Polish workers reach tentative self governing union deal
In Gdansk an accord between strike leaders and government negotiators offers a right to strike, immunity for leaders, release of political prisoners and censorship relaxations. If approved by the Communist party central committee, work may resume Monday amid the 17 day labor crisis. Similar talks in Szczecin also reported.
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Gdansk
Poland
Communist Party Central Committee
Szczecin
Central Committee
Warsaw
Inter-Factory
Gdansk-Gdynia
Cuban refugees surrender after Lima jetliner standoff ends
A 23 hour siege at Lima airport ended when Cuban refugees who hijacked a Braniff jet bound for California freed 15 hostages and surrendered to Peruvian authorities. The incident concluded without casualties and officials described the resolution as peaceful.
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Lima
Braniff
Jorge Chavez
United States
Fernando Chaves Belaunde
Jere
Cox
Dallas
U.S. State Department
U.S
Peru
Trudeau to attend Alberta 75th anniversary ceremony
Prime Minister Trudeau accepts Premier Lougheed’s invitation to the Alberta Confederation 75th anniversary gala on the Calgary legislature lawn amid earlier scheduling tensions. The event marks Alberta’s entry into Confederation and underscores the long weekend celebration.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Trudeau
Peter Lougheed
Ottawa commits 300 million for STOL Dash 8 program
The federal government backs a 300 million buy now pay later plan to support de Havilland Canada's STOL Dash 8 project and related engine work by Pratt and Whitney Canada. Industry Minister Herb Gray says loans may be guaranteed rather than cash grants as Cabinet weighs funding amid deficit concerns.
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Ottawa
de Havilland Canada
de Havilland
Herb Gray
Gray
Federal Aerospace
Farnborough
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft of Canada
Bob Haack
Advertising campaign a diversion says paper
The Globe and Mail reports a leaked document showing a federal energy advertising campaign to divert attention from energy as a major national issue. The plan, by Donald Hanright, targets detractors and aims to control the energy debate with radio TV ads leaflets and mall displays.
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Toronto
Globe and Mail
Donald Hanright
Federal Energy Department
Hanright
CBC
Issues left for PM premiers meeting on constitutional points unresolved
Delegates closed a roadshow with 12 unresolved items for Prime Minister Trudeau and the premiers to tackle at a Sept conference. No agreement on most issues between federal and provincial negotiators though accord on enshrining equalization payments and greater provincial control of family law.
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Paul Gessell
Ottawa
Trudeau
Claude Morin
Quebec
Bloods plan legal action over RCMP blockade clash
Blood Indian Reserve members near Cardston Alberta expect to press assault charges against RCMP officers who broke up a blockade with police dogs. Lethbridge lawyer Roy Flander says five charges are half drawn as band members identify officers from photos taken during the July 26 skirmish.
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Cardston
Blood Indian Reserve
Alberta
RCMP
Lethbridge
Roy Flander
Flander
Lockout ruled legal at Carling O'Keefe brewery
The Board of Industrial Relations ruled the August 6 lockout of 150 Carling O'Keefe workers legal. It rejected a bid to reopen the plant on grounds the lockout notice was vague. A prior lockout had been deemed illegal with workers briefly back at work before the August 6 action in a summer of brewery closures.
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Calgary
Carling O'Keefe
Board of Industrial Relations
Western Brewery
Suspect Charged in Slaying of Violinist at Lincoln Center
A 21 year old Met Opera stage hand Craig Crimmins was arrested in the July 24 slaying of Canadian violinist Helen Mintiks at the Lincoln Center. Police say a partial fingerprint was found on the opera house roof and Crimmins's whereabouts could not be substantiated.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Helen Haynes Mintiks
Lincoln Centre
Craig Crimmins
Bronx
Crimmins
the Times
The
Daily News
Opera House
Met
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Rob
Jan Scott
Stol
Colin Fisher
Newfoundland
Confederation
Joe Clark
Clark
Sovereignty Association
Jean Chretien
Roy Romanow
Saskatchewan Attoney-General
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