Rail strike holds back oil refiner lead and grain flow
Edmonton report shows oil refineries near shortage of tetraethyl lead halting gasoline output after rail strike disrupts shipments from Sarnia. Grain elevators clog as grain backs up, ships divert to U S ports. some plants may close if materials cannot arrive. Farmers fear missed sales while truck options prove limited. Choiceland alfalfa plants run out of storage for cattle feed pellets.
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Edmonton
Frank Spencer
Imperial Oil Ltd
Sarnia
Ont
Northwestern Industries
Lockheed
Sherritt Gordon
Imperial
Gulf Oil Canada Ltd
Texaco Canada Ltd
William Neufeld
United Grain Growers
Choiceland
Sask
Union leaders brief MPs as railway strike looms
Ottawa MPs receive information kits from non-operating railway unions amid a looming national rail strike. Union talks push for an adequate settlement while a back-to-work bill is drafted. Demonstrations rise in Toronto and Moncton as travel disruptions grow nationwide.
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Ottawa
National Rail
Labor Department
Shopcrafts Federated Trades Union
United Transportation Union
John Munro
Trudeau
Richard Smith
Montreal
Toronto
Parliament Hill
Robert Stratton
Hamilton
Oshawa
Union
Ross Jones
CNR
Moncton
N.B
RCMP
North Sydney
N.S
Newfoundland
Port Aux Basques
Mld
United States
Prince Edward Island
Trenton
Stockholm bank siege ends with gas assault surrender
In Stockholm police freed four hostages after a six day siege by gunmen Jan Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson in Kreditbanken. Tear gas triggered surrender. two policemen were wounded, hostages reported no serious injuries and deny rapes. Olsson and Olofsson surrendered after lights were cut and gas pumped into the 40 by 19 foot vault.
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Stockholm
Jan- Erik Olsson
Clark Olofsson
Kreditbanken
Olofsson
Olsson
Det
Karl Gunnar Aastroem
Letter bombs linked to Irish guerrillas
A freelance Irish guerrilla unit of four men and a girl is blamed for a campaign of letter bombs against British targets at home and abroad. Investigators suspect a base in southern England with origins in Belfast and Londonderry. Thirteen bombs have reached mail, injuring two Londoners and a embassy worker in Paris and Washington.
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London
Reuter
Northern Ireland
England
Belfast
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
Paris
Washington
Ernest Bond
Mexico quake toll tops 500 as rains hinder rescue
Torrential rains drenched rescue workers in southeast Mexico City while teams searched for survivors after a 6.5 magnitude quake centered in Puebla and Veracruz states. Official death tolls ranged from 500 to 575, with extensive damage across 24 towns.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
Mexico
Sierra Madre Range
Puebla
Veracruz
Ciudad Serdan
Orizaba
Ciudad Cerdan
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H. M. Bilkey
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Allan MacPherson
Alberta Wheat Pool
Ed Williams
Tisdale
Cool Dresser
CN Rail
Kristin Enmark
Miss Enmark
Sabbatsberg Hospital
Reuters News Agency
Carmen Rivas
Humberto Gutierrez Zamora
Acapulco
Pacific
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