Taiwan Jetliner Explodes Killing 110 Officials Say
A Far Eastern Air Transport Boeing 737 crashed six kilometres above central Taiwan killing all 110 on board. The flight from Taipei to Kaohsiung vanished after takeoff amid reports of two explosions. Among the dead were 3 Americans and 18 Japanese. investigations proceed.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Far Eastern Air Transport
Sungshan
Kaohsiung
Harry Ho
Sanyi
Lin Chinsheng
Broadcasting Corporation of China
H. Grossman
G.B. Garrs
F. Servin
R.M. Clowes
Dennis Rippin
Toxic silicon tetrachloride spill forces mass evacuation in South San Francisco
Toxic fumes from a silicon tetrachloride spill at MT Chemicals Inc. forced evacuation of about 10,000 workers in a heavily industrial area near South San Francisco. Coast Guard closed a bay area and FAA banned overflights as 2,000 gallons vaporized and drifted across San Francisco Bay.
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San Francisco
Calif
San Francisco Bay
Scanzio
John Smith
MRI Chemical
U.S. Coast Guard
Federal Aviation Administration
Medicine Hat Airport to get emergency generator in 1982
Medicine Hat Regional Airport will receive an emergency back up generator in 1982 under federal regulations. Transport Canada officials cite possible budget cutbacks as a reason for delays with funds to be released after the new fiscal year starting March 1982.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Bill Almolky
Transport Canada
Almolky
Alberta
Forest union rebuffs industry ultimatum in labor dispute
Vancouver CP reports the Pulp Paper and Wood Workers of Canada refused the industry's demand that all nine locals return together. The PPWC threatened to keep its 5,500 members off the job and to picket mills staffed by other unions to defend local bargaining rights. The union's executive urged continued resistance.
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Vancouver
Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada
PPWC
International Woodworkers of America
Canadian Paperworkers Union
Dick Lester
The
Pulp and Paper Relations Bureau
Jim Sloan
Canadian Cellulose
Prince Rupert
Castlegar
Prince George
Libyan retaliation fears rise after downed planes
U S officials warn of possible Libyan retaliation against American targets including President Reagan after two Libyan fighters were shot down over the Mediterranean. The risk to U S embassies abroad has grown, with threats attributed to Libyan leaders and groups, drawing Secret Service scrutiny.
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Washington
Reuter
Us.s
Reagan
Mediterranean
U.S
Muammar Khadafy
NATO
State Department
Free Union
Vandalism down in Alberta provincial parks reports
Southeastern Alberta parks see fewer mischief incidents this year as vandalism declines across the region. The note appears amid a roundup of regional updates and weather items.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat Airport to get emergency power generator funds
City officials welcomed a federal plan to fund a back up emergency power generator for the Medicine Hat municipal airport. Mayor Ted Grimm and public works director Lorne Thompson remarked the project will improve runway lighting during outages. Transport Canada had not indicated the funding previously.
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Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Transport Canada
Grimm
Public Works Department
Top mediator enters grain handlers dispute
OTTAWA CP top labor trouble shooter Bill Kelly intervenes to push a settlement in the Lakehead Grain Elevator Workers dispute. The 1600-member union may strike, with key issues a cost of living allowance hours of work and pension plans. Conciliator Jack Chapman urged compromise on hours and pensions and proposed a joint company union committee system.
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Ottawa
Lakehead
Bill Kelly
Labor Department
Kelly
Lakehead Grain Elevator
Lakehead Terminal Elevators Association
Jack Chapman
Chapman
Voyager 2 closes in on Saturn on a grand space tour
Voyager 2 nears Saturn after four years in space on a planned close approach. Esker Davis says the craft is in great health as Ed Stone forecasts better views of Saturn’s ring system and moons. The mission aims to study ringlets and moons including Iapetus Phoebe and others during a path toward Uranus and Neptune.
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Pasadena
Calif
Saturn
Earth
Esker Davis
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ward Stone
lIapetus
Phoebe
Voyager 2
Solar System
Humanity
Uranus
Neptune
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Lions Park
Robin Schlaht
Henry Kroeger
Kroeger
Khadafy
Ronald Reagan
Secret Service
Enterprise
N.W.T
Peking
Mark MacGuigan
Ottawa Rough Riders
Calgary Stampeders
Andrew Snaddon
Bill Sassaha
Charles Lynch City News
Peter Cowan
Pete
Rick Pedersen
Lorne Thompson
Thomspon
Thompson
Voyager
Voyager 1
Bradford Smith
University of Arizona
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