Munro Defends Anti Inflation Program For Workers
Labor Minister John Munro told the Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen that the federal anti inflation program has boosted real earnings and did not depress wages. He cited CPI trends from 1975 to 1976 and April gains, while noting strong CLC opposition to wage and price controls and a planned national protest this fall.
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Quebec
John Munro
the Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
Munro
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
Hurricane Belle Aims North Near Outer Banks
Hurricane Belle with 110 mph winds moved north at 20 mph, threatening Cape Hatteras and the Outer Banks with potential 74 mph gusts and five-foot tides. Evacuations of 10,000 tourists proceeded while 2,500 to 3,000 residents stayed watchful as storm neared Long Island and New England.
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Cape Hatteras
N.C
North Carolina
Here
Virginia Capes
Long Island
N.Y
New England
Hope
Hatteras
Belle
Kill Devil Hills
Gil Clark
National Weather Service
Miami
Clark
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Jack Willis
Riots in Belfast as British Army Mobilizes Reserves
British Army calls up two battalions and UDR elements to quell Belfast rioting sparked by IRA protests against ending special prisoner status. Gerry Fitt MP and family were rescued after his New Lodge home came under attack. violence spread to Falls Road as hijackings and arson disrupted streets. Merlyn Rees vows no surrender.
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Belfast
Reuter
Northern Ireland
IRA
Army
Ulster Defence Regiment
UDR
Gerry Fitt
Social Democratic and Labor Party
New Lodge
Catholic Falls Road
Maire Drumm
Provisional Ira
Provisional
Merlyn Rees
Legionnaires deaths climb to twenty seven in Philadelphia linked outbreak
Health officials say 27 people have died and 125 sickened after attending a state American Legion convention in Philadelphia. They will survey attendees who did not fall ill to find a common link while widespread testing continues.
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Harrisburg
American Legion
Philadelphia
Leonard Bachman
Pennsylvania
Dennie Boyle
Hazleton
Harold Davis
Bachman
State Health Department
Federal Centre For Disease Control
Prison hostages freed after all-night police intervention
Police freed three guards and captured seven prisoners after an all-night stand off at Orsainville prison. The inmates including Serge Robin 19 and escapees Benoit Roy and Irenee Guillemette demanded talks and a hotel meeting but threats to harm hostages were suspended in exchange for mediation and eventual release.
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Serge Robin
Pierre Ouellet
Michel Desmeules
Denis Pearson
Benoit Roy
Gerald Gingras
Irenee Guillemette
Guillemette
Gingras
Laval
Montreal
St. Jean- Port-Joli
Here
St. Lawrence
Mr. Michaud
Rodrigue Nolin
Ronald Pare
Gabriel Bergeron
Robin
Orsainville
Richard Grenier
Roc Desgagne
le Soleil
Claude Poirier
Heroism and horror in Tangshan earthquake scenes
Tangshan salvage efforts twelve days after the 8.2 quake reveal mine collapses undermining a hospital and halting a key railroad. Chinese rescue teams, medical workers, and anti epidemic squads rush to the city as 10 000 miners survive after opening reserve air shafts.
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John R. Walker
Southam News Services
Peking
Tangshan
Shenyang
North China
Shanhaikuan
Sheyang
Hsinhua
Kirin
Harbin
Chichihar
Chengchow
Kailuan
People’s Daily
Hsu Chia-hisa
Chia Pang-yu
Luchiato
Communist Party
Nixon Resignation Anniversary Echoes in Campaign
Two years after Nixon's departure from the White House, the presidential race lacks his name though his opinions have shaped campaigns since 1952. Nixon stayed in California as Gerald Ford, who succeeded him, battles to keep the presidency amid a televised farewell watched by over 100 million Americans.
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Washington
California
Richard Nixon
White House
Gerald Ford
Executive Mansion
Tragedy at Stratton Crossings Kills Nine On Bus
A Burlington Northern freight train hit a Stratton bus carrying 17 people on a Sunday morning trip to church, killing eight including pastor Rev. Thomas Nerren and his wife, and seven children. The disaster left 8 injured and the town of 480 stunned. warnings at the crossing were active but the bus failed to stop.
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Stratton
Neb
Thomas Nerren
Stratton Church
Floyd Wesch
McCook
Longsine
Paul Carlson
Burlington Northern
Nerren
Shirlene
Denver
Thomas
Cindy Jo Minary
Debra Minary
Kenneth Minary
Julianna Scarrow
Steven Lloyd Scarrow
Jennifer Scarrow
Cecil Scarrow
Holly Schoenberger
Daniel Schoenberger
Wesch
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Allan
Canada
Allan J. MacEachen
Cape Breton
Iona
N.S
Cromak
MacEachen
John Shaw
China
Ron Longsine
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