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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 07, 1981
Page
4
A Canadian perspective lauds President Reagan for ending the illegal air traffic controllers strike while condemning Ottawa's political passivity on domestic postal strikes. It argues public services are essential and that governments must act to protect citizens, noting Canada’s high work days lost to strikes.
The columnist condemns Postmaster-General Andre Ouellet for dismissing small businesses dependent on postal services. They argue the postal strike is destroying livelihoods and forcing publications to fold while Prime Minister Trudeau pursues other work overseas, leaving a damaged economy.
CUPW President Jean-Claude Parrot faced information pickets by federal computer technicians to reach negotiations. The irony lies in a union leader crossing lines to advance union interests amid a strike.
The columnist recalls Day One to Day Three of a postal strike delivering bills and junk mail, then an eviction notice. He contemplates relocation from Alberta amid landlord scrutiny and the futility of consumer life, ending with more junk mail and a vacuum cleaner salesman.
Charles Lynch recalls a dramatic recovery after two Beaver seaplanes plucked his fishing party from a fog-bound shore near Deer Lake Newfoundland. The flight across the Gulf to the Humber River landing ended with hot tubs and relaxed tensions as the group regrouped and planned salmon fishing in Old Fort and St Augustin areas.
The piece profiles Bani Sadr once president of Iran and now a fugitive, tracing his exile from the Shah regime, time in Paris, and activism. It notes his early pursuit of an Iranian Third World independence model blending Islam with reform, his disillusion with the mullahs, and his complex stance toward Ayatollah Khomeini and the clerical regime. The Boston Globe framing emphasizes the clash between secular liberty and religious governance.
Washington reports a brewing conflict over the United Nations Law of the Sea Conference negotiations. Key disputes center on seabed mining provisions and the proposed international body Enterprise. Reagan administration pressure and Senate ratification considerations loom as states weigh 12 mile territorial seas and 200 mile zones amid global mining interests.
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