Polish Workers Reject Pact As Police Reinforcements Reach Gdansk
Police moved into the Baltic coast strike area after workers in Gdansk Gdynia and Sopot rejected a pay raise offer from Edward Gierek and pressed for free trade unions uncensored political reforms and release of prisoners. Lech Walesa led strikers at the Lenin Shipyard as traffic and meat price protests continued despite PM Pyka's delegation.
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Susanne Schafer
Gdansk
Gdynia
Sopot
Poland
Gierek
Anna Valentinowicz
V.I. Lenin
Lech
Walesa
Tadeusz Pyka
Communist Party Committee
Pullout threatens Cold Lake heavy oil project
Alberta Energy Minister Merv Leitch said Imperial Oil may pull the plug on the 7 billion Cold Lake heavy oil project. He argued world prices are needed and warned the province would face a less active economy if the project folds, with jobs and taxes at stake.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Imperial Oil
Cold Lake
Imperial
Jack Armstrong
Leitch
Mexico
Canada
Ottawa
Israelis strike Palestinian bases in Lebanon largest raid in 21 years
Israeli commandos attacked bases in southern Lebanon killing between 40 and 50 PLO fighters per Tel Aviv. Three Israeli soldiers died, with conflicting tallies from PLO and Lebanese authorities. Arafat and Begin inspected the battlefield as fighting spread to Beaufort Castle and Beirut reconnaissance flights occurred.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Menachem Begin
Yasser Arafat
Beaufort Castle
Arafat
Majed Abu Shrar
Israel
Litani
Brewers and unions set for talks amid Alberta beer strike
Edmonton CP reports negotiators for breweries will meet with six local unions as a five week strike lockout grips Alberta's beer industry. Unions expect a wage boost of 30 cents to $1 an hour for three years, with workers at Carling O Keefe Calgary seeking about $1.50 an hour, linked to recent settlements. Alberta Board of Industrial Relations heard preliminary arguments on Carling O Keefe Calgary plant lockout legality.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Brewery Industrial Relations Association
British Columbia
Bill Flookes
Carling O’keefe
Calgary
Prince George Brewery
Nelson Skalbania
Ben Ginter
Ginter
Ben
Red Deer
Board of Industrial Relations
Kosygin Ailing Sparks Postponed Lee Visit
Western and Asian sources say Soviet Premier Kosygin suffered a serious relapse and was absent from public life for months. The foreign ministry cited his illness to postpone Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew’s Moscow visit, while denying a diplomatic snub claim.
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Moscow
Reuter
Alexei Kosygin
Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Kosygin
Lee
Konstantin Rucnev
Helmet saves biker in Alberta crash near Dunmore
Twenty year old Gerry Vermeer escaped serious injury after a helmet saved him in a high speed collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Dunmore. Police say he slid 70 metres. his write off motorcycle and injuries included a broken collarbone and a deep foot cut. Vermeer credits the helmet and plans to wear one always. Alberta helmet law enforcement remains suspended while the Crown appeals a court ruling.
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The
Gerry Vermeer
Alberta
Redcliff
Dunmore
Vermeer
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
British Columbia
Front runner emerges in Korea
Chun Doo Hwan rapid rush to power in Seoul embarrasses American officials as they try to promote stability and reform in Korea during the 1980 political crisis.
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Korea
Don Kirk
Chicago Sun-Times
Seoul
Chun Doo Hwan
Quake Hits Guayaquil as City Sees Widespread Damage
A powerful earthquake struck Guayaquil Ecuador early Monday rattling one million residents. No official death toll yet but many homes and older mud and straw buildings collapsed while emergency rooms filled and services interrupted. The quake measured seven to eight on the Mercalli scale with epicenter 100 kilometres northeast in Los Rios province. Witnesses described a deafening pounding followed by swinging buildings as fires and rubble injuries mounted.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Pacific
Quito
Egbert Scott
Red Cross
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State Department
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