Econvisnic chief urges restraint programs be avoided
Arthur Smith head of the Economic Council of Canada urges positive approaches to grow employment instead of wage and price restraint. In a Senate inquiry analysis he criticizes past policy shifts from 1968 to 1970, rejects income restraint and calls for reconciliation policies that work with market forces and long term supply demand balance.
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Ottawa
Arthur Smith
Economic Council of Canada
Federal
Senate
Canada
Smith
Federal Prices and Incomes Commission
Mr. Smith
Council
Royal tour highlights ecology and heritage in British Columbia
Queen Elizabeth urged continued care for natural surroundings during a 10 day royal visit to southeastern British Columbia. Prince Philip voiced concern over a pulp mill odor while Princess Anne opened a new national park. The tour included Fort Steele Castlegar Selkirk College Penticton and a ceremonial exchange with local Indigenous communities.
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Prince Philip
Princess Anne
B.C
Fort Steele
Selkirk
Castlegar
Penticton
W. A. C. Bennett
Saltspring Island
Confederation
Queen
Vancouver Island
Vancouver
British Columbia
Mideast talks stall as Rogers visits Cairo
U S Secretary of State William Rogers held talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo during a two day visit but neither Egypt nor Israel signaled a willingness to bend their demands for reopening the Suez Canal The aim is to thaw deadlocked Arab Israeli negotiations and move toward a canal accord as a step to peace.
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Cairo
William Rogers
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Rogers
Mahmoud Riad
Mahmoud Fawzi
Anwar Sadat
East Bank
Quebec landslide traps families as rescue teams search scene
Rescue workers dug through mud after a massive cave in at St. Jean Vianney, Quebec, swallowing 35 homes and a bus. At least 20 people are believed dead, with four families rescued early today and others possibly trapped in submerged homes and cars. Heavy rain hampered efforts in the Saguenay region.
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Quebec
Chicoutimi
Que
St. Jean Vianney
Civil Defence
Maurice Roy
Canadian Forces
Quebec City
Saguenay
Federal bilingual districts proposed across Canada
Ottawa reports 37 districts where federal services must be in French and English aiming to cover 75 to 80 percent of Francophones outside Quebec and all Anglophones in the province. The plan uses 1961 census data and flags 24 districts for review after this year's census with a gradual approach possible. Edmonton notes three Alberta districts are to be formed immediately with three more after the 1971 census, though one mayor calls it a waste of tax dollars.
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Ottawa
Canada
Quebec
Royal Commission On
Edmonton
Western Europe freezes dollar trades amid revaluation fears
Western European national banks including West Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium suspended trading in U S dollars to curb dollar for mark speculation ahead of a Bonn predicted revaluation. France kept dollars but Paris markets stopped mark dealings. Reuters reported Bonn ordered currency exchanges closed until further notice.
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Frankfurt
Europe
U.S
Bonn
Switzerland
Netherlands
Austria
Belgium
Bank of France
Paris
Reuters
Stanfield urged to lead anti C-176 fight in Commons
Pressure mounts from western MPs and agriculture groups as Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield is urged to oppose Bill C-176 in its final Commons stages. The bill would create national farm marketing agencies and has 29 amendments to be debated. Over 30,000 protest coupons arrive calling for delay.
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Ottawa
West
Robert Stanfield
Commons
Conservative
Stanfield
Mr. Stanfield
Freed antiwar leaders freed and vow march on Congress
Anti war activists buoyed by bail release of Rennie Davis and John Froines plan to press protests after a Tuesday rally outside the justice department swelled detentions to about 2,200. Police and federal troops contained marches as about 10,000 were arrested in two days, with hearings set for May 12.
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Washington
Congress
Justice Department
Rennie Davis
John Fraines
FBI
Davis
Froines
Fraines
U.S
Indochina
Amendments to grain payments act debated in Commons
Opposition MPs voice guarded praise for amendments to the Prairie Grain Advances Act aimed at reversing repayment pressure on western farmers. The changes keep the $6 000 cap but shift repayment to the original loan rate, expand coverage to flax rapeseed and rye, and intend to ease past debt lifted by earlier policy.
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Ottawa
Jack Horner
Crowfoot
Horner
Trudeau
West
Apollo 15 crew eye lunar mountain climb in old moon region
AP reports Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin plan to be the first to mount a lunar ascent of peaks near a 12,000 foot high area this July. They intend to base their climb on the Moon’s ancient terrain.
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Fla
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Moon
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