Provinces smell victory over Trudeau at Westminster
The Canadian provinces, after lobbying in London, believe no patriation bill will pass unless Trudeau's package is altered. British officials and Westminster sources say Trudeau has broken pledges to Thatcher, including timing aims for January 10, 1961, with committee work continuing to February 6.
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Southam News
London
Trudeau
Westminster
United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher
Poles Open to Soviet Aid as Possible But Unlikely Step
Poland's Communist leaders said they might call on the Soviet army to restore order if needed but stressed intervention is unlikely. Propaganda chief Jozef Klasa said allies could be asked if socialism is seriously threatened, though he sees no immediate danger to party rule.
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Warsaw
Reuter
Poland
Jozef Klasa
Moscow
Carter
Klasa
Communist Party
Canadian banks lift prime rate to 15.5 percent in response to BoC move
Seven major Canadian chartered banks raise their prime rate by one point to 15.5 percent after the Bank of Canada hiked its rate to 14.76 percent from 13.95. Savings account rates rise, U.S. dollar lending costs also increase, and Ottawa politics debate policy amid inflation fears and recession worries.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
Toronto Dominion Bank
National Bank of Canada
Continental Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto Dominion
Bank of Commerce
Continental Bank
U.S
Mercantile Bank of Canada
Allan MacEachen
MacEachen
Tan Deans
New Democratic Party
Commons
Canada
United action urged by Trudeau to unify Western powers
Prime Minister Trudeau calls for assurances of united Western response to Soviet moves in Poland. In Commons he cites lessons from Afghanistan, notes discussions with Schmidt Barre Giscard and leaders in Japan Italy Britain and the US, stressing the need to avoid Western disunity.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Soviet Union
Poland
Commons
Joe Clark
Afghanistan
Clark
Helmut Schmidt
West Germany
Raymond Barre
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Europe
Japan
Italy
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Fire at Stouffer's Inn conference center kills 26
Investigators probe a flash fire at Stouffer's Inn near a hotel in White Plains that killed 26 people, mostly executives attending a computer demonstration. As many as 40 injured, many leaping from windows amid thick smoke. arson viewed but no evidence of sprinkler requirements or violations. Arrow Electronics denies product involvement.
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White Plains
N.Y
Reuter
MGM
Las Vegas
Vergari
Stouffer's Inn
Greenwich
Conn
Arrow Electronics
Parliament Hill security force scrapped by Speaker Sauve
Ottawa CP report says Speaker Jeanne Sauve cancelled a plan to create a super security force on Parliament Hill after riot gear and weapons orders were placed by Maj Gen M G Cloutier. The RCMP handles incidents while MPs allegedly pushed the concept amid broader Commons administration scandals.
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Ottawa
Parliament Hill
Jeanne Sauve
CTV News
M. G. Cloutier
House of Commons
Sauve
CTV
Cloutier
the Commons
J.J. Macdonell
Post Office to Launch Interpost Telepost E mail Push
Ottawa plans a major corporate focused push into electronic mail with Interpost starting Jan 1 and Telepost upgrades for bulk domestic use. The goal is to raise first class mail share to 30 percent by 1990 and 8 billion pages of electronic mail by 1995, with private couriers seen as competitors though unlikely to be displaced.
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Pauline O'Connor
Financial Times
Ottawa
Post Office
Federal Department
Canada
Telex
Infotex
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
CRTC
Telepost
Intelpost
CNCP
Teleglobe Canada
Vancouver
Jim Wilson
Purolater Courier Ltd
Wilson
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British Institute of International and Comparative Law
By Nicholas Hills
South Saskatchewan River
Alberta Department of Transport
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Lan Scott
Mia
United Action
Carl Vergari
Westchester County
RCMP
Electronic Mail
Intelepost
Toronto
New York
Washington, D.C
Cncp Telecommunications
Federal Communications Department
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