Relative of Bourassa indicted on five counts
Ottawa reports Jean Simard cousin of Quebec Premier Bourassa facing five counts for conspiracy to defraud in a dredging scandal. He and 13 others face charges against Canada and Ontario governments and harbor commissions. Bail set at 100000. Must report travel plans to RCMP. Simard released.
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Jean Simard
Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Simard
Government of Canada
Government of
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Toronto Harbor Commission
Hamilton Harbor Commission
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Marine Industries Ltd
Sorel, Que
J. P. Porter Co. Ltd
Mexico
Albert Goldfarb
Ezre Sansibar
Chicago
Construction Aggregate Corp
Jason Hydraulic Co. Ltd
Hamilton
Ont
Jason Hydraulic
J. P. Porter Richelieu Dredging Corp
Canada Dredge and Dock Co. Ltd
Albemont Ltd
St. Lawrence
Iles d’Orleans
Que
Canada
Hamilton Harbor Commission Corp
RCMP
Rod Stamler
Marcel Piche
Mexicod
Yucatan Peninsula
Kissinger Seeks Faisal Backing in Sinai Talks
Secretary Kissinger flies to Riyadh to win King Faisal's support for ongoing Sinai negotiations with Egypt. He plans to brief Rabin and the Israeli cabinet, while weighing Sadat's counterproposals and aiming to influence Syria, with a return to Aswan planned for Thursday.
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U.S
Henry Kissinger
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Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
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Sadat
Egypt
Syria
Jerusalem
Aswan
Yitzhak Rabin
Rent Rush Follows Trans Alaska Pipeline Boom
In Fairbanks Alaska construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline fuels a housing surge. Listings show dire options like two rooms with water jugs for 500 dollars, an unfinished home for 700, a hallway convert for 300, and crowded ten-person families paying 600 a month plus electricity as families scramble for space.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
PSAC Talks Stall As Mediation Resumes In Ottawa
Mediation resumed in Ottawa as PSAC and the Treasury Board dig in after a Tuesday night recess. Union negotiator Gordon Kritsch said both sides were spinning wheels while talks lagged on raises and retroactive pay. The strike disrupts grain shipments, mail, and air travel as Prime Minister Trudeau declines Parliament intervention.
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Tom O'Connor
Gordon Kritsch
Public Service Alliance
Treasury Board
Bill Doherty
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W. A. Church
Doherty
Trudeau
Cambodian students rally in Phnom Penh urging U S aid halt
About a thousand university students gathered on campus to press the U S Congress to cut aid to Cambodia and to call for Lon Nol's regime to step down. Police had sealed off a previous anti Lon Nol protest, but today's meeting proceeded with student leaders blaming military aid for prolonging war and criticizing leadership reliance on Kissinger.
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Phnom Penh
United States Congress
Cambodia
Lon Nol
U.S. Congress
U.S
Dr. Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Foreign firms approved for 12 Canadian takeovers
Ottawa reports the government approved 12 foreign takeovers under the Foreign Investments Review Act and rejected two proposals. Denied were St. Lawrence Cement’s bid for Cement Independent and Bowaters Newfoundland’s bid for Lacroix Inc. Major approvals include Exprover SA to acquire Galaxy Glass, George W. Endress Co. to buy Toronto Mill Stock, Gulf Agricultural Chemicals to acquire Perkins Adhesives, HMK Manufacturing to take Skiroule, and Southampton Sawmills to acquire Southampton Contractors.
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Alastair Gillespie
St. Lawrence Cement Co
Montreal
Cement Independent Inc
Joliette
Que
Bowaters Newfoundland Ltd
Lacroix “Inc
Levis
Exprover SA
Belgium
Galaxy Glass Ltd
Toronto
George W. Endress Co. Ltd
Brantford
Ont
Sunbeam Corp
U.S
Toronto Mill Stock Co. Ltd
Waterford
Gulf Agricultural Chemicals Co. Ltd
Pittsburgh
Perkins Adhesives Division
McArthur Chemical Co. Ltd
Valleyfield, Que
North Vietnam Pressure Pushes Out Quang Tri Provinces
Saigon officials disclosed that South Vietnam plans to abandon Quang Tri and may cede Thua Thien including Hue as North Vietnamese forces encroach. About 100,000 civilians fled toward Da Nang from Quang Tri and Hue amid two weeks of heavy fighting, with most western Thua Thien under enemy control or no man’s land.
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South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Hue
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Election forum outlines views of Medicine Hat Redcliff candidates
Five candidates for Medicine Hat Redcliff discuss major provincial campaign issues in a question and answer series. The policy forum continues on Page 12 of today’s NEWS with each candidate outlining priorities and proposed approaches.
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Medicine Hat
Redcliff
FBI COINTELPRO details emerge in 10 year campaign
Newly released FBI files reveal COINTELPRO operations from the 1950s to 1960s aimed at disrupting the Socialist Workers party. Tactics included political interference, racial unrest, and anonymous abusive letters reaching the Boy Scouts national HQ. Hoover ended COINTELPRO in April 1971.
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FBI
Socialist Workers Party
Boy Scouts
Cointelpro
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Political Rights Defence
Diefenbaker Leaves Hospital After Prostate Surgery
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker, 79, was released from Ottawa Civic Hospital today after last weeks operation to remove his prostate gland. He had been admitted February 22 with a fever traced to a prostate infection. He will rest at home and it remains unclear if he will return to Parliament by March 26.
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John Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Ottawa Civic Hospital
Commons
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