Talks resume in air dispute as Air Canada shutdown continues
Air Canada and its six negotiators meet the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Montreal to try for a new contract after a shutdown that has stranded travelers. The union twice rejected tentative deals, and Air Canada meanwhile plans layoffs of more than 5,000 staff.
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Air Canada
Barry Shaw
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Shaw
CP Air
Via Rail Canada
Halifax
Canadian Bar Association
Dave Pember
John Munro
Pressure rises for Somoza ouster in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, nationwide protests and a growing general strike press for President Anastasio Somoza to resign. Clashes with National Guard occurred in major towns, with injuries reported by Red Cross as opposition blocs call for actions amid fear of military revolt and Guardsmen discontent.
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Managua
Anastasio Somoza
National Guard
Somoza
Nicaragua
Guard
Sandinista Liberation Front
Panama
Red Cross
Chambers of Commerce
U.S
Pedro Josquin Chamorro
Iran names new cabinet to heal wounds and ease tensions
Tehran reports Premier Jaafar Sharif-Emami leads a 22 member cabinet appointed by the Shah to calm anti government violence. He aims to draft a policy statement for parliament while promising free assembly elections next June and broader liberalization within the constitutional framework.
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Tehran
Reuter
Iran
Jaafar Sharif-Emami
Sharif-Emami
Senate
Shah
Jamshid Amouzegar
No NEWS on holiday and scheduling changes
The newspaper will be closed on Labor Day with publishing suspended Monday. Copy deadlines shift for the ensuing Tuesday and Wednesday editions, while ads and classifieds follow adjusted deadlines to Friday and Saturday respectively. Political observers fear a clampdown amid violence, as Sharif Emami’s appointment hints at concessions to clergy and opposition. The regime restores the Islamic solar calendar, and the cabinet lacks a women’s affairs minister signaling conservative resistance to emancipation.
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Sharif Emami
Amouzegar
Growth still below goal for Ottawa economy in 1978 Q2
Statistics Canada reports the economy grew 4.4 percent annualized in Q2 1978, up from 2.8 percent but below the 5 percent target set by Prime Minister Trudeau. Domestic demand rose, investment rebounded led by machinery and equipment, imports outpaced exports, and government spending rose 2.4 percent.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Trudeau
Bonn
U.S
Pope John Paul I keeps Paul VI era aides in Vatican posts
Pope John Paul I reappointed Jean Cardinal Villot as state secretary and retained heads of the nine Vatican congregations. Cardinal Wright heads the Clergy for now, and Archbishop Casaroli remains secretary of the Council for Public Affairs. The five year terms mostly continue, with Villot Casaroli and Caprio as exceptions. The pope may name new cardinals this year as a consistory looms. He vows to carry on Paul VI policies and preside over a coronation soon.
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Vatican City
John Paul I
Paul VI
Jean Cardinal Villot
France
Vatican
Vatican Curia
John Cardinal Wright
United States
Congregation For the Clergy
Pope John Paul
Boston
Pope Paul
Agostino Casaroli
Council For Public Affairs
Villot
Casaroli
Giuseppe Caprio
Curia
John Paul
Congregation For Sacraments and Divine Cult
Venice
Alps
Vittorio Veneto
Albino
Mayor Sends Earring Back to Toronto After NYC Search
Dita Vadron of Toronto lost a silver five centimeter earring in a New York City storm drain and wrote to Mayor Koch for help. Transportation officials recovered the piece, Koch sent it to Toronto with a note praising New York as a friendly city.
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New York
Dita Vadron
Toronto
New York City
Marc Marchese
Edward Koch
Koch
Transportation
Anthony Ameruso
Gas ties sought by U S and Canada export plans
The Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission chair Wayne Minion says the U S seeks long term commitments from Canada for natural gas exports. He notes U S interest in renewal guarantees. Canada currently ships 827 billion cubic feet annually, about 4 to 5 percent of U S consumption.
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Calgary
United States
Canada
Wayne Minion
Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission
Commission
Alberta
Minion
U.S
Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board
National Energy Board
British actor Robert Shaw dies at 51 in Ireland
British star Robert Shaw collapsed from a heart attack near his Tourmakeady home in western Ireland. Police said he died in hospital with his third wife Virginia Jansen by his side. The actor, famed for Jaws and The Sting, also wrote novels and appeared on stage in London and Broadway.
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Dublin
Reuter
Robert Shaw
Tourmakeady
Western Ireland
Shaw
Virginia Jansen
County
Mayo
U.S
Robert Redford
Paul Newman
London
Broadway
Placebo Triggers Endorphin Pain Relief Says UC Researchers
Researchers from the University of California San Francisco report that up to one third of patients can unconsciously summon endorphins to reduce pain after a placebo. The effect vanished when a blocking substance stopped morphine-like action, suggesting real physiological pain relief from a sugar solution.
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Los Angeles
Calif
San Francisco
University of California
Montreal
Howard Fields
Fields
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