Soviet Cosmos 1402 nuclear pack may land in Canada or Alberta
The Soviet Union admitted a systems failure on Cosmos 1402, a spy satellite with a nuclear reactor. Officials warn the reactor could burn up or crash land, prompting Alberta authorities to plan evacuations if debris lands there. Lech Walesa warned he may sue Polish authorities to regain his shipyard job. Alberta labor leaders say unemployment will stay central, with next federation talks focusing on job security and wage benefits.
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MOSCOW
Reuter
Soviet Union
Earth
Oleg Byelotserkovsky
Communist party
Pravda
U.S
CALGARY
Alberta
Bill Bissett
Edmonton
WARSAW
Lech Walesa
Solidarity independent
Lenin
Baltic sea
Gdansk
Walesa
Solidarity
Harry Kostiuk
Alberta Federation of Labor
Kostiuk
Calgary Labor Council
Weather Outlook Night and Tuesday Temperatures
A low tonight near 12 degrees with a high around 6 degrees Tuesday. Skies will be mostly sunny with continued seasonal conditions.
Seen and Heard Town birthdays and family notes
Carol Tennant turns 30plus worrying friends Janet Byrne and Gerri Bolton may reveal her secrets. Arlene Kramps also celebrates a 30plus birthday as Laurier jokes about liking older women. Brenda Vander Deen halts plans for an all girl basketball team with the birth of son Michael Dwayne. daughters Gwen Patty and Nicole ready to coach him.
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Carol Tennant
Janet Byrne
Gerri Bolton
Arlene Kramps
Laurier
Brenda Vander Deen
Michael Dwayne
Gwen
Patty
Nicole
brother
daddy Menzo
Federal mortgage protection predicted
Toronto finance minister Marc Lalonde is slated to announce in his March budget the Canada Capital Corp. to provide low cost loans to key industries and a Mortgage Renewal Protection Plan to shield homeowners from rising interest rates. Peter C Newman notes the plan would be neutral to government revenue and modeled after the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and Australia’s Industry Development Corp.
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TORONTO
Marc Lalonde
Maclean’s
Peter C. Newman
Newman
Lalonde
Canada Capital Corp
Ottawa
Reconstruction Finance Corp
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Industry Development Corp
Roosevelt
Young swimmer Cathy Gibson wins 10m breaststroke title
Cathy Gibson, age 13, reflects on her victory in the 10 metre breaststroke for 13 to 14 year olds at Stan Siwik Pool over the weekend. Lethbridge Swim Club finished second to Red Deer Catalina Swim Club in the Elks Invitational Meet.
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Cathy Gibson
Stan Siwik
Lethbridge
Red Deer Catalina Swim Club
Hauptmann appeal lost
The 84 year old widow of Bruno Hauptmann failed to gain a Supreme Court review of her suit seeking wrongful death damages. Anna Hauptmann charges a conspiracy by New Jersey officials and others to convict her husband in the Lindbergh baby case.
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WASHINGTON
Charles Lindbergh
U.S. Supreme Court
Anna Hauptmann
New Jersey
Hearst Corp
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hopewell, N.J
Doberman terrifies babysitter in Whitby incident
In Whitby Ontario a Doberman named Phair growled and bared teeth at a babysitter, Karen Burley, 12, when she moved. Police were called after the dog’s owner Derek refused to calm it. No charges were filed.
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Dean Westbrook
Karen
Derek
New wheat class HY320 eyed for Prairie farms
HY320 a high yielding wheat variety developed at Swift Current research station is being tested for potential Canada Western Semi-hard Red Spring Wheat class. It may offer 27 percent higher yields but has lower protein, prompting careful validation by the Canadian Grain Commission and Korea Wheat Board in determining a new class and its storage, market, and use in noodles and flatbreads.
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WINNIPEG
federal agriculture research station
Swift Current
Sask
Canadian Grain Commission
Keith Tipples
commission
Tipples
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
New Herald adopts Compugraphic News 2 typeface
The Herald unveiled new photo typesetting today using Compugraphic News 2. Copy production speeds rose to 15 times faster, and all type for Page A was completed in under two minutes. Classified pages still take two hours normally, but today finished in under 10 minutes. Lifestyles and Editorial pages remain in the old typeface.
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The
Herald
Man with two wives plans to write advice column
London AP reports John Knight a 46 year old man with two families and 20 children lives in two Cornwall homes. He has 11 children with wife Carole and nine with mistress Claire Martines plus an extra child from a prior marriage. The family receives welfare and sparked local outrage over housing moves and sterilization talk. Knight contemplates an advice column on sex and dates offers, while claiming he works to support his clan.
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LONDON
John Knight
Knight
Carole
Claire Martines
Doublebois
David
Amy Stubbs
Knights
welfare council
Plymouth Western Morning News
stirling
Plymouth
Earthquake jolts Italy and Greece near Ionian coast
An earth tremor struck southern Italy and Greek Ionian islands causing panic. Rome's civil defence reported no injuries or damage. The epicentre is placed in the Ionian Sea near the Greek Albanian coast by Rome's Central Geophysical Institute.
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ROME
Italy
Greece
Ionian Sea
national civil defence office
Central Geophysical Institute
Collapse of Ohio bridge kills five in Antwerp area
Four cars went off a collapsed bridge near Antwerp Ohio driving into a dry drainage ditch and leaving five dead and four injured. The incident happened about 9 30 p m Sunday on County Road 190 as crews pried open doors to rescue the injured. Authorities said the nine metre bridge may have crumbled before the cars crossed onto it and that the wreckage fell about six metres into the Zuber Ditch.
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ANTWERP
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
cy tee
Jerry Flaugh
Paulding
Gertrude Rister
Ohio-Indiana
Toledo
Daniel Hardeman
Flaugh
Zuber
Maumee ae
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Hauptmann
Doberman
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