Flexible policy urged for foreign ownership of resources
Energy Minister J J Greene urged a flexible case by case approach to foreign ownership of Canadian resources. He said no fixed universal rules exist and noted ad hoc actions like Home Oil and Consumers’ Gas show discretion can steer policy. A cabinet study led by Revenue Minister Herb Gray will shape any final stance.
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Queen Elizabeth heads home after BC tour
Queen Elizabeth Prince Philip and Princess Anne leave Vancouver International Airport ending a 10 day centennial tour of British Columbia. A planned plaque ceremony in downtown Vancouver was postponed due to Anne illness, while the Queen faced a persistent virus earlier in the trip.
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Proposals for north called socialist test
Ottawa CP report cites Commons debate on a Conservative non confidence motion accusing government policy of being a vast experiment in state socialism and a do nothing approach that depletes northern resources for U S interests New Democrats add an amendment urging foreign ownership environmental protection and native rights Debate continues today The NDP says past and present governments failed to plan northern development benefiting native people Canada and the world
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Olson Skeptical Of Province Plan On Farm Adjustment
Agriculture Minister H A Olson said provinces have offered no concrete counter proposals to the federal Farmplan. He noted no substitute program has been offered and warned timetable cannot be set as talks continue among federal, provincial, and farm groups on three options for small farmers.
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Sour notes strike U.K. EEC talks session continues
British and European negotiators push through a second day of talks on Britain's bid to join the EEC. Disputes over Caribbean sugar producers and community financing linger while Geoffrey Rippon warns against muddled dialogue and presses for progress. Maurice Schumann laments a cooler reception to sugar proposals despite hopeful signs in British opinion.
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Soviet Jew Admits Part in Plane Hijack Conspiracy
In Leningrad a nine defendant anti-Soviet trial heard that 38 year old Gilya Butman admitted helping organize a plan to hijack a Soviet airliner to Sweden last June. Tass noted Butman and Mikhail Korenblit worked to penetrate the cockpit while eight others were cited as accomplices from the December sentencing.
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Leningrad
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Mikhail Korenblit
Sweden
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Youth Opportunity Budget Boosted to 25 Million
Ottawa boosts Opportunities for Youth to 25 million from 15 million as 13 000 proposals pour in since March 16. Secretary Gerard Pelletier says 600 projects approved with 100 more letters daily. final decisions by May 25. Program aims to create jobs and community service for about 70 000 students this summer.
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EEC talks ease Canada trade bind on British entry
Brussels reports a series of special trade arrangements cut risk to Canadian exports if Britain joins the EEC. Newsprint woodpulp and plywood gain. lead and zinc concentrates may be spared. alumina pending. Tea faces no tariff while Britain stays outside, and 94 percent of current duty-free imports will stay free. Canadian ministers and industry pushed for these concessions.
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Trudeau to visit Medicine Hat en route to Lethbridge
A government official signals Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau may pass through Medicine Hat on July 10 en route to the Lethbridge area. He would attend the opening of Kanai Industries on the Blood Indian Reserve, 30 miles southwest of Lethbridge. Tim Porteous could not confirm the trip details. A formal announcement would follow Trudeau's return from Russia on May 28.
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Scientists find DDT link merits attention not ban
In Washington the AP reports U S government scientists say a suspected link between DDT and human infertility warrants attention but not an immediate pesticide ban while in Ankara a powerful earthquake in Burdur southern Turkey leaves at least 15 dead and hundreds injured.
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