Surprise election crowns Cardinal Luciani pope in Rome
Albino Cardinal Luciani of Venice was elected Pope, becoming the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Venice since 1969, was ordained at 22, and blessed the crowd from St. Peter's Balcony after his election.
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Vatican City
Albino Cardinal
Luciani
Venice
Belluno
Italy
Murano
Venetian Lagoon
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter's Square
Vittorio Veneto
John XXIII
John Paul
Paul VI
Pius II
Pope
St. Peter’s Square
Brutal clash erodes peace between China and Vietnam
Six people died and dozens wounded in a border clash at Friendship Gate near Hanoi, with both sides blaming the other. China reports 2,000 ethnic Chinese refugees near the border and says Vietnamese forces attacked shelters. Vietnam counters that Chinese forces crossed into Vietnam and killed two border guards. Both sides filed protests amid ongoing tensions over ethnic Chinese in Vietnam.
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Tokyo
China
Vietnam
Friendship Gate
Hanoi
Peking
Hsinhua
Voice of Vietnam Radio
Vietnam People’s Army
Bonien Ridge
Union talks resume as Air Canada walkouts cause losses
IAM ground crew negotiators meet behind closed doors in Montreal seeking strategy to reopen talks and end strikes that halted Air Canada operations since Friday. IAM locals report wage demands and contract length debates, while airline losses reach up to 3 million dollars daily.
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Montreal
Union
Air Canada
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Bradley
Barry Shaw
Shaw
Claude
Clues Found Onboard After Geneva Hijack Scare
Swiss police recovered a wig false moustache coat and glasses aboard the Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 after an eight hour hijack scare at Cointrin Airport. Detectives questioned 78 passengers while investigators sought the hijacker through disguises and the rambling demands note. The plane landed with no confirmed hijacker and passengers prepared to travel to Nice.
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Geneva
Trans World Airlines
Cointrin
Nice
Impostor Physician Arrest Shocks Peoria Hospitals
An 18 year old busboy, Josefo Bueno, allegedly impersonated a doctor at St. Francis Hospital and Methodist Medical Centre in Peoria for several months. He examined patients and toured facilities while officials say no serious medical errors occurred.
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Peoria, Ill
Ron Pechan
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Josefo Bueno
St. Francis
Methodist Medical Centre
Bueno
Methodist Centre
Confusion over federal oil and gas measures in Canada
Oil company officials scrambled to parse Ottawa measures after a Thursday three cent cut in the federal gasoline excise tax, intended to offset a one dollar per barrel crude price rise. Industrywide reactions varied with several firms delaying or adjusting prices and noting pre paid taxes.
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Toronto
Alastair Gillespie
Imperial Oil Ltd
Imperial Oil
Imperial
Gregory MacDonald
Texaco Canada Ltd
Jean Chretien
Gulf
Valance
Shell Canada Ltd
Ottawa
Shell
Chretien
Sun Oil Ltd
Sun Oil
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