Soviet invasion feared in Poland amid martial law crisis
Solidarity in Stockholm says Soviet and Czechoslovak troops may move into Poland to crush worker resistance with Dec 26 as a likely entry. Reports describe detentions, frostbite and gangrene in mass camps, clashes leaving over 200 dead, and varying talks between the Church and ruling authorities.
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Silesia
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Lech Walesa
Paris
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Military Council
Warsaw Radio
U.S
White House
City nurses in Alberta union vote for strike action
Medicine Hat UNA branch votes 68 percent in favor of strike after 12 hours of balloting among 223 eligible nurses. Provincewide 66 of 83 locals back strike with start date to be set. hours of work and advance shift notice emerge as main issues. Burnett cites overall confidence in bargaining and urges hospitals and government to respond.
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Medicine Hat
United Nurses of Alberta
Betty Weidel
UNA
Weidel
Alberta Hospital Association
Edmonton
Marilyn Burnett
AHA
Burnett
Hospital Association
Alberta
Red Brigades Claim Dozier Kidnapping Death Threat
ANSA Beirut dispatch says a telephone caller claimed Italy's Red Brigades have sentenced Brig. Gen. James Dozier to death and his body would be found tonight after 8 p.m. The source notes it was unclear if the caller spoke for the group or if Dozier is already dead following Thursday night Verona kidnapping.
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Rome
Peirut
ANSA
Italy
Red Brigades
U.S
James Dozier
Dozier
Verona
City council weighs higher power bills
Bills may rise after a Monday night council meeting as officials consider increasing rates. An old RCMP report notes two officers objected to transporting the body of former Canadian ambassador John Watkins from a Montreal hotel to the morgue after his 1964 death.
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RCMP
John Watkins
Montreal
Medicine Hat City Hall bids face further delay for start
Delays in tendering construction contracts threaten the hoped for 1983 completion of Medicine Hat's five storey city hall. Alderman Lee Anderson criticized the postponements while Alderman Jim Hirsch proposed extending the tender deadline to January 14, with work now able to begin as early as January 15.
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Medicine Hat
Hirsch
Calgary
Stevens Graham McConnell Milton Partners
First Street
S.E
Fifth and
Sixth Avenues
Postal rates rise in January Canada Post hikes first class to 30 cents
Canada Post announces a January 1 rate hike with first class letters rising to 30 cents and US mail to 35 cents while overseas mail jumps to 60 cents. Critics note the Crown corporation deficit and protest letters and petitions received. The change shifts costs from taxpayers to users and funds service improvements.
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Ottawa
Canada Post
Andre Ouellet
Post Office
Crown Corporation
Ouellet
Federal
United States
Cynicism in Canadian newsrooms exposed by Kent report
Kent Commission findings reveal deep cynicism and disillusionment in Canadian newsrooms driven by conglomerate ownership. Journalists say quality costs money and fear management underinvests in newsgathering. Analysts note rival chains like Southam differ but many doubt competition guarantees higher quality reporting.
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Kent Commission On Newspapers
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George Bain
Walter Stewart
Bain
Douglas Sagi
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Sagi
Kent Commission
Southam Inc
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