Canadian wheat board report on production and selling
Ottawa report calls for carefully controlled wheat production and an integrated selling system to manage grain stocks. It recommends capping carryovers at 200 million bushels and farm stockpiles at 200 to 250 million, with a policy group guiding the central marketing structure and producer majorities. It also outlines a protein grading system and staged selling targets under new Canada Grain Act rules.
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French SST officials urge faster Concorde production
Paris officials and Aerospatiale head Henri Ziegler urged speeding up Concorde on the day the U S Senate voted 51 to 46 against further SST funding. They warned delays risk losing the supersonic market to the Soviet Tu-144 while noting other nations seek entry. France and Britain will press ahead with the project despite U S funding cuts.
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Pakistan bans political activity and Awami League
President Yahya Khan under martial law bans all political activity in Pakistan and outlawed the Awami League in East Pakistan as civil war erupts. Mujibur Rahman is denounced as a traitor while independence is proclaimed in the east. fighting reported with heavy casualties.
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al of Pakistan
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Sheik Mujib
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Egypt Expects Long War With Israel Says Al Ahram
Cairo commentary by former information minister Mohamed Hassanein Heikel argues a violent battle is inevitable with Israel. He asserts Israeli conceit blocks international diplomacy and that U S efforts to force full withdrawal have failed.
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Water from British Columbia urged for Southern Alberta
Alberta legislature debated a backbench motion to study securing water from British Columbia via negotiations and the International Joint Commission to divert waters to Southern Alberta. The debate coincided with the approval of the 1971-72 budget increases for executive council highways and tourism.
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Faulkner struggles to calm Ulster after cabinet shakeup
In Belfast Prime Minister Brian Faulkner announced a new cabinet including hardline ally Harry West as agriculture minister and veteran reformer David Bleakley as community relations head. An explosion damaged Unionist HQ with no injuries as troops sealed the area.
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Calley trial jury must reach verdict by Monday
The Lieut William Calley My Lai murder trial jury is on its 10th day of deliberations and must reach a verdict by Monday or the judge will request an explanation. A separate British foreign office denial counters reports Britain may authorize arms sales to South Africa. In Georgia, an 11-year-old boy held in handcuffs for 20 hours during a kidnapping was released unharmed after his parents paid a $5,000 ransom and the boy guided police to the hideout.
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Marathon My Lai
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Nelson defence admits slayings at trial in BC
Defence counsel acknowledged in British Columbia Supreme Court that Dale Merle Nelson killed eight people in a Sept. bloodbath in the West Creston area. The judge heard a written statement detailing how Nelson killed seven-year-old Tracey Wasyk by choking, stabbing, and throat cutting as the trial continued on non capital murder charges.
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Castlegar
T. G. Bowen-Colthurst
Argentine general takes top post after coup
Buenos Aires AP reports Lt Gen Alejandro Lanusse, who led a successful coup, will be sworn as Argentina's eighth president in 16 years. The original plan spoke of a three man junta but Lanusse appears to hold real leadership, replacing deposed President Roberto Levingston as head of the government with army backing.
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Carlos Alberto Ray
Roberto ML. Levingston
University of Alberta president warns against anti foreign faculty laws
U of A president Max Wyman told the Moir Committee that it would be tragic for Canada to enact measures discouraging world class scholars from teaching in universities. He argued the issue requires careful evidence and cited foreign professors boosting enrolments as essential to growth.
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