Medicine Hat highway groups seek united front on road work
Highways committee members led by Jack Stephanson press for urgent action on Highway 48 to the U S border while noting Highway 3 and 41 are lower priorities. Minister Copithorne says no new work this year beyond paving 41. committee plans a united case to push for immediate improvements.
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Gordon Pollard
Clarence Copithorne
Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
Jim Horsman
Vaughan Hallock
Edmonton
U.S
Jack Stephanson
Stephanson
Copithorne
Schuler
Medicine
Gordon Sissons
Ian MacDonald
MacDonald
Ken Biddell
Lethbridge
Biddel
South Saskatchewan
Laporte kidnap trial ends with hung jury
In Montreal the 12 jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict after 15 hours of deliberation in Jacques Rose's kidnap trial. Spectators cheered as the foreman announced the deadlock, the first since the October 1970 kidnap slayings crisis began. The outcome leaves rose facing possible retrial or charges.
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Montreal
Jacques Rose
Rose
Eugene Marquis
Court of Queen’s Bench
Quebec
Jerome Choquette
Robert Lemieux
Alaska oil pipeline gets U S approval amid Canadian dismay
Morton approved the 780 mile Alaska route claiming national interest and exclusive U S jurisdiction. Canadian officials led by Mitchell Sharp oppose it, citing pollution risks to British Columbia and urging the Mackenzie route. Legal challenges from opponents likely push construction back years.
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Morton
Alaska
U.S
Edward L. Patton
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Anchorage
U.S. District Court
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
Washington State
Strait of Juan de Fuca
British Columbia
Mitchell Sharp
Canada
Vancouver
Sharp
Mackenzie
Donald Macdonald
Mackenzie Valley
Fears voiced on rising dollar
Ottawa MPs warned that the rising value of the Canadian dollar could sour exports as U S buyers face higher Canadian prices. The loonie rose to $1 015 64 U S, its highest since unpegging from 92 5 cents in 1970. Finance Minister Turner cited multiple factors while acknowledging a prior government dirty float during the crisis.
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Ottawa
U.S
T.C. Douglas
NDP
Nanaimo- Cowichan-The Islands
Canada
John Turner
Marcel Lambert
Edmonton West
Turner
PM seeks cap on federal election spending in bill
Prime Minister Trudeau announced cabinet approved legislation to limit campaign costs and provide partial public funding. Energy Minister Donald Macdonald said the bill would be introduced to Parliament next week and align closely with the 1966 special committee report, with details to follow in the House of Commons.
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Toronto
Trudeau
Ontario
Donald Macdonald
Macdonald
House of Commons
Edmonton to shift school financing to demand more for early grades
Education Minister Lou Hyndman indicated a new financing plan for 1972-73 aims to boost elementary funding, with focus on Grades 1 to 6 as key to student outcomes. The plan would reduce reliance on property taxes, divert general revenues to a central fund, and address rural inequities while capping per pupil costs amid supplementary requisitions by boards.
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Edmonton
Lou Hyndman
Hyndman
Robert Clark
Sc—Olds-Didsbury
Clark
Social Foundation
Podls Two
Violence and raids surge in Northern Ireland clashes
Belfast and Londonderry see nights of gun battles between British troops and IRA gunmen with three troopers wounded in Ballymurphy. A deadly day ends with a soldier killed and 39 wounded by bombs. the Bogside and Creggan of Londonderry and Lower Falls in Belfast emerge as IRA strongholds. a 15 year old Catholic girl Elizabeth Hyland suffers severe abuse by Official IRA with brutal beating and torment.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
Ballymurphy
Britain
William Whitelaw
IRA
Bogside
Creggan
Lower Falls
Elizabeth Hyland
Elizabeth
Evacuation Reported in Hanoi Amid Hostilities
Canadian ICC official David Jackson says most residents have been evacuated from Hanoi since the start of recent hostilities. Foreign missions were advised to prep evacuation. all missions remain but have evacuated dependents. Population estimates vary from 800,000 to 1.2 million.
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Saigon
Hanoi
David Jackson
International Control Commission
Jackson
Associated Press
ICC
Canada Pushes Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Despite Alaska Route Move
Ottawa rejects the Alaska pipeline setback and plans to intensify promotion of the all Canada Mackenzie Valley route. Acting Prime Minister Arthur Laing says Canada's chances remain unchanged and cites court challenges to the Alaska project as delaying construction. He notes growing U S support for a secure Canadian route and says Canada will press the Americans to prefer Mackenzie Valley.
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Donsellar Southam News Services
Ottawa
U.S
Mackenzie Valley
Arthur Laing
Mr. Laing
Trudeau
Ontario
Laing
West Coast
Robert Thompson
Red Deer
Rogers Morton
Canada car market bruised but not beaten
Trade Minister Jean Luc Pepin appeared bruised yet combative after a round of talks with the United States on automotive trade. He warned Canadian subsidiaries of U.S. auto firms to use recent budget tax concessions to lower prices in Canada and noted Ford has begun exporting cars here via DISC operations. Pepin said Canada may take further measures if foreign export subsidies persist.
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Ottawa
Jean- Luc Pepin
U.S
Ford
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Sunshine
Kellogg
Idaho
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Pacific Coast
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Alaska North Slope
United States
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