Czechs defy police in Pilsen demonstrations
More than 2,000 Czechoslovakians staged defiant protests in Pilsen, some with U S and British flags, as 400 police with two water cannons quell three separate demonstrations. Forty five were arrested and three officers injured. In Prague the party paper blamed criminal elements. locals said students and workers vented opposition to reduced pro-Soviet policies.
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Prague
United States
Pilsen
U.S
Bohemian
Communist Party
Rude Pravo
Air Canada strike talks resume amid stalemate
Montreal CP says talks between Air Canada and the IAMAW resume without signs of progress after breaking off April 27. About 6,300 workers seek higher wages as ground crews strike April 20, with Air Canada offering 23 percent over three years versus a union demand of 24 percent over two. Prime Minister Trudeau says no government move to legislate end to the strike.
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Montreal
Air Canada
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Ottawa
Bernard Wilson
Trudeau
the Commons
Debates Push Key Legislation to Fall Session
Ottawa reports drawn-out debate by Creditiste MPs slows passage of Criminal Code amendments and triggers a hold-over of government business into the fall. Liberal, Conservative figures clash over abortion language as Justice Minister Turner and party leaders pressure for quicker action.
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Ottawa
Government House
Donald Macdonald
Macdonald
Commons
Creditiste
Warren Allmand
L—Montreal
Notre-Dame-de-Grace
Creditistes
Charles-Arthur Gauthier
Creditistes Roberval
Mr. Allmand
Justice
John Turner
Hasbaya Siege Deepens in South Lebanon Border Clash
The mountain village Hasbaya near the Israeli border faces a siege by about 2000 Syrian backed Arab guerrillas. Lebanese troops clash with Al Saika group linked to Syria's Baath party, with at least one soldier killed. The battle near Kater Rikha marks intensified fighting and broader Lebanon Syria tensions.
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Associated Press
Hasbaya
Lebanon
Beirut
al Saika
Syria
Baath Party
Kater Rikha
Israel
al Saika—Thunderbolt
Latakia
al Shaab
Rashid Karami
al Fatah
Palestine
Cairo
Spitoons Snuff Debate In Alberta Legislature
In Edmonton the Alberta assembly debated taxing tobacco products and whether snuff should be included. Health and highways ministers proposed varied ideas while public works joked about spitoons, leading to approval to keep snuff in the bill pending final readings. Premier Harry Strom commented on the exchange.
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Edmonton
Spitoons
Alberta
Charles Drain
Pincher Creek
Crowsnest
Assembly
Anders Aalborg
J. Donovan Ross
Gordon Taylor
Drain
Public Works
Fred Colborne
Harry Strom
Parliament seeks tighter protection for federally run financial firms
Ottawa reports government bills to tighten regulation around federally incorporated trust loan and insurance firms. Senate proposals empower Richard Humphrys to intervene in faltering firms, with safeguards to avoid current turmoil. The measures form phase two of Royal Commission banking reforms, following 1967 Bank Act changes and past insurer failures.
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Ottawa
Canada
Senate
Paul Martin
Richard Humphrys
Royal Commission On Banking and Finance
Controversy Over Bonaventure Refit Costs at Ottawa
Ottawa hearings on the 1966 67 Bonaventure refit accuse Davie Shipbuilding of careless work and lack of records. Committee members challenge the $66,089 estimate, noting no roll of project by project costs and questioning why 36 hours were charged for a chair. Early figures also suggested $61,852, with no clear explanation of how repairs were allocated.
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Ottawa (Cp
Bonaventure
Alfred D. Hales
Commons Public Accounts Committee
Davie Shipbuilding Ltd
L. E. St. Laurent
Shipbuilding and Heavy Equipment Branch
Norman Casik
L—Ontario
Casik
Mr. St. Laurent
Tom Lefebvre
L—Pontiac
Hales
Wellington
Shipbuilding Company
Lloyd R. Crouse
South Shore
Farmer Ben Garcia completes transatlantic roller skate race in London
Ben Garcia known as Farmer Ben lands in London eight hours eight minutes after leaving New York's Empire State Building. He skated from a passenger plane after customs, clocking tower to tower at the Post Office Tower, despite a prior crash in Pennsylvania and a Moncton takeoff ban. He wore an orange flying suit and kept a piece of his crashed plane as he spoke of pride and determination.
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London
Ben Garcia
Customs
Post Office
Empire State Building
New York
Garcia
Farmer Ben
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
East Brunswick
N.J
The
Daily Mail
Moncton
N.B
Lykens
Strom to meet Trudeau in coming talks
Alberta Premier Harry Strom plans a direct approach on Canada's oil export issue with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He suggested a meeting could occur within the near future, possibly this weekend, but gave no date. Discussions would cover oil and other topics amid prorogation and Air Canada strike implications.
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Edmonton
Harry Strom
Alberta
Trudeau
Strom
Canada
Ottawa
Air Canada
Jetstar
Independent Petroleum Association
United States
National Energy Board
U.S
Borman to resign as astronaut to lead NASA space station task group
Frank Borman, commander of the first manned Moon orbit, will resign from the astronaut corps to become field director of NASA space station task group. Nixon proposed a major revision of U.S. food aid programs to cost 2.5 billion dollars annually within 13 months. A British parliamentary committee urged expanding international cooperative defence projects to include Canada and Australia.
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Houston
Frank Borman
Astronaut Corps
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Washington
Nixon
America
London
Reuters
Britain
Canada
Australia
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Gordon Ritchie
Dauphin
D. Gordon Blair
L.grenville-Carleton
Allmand
Gerard Laprise
Creditiste—Abitibi
Real Caouette
Queens College
Atlantic Acceptance Corp
Prudential Finance Corp. Ltd
Ben
Jie Tobe
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