Sadat faces party crisis in Egypt
Anwar Sadat confronted a full scale political crisis as six ministers and three top party officials resigned amid a policy split over peace with Israel. Al Ahram suggested a new government would form within hours while resignations were described by Israeli experts as tantamount to a coup.
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Anwar Sadat
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Sadat
Russia
Mohamed Fawzy
Sharawy Gomaa
National Assembly
Labib Shukair
Arab Socialist Union
Abdel Mohsen Abul Nur
Nasser
Fawzy
Middle East
Mohammed Ahmed Sadek
Armed Forces
Liberals push for parliamentary review of war act replacement
In Ottawa the Liberal government proposes a Commons Senate committee to study replacement legislation for the Public Order 1970 Act, expired April 30, amid opposition from NDP and questions over government actions during Quebec crisis. The motion seeks inquiry into future emergency laws and past decisions, including War Measures Act use.
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Front de Liberation du Quebec
Eldon Woolliams
PC Calgary North
NDP
David Lewis
John Turner
Woolliams
the Commons
Turner
Trudeau
Railway bid for coal line vetoed by commission
The Kootenay and Elk Railway Co. failed to win permission to build an 80 mile Line Creek to Roosville West line linking with Burlington Northern. Crows Nest Industries vows appeal to the Supreme Court. The decision cites a Railway Act constraint on interchanging traffic with non common carriers.
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Kootenay and Elk Railway Co
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Canadian Transport Commission
Crows Nest Industries Ltd
Supreme Court of Canada
Crows Nest Industries
Commission
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Line Creek
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Roosville West
U.S
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Burlington Northern Inc
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Southeastern
Pierre Taschereau
Burlington Northern
Trudeau to honor Russian monument on Moscow visit
Prime Minister Trudeau will start his 11 day Soviet tour by laying a wreath at Russia Unknown Soldier grave near the Kremlin and end with a ballet evening. He arrives Monday after a nine hour flight from Ottawa and will meet Prime Minister Kosygin in Moscow with lunches and talks planned. He is to attend Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theatre Tuesday night.
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Benson warns over April unemployment rise in Canada
Ottawa reports March to April rise in seasonally adjusted unemployment from 6.0 to 6.7 percent with 659000 unemployed in April, up from 650000. Finance Minister Edgar Benson admits confusion as opposition leaders press for resignations and emergency debates while Prime Minister Trudeau urges focus on long term trends.
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Edgar Benson
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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Manpower Department
Mr. Benson
Robert Stanfield
Benson
Job future him says economist
Ottawa CP Unemployment in Canada may worsen before a sustained decline. Arthur Smith chairman of the Economic Council of Canada says meaningful employment gains are years away. Manpower programs draw students into courses not counted in labor force, swelling joblessness when schools end in May and June.
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Canada
Arthur Smith
Economic Council of Canada
Smith
Commons Finance Committee
Brezhnev invites alliance to discuss disengagement
Brezhnev proposed NATO talks on central Europe force reductions during a Georgian rally marking Soviet power. He urged negotiators on disarmament and recalled his six point peace plan. He cited NATO interest but warned against antiwar actions and pledged Soviet solidarity with Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia while backing Arab allies in the Middle East.
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Russia
Reuter
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party
North Atlantic Alliance
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Europe
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Soviet Party
Syria
No tax increase in Manitoba budget for 1971 72
Manitoba's NDP government delivers a 1971 72 budget with no tax increases and a small operating surplus. Revenues are projected at 517.1 million and expenditures at 516.8 million, leaving a surplus under 300 thousand. The plan offers an indirect property tax relief via 12 million in education costs and relies on a 19.3 million federal carryover to fund education despite no new taxes.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
New Democratic Party
Saul Cherniack
NDP
Cherniack
The
House
Constitution conference risks renewed stalemate in Victoria
Ottawa officials fear the Victoria conference may stall again as three premiers push election timing. Ontario's William Davis signals talks on taxation and the economy, conditioning constitutional amendments on other issues. Fremo process hinges on resolving tax sharing to keep the amending formula on track.
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Ben Tierney Southam
Ottawa
Victoria
Ontario
William Davis
Nixon Orders Europe Force to Counter Senate Cuts
Washington reports President Nixon recalled his European commander and the U.S. ambassador to NATO to oppose a Senate plan to cut U.S. troops in Europe. In Saigon, North Vietnam conditionally agreed to a large prisoner return from South Vietnam, boosting hopes of POW releases. In Moscow, nine Leningrad Jews faced a closed trial with Tass noting guilt but omitting charges.
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