Polish farmers threaten strike over independent union registration
Delegates representing about 600,000 of Poland 4.5 million private farmers demand legal recognition of their independent union and access for 1.1 million state and collective farm workers. They seek equal farm support, property rights, and a court ruling expected December 30.
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Poland
Roman Catholic Church
Solidarity
Polish Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Andrzej Gwiazda
Catholic Church
Soviet Union
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Independent
Labor Movement
Jozef Dawidowski
OPEC seeks unity and higher prices in Bali meeting
In Bali the 13 nation OPEC group aims to present a united front amid Iran Iraq conflict. They plan another price increase while Iran seeks return of captured oil minister Tunguyen and Venezuela's Calderon Berti predicts a renewed unified pricing effort despite war disruptions.
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OPEC
Iran
Iraq
Suharto
Indonesia
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Mohammed Jawad Begair
Tunguyen
Abadan
Tunguyei
Humberto Calderon Berti
Vienna
Robbery at Bob's Big Boy Ends in Blood Bath in Los Angeles
Two armed robbers entered the Bob's Big Boy in a shopping centre late at night, forced 11 customers and staff into a meat locker, and opened fire. Three people died and six were wounded, with several others in critical or stable condition. Police describe it as an execution style attack and note the suspects escaped with cash and valuables.
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Los Angeles
Jim Anderson
David Burrell
Aphrodite Agtani
Ahmad Mashuck
Cedars Sinai Medical Centre
Tami
Cesario Luna
Anderson
Oklahoma City
Widow forgives hunger strikers as Maze protest grows
Florence Cobb, widow of Insp. Harry Cobb killed in 1977, writes to Leu Green urging the seven IRA and INLA inmates on hunger strike to end their fast. Officials fear deteriorating health and possible surge in violence as security forces raise the alert in Northern Ireland.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Florence Cobb
Leu Green
Harry Cobb
Cobb
Maze
Londonderry
Armagh
England
IRA
Unions warn of chaos as rates rise across Canada
Canadian labor leaders say high interest rates threaten jobs and wage negotiations. Robert White of the United Auto Workers notes 25 000 auto workers laid off amid weak sales and hopes dashed by rate climbs to 17 percent. Cliff Pilkey of the Ontario Federation of Labor urges rate cuts to avoid turbulent bargaining and rising living costs.
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United Auto Workers
Cliff Pilkey
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White
Statistics Canada
Worldwide tributes as Lennon remembered in silent vigils
Beatles fans gathered in parks and city squares from New York to Liverpool to mark John Lennon's death with 10 minutes of silence and communal vigils. Crowds included about 100000 in Central Park and large gatherings in Melbourne, Seattle, Chicago, and London as Yoko Ono urged peaceful mourning.
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Associated Press
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England
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Edward Koch
Dakota
Lennon
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Canterbury
Ronald Runcie
London
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