Greenpeace launch bold protest against whaling fleets
Vancouver based Greenpeace prepares Project Ahab off Winter Harbor to halt Russian and Japanese sperm whale hunts. Vessels Greenpeace V and III plan high speed boat interventions to block harpoon shots, risk of injury or death acknowledged. global support cited from Canada to Massachusetts Whale Week.
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Vancouver
Winter Harbor
Vancouver Island
Greenpeace
Greenpeace Foundation
Antarctic Ocean
Aleutian Islands
Greenpeace V
Greenpeace III
North Pacific
U.S
Bob Hunter
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
No open door for depose d Rhodesia racists
Prime Minister Trudeau said Canada has no interest in inviting white racists fleeing Rhodesia to Canada. He noted normal immigration rules would apply and did not support emigration schemes proposed by Bishop Abel Muzorewa. The bishop urged white Rhodesians seeking to escape minority rule to move to Commonwealth countries.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Trudeau
Canada
Rhodesia
Commonwealth
Abel Muzorewa
Rhodesian African National Council
ANC
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Ian Smith
Montreal postmen vote to return to work amid dispute
Montreal Letter Carriers Union vote favors resuming duties 946 for return, 324 opposed, 26 abstain. Couriers to resume midnight shift, carriers Friday morning. Disruptions followed suspension of local exec and trusteeship by national body. Local president Morrissette suspended for calling show of hands vote and alleged misuses of union funds.
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Montreal
Letter Carriers Union of Canada
Post Office
Guy Morrissette
National Lcuc
Roger Decarie
Morrissette
Oil-Gas Price Bill Wins Commons Approval After Compromise
The bill granting Ottawa power to set oil and natural gas prices cleared the Commons amid a compromise that requires parliamentary review of unilateral pricing. It also authorizes the oil export tax and subsidies for eastern consumers using imported oil. Senate approval and royal assent remain.
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Ottawa
Commons
Senate
Conquest Completed as PRG Rises in Saigon
The Provisional Revolutionary Government claims victory in South Vietnam while North Vietnam demands US warships withdraw. Viet Cong says the delta is under control and four army division HQs at the Mekong mouth have been dismantled. No overt fighting reported.
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Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
United States
Provisional Revolutionary Government
PRG
U.S
Saigon Radio
Mekong River
Hanoi
Pentagon
South China Sea
Peter Arnett
George Esper
Matt Franjola
Foreign Ministry
Tokyo
MPs approve one third pay hike with retroactive back pay
Ottawa MPs vote 175 to 26 to raise pay by 33 percent to a taxable 846 weekly with back pay from the July 8 election totaling about 7000 for most, plus escalator and higher allowances. Opposition pundits warn of rising costs as Senate and royal assent loom.
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Ottawa
Senate
Medicine Hat
Bert Hargrave
Walsh Ranch
Hargrave
New Democrats
Leonard Jones
Moncton
NDP
John Gilbert
Toronto Broadview
Derek Blackburn
Brant
Robert Stanbury
Charles Caccia
Ottawa aims speedier deal on new domestic natural gas price
Ottawa and Alberta pursue a new domestic gas price within weeks to avoid the arbitration board's $1.15 per thousand cubic feet rate. Energy Minister Donald Macdonald says Canadians should pay well below that level and plans talks with Don Getty around midweek.
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Ottawa
Alberta
TransCanada PipeLines
Gulf Oil Canada Ltd
Donald Macdonald
Commons
Don Getty
MPs Split Over Parliament Pay Rise Amid Charity Offer
At least two MPs refuse the 33⅓ percent pay rise approved by the Commons and say they will donate the extra funds to charity. Stanley Knowles and Stan Darling lead the abstainers, while others vote for or against, with some debating timing and public reaction.
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Ottawa
Commons
Stanley Knowles
NDP
Winnipeg North Centre
Stan Darling
Parry Sound-Muskoka
Knowles
New Democrats
Leonard Jones
John Diefenbaker
Ed Broadbent
Peter Bawden
Calgary South
Perrin Beatty
Wellington-Grey- Dufferin-Waterloo
Ottawa and provinces agree on new social services framework
Ottawa and provincial ministers reach consensus on procedures for a broad social services act and 50 percent subsidies for jointly financed programs. They pledge more talks on guaranteed income and income supplements while expanding support for the disabled, vocational rehabilitation, day care, and services for the aged.
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Ottawa
Marc Lalonde
Lalonde
Canada
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Rb Ros
Gerald Baldwin
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