Union fears over post office technology changes
Dinsdale warns a nine year push toward mechanization has become a fait accompli and the union must help plan future tech changes. Blais criticizes CUPW leaders as combative while Davidson backs protected efficiency gains. The contract ends June 30 with demands for guarantees against adverse effects and penalty clauses for violations. The current pact signed in 1975 followed a seven week strike. It requires 120 days notice for changes but shortens no consultation if no agreement is reached.
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Dinsdale
Blais
Davidson
CUPW
Post Office
Alberta legislature ends spring session productive run
Premier Peter Lougheed says the spring session completed all planned business with 50 bills gaining royal assent. Highlights included phasing out rent controls over three years, reforming public service relations, targeted income tax cuts, restrictions on foreign land ownership, and electoral boundary redistribution increasing seats to 79.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Public Service
Lougheed
Calgary
Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Canada census shows Alberta and B C lead growth in 1976
Canada’s population reached 22,992,604 on June 1 and grew 6.6 percent since 1971. Alberta and British Columbia led provincial growth at 12.9 percent, Saskatchewan declined, while Ontario and Quebec posted modest gains. Metropolitan Toronto and Montreal remain largest, with Calgary among cities showing strong 16.5 percent rise.
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Ottawa
Canada
Statistics Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Quebec
Manitoba
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Calgary
Leyland Pays Out Bribes Says Newspaper Reports
London Reuters reports allegations that British Leyland, the UKs largest vehicle maker, paid bribes abroad totalling up to 12 million pounds last year with potential 45 million this year. The Daily Mail cites a letter from Lord Ryder to Leylands chief executive and says slush funds were approved with Bank of England guidance.
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London
Reuter
British Leyland
Daily Mail
Middle East
the Mail
Lockheed
United States
James Callaghan
Lord Ryder
Labor
National Enterprise Board
Leyland
Alex Park
Bank of England
The
Pool boss denies allegations in fertilizer funding case
Alberta Wheat Pool president Gordon Harrold denied charges of mismanaging farmers money and overcharging for fertilizer. He rebutted five alleged suspicious financial practices raised by Camrose farmer Archie Wadel in a written submission to a legislature committee. The panel sent the matter to Attorney General Jim Foster and raised the Pool earnings ceiling for capital projects to 60 million from 50 million.
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Edmonton
Gordon Harrold
Alberta Wheat Pool
Harrold
Archie Wadel
Camrose
Wadel
Western Cooperative Fertilizers Ltd
Pool
Jim Horsman
Medicine Hat
Jim Foster
SALT talks extended as US and USSR meet in Geneva
The United States and Soviet Union agreed to an extra day for SALT talks in Geneva after a 2 hour 40 minute session between Cyrus Vance and Andrei Gromyko. Carter voiced hope for substantial reductions while warning no new American proposal was offered. Brezhnev had rejected U.S. proposals previously with no new Russian offers forthcoming.
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Cyrus Vance
Andreai Gromyko
Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Andrei Gromyko
Washington
White House
Jody Powell
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Vance
Moscow
Gromyko
Ouellet hints at direct tax rebates for municipal aid
Urban affairs minister Andre Ouellet outlined possible federal aid ideas at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference. He suggested a direct tax rebate varying by region but did not endorse a specific approach. FCM leaders welcomed the discussion and pressed for revenue sharing with senior governments.
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Toronto
Andre Ouellet
Ouellet
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
FCM
Jack Volrich
Vancouver
Quellet
Canada
Begin seeks coalition partners after Likud victory in Israel
TEL AVIV AP Menahem Begin moved to form a governing coalition in the Knesset after his Likud party won the election. He planned a conference with defeated Labor leader Shimon Peres and urged direct negotiations with Arab states without preconditions while keeping West Bank annexation as a possible policy.
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Tel Aviv
Menahem Begin
Likud
Knesset
Israel
Shimon Peres
Labor Party
Begin
Labor
West Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
United States
Judea
Samaria
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AEC
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Middle-East
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B.C
Alexandria, Va
Montie Bissell
Alexandria
West End
Rissell
Ursulla Miltenberger
Springfield
William Cowhig
Aura Marina Gabor
Gladys Bradley
Jeannette McClelland
Aletha Byrd
Carter
Congressional
Bob Douglas
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