Three Auto Firms Seek DISC Subsidies, Pepin Says
Ottawa Trade Minister Jean‑Luc Pepin disclosed that three of the four major auto makers may use the U S DISC subsidy program. He noted Ford had applied and started shipments to Canada, American Motors had not applied, while General Motors and Chrysler were undecided. Pepin promised a full statement next week amid budget debates and foreign trade tensions.
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Jean-Luc Pepin
U.S
House of Commons
American Motors
General Motors
Chrysler
Canada
Pepin
DISC
International Sales Corporation
Nixon
the Commons
Robert Stanfield
Stanfield
Two Gunmen Hijack Airliners In Separate Missions
Two gunmen hijacked separate U S airliners in concurrent incidents. One Eastern Air Lines jet diverted to Mexico, then Belize before the hijacker parachuted out with ransom money. The second Western Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles was diverted to Cuba after freeing some passengers and selecting a final destination.
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Associated Press
United States
Indochina
U.S
Eastern Air Lines
Western Airlines
Cuba
Allentown
Washington
Dulles
New Orleans
Belize
British Honduras
Sky Pirate
Yoro
Mexico
Merida
Yucatan
Mexico City
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Dallas
Tex
Tampa
Fla
North Vietnamese attack flares near Pleiku and Kontum
Communist forces hit Fire Base 42 near Pleiku with tear gas rockets and mortars wounding 80 South Vietnamese defenders and killing a U S adviser. Heavy fighting drives back infantry on Highway 14 and threatens Hue as U S planes destroy artillery. Cambodia comes under heavy shelling with civilians fleeing Phnom Penh.
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Saigon
Pleiku
United States
Kontum
Chu Pao
Kontum City
Hue
North Vietnam
U.S
Birmingham
Alitalia DC-8 disaster claims 115 near Palermo
Italian air crash on a hillside above Punta Rassi Airport kills 115 including two named victims and notable figures such as Juventus manager Cesimir Vicpalek's son film director Franco Indovina magistrate Ignazio Alcamo and Lt Col Antonio Fontanelli. Wreckage covers a mile amid bad weather. Authorities recover bodies with helicopters as the incident marks Italy's worst air disaster.
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Sicily
Reuter
Italy
Punta Rassi
Rome
Montagna Lunga
Long Mountain
Alitalia
Craighton
McCarthy
Cesimir Vicpalek
Juventus
Franco Indovina
Ignazio Alcamo
Antonio Fontanelli
Bombay
India
Escaped killer overpowered by teen near Kingston
In Kingston Ontario a 17 year old youth armed with a shotgun overpowered Edward McCaffrey a 30 year old escaped killer holding his family and a friend hostage after fleeing Kingston General Hospital. McCaffrey was serving 20 years for manslaughter in the 1971 slaying of Wayne Turcotte.
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Kingston, Ont
Here
Timothy Rigby
Edward McCaffrey
Ottawa
McCaffrey
Kingston General Hospital
Millhaven Penitentiary
Wayne Turcotte
New CBC Chief Appointed To Lead Network
Ottawa CP reports Prime Minister Trudeau named Laurent Picard 44 CBC executive vice president as the new CBC president effective August 1. He succeeds George Davidson who leaves August 1 for a United Nations post. Picard, born in Quebec City, has Harvard business training and Laval University roots.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Laurent Picard
CBC
Picard
George Davidson
United Nations
Davidson
Quebec City
Laval University
Commerce
Harvard University Business School
Harvard
Individual Rights Protection Act and Alberta human rights bill
The act aims to shield individuals from state power by creating an Alberta human rights commission focused on public education and negotiation. If needed, a board of inquiry could escalate cases to the Alberta Supreme Court, repealing prior laws conflicting with the new act. After second reading, the bill awaits summer recess for submissions.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Ron Ghitter
Calgary Buffalo
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Alberta Supreme Court
Alberta plans 50 million agriculture development fund
Alberta legislature first reading a 50 million dollar Agriculture Development Fund bill aims to aid small family farms with low interest loans for development and debt consolidation. Minister Hugh Horner seeks co ordination with Ottawa on a unified farm credit policy via a Crown corporation.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Hugh Horner
Horner
Ottawa
Alberta Agriculture Development Corp
Indian and Pakistani Troops Clash in Kashmir’s Kalyan
An official government communique says fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces continues in the Kalyan area of central Kashmir. Pakistanis reportedly attacked Indian positions with battalion strength on Friday night. a defence ministry statement notes two assaults.
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New Delhi
Reuter
Kalyan
Kashmir
Defence Ministry
Srinagar
Fat Back wins OFY grant for interprovincial tour
Medicine Hat six member rock band Fat Back receives 6480 from Opportunities for Youth to perform concerts in 30 communities across Alberta and British Columbia. The nine week tour starts July 1 with band members Garth Mihaldeon Garret Harvey Doug Schacher Korey Koke Ron Sept and David Salberg. A national OFY committee approved the grant part of 14 local projects worth 93954 creating 108 jobs.
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Fat Back
Alberta
British Columbia
Garth Mihaldeon
Garret Harvey
Doug Schacher
Korey Koke
Ron Sept
David Salberg
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Creighton Abrams
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