Abortion clause in Criminal Code bill unchanged
Ottawa reports that abortion clauses in the Criminal Code bill survived extensive debate and 30 attempts to narrow or delete them. The bill also addresses firearms lotteries homosexuality and impaired driving with third reading looming after report stage. Creditistes Conservatives and Liberals shifted votes on the final attempt to remove the abortion clause.
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Creditiste
Warren Alimand Grace
Justice
Turner
Canada
John Reid
Kenora Rainy River
Ralph Stew
Art
Cochrane
John Burton
Regina East
Oil and Wheat Topics in Talks With Prime Minister
Five hours of informal talks at the Prime Minister’s Sussex Drive residence covered oil and wheat among others. Alberta Premier Strom pressed imports and possible import restrictions on oil and urged serious study of a two price system for wheat. He said Trudeau appeared receptive and promised cabinet discussion on agriculture within weeks.
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Sussex Drive
Social Credit
Strom
Alberta
Ottawa Valley
Ottawa
Airlines union moves to ease Air Canada strike standoff
Montreal reports the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers says it will lower wage demands to help settle the Air Canada strike affecting 6,300 ground workers. Air Canada chief negotiator Charles Eyre warned that without third party mediation the stalemate could persist, though both sides remain willing to resume talks.
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Air Canada
Federal Labor Department
Mackasey
Pitchford
Charles Eyre
Worst elevator fire devastates Milk River Alberta
A grain elevator blaze in Milk River Alberta destroyed three elevators holding about 538000 bushels of wheat. Damage was estimated at 1 to 2 million dollars with salvage possible on some grain. Fire spread to nearby grass, a barn, railway ties burned, and a propane freight train halted. Firefighters from Lethbridge and six other communities kept the blaze to the elevators. The fire remained smoldering for weeks.
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Canada
Alberta Wheat Pool
Calgary
United Grain Growers
Lethbridge
Federal Grain Co
Milk River
Jamaica Defeated In bid to join OAS over Cuba ties
Jamaica's bid to join the Organization of American States failed in a private vote 11 to 6, just short of the two thirds. The United States supported admission despite opposition to Fidel Castro's government, while Canada could face similar demands to cut ties with Cuba if it seeks OAS membership. Mexico resisted full Cuba cuts, maintaining limited formal contacts.
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Jamaica
Organization of American States
Cuba
Canada
Hemisphere Alliance
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U.S
Fidel Castro
Venezuela
Mexico
Castro
U.S. to discuss Paris peace proposal with Hanoi and NLF
The United States signaled willingness to discuss the 10 point Paris peace proposal with North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front. Secretary Rogers called the plan containing some unacceptable elements but some features show potential for exploration as he prepares to consult South Vietnam’s leaders, including President Thieu, in Saigon.
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United States
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Paris
Front
U.S
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Nixon
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Zap Zap North Dakota erupts in student riot chaos
More than 500 National Guardsmen and police moved through Zap Zap to clear an estimated 3,000 youths who invaded for a weekend of revelry. Debris cluttered the streets as a bar was wrecked and windows broken. townsfolk reported fires, vandalism, and some arrests. Mayor Fuchs urged sealing off the town as students arrived from across the U S and Canada for the “Fort Lauderdale of the North.”
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N.D
North Dakota
LaClair A. Melhouse
The
National Guard
Mercer County
Ivan Stiefel
U.S
Canada
Fort Lauderdale
Stiefel
Gorton Injured While Horseback at Jasper Park Lodge
Australian Prime Minister John Gorton wrenched his back on a rough mountain trail in Jasper National Park but the injury is not serious. He and his wife are on a four day holiday, staying at Jasper Park Lodge, with aides nearby and tight security by RCMP.
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Jasper, Alta
John Gorton
Jasper National Park
Australia
Gorton
Washington
United States
French wheat price drops need global action says union
A spokesman for Union Nationale des Co-operatives Agricoles de Cereales warned Paris that wheat prices may continue to fall unless world officials establish a reasonable minimum. He noted Canadian and US sellers are undercutting the 1967 reference price, and a London meeting on April 30 failed to advance price respect.
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China
Union Nationale Des Co-operatives Agricoles de Cereales
United States
Agence Generale d’Informations Agricoles
London
Canada
Douglas-Home arrives in Edmonton for three day visit
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, former British prime minister, touched down Friday in Edmonton to begin a three day trip ending with a speech at the Sir Winston Churchill Society banquet Monday night. The visit follows his earlier engagements in Canada.
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