Pension cheques up for quick Senate action in Ottawa
Two bills to raise old age pensions and veterans’ allowances face a Friday passage in the Senate with retroactive increases to January. Government hopes to mail larger cheques by end of June, pending Senators Flynn and Phillips opposition and faster procedure. Cheques range from $97.28 for singles to $419.70 for couples with supplements.
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Ottawa
Senate
Jacques Flynn
Orville Phillips
Prince Edward Island
Commons
Flynn
Phillips
Red Chamber
Senate Welfare Committee
Welfare Committee
Paul Martin
Muriel Fergusson
New Brunswick
Forces seize IRA stronghold in Londonderry barricades
British troops swept to the Bogside area and breached IRA street barricades in Londonderry. Soldiers faced stone throwing youths as eight 10-foot joists were driven into William Street to seal the No go zone extending toward the city center.
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Belfast
Londonderry
Free Derry
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
William Street
Wallace a scrapper fights odds after shooting
In a Associated Press interview Corne lia Wallace says Governor George Wallace remains a fighter despite doctors reporting a low chance of regaining use of his legs after being shot in Laurel Maryland. She notes his mind and voice will still serve him as he faces paralysis and political duties.
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Silver Spring, Md
George Wallace
George
Cornelia Wallace
Laurel
Maryland
Michigan
Wallace
James Galbraith
Holy Cross Hospital
Cunard denies ransom paid over Queen Elizabeth 2 extortion
Cunard spokesman denies any ransom money was handed to an extortionist who threatened to blow up the Queen Elizabeth 2 in mid Atlantic. FBI confirms case but provides no details as ship nears Cherbourg with about 2,300 aboard after bomb search.
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New York
Reuter
Cunard Steam Ship Co
mid-Atlantic
London
Cunard
Victor Matthews
Cherbourg
France
Matthews
FBI
Atlantic
Small farms in Canada face rapid decline and debt
Ottawa MPs warn a dying segment of society as small farms across Canada are abandoned. Nystrom cites rising debts and bankruptcies while census data show farm numbers shrinking 15 percent from 1966 to 1971, with provinces ranging from 9.7 to 37.6 percent declines. Sulatycky counters that agricultural land use remains steady despite fewer farms.
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Ottawa
Lorne Nystrom
NDP
Yorkton Melville
Canada
Commons
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Allen Sulatycky
Rocky Mountain
Jean Chretien
Parks association warns Alberta on park commercial push
The National and Provincial Parks Association criticized Alberta plans to grant municipal status to Banff and Jasper towns and open parks to commercial development. President J G Nelson warned actions could make Banff and other parks playgrounds for the wealthy, noting Park entries require higher incomes and supporting minister William Yorke against a proposed 30 million dollar Lake Louise ski village.
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Toronto
National and
Provincial Parks Association
Alberta
Banff
Peter Lougheed
Jasper
Banff Or
Canada
Association
J. G. Nelson
Nelson
Lake Louise
Alberta Environment
William Yorke
Alberta budget approved for 1972 73 in quick legislative pace
Alberta’s legislature approved the $1.369 billion budget for 1972 73 after a rapid session pace. The votes covered highways and transport public works treasury and legislation totaling about $235 million. The session, already the longest on record, will pause for oil tax hearings before resuming with about 100 bills.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Highways and Transport
Public Works
Treasury
Legislation
Trudeau rules out summer federal election in Canada
Prime Minister Trudeau stated at a lunch news conference there will be no federal election this summer. He dismissed speculation about dissolving Parliament and calling a general election, promising Canadians a prosperous, sunny election-free summer.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Hat Transportation Funds Sought for Maple Avenue Bridge
Medicine Hat seeks 600000 dollars from the province as its share of the Maple Avenue Bridge initial phase. Premier Clarence Copithorne told the legislature that 11 million dollars total goes to city transportation grants this year with 9 million already earmarked for Edmonton and Calgary.
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Clarence Copithorne
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Bill Wyse
Copithorne
Maple Avenue
Edmonton
Calgary
Alberta study on Klan incorporation proposed
Alberta Attorney General Merv Leitch said he will study existing discrimination laws before action on a Ku Klux Klan incorporation in Alberta. The group sought society status with aims including racial purity and Celtic Anglo-Saxon traditions, drawing criticism from NDP leader Grant Notley and others while lawmakers noted the issue is legally complex.
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Edmonton
Merv Leitch
Alberta
Grant Notley
New Democratic Party
Leitch
Confederate Klans of
Calgary
Banff
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Secret Service
Alabama
George C. Wallace
N. Vietnam
Kontum
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
An Loc
Parks Association
Klan
Notley
United States
Ron Ghitter
Calgary Buffalo
Ghit
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