Government to issue price list of drug brands
Ottawa plans a federal price list this year for all brands of the 25 top selling drugs in Canada with quality tests by the Food and Drug Directorate but it will not guarantee clinical effectiveness. Health Minister John Munro stressed the distinction between quality assurance and therapeutic equivalence during a two hour interview with reporters.
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Peter Calamat
Southam News Services
Ottawa
Canada
Food and Drug Directorate
John Munro
Gram
Munro
England Accepts Ulster Demands for IRA Cleanup
Britain agrees to a tougher crackdown on IRA guerrillas after talks with Northern Ireland's James Chichester-Clark. An urgent review of army manpower and material will begin, with decisions due ahead of a Ulster Parliament session. Internment without trial may be sought.
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Belfast
Britain
Northern Ireland
James Chichester-Clark
London
Chichester- Clark
Edward Heath
IRA
Chichester-Clark
Ulster Unionist Council
U S intensifies call for Israeli withdrawal from territories
The United States pressed Israel to withdraw from most occupied Arab land and seek a peace settlement with international guarantees. Secretary Rogers urged a pullback toward roughly the 1967 armistice line and offered a UN peacekeeping force to back a negotiated settlement, while Meir defended her stance.
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Washington
United States
Israel
Middle East
Abba Eban
Rogers
Egyptian
Sinai
Egypt
U.S
United Nations
Golda Meir
Vietnam thrusts drive South Vietnamese from Laos bases
AP reports repeated North Vietnamese assaults drive South Vietnamese from bases in Laos toward the border. U.S. helicopter pilots describe a retreat with heavy losses. In five days two bases south of Highway 9 were abandoned, a third appears doomed, and refugees say enemy supplies move despite some disruption of the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Ham Nghi
Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Brown
Ho Chi Minh
Turkey teeters toward coalition as army splits widen
Ankara sources report six day government crisis edging toward a coalition as Sunay meets party leaders. Demirel’s Justice party and opposition leaders seek a stable solution with Ismet Inonu likely to lead the Republican People’s Party. Reports say the armed forces retired 20 senior officers in a push to resolve the impasse.
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Ankara
Reuter
Turkey
Cevdet Sunay
Suleyman Demirel
Justice Party
National Assembly
People’s Republican Party
Demirel
Sunny
Monu
Inonu
Trudeau unveils 57.8 million youth employment plan
Prime Minister Trudeau announced a federal program allocating 57.8 million dollars to create summer jobs and travel opportunities for about 70,000 youths among an expected 990,000 entrants to the labor market this spring. The plan funds nine projects, including urban redevelopment and pollution probes, and aims to keep openings from permanent workers.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Labor
Canada
Strom raises home owners grant in Alberta
Premier Harry Strom announced a $25 increase in the provincial home owners grant from $50 to $75, effective this year, with higher rebates for old age pensioners and the guaranteed annual income supplement. The move aims to reduce property tax costs for education and services, while the government defends the policy as necessary and unchanged despite oil and gas royalty revenues.
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Edmonton
Harry Strom
Op- Posion
Peter Lougheed
Alberta backs exemption for cattle and hog marketers
Alberta legislature unanimously approved a resolution asking the federal government to exempt cattle and hogs from new federal agricultural products marketing legislation until producers request inclusion. The measure, amended from Bob Dowling’s proposal, focuses on producer choice and cites clause-by-clause review in the Commons. Premier Harry Strom noted marketing methods should be chosen by producers.
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Wdmonton
Alberta
Bob Dowling
Edson
Harry Strom
Fire may have started in arena from cigarette or match
Lethbridge fire officials say the 49 year old arena blaze last Friday night may have begun when a cigarette or match dropped between bleacher cracks and ignited paper above the roof of a first aid room. Mitchell Sharp arrived in Lusaka to discuss southern African racial issues and Canada Zambia relations with President Kaunda.
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Lethbridge
Lusaka
Mitchell Sharp
Zambia
Kenneth Kaunda
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