal he never concealed taking part in kidnapping Pierre Laporte, Quebec’s slain cabinet minister. He defended the act as solidarity with the FLQ and said he did not confess to murder. He claimed the kidnapping shook up financiers and exploiters.
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Montreal
FLQ
Turkey's government resigns after military ultimatum
Premier Suleyman Demirel's government quits after armed forces threaten to seize control unless a new cabinet aligned with their demands is formed. The move follows months of student unrest and urban violence and amid dissatisfaction over economic reforms. The memorandum was signed by the chief of staff and service branch heads and broadcast by state radio.
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Ankara
Suleyman Demirel
Cevdet Sunay
Assembly
Senate
Justice Party
NATO
U.S
Demirel
Lethbridge university cuts Moir inquiry concept in education row
University of Lethbridge leaders and faculty sparred with Moir Committee members at a one day Calgary hearing. Critics challenged research methods and political bias while Arnold Moir warned against attacking motives of government officials.
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Lethbridge Education
Moir Inquiry
Lethbridge
University of Lethbridge
Moir Committee of
Alberta
Calgary
Arnold Moir
Edmonton
Moir
W. A.S. Smith
Students’ Society Council
Comittees
Ottawa negotiates purchase of Home Oil stake
Energy Minister J J Greene announced negotiations with Calgary based R A Brown to buy a major interest in Home Oil Ltd as Ottawa moves to secure strategic energy assets. Sweden passes emergency bill banning strikes and lockouts for six weeks to push wage negotiations in its biggest labor dispute since World War II.
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Ottawa
J.J. Greene
R.A. Brown
Calgary
Home Oil Ltd
Stockholm
Reuter
Sweden
Cabinet weighs delay on grant cap bill in Alberta
Premier Harry Strom said the cabinet will review a request from the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association to delay second reading of a bill that would cap provincial grants to municipalities at 38 million dollars a year. The bill amends the municipalities assistance act and follows a first reading. oil and gas royalties expected at 170 million for 1971 72. The association asked the bill be sent to a standing committee for representations before a freeze is set.
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Edmonton
Harry Strom
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Peter Lougheed
Strom
Association
House
Ottawa unveils summer jobs plan for census and Europe exchange
Ottawa outlines details of two programs. About 2,700 DBS workers will process census questionnaires for 13 weeks at wage near 1.75 dollars per hour, plus 700 to 800 shorter assignments. A separate plan offers 3,290 post secondary students a Working Holiday Abroad through an International Summer Exchange with ten European nations and Canada.
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Europe
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Industry, Trade and Commerce
Jean-Luc Pepin
The
Commons
DBS
Canada
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
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Norway
Sweden
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