14 Mar 1975
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 14, 1975
Page
1
Parliament approved a 287 page Income Tax Act amendments and royal assent was given. Refunds totaling millions will begin mailing likely Monday with 1974 reliefs from $150 to $500 and 1975 reliefs from $200 to $750 plus exemptions on savings interest and home savings.
Supply Minister Jean-Pierre Goyer told Parliament he had no knowledge of a letter from Hamilton official Jim Campbell and said he would support a judicial inquiry. The case centers on dredging contracts in Quebec and Ontario with multiple parties charged for alleged bid rigging.
RCMP and Calgary police treat a Strathmore sighting as serious. A service station operator reported a late model green van with red and white plates carrying a woman resembling Patricia Hearst and two others about 10 10 a.m. EST. The van was last seen heading west near the Trans Canada Highway.
Negotiators from the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Treasury Board resume mediation in Ottawa amid cautious optimism. Don Kritsch reports movement on both sides, while Alex Church cites several proposals under discussion as mediator Tom O Connor prepares a mid day Saturday report. The renewed talks follow a breakdown on February 21 that triggered strikes disrupting grain shipments and mail and air service. PSAC demands include a 23 percent wage increase over 15 months, far above current offers.
CP Rail report shows 42 Medicine Hat crews reduced to 36 with 2 more to go this weekend due to grain transport block. Daily trains drop from about 20 to 12 over 10 days. At Calgary Edmonton and Red Deer over 100 CP workers laid off amid nationwide strike. Suffield public servants hold two one day walkouts as Ottawa talks continue.
In Lisbon the Revolutionary Council nationalizes more than 200 private banks amid mass protests by bank employees shouting The banks belong to the people. In Madrid Antonio de Spinola flew toward Brazil after a crackdown on a rightist revolt. Pravda commentary suggests wider class polarization and democratic progress in Portugal.
Australia closes its Phnom Penh embassy this Saturday while France plans an airlift for Europeans. U S airlift resumes after a Khmer Rouge shelling incident. about 21 Khmer Rouge killed in operations northwest of the airport. Government forces press to clear insurgents with roughly 2,000 troops against about 4,000 Khmer Rouge believed in the area.
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