Thatcher plane lands amid fog scare at Andrews
The RAF VC-10 carrying Prime Minister Thatcher experienced a brief landing scare in fog as it prepared to land at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. Thatcher's trip began in Hong Kong and included a visit to Peking for the Sino-British Hong Kong agreement signing.
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London
Royal Air Force
Margaret Thatcher
Washington
Press Association
Thatcher
Andrews Air Fores
Washingon
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Peking
Merrill Lynch bandit heist drains millions in Montreal
Bandits ambushed two Merrill Lynch Canada messengers in downtown Montreal on Friday and stole securities worth reports placing the sum as high as 80 million. Police have serial numbers and are tracing the robbers who fled in a car after forcing the messengers into a basement washroom.
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Montreal
Merrill-Lynch Canada Inc
Rene Villeneuve
Merrill- Lynch
James Coutts
Merrill-Lynch Market Planning Department
Toronto
Montreal Gazette
Const. Real Cantin
Kremlin salutes Ustinov as successor chosen
In Moscow, Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov lay in state as President Chernenko led a Politburo delegation to witness the ceremony. Tass announced Marshal Sergei Sokolov, 73, appointed to succeed Ustinov by the Presidium.
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Moscow
Konstantin Chernenko
Dmitri Ustinov
Tass
Sergei Sokolov
Ustinov
Supreme Soviet
Chernenko
Soviet Union
House of Unions
Nikolai Tikhonov
Mikhail Gorbachev
Kremlin
Andrei Gromyko
Tikhonov
Gromyko
Viktor Grishin
Dinmukhamed Kunaev
Mikhail Solomontsev
Vladimir Shcherbitsky
Santa Fund in Medicine Hat tops $39000 and grows
The Medicine Hat News Santa Fund surpassed 39000 with donations far exceeding the 28000 target reached by mid December. Volunteers packed hampers and delivered toys on Thursday while extra funds and non perishable food will aid the unemployed and elderly through winter with support from CHAT Radio and TV and the Salvation Army and city agencies.
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Medicine Hat News Santa Fund
Santa Fund
Medicine Hat News
Pete Massey
Massey
Salvation Army
City of
Medicine Hat
Alberta Social Services
Canadian businessmen weigh private buyout of CBC English TV network
Toronto promoter Allan Slaight says eight or nine backers have pledged funds for a privatized CBC English network reducing Canadian content from 74 to 60 percent. The plan would keep major news sports and current events, but outsource drama to private producers and explore collaboration with public film bodies.
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Toronto
CBC
Toronto Radio
Allan Slaight
Slaight
CFGM
Q107
Halifax
Brian Flemming
Pierre Trudeau
Andrew Alexander
Second City Productions Ltd
Latham Burns
Burns Fry Ltd
Burns
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Grafeith
Santa Claus
Santa
Kingston
Ontario
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Canada
Sokolov
CBC TV
National Film Board
Telefilm Canada
Canadian Film Developent Corp
Network
Cec Smith
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
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