Siamese twins Lin and Win Htut dine apart after separation
Lin Htut, 17 days after separation from sister Win, eats a hot dog while improving on solid foods. Nurses report Lin is strong and taking IV feeding less, while Win heals from an open wound. In Prince George, BC, nine empty BC Rail cars derailed near Tacheeda Lake. four men escaped injury and line reopened.
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Toronto
Lin Htut
Win
Lin
Claudia Anderson
Prince George
B.C
British Columbia
Tacheeda Lake
Belfast clash over IRA rally ends in deaths and arrests
Police raided Sinn Fein headquarters in Western Belfast during a rally to seize Martin Galvin, killing Sean Downs and injuring 20 others as clashes erupted. Sgt. Malcolm White died from an earlier IRA ambush, pushing Northern Ireland's 15 year toll past 2,386. Gerry Adams coordinated the confusion before Galvin vanished.
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Belfast
Martin Galvin
Irish Republican Army
New York
IRA
Hamilton
Malcolm White
County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
Sinn Fein
Sean Downs
Galvin
Irish Northern Aid Committee
Gerry Adams
Adams
Royal Ulster Constabulary
West Belfast
Canada wins big at 1984 Olympics in record medal haul
Ross Hopkins reports from Los Angeles on Canada’s breakthrough at the 23rd Summer Games led by Linda Thom and star swimmers Baumann and Davis. Canada finishes with 44 medals including 10 golds, top eight finishes in 113 events, and strong showings in rowing and canoeing at Lake Casitas despite the Soviet boycott.
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Ross Hopkins
Los Angeles
Linda Thom
Alex Baumann
Victor Davis
Lake Casitas
Canada
John Lecky
Chef de Mission
University of Southern California
Waterloo
Ont
Anne Ottenbrite
Whitby
Sylvie Bernier
Montreal
Davis
Larry Cain
Oakville
Hugh Fisher
Alwyn Morris
Reagan jokes about bombing Russia during mic test
White House officials refused to confirm details as reports circulated that President Reagan joked into a microphone during a test, saying the United States would bomb the Soviet Union in five minutes. The remark came amid campaign talk and tense U S Soviet relations, with similar past on air gags noted.
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Los Angeles
White House
Reagan
United States
Soviet Union
House of Representatives
CBS Report
Russia
CBS
Larry Speakes
Associated Press
Poland
Chinese critters arrive from China in cultural exchange
Edmonton zoologist Al Oeming received a rare shipment of Chinese animals never before exported to the West. The six animals include red foxes, sa bab les, sand foxes and Gansu small red pandas, part of a four year cultural exchange with quarantine for 30 days at his Sherwood Park park.
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Edmonton
al Oeming
West
Oeming
China
Gobi Desert
Gansu
North America
Sherwood Park
Taxpayer funded luxury boxes spark Ottawa tax debate
An examination of private luxury boxes at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium shows corporations lease most boxes at up to 50 000 a year with further costs for tickets catering and decorating. Tax specialists warn such deductions reduce federal revenue and ignite calls for tighter rules dating to the Carter Commission and 1969 white paper.
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Toronto
Exhibition Stadium
Canada
Maple Leaf Gardens
Revenue Canada
Carter Royal Commission On Taxation
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