Soviet troops leave country in Slovakia meeting
Leaders of the Communist parties of the Soviet Union Poland East Germany Hungary Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia convened in Bratislava for a two hour declaration on international questions. They placed wreaths at a WWII monument as Brezhnev and Dubcek were cheered by crowds. The last Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia pull out after Warsaw pact maneuvers ending June 8.
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Hungary
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Danube
Bratislava
Leonid Brezhnev
Russia
Dubcek
Alexander Dubcek
King’s Valley
Danube River
Austria
Alexei Kosygin
Kremlin
Mikhail Suslov
Kosygin
Czechoslovak Defence Ministry
CTK
Unoffi
Part-time postal workers face unemployment gap
About 700 women in Toronto’s post office say they are denied unemployment benefits during the 17 day national mail strike because they are not union members. The strike affects around 2,000 part-time Toronto workers and hinges on a section of the Unemployment Insurance Act.
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Toronto
Postal Union
John Woods
Social Services Commission
Welland
Ont
George Wilson
Ontario Firefighters Association
Ontario
Montreal
Judge Lippe
Treasury Board
Council of Postal Workers
Trudeau
Quebec City
Lippe
Douglas Love
Romeo Mathieu
Talks resume in postal strike efforts in Europe and Ottawa
Czech and Slovak leaders and their Soviet led critics resumed talks in Bratislava this afternoon on a joint declaration to mend the rift. Mediation talks in the postal strike reopen here Sunday with Judge Rene Lippe saying chief negotiators agreed to resume at 3 p.m. EDT Sunday, possibly last chance for settlement without Parliament intervention.
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Bratislava
Ottawa
Rene Lippe
Manila Quake Adds to Death Toll Amid Rescue Rush
A fresh Manila tremor followed a deadly pre-dawn quake that killed more than 100 people, with fears of more buried under rubble. Rescue teams labored as 251 survivors were pulled from the five-storey apartment building and authorities warned lives could still be at risk tonight.
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Manila
Mahila Weather Bureau
Enrique Morales de
Philippines
Separatist groups plan merger to form Quebec party
Montreal report says Movement Souverainte Associa tion and the Ralliement Nationale will merge this fall to form a new Quebec independence party. Rassemblement pour l'independance nationale opposed the merger over English-language school rights and will not join. Leaders Rene Levesque Gilles Gregoire and Pierre Bourgault discussed open conventions while Bourgault pressed for independence. RIN regional officials plan to meet next week to pursue a possible merger with the MSA.
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Movement Souverainte Association
Ralliement Nationale
Separa
Tist
Rassemblement Pour L’independence Nationale
Quebec
Rene Levesque
MSA
Gilles Gregoire
Pierre Bourgault
RIN
Levesque
Bourgault
Gregoire
Lapointe
Escalation likely in steel price war
Washington dispatch describes a government versus industry clash as the steel price war heats up with possible further escalation. Four more producers National Steel Jones and Laughlin Armco and Crucible announced selective price increases within hours of the president’s remarks, while Kaiser and McLouth remained silent among top producers.
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National Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Armco
Crucible
Kaiser and McLouth
Three U S pilots freed by North Vietnam to fly home
Three American pilots released by Hanoi prepare to return to the United States aboard commercial flights via Bangkok the Middle East and Europe heading to Kennedy International Airport New York. The decision to fly commercially to avoid endangering further releases comes as antiwar groups warn it may hinder future prisoner exchanges. The trio Maj James F Low Maj Fred Neale Thompson and Capt Joe Victor Carpenter arrived Friday from Hanoi and have been kept under tight security by the U S embassy.
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Vientiane
Laos
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Bangkok
Middle East
Europe
Udorn Air Base
Thailand
United States
Hanoi
James F. Low
Sausalito
Calif
Fred Neale Thompson
Double investigation seeks cause of Italian jet crash
In Milan the Alitalia DC-8 crash that killed 12 and left 83 survivors prompted a black box search. The Rome to Montreal flight, halted near Malpensa, saw most passengers escape with minor injuries as engines burned. Investigators, the Italian government, and survivors described a downdraft and fire as the jet burned away.
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Italy
Abi Abdallah
Beirut
Lebanon
Ago Tocadjian
Annemarie
Marghareta Busi
Alitalia
Rome
Montreal
Malpensa
Fabio Stafiore
Franco Colombo
Premiers press united asks at bold conference
Nine provincial leaders at the annual premiers conference said they were not ganging up on Ottawa yet they jointly sought early federal provincial talks on taxes medical care insurance and fiscal arrangements. They warned of a widening gap between provincial spending and revenues and pressed Trudeau for full consultation before acting on the Carter royal commission tax report. Saskatchewan Premier Ross Thatcher chaired the talks and noted extensive discussions on fiscal questions.
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Waskesia, Sask
Ottawa
Trudeau
Saskatchewan
Ross Thatcher
Douglas may run again in Nanaimo Cowichan Islands
NDP Leader T. C. Douglas said he would consider seeking the vacant Nanaimo Cowichan Islands seat after Colin Cameron's death, though he stressed it would be up to party members. He was defeated in Burnaby Seymour in the June 25 election. Robert Strachan suggested Douglas will likely be asked to run. no by election date was set.
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New Democratic
T. C. Douglas
Nanaimo-Cowichan
the Islands
NDP
Colin Cameron
Douglas
Burnaby-Seymour
Robert Strachan
British Columbia
Mr. Douglas
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