Poland Under Martial Law Faces Mixed Reactions Abroad
Reports indicate mass resistance in several regions as priests and soldiers seek to end the month long strike by talking 3000 miners into leaving. Solidarity leaders are reportedly detained or deported while Jaruzelski prepares a televised message amid travel curbs and restrictions.
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Associated Press
Poland
Warsaw
Solidarity Union
Lech Walesa
Solidarity
Gulf of Gdansk
Soviet Union
Agence France- Presse
Sweden
Gdansk
Offical
Ystad
Wawel
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Weather map reference and local stamp criticism noted
A clipped weather note mentions ud ndex bod papee gy uyns and Cloudy High minus one with a forecast for page 23. The column then cites hustling city businessmen calling the 30 cent stamp a Humbug, pointing readers to page 3 for full reaction.
Edmonton merchants lose funds in bank deposit scam
Police seek public help after fourteen south Edmonton mall merchants dropped cash at a phony night deposit box outside the Royal Bank. A power blackout that night may have aided the theft. No money recovered. average loss around five thousand dollars per merchant.
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Edmonton
Royal Bank
Lance Beswick
Bill Hanna
Ottawa offers insulation aid for homes with UFFI
Consumer Minister Andre Ouellet announced a C$110 million program to test and remove Area Formaldehyde Foam insulation. Up to 42 000 homes could be affected with grants up to C$5 000, plus possible higher repairs, to stabilize property values and provide free screening tests.
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Ottawa
Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Andre Quellet
Ouellet
Quellet
Canada Post faces 30-cent price hike amid tax plan debates
Ottawa predicted postal strain as Canada Post moves toward higher first class rates. The cabinet approved a near doubling of prices, prompting CFIB criticism that it will push businesses and citizens toward private couriers and electronic data transmission. CEO Michael Warren touts potential service improvements despite rising costs.
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Ottawa
Canada Post
Federal Cabinet
CFIB
Canada Gazette
Cabinet
Crown Corporation
Michael Warren
Warren
Canada Post faces $620 million deficit cure by 1986
Canada Post is on track to erase its $620 million operating deficit by 1986 if government projections hold. Revenue is expected to rise about 56 percent next year aided by a rate increase, though volume may drop as post strikes and private sector competition dim the monopoly’s reach.
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Post Office
Canada Post
Canada Post Corporation
Ceradian Federation of
Diplomat's death hushed as RCMP cites national security
The RCMP counter intelligence chief Harry Brandes told a Quebec coroner’s inquest that public disclosure of the death of former Canadian ambassador John Watkins in 1956 would threaten operational and national security with international ramifications. He and Gustav Gegalki described avoiding publicity to protect counter intelligence work and prevent KGB adaptation of its methods.
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Montreal
Harry Brandes
RCMP
John Watkins
Brandes
Watkins
Stanislas Dery
KGB
Soviet Union
Gustav Gegalki
Quebec
Gegalki
St. Laurent
Marc-Andre Bedard
Robert Kaplan
Mounties
Italian police doubt Dozier body hoax in kidnapping case
Police say a telephone claim that U S Brig Gen James Dozier's body would be found in an Italian village is likely a Red Brigades hoax aimed at heightening tension over his disappearance. Dozier was abducted from Verona with his wife bound. no ransom demands have surfaced and officials will not negotiate.
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Rome
U.S
James Dozier
Red Brigades
Heirut
ANSA
Dozier
NATO
Verona
Judith
People's Tribunal
Beirut
Baader-Meinhof
CIA
Shoplifting Epidemic Sweeps Greater Vancouver Stores
Vancouver retailers report a surge in theft as economic hardship fuels crime. At Sears Burnaby security chief Gordon Beynon says shoplifting has risen 25 percent and is out of control with items from portable televisions to clothing stolen. Bay’s Larry Saunders notes 15 to 20 percent increase. offenders range from businessmen to shoppers, with Christmas spirit fading and crowds in a rush. Policymaker views blame a lenient justice system for repeat offenses.
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Vancouver
Greater Vancouver
Sears
Burnaby
Gordon Beynor
Beynon
RCMP
The
Bay
Larry Saunders
Saunders
Mary Horvath
Grassie Jewellers
John McLean
the Bay
Grassie
Sandy Chow
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