Labor vows to fight wage control policy in Halifax
In Halifax a rally of more than 400 organized labor leaders denounced Ottawa’s wage restraint plan as a six per cent rise first year and five per cent second year. Shirley Carr of the Canadian Labour Congress condemned the program as a dictatorship while Premier Buchanan and Finance Minister MacEachen defended it. The United Front of Unions plans a protest outside Province House as premiers gather.
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E. Kaye Fulton
Southam
Halifax
Shirley Carr
Canadian Labour Congress
Carr
Nova Scotia
Province House
Legislative Gallery
United Front of Unions
Labor
Allan MacEachen
Ottawa
MacEachen
John Buchanan
Weather and brief notices from the day
Sunny Wednesday with a high of 20 and a low of 8 is noted on the weather map on page 19. A taxi bylaw revision advances despite protests, reported on page 3. Britain warns Argentina to keep unauthorized ships and planes out of a 150 nautical mile Falklands zone on page 9. Medicine Hat Blue Jays lose to Helena Phillies but stay ahead of Great Falls Giants in the Pioneer League pennant race on page 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Argentina
Falkland Islands
Medicine Hat
Blue Jays
Helena
Stocks jump as Toronto hits new high and NY volume soars
The Canadian press reports a broad market rally with the Toronto Stock Exchange composite up 24.21 points to 1549.12, an 11.25 percent rise over eight days. New York trading volumes exceeded 100 million shares for the second time in history as prices surged after lunch.
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Toronto
New York
Toronto Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Medicine Hat weighs cable depth fix for highway project
City officials consider two options to correct shallow depth of highway light cable along Trans Canada between Medicine Hat and Redcliff. Replace cable to 0.9 metre depth at an estimated cost of 26 000 or pour a concrete band above existing cable, with final choice due at Aug 31 utilities meeting.
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Medicine Hat
Ken Sauer
Council
Sauer
Winston Kerr
Bill Scotvold
Edmonton
Electrical Protection Branch
Hank Tellefson
Redcliff
Kerr
Scotvold
Electrical Utility Department
Dave Woodcock
Highway Department
Utilities Committee
Alan Waller
PLO Forces Begin Evacuation From Beirut Amid Fierce Fighting
Heavy fighting erupts in Lebanon's central mountains as the fourth PLO group en route to Syria sails from Beirut under U S Navy escort. U S Marines prepare to join a peacekeeping force while Habib discusses ceasefire options with Lebanese leaders.
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Beirut
Bashir Gemayel
Lebanon
Gemayel
U.S. Navy
U.S
Beirut-Damascus
Palestine Liberation Organization
Syria
Philip Habib
PLO
Elias Sarkis
Shafik Wazzan
French Foreign Legion
Maygard resigns from Western Canada Concept in Alberta
Al Maygard quits the Western Canada Concept after Gordon Kesler's victory as Alberta party leader at a Red Deer convention. Maygard accuses Kesler of wrecking the party and says he and Elmer Knutson will pick up the pieces if the party collapses, with other Alberta executives also resigning.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Western Canada
Gordon Kesler
Alberta
al Maygard
Kesler
Olds- Didsbury
Maggard
Howard Thompson
WCC
Red Deer
Elmer Knutson
West-Fed Association
Maygard
Knutson
Medicine Hat
Cliff Ginn
Canada sees surging crime rates across property and violent offenses
A five year Canada wide report by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics shows property crime at 1.8 million in 1981, up 34 percent since 1977, with theft dominant at 46 percent. Violent crime rose 17 percent. police capacity unchanged. Regional differences noted, with British Columbia highest rate and Prince Edward Island lowest.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian
Centre For Justice Statistics
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
British Columbia
Atlantic
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Cab Companies Council
Susan Nelles
Allan Fotheringham
Ann Landers
Bridge Ee
Charles Lynch City News
Heen
Jeremy Cato
the Canadian Press
Waller
Fatah
North Yemen
Arabian Peninsula
Red Sea
Tunisia
Iraq
Jordan
South Yemen
Marxist
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
pro-Moscow
Democratic Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Ann Cyprus
Egypt
Israel
Eere
Saudi Arabia
Zuhair Nature
Cyprus
West
By Leslie Shepherd
London
Ont
Quebec City
Ontario
Hamilton-Wentworth
Windsor
Winnipeg
Edmonton- Strathcona
Kilgour
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