Canada: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Aged in the Label

The advertisements in U.S. publications called Harwood's blended Canadian whiskey "one of the treasures of all time." Actually, hardly any Canadians had ever heard of it. But in the liquor-short U.S. there had been lots of Harwood's right up on top of the counter for $6 and up a bottle, far more expensive than well-known Canadian and American whiskies. Last week Canadians were hearing quite a bit about Harwood's.

In Vancouver, police swooped down on the East End Printers and Publishers, seized canceled checks and other documents, arrested two printers: Oswald Thomas, plant owner, and Robert Bracken, ex-owner. The charge:...

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