Alberta Premier Lougheed Pushes for Local Government Control
Premier Peter Lougheed argues that governance should be delivered by the level closest to citizens and urges reassessment of Ottawa Alberta resource sharing. He warns Alberta could become a holdout if constitutional discussions fail to resolve responsibilities and funding, and calls for machinery to fix resource allocation.
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Dmonton
Peter Reed
Berta
Lougheed
Alberta
Vince
Ottawa
Novinces
Quebec
Wyse urges aid to Alberta's smaller cities
Medicine Hat MLA Bill Wyse told The NEWS smaller Alberta cities need preferential treatment to attract new industries. He argues low gross areas lack equal opportunity without support and criticizes Premier Lougheed’s pollution versus jobs stance.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Bill Wyse
Alberta
Social Credit
Fred Peacock
Wyse
Lougheed
Dominion Glass
Highway budget hints at Medicine Hat projects
Alberta highways minister Clarence Copithorne refused to disclose project specifics for the Medicine Hat area in the 1972 budget. He confirmed a 39.975 million dollar allocation for highway construction, 4.8 percent higher than last year, and said details would be outlined in his estimates debate speech. He plans a Medicine Hat visit after the legislative session to discuss needs and priorities with city officials.
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Gordon Pollard
The
NEWS
Edmonton
Alberta
Clarence Copithorne
Medicine Hat
Copithorne
Berlin wall opens to West Berliners
Berlin, AP. The Berlin wall opened to tens of thousands of West Berliners marking the first permission to visit East Berlin in six years and access the East German countryside in 20 years. Guards lifted barriers at nine crossing points at 6 01 a.m. and reunions unfolded with gifts despite a $7 goods limit. Mayor Klaus Schuetz called it an important first hour showing easing tensions. The moves tie to the four power Berlin accord and East West German agreements awaiting Russian approval and West German ratification.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
West Berlin
Klaus Schuetz
Wall
Moscow
Espionage tale split between fact and fiction in Canada
Justice Minister Otto Lang defends a RCMP training manual as a mixed fiction and fact account of an apparent spy Sabotka. Reporters question real events and timing while Lang cites confidentiality and a late year assembly. Opposition contends the tale blends real cases with fabrication.
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Otto Lang
RCMP
Lang
Sabotka
Robert Stanfield
Mr. Stanfield
Pipeline study costs 16 million to date
A Calgary led six firm consortium in Northwest Project Study Group has spent 16 million since 1970 studying a 2500 mile Prudhoe Bay to Emerson Manitoba gas pipeline. If authorized construction could start 1974 with first pipe laid in 1976 and gas flowing in 1978.
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Emerson
Canada
U.S
Hurd
Atlantic Richfield Co
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd
Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Gas Arctic
Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co. Ltd
Canadian National Railways
News Schedule Update For Friday March 31
The NEWS will not publish on Friday March 31 and the regular television section will appear in the Thursday March 30 paper. Display advertising deadlines are 5 p.m. today for Saturday April 1 and 5 p.m. Thursday March 30 for Monday April 3. Classified ads deadline is 12 noon Thursday March 30.
Action Canada nominates Alberta candidate in Medicine Hat
Earl Smith former Bow Island alderman and Social Credit member announced in Medicine Hat his plan to seek Action Canada nomination while pledging to uphold Social Credit principles. Accompanied by Dennis Anderson and George Skelton the group outlined selective Alberta campaigns and a national target of 45 to 75 candidates with three BC announcements already made.
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Action Canada Party
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Earl Smith
Social Credit Party
Bow Island
Action Canada
Mr. Smith
Dennis Anderson
George Skelton
Anderson
Calgary Center
Calgary North
Calgary South
Skelton
British Columbia
Environment report stirs storm at Stockholm talks
Ottawa faces a storm as the delayed Canadian report to the UN environment conference in Stockholm is denounced as government propaganda. Five provinces and naturalists groups accuse the 60 page study of ignoring provincial jurisdiction and achievements while critics call it political. Federal deputy minister Shaw defends broad consultation with 150 groups and individuals.
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Ottawa
Stockholm
Naturalists
Canada
Richard Passmore
Canadian Wildlife Federation
Robert Shaw
Federal
Environment Department
FE. E. Ballantyne
Alberta
Banff and
Jasper National Parks
Ballantyne
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Medicine Hat Tigers
Tigers
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Frank Webber
Don Sellar
Southam News Services
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Shaw
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Saskatchewan
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