Border tensions rise as Soviet closes East German border zones
Western military observers report East German areas along the Polish border sealed and Soviet troops placed on high alert. Warsaw Pact concerns grow as Poland workers' protests attract Soviet scrutiny. EEC warns Poland interference would hurt international relations.
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Polish Communist Party Central Committee
Warsaw
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BBC
British Broadcasting Corp
Washington
Pentagon
East Germany
Foreign Ministry
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Luxembourg
European Economic Community
Europe
EEC
Syria and Jordan on edge as border tensions rise
Fears of a new Middle East war grow with reports Syria has 50 000 troops and 1200 tanks on Jordan border as Jordan moves troops. A Soviet official arrives in Damascus to ratify a friendship treaty while the US weighs arms to Jordan. Saudi mediation teeters as Syria backs Iran and Jordan supports Iraq.
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Middle East
Syria
Jordan
United States
Washington
Carter
Mideast
Mudar Badran
Amman
Saudi Arabia
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Iran
Iraq
Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz
Hafez Assad
Abdullah
Vasily Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Moscow
Assad
Leonid Brezhnev
Canada Seen As Bright Market For U S Firms
The United States urges American businesses to pursue Canada sales despite political warnings and economic nationalism. A Commerce Department summary cites Canada’s resource wealth and energy self sufficiency, predicting a slow 1981 recovery with inflation above 10 percent and a housing slump continuing into early next year.
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Washington
Canada
U.S
Organization For Economic Co-Operation and Development
Ottawa
U.S. Commerce Department
Wheat Board Announces 1.4 Million Tonne Sale To China
The Canadian Wheat Board reports a 1.4 million tonne sale of No 3 Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat to China National Cereals Oils and Foodstuffs Import and Export Corp in Peking at about 267 dollars per tonne for 373.8 million dollars. Delivery from Pacific coast ports is set February through July 1981.
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Canadian Wheat Board
China
John Morris
The
Wheat Board Information Services
China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Import and Export Corp
Peking
Morris
Pacific Coast
Remembrance Day bylaw invalidated in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat’s Remembrance Day bylaw has been ruled ineffectual after investigators found the effective date clause left a blank space in the document. Crown prosecutor Darwin Greaves recommended dropping all charges against businesses previously cited for Nov 11 closures.
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Medicine Hat
Darwin Greaves
Greaves
Calgary
Bill Keith
Keith
Silent City Hall
City Hall
Sam Stone
Animals Shot to Prevent Disease After Italian Quake
In Italy's quake zone soldiers shot stray cats dogs and pigs amid reports starving animals fed on corpses. A 4.3 aftershock spurred survivors to flee to safer areas as authorities crack down on looters and racketeers. The death toll stood at 2915 with new bodies found. freezing camps bred pneumonia and fires from makeshift heating.
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Avellino
Carmelo Caruso
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