Alberta budget proposes clearer spending picture and new tables
Alberta provincial treasurer Gordon Miniely unveils a 1972 budget with added detail including purpose descriptions for appropriations, department totals, and year-to-year comparisons. The estimates are split into operating and capital sections with four new tables outlining revenue sources and a decade of fiscal policy while inviting public input.
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Gordon Pollard
Edmonton
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Gordon Miniely
Alberta
Miniely
Lougheed
Elders face debt as many Canada families earn under four thousand
A 1970 survey of over 15 000 homes shows 1.39 million Canadians lived with incomes under 4 000 pre tax, 979 153 below 3 000. The lowest group used 430.70 of assets or went into debt. 3 000 to 3 999 earned 3 479 and ran 285 920 in debt. By contrast, all Canadian families averaged 8 026 pre tax and boosted assets by 137.70.
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Wee Wwesewesessws
Canada
Trudeau shoots down early election speculation
Prime Minister Trudeau dismissed talk of an imminent general election in a TV interview, saying he could detect no popular desire for new polls. He stressed the government would wait for the right moment rather than call an early vote.
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Canada
CTV
Trudeau
India Bangladesh sign 25 year defence treaty in Dhaka
Indira Gandhi returns from Bangladesh with a 25 year defence and friendship pact. Both leaders vow to consult if either is attacked and pledge to pursue peace talks with Pakistan while war crimes trials proceed in Dhaka. The agreement coincides with Bangladesh’s push for recognition and release of prisoners of war.
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New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
Dacca
Mrs. Gandhi
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Sheik Mujib
Bhutto
Bomb explodes in Belfast center kills six and injures many
A large blast on Church Street Belfast killed six people and left 97 injured including News Letter staff. Police officers were among the dead. Witnesses recalled a warning given minutes before the explosion and described a chaotic scene with injured bystanders and debris filling the street. This followed another March blast at a downtown restaurant that killed two and injured 135.
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Belfast
News Letter
Church Street
Frank Heagan
Donegall Street
Canada route less damaging than Alaska line in report
A long awaited interior department assessment finds a Mackenzie Valley route in Canada would harm the environment less than the Trans Alaska pipeline while offering similar economics. It favors the Alaska option on national security for delivering oil sooner, but no decision is announced and court actions may prompt new hearings. report notes imperfect spill avoidance and outlines wildlife, water, and indigenous impacts.
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Washington
Mackenzie Valley
Canada
Interior Department
United States
Alaska
North Pacific
U.S
Valdex
British Columbia
Brezhnev Says Soviet U S Talks May Improve Ties in May
Moscow reports Brezhnev stating Soviet leaders will meet President Nixon in May to discuss possible improvements in Soviet U S relations while stressing that any gains must not harm third countries. He backs Vietnamese peace efforts and condemns U S bombing in Indochina, noting readiness to improve ties with China but urging Beijing’s reciprocation.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Nixon
North Vietnam
Brezhnev
U.S
Indochina
Congress of Trade Unions
Soviet Union
China
United States
Peking
Washington
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Ben Tierney
Southam News Services
Ottawa
Ars Maar
Vietnam
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