Royal tour unfolds as Princess Anne ill in Canada
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip pressed on in British Columbia while Princess Anne, plagued by stomach upset, stayed aboard the royal yacht Britannia. Anne’s engagements were canceled, and Philip filled in at the University of British Columbia event.
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Quebec lives displaced after deadly landslide tragedy
The village of St. Jean Vianney evacuated as 44 homes and 31 residents were lost in a massive earth slide near Rivieres aux Vases. Four bodies recovered, 27 presumed dead, with 15 million tons of soil blocking the river area. Relief centers set up as premiers and agencies coordinate aid including mobile homes and mortgage relief.
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Lapointe
Central Mortgage and Housing Corp
Slide
CMHC
Hatter Victim in Trans-Canada Highway Crash
Randall Alexander Ure of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Cres cent Heights branch in Medicine Hat was killed Friday night when his car collided with an auto-carrier truck on Trans-Canada Highway 1, 21.5 miles east of Brooks at 10:45 p.m. The coroner has not yet decided on an inquest. the truck, driven by Garth Skriver of Lethbridge, sustained unknown damage and Skriver was uninjured.
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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
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Brooks
Highway 1
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Garth Skriver
Lethbridge
Skriver
Finance ministers seek to stem U S dollar flood in Europe
In Brussels six Common Market finance ministers hold an emergency session to curb dollar inflows that threaten West European unity. They consider rejecting currency float, opposing gold price changes, and steps to limit eurodollar deposits while Germany and France push competing cures.
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Europe
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Frankfurt
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Connally
Executive Commission
Valery Gisecard d’Estaing
France
Karl Schiller
Farm subsidy bill draws sharp political clash in Ottawa
Opposition charges the government would sink family farms. Otto Lang defends policy to aid farmers who stay on the land and offers a decent alternative for those who leave. The bill advances to a second reading with a $100 million subsidy for the current crop year and a Prairie income stabilization fund funded by a two percent cut in marketing receipts plus double from government.
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Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Lang
Commons
Ammonia Leak Traps Hawkesbury Town Evacuates
Panic swept Hawkesbury Ontario as a high pressure ammonia transfer valve failed Friday night. About 3,000 residents were evacuated and 150 hospitalized before the cloud cleared. Police and fire crews used loudspeakers to warn residents as the odor and fumes spread through the town on the Ottawa River near the Quebec border.
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Lionel Montpetit
Canadian International Paper Co
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Malcolm Dhaire
Sabry dismissal alarms Israel amid Rogers visit
Israel weighs reaction as Egypt dismisses Ali Sabry, a Sadat ally and Soviet sympathizer, during U S Secretary Rogers tour in the Middle East. Israeli officials split over whether the move signals a softened stance or a power shift within Egypt.
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Mid- East
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Nasser
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Arab Socialist Union
Pre-war march in Washington aims to rally supporters
Rev. Carl McIntire leads his third wartime march in Washington with a plea that President Nixon will listen. Thousands travel by bus and car to attend a 2 p.m. rally at the Washington Monument after a Friday night prayer service on the Capitol steps. The event follows a large anti war march in April and includes a Nationalist Chinese delegation prayer.
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Carl McIntire
United States
Nixon
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Capitol
Cosmos eight satellites launched from same rocket
Reuters reports the Soviet Union launched eight Cosmos satellites using one carrier rocket. AP notes a 48 hour Viet Cong cease fire for Buddha's birthday in South Vietnam. Louis Armstrong discharged from hospital after eight weeks due to a heart condition.
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