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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1981
Page
9
A chemical tank car puncture in a downtown Bridgman freight derailment prompted evacuations of about 2,000 residents as shifting winds carried a toxic cloud. Authorities plugged the leak around noon after experts assessed air quality and public health risk.
Hydro-Quebec reports three loose metal pieces in Gentilly II steam boiler after bolts failed in one tank. Replacement tubes cost 20 million dollars, no radioactivity yet, and officials warn others to check construction faults. Repairs may occur during final checks, with no immediate service delay confirmed.
Rebel leaders say they have halted an attempt to seize power after the governing military junta agreed to three demands and the president was ousted. Gen Alberto Natusch Busch announced the pact on rebel radio in Santa Cruz and said rebels will return to barracks while accepting the junta as supreme government authority.
Poland's government denounces the independent labor movement in a personal crisis attack after a four hour warning strike in Silesia crippled the industrial belt. Authorities say talks may resume on the food crisis if Solidarity initiates. Nearly one million unionists joined the stoppage.
The government reports a 200 000 ton loss of coal valued at 16 million dollars from a southwest strike while about 60 000 workers walk out in Piotrkow Trybunaiski. Talks with Solidarity fail and a regional strike is set for August 17 along the Baltic coast amid rising prices and food shortages.
An Iranian cleric vowed France will face humiliation and the Tehran embassy seizure if ex president Bani Sadr and Massoud Rajavi are not returned for trial. The Tehran warning followed the seizure of the French embassy in Washington and tension over France’s asylum of the Iranian figures. Police reported injuries and hostages during the Washington protest.
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