Word: ottawa
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...manager of a refinery in Moose Jaw, Sask., the first of a remarkable series of jobs that during the next 30 years put him into every facet of the petroleum business. During World War II, big (6 ft. 2 in., 200 Ibs.), craggy-faced Ken Jamieson was appointed an Ottawa-based oil liaison officer between the Canadian and U.S. Governments. When peace came, Imperial Oil Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of Standard Oil (New Jersey), made him a lucrative offer, and he accepted even though he had reservations about "just ending up in the back office...
...opposing views clashed head-on late last month at a nationally televised conference of Trudeau and provincial premiers in Ottawa. Both sides voiced strong arguments. For its part, eastern Canada is suffering from shortages and high prices. A gallon of regular gasoline costs 69? in Montreal, compared with only 47? in much of the West. A temporary compromise on oil export taxes was hammered out at the Ottawa meeting. Half of the tax revenues will go to the oil-exporting provinces and half to the federal government, which will use its share to subsidize lower gas prices in the East...
...Phillips clung to the toboggan her husband was expertly maneuvering down the fast hill. Having arrived safely at the bottom, Princess Anne regained her composure as she and Mark mingled with the guests at a winter-games party thrown in their honor by Canadian Governor General Jules Leger at Ottawa's Governmenl House. Obviously enjoying their second official visit abroad together, the Phillipses even made a little history. Where Anne dropped the puck at a hockey game in Hull, Quebec, it marked the first royal visit to the French Canadian province since the 1964 separatis demonstrations against Queen Elizabeth...
...Egyptian-Israeli talks. But Kissinger, for the next month at least, is booked for Western Hemisphere consultations, including discussions with Panama on the status of the Panama Canal, a meeting with Western Hemisphere foreign ministers in Mexico City to discuss mutual problems and talks on oil in Ottawa with Canadian officials. It will be difficult for the Secretary to return to Middle East matters until early March, by which time the thing that Kissinger fears most, a loss of momentum in negotiations, may have occurred...