Girl survives blast at Texaco service station
Three year old Kristin MacMurchy escaped unharmed when an explosion ripped through Stan's Texaco in a Vauxhall service station. Her father Bruce MacMurchy pulled her from rubble with help from a passerby. the gas station employee and a pup-trailer were uninjured.
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Kristin MacMurchy
Stan
Texaco
Bruce MacMurchy
Swartz Petroleum
MacMurchy
Stan Kurek
Chad leader Habre reported killed amid Chad Libyan clash
Paris AP inexact reports attributed to JANA quote Habre killed by artillery in Faya-Largeau. Chad official in Paris calls the claim obviously false. Independence confirmation blocked as journalists barred from the front.
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Paris
JANA
Hissene Habre
Chad
Faya-Largeau
Stampede attendance up despite slow start and economy
The Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede drew 80 537 visitors over three days, up 2 1 2 percent from 1982 with Saturday a single day record of 29 084. Afternoon rodeo attendance rose 2 percent to 10 231, while evening grandstand crowds totaled 10 780 and gambling profits fell slightly as bettors shifted to lower stakes. One saddle bronc horse was destroyed and one horse cut but not killed.
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Wayne Tweed
Sundre
Alta
Medicine Hat Exhibition
Tweed
Medicine Hat
Stampede
Dick Knight
Knight
Ann Kyllo
Stampede Office
Kyllo
Iraq Claims Major Victory in Border Clash with Iran
Baghdad said its forces killed about 1,200 Iranian troops and captured many tanks in heavy fighting as the Persian Gulf war resumed. Official tallies put Iranian deaths at about 6,600 from attacks on Iraqi border positions 160 kilometres east of Baghdad since the offensive began Saturday.
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Baghdad
Reuter
Iraq
Faulty microprocessor grounds Air Canada 767 in Gimli landing
A malfunctioning onboard computer caused a fuel monitoring failure on Air Canada Flight 767 forcing a powerless glide to Gimli Man. Ground crews took manual fuel readings after miscalculation in converting fuel volume to weight. No injuries among 73 aboard.
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Montreal
Air Canada
Boeing
Ottawa
Ontario
Gimli
Man
Chagnon
Israeli troops evict militiamen at Kfar Falous barracks
Beir ut reports say Israeli forces ousted rightist Christian militiamen from the Kfar Falous barracks in southern Lebanon as crowds protested with car tires, church bells and strikes. U S special envoy Robert McFarlane met with Lebanese President Amin Gemayel amid stalled talks on foreign troop withdrawal.
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Lebanon
U.S
Robert McFarlane
Amin Gemayel
McFarlane
Middle East
Gemayel
Kfar Falous
Jezzine, Zahrani
Nabatiyeh
Pocklington’s empire crumbles as loses mount in 1990s Edmonton
Edmonton financier Peter Pocklington faces massive debt as two companies go into receivership and remaining assets shrink. His once sprawling holdings include meat packing, trust, real estate, and car dealerships plus NHL Oilers and other sports teams. He contends lawsuits loom with billions in claims.
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Edmonton
Peter Pocklington
Pocklington
Gainers Inc
Fidelity Trust
Patrician Land Corp
Fidelity
Capri Drilling (Canada) Ltd
Westown Ford
Elgin Ford
Toronto
Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Drillers
Edmonton Trappers
Oilers
Trappers
Gainers
Canadian Commercial Bank
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St. Louis Blues
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Allan Fotheringham
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