Cabinet Meets as Rail Walkout Forces Paralyzing Strike
Ottawa and Montreal officials clash over a national rail strike with Labour Minister John Munro warning Parliament could be recalled to impose a settlement. Non-operating railway workers and CN CP staff face stalled talks and rising costs as tourism and transport feel the impact coast to coast.
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Montreal
Ottawa
John Munro
Canada
Munro
Trudeau
Labor
CP Rail
F. Craig Munroe
Conciliation Board
Justice Munroe
Richard Smith
Alan B. Gold
Newfoundland
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
Prince Edward Island
P.E.L
Alex Campbell
P.E.I
Stockholm bank hostage drama ends with uneasy truce
A gunman in a downtown Stockholm bank held four hostages for five days. He tied them with nooses to die if sleeping gas was used. Police lowered food through the ceiling and agreed to a truce while preparing to resume negotiations and avoid gas. An explosion damaged wiring but caused no injuries.
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Ap-Reuter
Stockholm
Kurt Lind Roth
Libyan Hijacker Toumi Ordered to Mental Health Test
Mahmoud Toumi, the Libyan who hijacked a Lebanese airliner to Israel on August 13, was ordered by an Israeli court to undergo psychiatric examination. He remains in custody until trial, with no date set. Toumi was charged with air piracy last Thursday.
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Tel Aviv
Mahmoud Toumi
Israel
Toumi
Letter bomb injures British embassy secretary in Washington
A secretary at the British embassy, Nora Murray age 51, was seriously injured by a letter bomb on the sixth floor while sorting mail in Washington. Police sealed the building as officials blamed Irish Republican Army related attacks sweeping London and beyond with multiple bombs injuring workers and officials.
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Washington
Nora Murray
London
the Exchange
Irish Republican Army
Edward Heath
Oxford Street
Toronto Crowd Fails to Help Woman Abducted in Scarborough
An 18 year old girl was dragged 300 yards to a parking lot and raped by a knife wielding youth while bystanders on porches and balconies did not intervene in a 3 to 4 am Scarborough street attack. Police say no arrests have been made.
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Toronto
Scarborough
Gordon Mugford
Warmington
Norman Englander
Stranded tourists praise Newfoundland hospitality during rail strike
Port aux Basques hosts 1500 vacationers stranded by the national rail strike with Lions Club shelters and local volunteers providing meals and lodging. Authorities reassure water safety despite full camper holding tanks while RCMP coordinate camping sites and aid.
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Stuart Gray
Port Aux Basques
Nfld
Newfoundland
Gary Hermanowski
Connecticut
Roger Morgan
Lewis Silbert
New Haven
Conn
RCMP
Don MacMillan
Charlottetown
MacMillan
Port-aux Basques
Lions Community Centre
Ron Osmond
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Railways
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tom Smith
Carl
Solway
Pease Drive
The
London Stock Exchange
Mainland
Frank Spizarsky
Spizarsky
North Sydney
N.S
Atlantic
Emmett Kelly
Lions Club
Arthur Bragg
Lions
Canadian Legion Hall
Joyce Samms
Legion
Samms
England
Bruce Raymond
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