PLO Surrenders Pilot and Bodies as Beirut Evacuation Moves Ahead
The PLO handed over an Israeli pilot, a kidnapped soldier, and requested bodies to the Red Cross clearing the way for a Beirut evacuation. Lebanon's PM announced a peacekeeping force will begin arriving and PLO fighters will depart by ship to Cyprus in the coming days.
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International Red Cross
Israel
PLO
West Beirut
Shafik Wazzan
U.S
Philip Habib
Red Cross
Wazzan
Suhail Natour
Lebanon
Beirut
Fuad Batros
Cyprus
Stock markets rise on Toronto and New York exchanges
The Canadian Press reports Toronto Stock Exchange gains early trading with the index at 1504.33 up 16.82, advancers outpacing decliners 248 to 52, volume 2.5 million shares. New York Dow Jones Industrial average climbs 7.61 to 846.18 as gainers outpace losers 3 to 1 in midmorning trading.
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Bay Streets
Ammonia leak at CFL plant not endangering public health
CFL officials report a very low concentration ammonia release at the Canadian Fertilizers Ltd plant in Brier Park on Thursday night. The leak, traced to a closed valve in the urea plant, was estimated not to exceed dangerous levels, with no employees affected and a report prepared for Alberta Environment.
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Brier Park
CFL
Russ Holowachuk
Holowachuk
Riverside
Alberta Environment
Ray Wutzke
Jerry Lack
Air Quality Control
Lack
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Sudbury Protesters Pelt Trudeau Train On Vacation Stop
About 500 protesters in Sudbury blocked the prime minister’s train and pelted it with rocks eggs and tomatoes during a stop. No arrests were reported. The city faces high unemployment as Inco Ltd announces layoffs exceeding 1000 next year.
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Trudeau
Ed Schreyer
Toronto
Parry Sound
Orillia
Barrie
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Rockies
Keith Lovely
United Steelworkers of America Local 6500
Lovely
Inco Ltd
Redcliff councillors regain $25 money order
A local note states the $25 money order is back in the hands of Redcliff councillors. The item appears among brief entries with weather and page references, indicating a small civic financial update in the issue.
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Redcliff
U S passes tax bill after intense lobbying
President Reagan wins a $98.3 billion tax bill after cross party backing in a House vote 226 to 207 and Senate 52 to 47. Reagan used White House dinners and Camp David outreach to quell conservative revolt and win over Democrats in an election year. The plan aims to curb deficits and spur recovery despite a 9.8 percent unemployment rate and feared interest-rate hikes.
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Reuter
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Senate
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WCC leadership race heads to Red Deer's Capri Centre
Campaigning ends for six Albertans in the Western Canada Concept leadership race as delegates from across Alberta gather in Red Deer to choose a successor to interim leader Gordon Kesler. Howard Thompson Elmer Knutson Bill Hosford Jack Ramsay and Wayne Whitaker vie for the post amid a tense party battle and campaign history.
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Howard Thompson
Kesler
Olds-Didsbury
Elmer Knutson
Bill Hosford
Jack Ramsay
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Camrose
Wayne Whitaker
Peace River
Ramsay
Olds- Didsbury
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Edmonton
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Alberta
Canada
Knutson
West Fed
Medicine Hat
Ramsay, Hosford
Whitaker
Thompson
Cliff Ginn
Gina
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