Nader warns of pollution and weak car bumpers in Canada
Ralph Nader arrived in Toronto urging Canadians to push tougher bumper standards and safer autos. He blasted designers for prioritizing style over safety, urged heavy duty suspensions for police cars, and criticized tailfins as optional. He also attacked hot dog quality, fat content, and water pumping in meats, calling shellfish a consumer fraud and warning about oil tanker disasters amid pollution fears.
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Southam News Services
Toronto
Ralph Nader
Canada
Washington
Daniel
The
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Nader
General Motors
U.S
Orchard death toll rises to twenty in California murders
Eight more bodies were unearthed in Feather River orchards near Yuba City, bringing the total to 20 in what authorities call the largest modern American multiple murder. Sheriff Whiteaker said 15 were initially found in transient farm workers as suspects. Juan Corona, 37, is jailed on ten counts. motive remains unsolved as investigators probe crude grave sites.
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Yuba City
Calif
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Whiteaker
Juan V. Corona
Egypt and Soviet sign 15 year treaty of friendship
Cairo reports a 15 year treaty of friendship and cooperation between Egypt and the Soviet Union renewing their alliance after Sadat's power purge. Sadat and Nikolai Podgorny witness a pledge of non interference and continued Soviet aid including military training and weapons to strengthen Egypt against aggression and to reclaim Sinai.
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Ap-Reuter
Cairo
Soviet Union
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Nikolai Podgorny
Sinai Desert
Israel
Trudeau visits Soviet Union strengthens Cold War ties
Canada and the U S S R issued a communique after Trudeau's 11 day trip calling for reduced armed forces in Central Europe and backing a European security conference. They pledged good neighborly relations and cooperation. Kosygin phoned to say goodbye as Trudeau returned to Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Canada
Soviet Union
Europe
Trudeau
U.S.S.R
Leningrad
Alexei Kosygin
Moscow
Kosygin
Guards face assault charges after Kingston riot fallout
Eleven guards at Millhaven penitentiary face 22 assault charges for incidents involving eight prisoners transferred after the Kingston riot. Crown prosecutor Clayton Powell said the cases cover events on April 19, 2021, with court appearances set in Napanee. Legal aid will be provided, and no disciplinary action against the guards is planned at this time. The Kingston riot left two dead, including Brian Ensor of Hamilton.
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Napanee
Ont
Clayton Powell
Attorney-General’s Department
Millhaven
Jean-Pierre Goyer
Ottawa
RCMP
Brian Ensor
Hamilton
Farm bill shelved until fall House session Ottawa
Ottawa reports the government will not push the national farm marketing boards legislation before the summer adjournment. Commons will adjourn around June 30 and return after Labor Day. The bill faces Conservative opposition over farmer control versus bureaucratic power.
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Commons
National Farm Marketing Boards
Manitoba
Supreme Court of Canada
Auditor-General
Trudeau ends 11 day Soviet Russia tour in Ottawa
Ottawa reports Prime Minister and Mrs Trudeau returning from an 11 day tour of Soviet Russia. Trudeau plans to address the Commons today to report on the trip. The visit wraps up amid awaited debate and reflections on Moscow talks.
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Kosygin
Canada
Ottawa
Russia
Commons
Senate
Environment
Legislature bars Smallwood's son for week
Premier Joseph Smallwood voted unanimously to suspend his son William Smallwood a Liberal member from Green Bay for a week after he struck PC member William Marshall on the floor of the Newfoundland House. Marshall warded off another punch as the altercation over housing policy unfolded during a slum landlord dispute report.
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ST. John’s
Nfld
Joseph Smallwood
Willam Smallwood
Green Bay
William Marshall
St. John’s East
Marshall
Train firemen win salary increase in Canada
Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways reached wage agreements with United Transportation Union for 2300 locomotive firemen. Retroactive raises of 63 percent to 1970 dates, with 8 percent yearly increases after year one and 3 percent after year two, plus major health welfare and vacation benefits. subject to union ratification.
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Montreal
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
United Transportation Union
CP Rail
CNR
Protocol and Commons schedule debate in Ottawa
The Canada U S S R protocol signed during Trudeau’s Moscow visit faces a Commons debate as MPs resume after a day off to clear committee work. Heath Macquarrie seeks to express regret that Parliament was not to consider the protocol, while Mitchell Sharp noted the opposition could raise it on a future debate day.
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Canada
Russia
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Soviet Union
Commons
Cision
U.S.S.R
Moscow
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