U.S. and Canada clash over phosphate detergents policy
The United States urged continued use of phosphate detergents citing public health grounds while Canada warns of Lake Erie and Ontario deterioration. U.S. officials reject the IJC recommendation to remove phosphates entirely, citing safer levels than NTA substitutes. Canadian experts warn eutrophication persists as U.S. inputs dominate, amid planned $2 billion sewage facility upgrades and a joint pollution cleanup pact to be signed with Prime Minister Trudeau.
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Peter Calamat
Southam
Ottawa
Great Lakes
U.S
Health and Environment
International Joint Commission
J. R. Vallentyne
Jesse Steinfeld
A. H. Booth
Federal Environmental
IJC
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Nixon
Trudeau
World fiscal reform urged by Benson at G10 meeting
Canadian Finance Minister Edgar Benson urged a fundamental reform of the world monetary system at a G10 emergency session. He urged currency realignment and reduced trade barriers, citing U.S. import duty and dollar goldconvertibility suspensions. IMF head Schweitzer proposed a four point plan including rate realignment and new SDR reserve system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edgar Benson
Canada
Benson
Group of 10
United States
International Monetary Fund
U.S
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
IMF
Schweitzer
Edgar J. Benson
Anthony Barber
Treasury
Baldwin calls impeachment of three ministers over grain pay
Ottawa Conservative House Leader Ged Baldwin moved to impeach Finance Minister Benson, Justice Minister Turner, and Otto Lang over non payment of about 90 million dollars to Prairie grain farmers for wheat storage. He proposes a five member all party committee to draft impeachment articles, a move unlikely to pass amid Liberal majority.
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Ottawa
Conservative
Ged Baldwin
Baldwin
Alberta
Peace River
Benson
Turner
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
British MP visits Suffield base for environmental assurances
Geoffrey Johnson Smith, a British MP and under secretary of state, held a press conference in Medicine Hat during a 1.5 day visit to inspect Britain’s 750 square mile Suffield lease for tank training. He stressed careful use of fragile soil areas and areas of archaeological value, with guidance from Canadian military authorities.
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Bob Derrick
The
NEWS
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Medicine Hat
Suffield
Britain
Johnson Smith
M. Bagmall
Ottawa
Schoebrurness
London
England
Bagmall
Germany
Horner named first acting premier in new cabinet
Edmonton CP report notes Dr. Hugh Horner, deputy premier and agriculture minister, designated as first acting premier in the new Progressive Conservative cabinet. The order lists Don Getty as second acting premier, Lou Hyndman third, and Merv Leitch fourth, with Horner also acting minister of lands and forests and highways and transport. Additional changes shift administration of education and intergovernmental affairs, and raise a grant to Pe-Ta-Pun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Hugh Horner
Peter Lougheed
Don Getty
Lou Hyndman
Merv Leitch
Dr. Horner
Allan Warrack
Clarence Copithorne
Olds, Vermilion
Fairview
Alberta
Ottawa
Pe-Ta- Pun
Lac la Biche
Controversy grows over Attica hostage deaths
Pathologists Dr. Henry Siegel and Dr. Michael Baden begin examining bodies from the Attica prison clash as officials seek clarity on whether hostages died from gunshots or throat slashes. Forty-two people died in the takeover and storming by about 1,000 security forces.
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Attica
N.Y
Attica State Prison
National Guard
Henry Siegel
Westchester County
Michael Baden
New York City
Prospective medicine eyed by doctors at college meeting
About 500 doctors heard Dr. Lewis C. Robbins explain prospective medicine, a method using long term health forecasts from history and statistics. The approach aims to map ten year survival odds and heart attack risk, with charts showing effects of smoking, drinking, and exercise. Dr. John Merriman described profiles from physical tests and blood work, including ECGs, to compare patients with ideal health.
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Banff, Alla
Lewis C. Robbins
Indianapolis
Robbins
College of Family Physicians
Hobbins
John Merriman
Saskatoon
Ing
Merriman
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NTA
Capitan
Nick Hills
Southam News Services
NDP
Horner
Rochester Democra
Chronical
Lionel A. Sifontes
Buffalo
Sifontes
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