Dow Chemical hit with Ontario pollution suit
Ontario launches a 35 million dollar mercury pollution case against Dow Chemical of Canada and Dow Chemical Co. of Midland. The government seeks 25 million in general damages to the environment and fisheries and wildlife and a 10 million extra to fund cleanup if Dow does not comply. Fishermen's leader Drouillard welcomes provincial action as fishing remains curtailed by mercury in Lake St Clair area. Dow Canada VP Hacking says no notice yet and will hand matter to lawyers.
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Dow Chemical Co
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Mich
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Sarnia
Lake Erie
Allan Lawrence
Drouillard
John Hacking
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U.S. weighs UN peacekeeping plan with Israel
Washington officials report the United States plans talks this week to press Jerusalem on a UN peacekeeping force for the Middle East. State Secretary Rogers will meet Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban to discuss security guarantees and territorial terms tied to Golda Meir’s plan.
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United States
Israel
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Middle East
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Abba Eban
Eban
Golda Meir
Rogers
Nixon
Reward offered for soldiers killers in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland government offers 120000 dollars for information leading to convictions of the men who killed three British soldiers near Belfast. The reward also covers other security forces deaths in Ulster as inquiries stall.
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Belfast
Reuter
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Prairie grain policy final makeup after Ottawa concessions
Ottawa announced the final grain stabilization policy with three Prairie concessions including a $100 million summer payment to western farmers and a 2 to 1 funding ratio favoring government and farmers. The fund begins August 1, 1971, with eligibility for those under $15,000 in cash receipts and losses recovered from the fund.
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Southam News Services
Ottawa
Stabilization Fund
Emergency act behind schedule
Ottawa reports that Canada is likely to revert to ordinary law by April 30 when the Public Order act expires automatically unless Parliament extends it. Extension would require Quebec authorities to confirm ongoing emergency powers, with specifics to a limited period likely. The War Measures Act powers are gone and a permanent emergency powers bill is overdue.
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Arthur Blakely Southam
Ottawa
Canada
Quebec
Trudeau
Israel Seeks Hold on Golan and Jerusalem in Sinai Deal
Mrs Meir outlined terms tying Israel to retain the Golan Heights and Arab Jerusalem, denying troop crossings on the Jordan River, and supporting demilitarization of Sinai while Egypt would forgo Gaza and Sinai return amid talks on oil routes via the Strait of Tiran.
South Vietnamese abandon base in Laos near Sepone
South Vietnamese forces of the 1st Infantry Division blew up guns and withdrew from Fire Base Lolo nine miles southeast of Sepone after heavy North Vietnamese rocket and mortar fire. About 1,500 men marched to Landing Zone Brown as U S B 52s hit the area. The withdrawal follows recent base losses near Sepone and Sophia as troops retreat toward the border along Highway 914.
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Vietnam
Laos
Lolo
Associated Press
Sepone
U.S
Brown
Sophia
Gerhart defends Alberta police procedures
Alberta Attorney General Edgar Gerhart defended police tactics in drug cases while saying he has no personal knowledge of police using students as paid informers in Alberta. He noted the drug trade can require unusual methods and emphasized distinguishing enforcement from abuse, as a proposed Alberta Police Commission aims to review power abuses.
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Edgar Gerhart
Alberta
Bill Dickie
Calgary Glenmore
Gerhart
RCMP
Calgary
Alberta Police Commission
North Korea accused of training Mexican guerrillas
Mexican prosecutors allege North Korea trained Mexican youths in terrorism and guerrilla warfare at a camp near Pyongyang and sent them back to establish a Marxist Leninist regime. Nineteen suspects across five cities confessed, with rifles and money found. group linked to an attack on a bank courier last December.
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Reuter
Mexico
North Korea
Ecutor
Julio Sanchez Vargas
Soviet Union
Moscow
Patrice Lumumba
Movement of Revolutionary Action
Industrial grants bill draws cautious support in Alberta
Opposition MLAs supported in general by the plan to create a board offering loans up to 500000 or one third of plant costs for small centres but two government backbenchers blasted the bill as weak. Premier Lougheed said the bill’s principle is sound while outlining a 3 million 1971 72 budget and a 10 million fund.
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Fdmonton
Charles Drain
Pincher Creek
Crow's Nest
E. P. Benoit
SC — Okotoks
Peter Lougheed
Lougheed
Calgary West
Canadian aid paves path to Tanzania on Sharp pledge
External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp signed two aid agreements with Tanzania, boosting Canada’s African-aid focus as Tanzania remains a top recipient after Nigeria. In Fort Benning, six army officers begin assessing Lieut. William Calley’s guilt or innocence in the My Lai murder case. In Toronto, Energy Minister Greene says Mackenzie Valley is a possible pipeline route for Alaska oil, with ecological studies planned before decisions.
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Mitchell Sharp
Nigeria
Canada
Fort Benning, Ga
William Calley
My Lai
Toronto
J. J. Greene
Mackenzie Valley
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