Denzel Washington Movie Poster Triggers Alarm in Lilly
Police rushed to a video store in Lilly after a promotional cutout of Denzel Washington mistaken for an armed robber. Officers entered with guns drawn but found no danger as manager Kelly Miller identified the gun-toting image from the film Ricochet. The officer praised the manager and kept the cutout as a memento.
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Lilly, Pa
Denzel Washington
Lilly
Thomas Durkay
Kelly Miller
Washington
Durkay
Black boxes recovered from two crashed jets in Montana
Six black-box recorders were retrieved from the wreckage of two C 141B aircraft after a collision near Harlem Montana. The cockpit voice and flight recorders were found on Wednesday along with the last of 13 recovered bodies from the Monday night crash during a refueling training mission.
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Harlem
Mont
Montana
U.S. Air Force
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Faulder murder case receives stay of execution in Texas
Canadian Joseph Stanley Faulder, scheduled for Friday execution in Huntsville Texas for a 1975 stabbing of Inez Phillips, is granted a stay by U S federal judge Paul Brown. The Texas Attorney General’s Department will not oppose the ruling. Faulder’s sister from Alberta speaks of Christmas relief. In Manchester England two explosions near morning rush hour injure up to 58 people in the city centre.
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Texas
Texas Resource Centre
Houston
Joseph Stanley Faulder
U.S
Paul Brown
Texas Attorney General's Department
Brown
Faulder
McClennan
Alta
Huntsville
Nicholl
Manchester
England
Canada Unveils $8 Billion Austerity Plan To Cut Deficit
Canada plans 8 billion in savings over 24 years with tax freezes for public servants and unemployed suffering pay limits. The plan shifts money to transport projects, cuts defence, limits unemployment benefits, and extends homebuyer withdrawals while offering a 10 percent tax credit for small business machinery purchases. Ontario and opposition leaders criticize the measures as insufficient. The dollar rose modestly as Mazankowski outlined forecasts, deficits, and growth projections.
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Ottawa
Don Mazankowski
Mazankowski
Liberal
Jean Chretien
NDP
Audrey McLaughlin
John Halliwell
Canadian Construction Association
Ontario
Floyd Laughren
Treasury Board
Gilles Loiselle
Oil tanker splits in Galicia spill threatens coast
The Greek supertanker Aegean Sea ran aground entering La Coruna, split in two, and spilled millions of litres of crude along the Galician coast. Officials evacuated thousands as firefighters and barriers were deployed. Greenpeace warned containment was unlikely.
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Valdez
la Coruna
Spain
Galicia
Aegean Sea
Exxon Valdez
Alaska
United States
Repsol
Britain
Sullen Voe
Fernando Cano
Cano
Juan Lopez de Uvalde
Greenpeace
GM cuts 800 jobs at St. Catharines plant in Canada
General Motors Canada announced 800 layoffs in St. Catharines as it puts rear axle operations up for sale. The plan to close up to nine plants in North America threatens Oshawa’s 14,000 jobs, with final moves tied to future buyer interest and a 1994 outlook. Local workers and officials criticized the timing amid economic strain.
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General Motors Canada
Canada
St. Catharines
Ontario
Gabe MacNally
Canadian Auto Workers
Niagara-area
Brian Mulroney
General Motors
Scrooge
Greg Pierce
North America
Oshawa
Toronto
Pierce
United States
Joe McCaffery
US plan cuts unemployment benefits hit Canada workers
Ottawa reports sweeping budget changes in Canada aimed at cutting benefits for those who quit without just cause or lose jobs due to misconduct. Finance Minister Mazankowski expects sizeable savings, while opponents warn of harm to vulnerable workers amid broader spending cuts totaling 25 billion dollars over 24 years.
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Ottawa
Don Mazankowski
Ray Larkin
Halifax
Mazankowski
Bernard Valcourt
CTV
Jim McCambly
Canadian Federation of Labor
McCambly
Herb Gray
Tim Reid
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
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