Polish workers win pledge for formal union talks in Gdansk
Striking Poles won a major concession with Deputy Prime Minister Mieczylaw Jagielski to open formal talks on free trade unions. Lech Walesa announced the government would restore telephone service to Gdansk after protests that threatened Poland's economy. The strike spread to about 400 enterprises in the Gdansk area and drew Pope John Paul II into a high profile appeal for social justice.
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Mieczylaw Jagielski
Lech Palesa
Transk
Jerzy Kolodziejski
Walesa
Free of Govern
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
Warsaw
Gierek
Alojzy Karkoska
Poland
Pope John Paul
Vatican
John Paul
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Lech Kaczmarek
Cowardly bullfighter arrested in Bilbao ring
Madrid A young matador Pepe Carrillo was fined about 70 dollars for refusing to enter the ring at Bilbao and stabbing the bull from behind the barrier. He argued the crowd's demand for risk, while Spain requires him to face and kill two animals in a top corrida.
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Tim Brown
Daily Telegraph
London
Field News Service
Madrid
Bilbao
Spain
Pepe Carrillo
Victorino Martin Ranch
Carrillo
KKK considers own probe into Red Deer lawn burnings
Alberta Klan head Tearlach Dunsford Macaphearsoin says the Klan may investigate three recent Red Deer lawn burnings if RCMP fail to solve the case. He notes two Red Deer chapters and a planned fall rally to counter misperceptions. RCMP say no new leads and have no evidence linking the Klan to the incidents.
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RED
Red Deer
Macaphearsom
RCMP
Macaphearsomn
Calgary Rcmp
Tuna pact halts second West Coast fish war
Canada and the United States sign an interim accord to avoid a tuna dispute. U S fishermen may fish inside Canada 200 mile limit and Canadian vessels may land at designated U S ports for one year. Negotiations for a long term treaty to follow, with a June 1 1981 deadline.
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Washington
Canada
United States
U.S
U.S. Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Marcel Cadieux
Soviets push influence in Afghan education system
A Soviet drive aims to control Afghan minds with Kabul University lecturers takeover and Moscow scholarships for hundreds of students. The agreement intensifies Soviet presence as rebels fight on battlefields near Paghman and Kabul while Babrak Karmal marks Afghanistan independence.
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Daily Telegraph
London
Kabul University
Moscow
Kabul
Paghman
Shakadara
Mir Bachhakot
Bagram
Babrak Karmal
Afghanistan
Stealth poised to shift military power balance
Defense Secretary Harold Brown says the Stealth program enables US bombers fighters and missiles to defeat Soviet air defences. Pentagon chief William Perry notes radar invisibility is not promised but detection becomes too late. officials emphasize peace and arms control alignment.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Defence
Harold Brown
Brown
William Perry
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Western premiers fail to reach energy export tax accord
All premiers except Ontario oppose federal export taxes on provincial resources as Manitoba hosts the 21st conference. Davis signals need for federal revenue while Lougheed argues against centralized taxation and warns of constitutional danger to Confederation. Alberta emerges as a winner in reaffirming its stance.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Gull Lake
Manitoba
Sterling Lyon
Alberta
William Davis
Ontario
Quebec
Davis
Lougheed
Alberta-Ottawa
Peter Lougheed
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Confederation
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