Decision on army training at Suffield delayed
Premier Peter Lougheed said no definitive conclusions have been reached on whether continuing the British Army training program at Suffield can coexist with the Suffield gas development plans. He expects cabinet decisions in coming months and notes the two-price gas system will affect Medicine Hat’s economy while recognizing potential positive impacts from proximity to large gas reserves.
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Gordon Pollard
The
NEWS
Edmonton
Peter Lougheed
Suffield
Lougheed
Medicine Hat
Mines and Minerals
Bill Dickie
Industry
Fred Peacock
Environment
Bill Yorke
National Defence
James Richardson
Ottawa
Bert Hargrave
Hargrave
Calgary
Canadians push Viet Cong censure over narrow air corridors
Canada urged the ICCS to condemn the Viet Cong for violating the Vietnam truce by denying wider air observer corridors. The panel split as Indonesia stayed noncommittal and Hungary and Poland opposed. The dispute stalls prisoner releases at Loc Ninh as ICCS helicopters await corridor agreement.
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Saigon
Canada
International
Vietnam
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
Viet Cong
Provisional Revolutionary Government
PRG
Loc Ninh
Nixon campaign cash mystery cited in sworn deposition
In sworn testimony Sloan said missing cash sheets show about 900000 in disbursements with larger sums up to 2 million discussed. Reports claim Kalmbach held 500000 in unreported funds and Haldeman aide 350000 in safe money. The committee was fined 8000 for reporting gaps as records from pre April 7 1972 date were destroyed or undisclosed.
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Sloan
Nixon
Herbert Kalmbach
White House
H. R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Nixon Campaign
Campaign
Nixon Committee
Stans
Hanoi criticizes Canadian ICCS delegation over crash report
North Vietnam renewed its attack on the Canadian members of the ICCS peace keeping force accusing them of refusing to sign a helicopter crash report. The dispute centers on a April 7 crash and a re investigation briefing that Hungarian Indonesian and Polish officials signed while Canadian delegates did not. Maj. Gen. Duncan McAlpine said the Vietnamese sought to shift blame onto others to avoid responsibility.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
International Peace Observing Force
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
U.S
Duncan McAlpine
Canada
Ministers divided on minimum wages policy in Canada
Canadian labor ministers debated minimum wage as social justice tool at a two day Ottawa conference. They agreed wages should exceed social assistance but produced no firm rate or uniform nationwide figure. Provinces set varied summer rates from 1.40 to 2.00 per hour with gradual raises favored. BC cites no employment impact from wage hikes.
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Ottawa
Canada
John Munro
Munro
Health and Welfare
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
B.C
W.S. King
New MPs Offices Face Plan to Open This Fall
Ottawa considers funding full constituency offices with secretaries at about $2 million annually. The plan, opposed by some leaders, would use Ottawa funds and bills to be paid by the treasury. MPs from urban ridings favor closer constituent contact while rural members resist, with critics arguing tax dollars would finance election campaign offices.
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Donsellar Southam News Services
Ottawa
Gerald Baldwin
NDP
Stanley Knowles
Treasury Board
C.M
Bud” Drury
Barry Mather
Surrey-White Rock
Nixon poll shows half doubt Nixon on Watergate coverup
Gallup poll finds 50 percent believe Nixon lied about not knowing of the Watergate espionage plot and 40 percent think he had advance knowledge. Four in ten doubt his full truth in his televised address while 30 percent say he told the whole truth. 15 percent undecided.
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Washington
Reuter
Nixon
Gallup
Four dead after Quebec rehab centre blast and blaze
The death toll climbed to four after an explosion and fire at a Quebec City rehabilitation centre for handicapped adults. Two more victims died in hospital, including Yvon Poirier who ran the workshop where the blast occurred, identified by Andre Savard of the fire commission.
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Quebec
Andre Savard
Quebec City
Teachers and Trustees Reject Board Award in Medicine Hat
Teachers and trustees of the Medicine Hat Separate School system rejected a conciliation board award amid 1973 contract talks with the Alberta Teachers Association representing 90 teachers. The award called for a 6.2 percent salary rise plus principals' allowances on a one year contract. teachers voted 65 to 18 against it, citing affordability amid government financial restrictions and a projected 1973 deficit of 69,933.
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Medicine Hat
Board of Trustees
Alberta Teachers Association
A.T.A
Nick Leskin
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Maurice Stans
Nixon Campaign Finance Committee
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Pease Drive
Mather
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