Beilen hijackers surrender as consulate siege continues
Dutch Premier den Uyt says government will wait out six Moluccan hijackers holding 25 hostages at the Indonesian consulate after ending a train siege with seven attackers charged with murder. Officials note the two incidents reflect ongoing Moluccan reach for independence.
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John Gale
Amsterdam
Joop den Uy
Denny
Beilen
Indonesia
Dutch East Indies
Netherlands
Justice
Dries van Agt
Johan Manusama
Civil servants unions forge national provincial employees union
Six unions from British Columbia to Prince Edward Island form a 107000 member National Union of Provincial Government Employees. Ontario and Nova Scotia unions refuse to join while Quebec City hosts a founding convention May 13 to 15.
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Toronto
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Nova Scotia
National Union of
Quebec City
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
Charles Darrow
Nova Scotia Government Union
Ening
Sean O'Flynn
Ontario Union
John Fryer
B.C. Government Employees Union
Shirley Carr
Congress
Ontario
National Union
Gas car explosion kills four at Hooker plant in Niagara Falls
A railway tank car exploded at the Hooker Chemicals plant in Niagara Falls sending chlorine gas over a wide area. Four workers died at the hospital and about 75-80 people were treated or observed for gas exposure including motorists and shoppers several miles away. Authorities evacuated nearby residents as fumes dispersed later.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corp
Hooker
Edward Chatman
Walter Fitzgerald
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Centre
Clyde McBride
Raymond Zaso
James Colquhoun
Lester Docks
Niagara
Melvin Dyster
Frank Bongiovanni
John Deuro
Talks to repave road between rich and poor
Paris AFP Allan MacEachen Canadian co chair of the Paris conference on international economic cooperation says the three day ministerial session should launch a unique exercise in negotiating between rich and poor nations. He seeks changes in the world economic order and notes no substantial policy agreements are expected initially.
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Paris
AFP
Allan MacEachen
Manuel Perez Guerrero
MacKachen
McEachen
Asia
Africa
Latin America
MacEachen
Nine killed as Toronto train bus crash shocks city
Investigations continue into the Go Transit train and Prarte Transit Commission bus collision on St. Clair Avenue that killed nine people, all from Toronto, and left several others injured. TTC driver Donald Sine and train engineer Patrick Gartland are among those questioned as experts inspect the bus and crossing.
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Toronto
Go Transit
Prarte Transit Commission
Donald Bunt
St. Clair Avenue
Donald Sine
Mr. Line
TTC
J. H. Kearns
Patrick Gartland
Union Station
Pickering
Frank Lederer
Edele Petersen
Leo McCaie
Joan Mich
Renato Diano
Wendy Gamey
William Stride
Margaret Andrejek
Leslie Levin
Montreal backs bilingual air control plan
The federal move to allow French advisory services at Quebec airports is praised as realistic by Roger Demers of the Quebec Air Workers Association. Manual updates and lexicons will roll out April 1 with flight communications in French and English. CALPA warns bilingual control could threaten safety while Lang defends the shift as a gradual, international practice.
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Montreal
Quebec
Quebec Air Workers Association
Roger Demers
Transport
Otto Lang
Demers
Dorval
Lang
Quebec City
Canadian Airline Pilots Association
CALPA
Ken Maley
Canada
Msgr Athol Murray Dies at 83 Founder of Notre Dame College
Msgr. Athol Pete Murray 83 founder and president of Notre Dame College Wilcox Sask died in Regina hospital. Born 1892 Toronto he studied law before joining the priesthood ordained 1918. He built Notre Dame into a tough leadership school noted for athletic teams and housing students in granaries. Funeral arrangements to be announced Tuesday.
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Regina
O.E. Mathieu
Wilcox
St. Augustine's Church
Notre Dame Boys School
Notre Dame
Msgr
Murray
Paul VI
Rome
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Jerusalem
Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
Henry Baker
South African Troops Report 61 Guerrillas Killed in Angola Clash
South African defence forces say 61 guerrillas were killed in a battle believed to occur inside Angola. Three SA soldiers also died. timing and exact location in the border area remain unclear.
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Pretoria
Reuter
Angola
Defence Force
South Africa
South-West Africa
Beirut hotel battle amid stalled ceasefire in civil war
Sporadic gunfire continued as the 15th Lebanon ceasefire failed to halt fighting between leftist Moslems and Christian enemies over the seaside hotel district. Six killed, seven wounded. police absent as militias patrol, authorities weakened, and a Canadian diplomatic spokesman notes 100 to 150 Canadians may leave.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Kantari
Palestinian Armed Struggle Command
Saeb Salam
Ottawa
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Molucca Islands
Donesia
Deuro
K-Mart Discount Department
Richard Hinkle
By Jan Kristiansen
Sine
General Motors Corp
Kearns
Jack Ackroyd
General Motors
Athol Murray
Beirut Hotel
Suleiman Franjieh
Rashid Karami
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