Magnificent Men Race Across Atlantic to Victoria Flight
A field of 75 planes sails from Abingdon on July 1 for the London to Victoria air race honoring British Columbia’s centennial. Canadians, Americans, Brits, and others compete on routes through Iceland and Greenland to Quebec City and Ottawa, with prizes and survival gear on the line.
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Gordon Pape Southam
London
Abingdon
North Atlantic
Rockies
Trudeau
Islature
Victoria
Ron Dixon
Prestwick
Scotland
Canada
U.S
Britain
Sweden
Australia
Ireland
Finland
West Germany
France
Atlantic
Iceland
Greenland
Azores
Quebec City
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Regina
Cal
Gary
England
Labrador
Quebec
Sheila Scott
Four federal byelections held today across Canada
Ottawa dispatch notes four federal ridings vote to choose MPs: Brant Ontario Chambly and Trois-Rivieres Quebec Central Nova Scotia and a vacancy in Assiniboia Saskatchewan. Parties eye gains with Liberals defending Ontario and Quebec seats while NDP Conservatives and Social Credit seek wins. Current Commons tally stands Liberal 149 Conservatives 71 NDP 23 Social Credit 13 Independent 2 Independent Liberal 1, total 264.
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Ottawa
Brant
Ontario
Chambly
Trois-Rivieres
Quebec
Liberals
Central Nova
Nova Scotia
Trudeau
Frontenac and
Labelle
Lisgar
Manitoba
NDP
Nanaimo-Cowichan-The Islands
Comox-Alberni
British Columbia
Selkirk
Social Credit
Conservatives
Liberal
Independent
Saskatchewan
Assiniboia
America launches Mars probe to chase life on red planet
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports the Mariner IX spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas-Centaur rocket toward Mars on a 247 million mile voyage. The mission aims to orbit Mars by November 14 and produce up to 6500 photographs in a three month study, racing against two Russian Mars probes.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mars
U.S. Space Agency
Mariner IX
Red Planet
Canopus
U.S
Cubans hold airliner in Havana hijack standoff
Sixty eight people aboard a Pan American Boeing 707 hijacked to Havana remain in Cuba with no end in sight. Most are North American. a tour included swimming at a beach and pool as talks with Cuban authorities continue. A co-pilot cited political motives and linked a Florida case of eight Cuban fishermen.
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Havana
Reuter
Pan American World Airways
Cuba
Caracas
Venezuela
U.S
Florida
Edmonton Firefighters Defy New Airport Shift Plan
Edmonton officials took over firefighting duties at Edmonton International Airport as 38 firefighters refused the new three shift system. Supervisors ran equipment while workers stayed off, amid threats of a national protest and sympathy telegrams from other Canadian airports.
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Edmonton
Edmonton International Airport
Government to reveal locations for transient youth hostels
Ottawa outlines the Summer 71 transient youth program with 50 highway kiosks and hostels in cities nationwide. Opening date June 15 targets about 200 000 bed nights across municipal and private facilities, including a 400 bed Air Defense Command site hostel in Montreal.
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Southam News Services
Ottawa
Department of the Secretary of State
Department of National Defence
Air Defence Command
Montreal
Indian minister cites cross border risk from Pakistan
In New Delhi a cabinet minister warned that Pakistani army units may push East Pakistanis into India prompting possible defensive or preventive actions by the Indian government. In Belfast British troops are protected by bullet proofed vehicles amid threats from terrorists. In Amsterdam a Dutch train crash in Duivendrecht killed at least five and injured about 35 passengers.
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New Delhi
India
Amsterdam
Duivendrecht
Firemen dispute shift changes at major airports
Firefighters claim lockout and continue old schedules while the new eight hour shift proposal aims for a 42 hour week. Edmonton International is the only airport testing the plan with a year long schedule posted. Support from Halifax and Montreal unions varies as Toronto air staff await national decision.
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Halifax International
Edmonton
J. E. Goulet
Montreal International
Toronto International
Vancouver union threat to halt airport fire service
A Vancouver union official warned firefighters at six Canadian airports may halt work if federal action is not taken in the Edmonton dispute. Syd J. Sillett said Vancouver Winnipeg London Ont Toronto Montreal and Goose Bay locals will meet to issue a statement while Edmonton officials insist qualified supervisors prevent any closure risk.
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Federal Transport Department
Cliff Jones
The
Union of Canadian Transport Employees
Jones
Edmonton
Vancouver
Syd J. Sillett
Canada
Winnipeg
London
Ont
Toronto
Montreal
Goose Bay
Mld
Transport Department
GNP statistics spark opposition attack in Ottawa
The opposition plans a new critique of government policy after figures from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show Canada’s GNP growth in early 1971 as 1.8 percent total with only 0.6 percent real growth. Analysts note inflation boosted the headline rise and auto strikes disrupted prior records.
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Bruce Little
Financial Times
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
CBS
Bureau
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Bruce Fleming
Canadair
E. K. Gann
America
Mt. Etna
Fornazzo
Istanbul
Allah
Sibel
Erkan
Turkish Liberation Army
Ephraim Elrom
Faik Turun
Turun
Maj
Dincer Erkan
Sebil Erkan
Army
Dineer Erkan
INEWS
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bers
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