Olson defends quota prosecutions before Commons
Agriculture Minister H A Olson told Parliament that Western farmers who ship above assigned grain pool quotas face court action. MPs pressed whether prosecutions arose under criminal law or the Wheat Board Act and discussed a farmer charged for delivering 104 extra bushels of rapeseed to Lethbridge processor.
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Ottawa
H. A. Olson
The
Commons
Olson
Medicine Hat
Alta
Robert Thompson
Red Deer
John Diefenbaker
Prince Albert
Alf Gleave
Saskatoon-Biggar
Mr. Thompson
Wheat Board
Thompson
W. Reid Thompson
Olds, Alta
Western Canadian Seed Processors Ltd
Lethbridge
Canadian Wheat Board
Peace Call at Londonderry Meeting Ends IRA Violence
A 2000 strong mass meeting in Creggan Londonderry voted to end IRA violence. A priest urged peace with Protestants as IRA hecklers were silenced and an IRA chieftain failed to speak. Initial Belfast reports of disruption proved inaccurate.
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Belfast
Creggan
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
Derry
IRA
Bogside
Free Derry
Alberta oil reserves tax plan sparks industry debate
Edmonton hearings on a government proposal to tax proven crude oil reserves seek an added 50 to 90 million dollars in 1973. Dome Petroleum warns of depressant effects, while others push credits, civic shares, and higher royalties. hearings run through Thursday with a July 31 decision promised.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dome Petroleum Ltd
Dome
T. B. Hewitt
Hewitt Oil (Alberta) Ltd
Hewitt
Independents
Canadian Petroleum Association
Canada
Alberta Federation of Labor
Stanfield Opens Five Day Prairie Tour Across Canada
Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield begins a five day Prairie provinces tour with stops in Regina Saskatoon Battleford Swift Current Medicine Hat The Pas Flin Flon Thompson and Winnipeg He plans luncheons interviews and public engagements including a CHAT television program and a Royal Canadian Legion breakfast as he meets local party organizers and citizens.
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Ottawa (Cp
Robert Stanfield
Prairie Provinces
Regina
Saskatoon
Battleford
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Pas
Flin Flon
Thompson
Manitoba
Stanfield
Rotary
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Royal Canadian Legion
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Lemieux Sentenced Eight Days In Jail In Montreal Court
In Montreal the lawyer Robert Lemieux received eight days for contempt after refusing to reveal jurors who reported their vote in Jacques Rose’s kidnapping case. Spectators clashed with police as Lemieux’s associate jailed. another lawyer got three days for protesting.
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Rose
Lise Rose
Quebec
Suzanne
Montreal
Jacques Rose
Lemieux
Court of Queen’s Bench
Robert Lemieux
Alphonse Barbeau
Pierre Cloutier
Mr. Lemieux
Justice Barbeau
McGovern Wins Rhode Island and Oregon Primary Wins
Senator George McGovern won decisive victories in Rhode Island and Oregon Democratic primaries and heads to California for a June 6 showdown with Hubert Humphrey. If he wins California’s 271 delegates, he could wrap up the nomination.
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Ore
George McGovern
Rhode Island
Oregon
Hubert Humphrey
California
McGovern
Miami Beach
Fla
Missouri
South Dakota
Eleanor
Edmund S. Muskie
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Humphrey
Nixon
Senate
Mark O. Hatfield
Wayne Morse
UN chief Waldheim visits Canada for two days
Secretary General Kurt Waldheim arrived in Ottawa on a jet from New York for a two day official visit. He met with External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp at Parliament Buildings to discuss international questions.
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Ottawa
Kurt Waldheim
United Nations
Canada
Transport Department
Jetstar
Waldheim
Bremer pleads not guilty in Wallace shooting case
Arthur H. Bremer pleaded not guilty in U S district court to federal charges in the May 15 shooting of Alabama Gov George C Wallace and three others at a political rally. The 21 year old unemployed busboy appeared relaxed and smiled during the 16 minute hearing before Judge Edward S Northrup. He answered questions about his name age lawyer and education and entered the innocent plea flanked by security guards.
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Baltimore
Arthur H. Bremer
United States District Court
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Edward S. Northrup
Bremer
Northrup
Benjamin Lipsitz
Nixon Brezhnev Near Pact to Limit Strategic Arms
Nixon and Brezhnev near final agreement on a strategic arms pact. A treaty would curb antiballistic missile sites while a separate accord would freeze offensive missiles at current levels. Reconnaissance satellites may verify limits as Finnish venue hosts talks and future space cooperation.
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Moscow
Nixon
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.S
Gerard Smith
Helsinki
Nixon Brezhnev Meet on Space Accord Progress
The US president and Brezhnev discuss an orbiting cooperation accord slated for 1975 and broader space exploration ventures. This fifth meeting since Nixon’s arrival follows nearly nine hours of talks since Monday afternoon.
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Brezhnev
Nixon
Quebec union leaders released on bond pending appeal
Three top Quebec labor leaders Marcel Pepin Louis Laberge and Yvon Charbonneau were freed on bond after contempt sentences tied to an 11 day public service strike. They plan to resume contract talks with the government Thursday with parole conditions.
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Quebec
Marcel Pepin
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Claude Gagnon
Court of Appeal
Pepin
Louis Laberge
Quebec Federation of Labor
Yvon Charbonneau
Quebec Teachers Corp
Justice
Jerome Choquette
Common Front
Justice Department
Marines Launch Multimodal Assault north of Hue
U S amphibious craft and helicopters ferried nearly 2,000 South Vietnamese Marines into Communist held territory north of Hue. Dozens of American planes hit industrial plants around Haiphong as a new bombing phase begins. One helicopter was shot down near Hue and another 15 miles west on a supply mission. nine Americans were missing. Reuter reports Viet Minh troops retreating after fierce resistance.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
Haiphong
Reuter
Brian Williams
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