Iran Blasts U S Over Hostage Crisis In Fierce Parlia ment Speech
Iran's Hashemi Rafsanjani denounces Ronald Reagan's claim that Iranian captors are barbarians as US savagery. He accuses the United States of bloodshed while Tehran demands 24 billion dollars in financial guarantees for release. In Washington, the Carter administration rejects paying any ransom and prepares a formal reply as eight-week talks continue.
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Iran
United States
Ronald Reagan
Barba
Los Angeles
Reagan
Ppine
Irdfi'spe
Cial
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Reuters News Agency
Carter
US State Department
John Trattner
Washington
Majlis
America
Carter Administration
U.S
Harold Saun
Ders
Saunders
Polish farmers await court ruling on independent union bid
Farmers from 49 provinces gathered in Warsaw as the Independent Trade Union of Farmers sought Supreme Court approval to form a union. Court adjourned to translate conventions. decision expected later, with potential farm strike implications amid food shortages and rationing.
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Warsaw
Poland
Trade Union of
Solidarity
Piotr Kecik
Committee For Social Self-Defence
Polish Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Union rejects Jan 1 strike at Air Canada
Air Canada flight attendants vote on a revised contract with a five day period ending New Year’s Eve. Union officials predict ratification though some Toronto members oppose the deal seen as similar to a rejected pact. A separate fund drive by air traffic controllers aims to fund potential legal costs if faced with disciplinary actions.
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Montreal
Air Canada
Canadian Air Line Flight Attendants Association
Larry Leblanc
Leblanc
Toronto
Treasury Board
William Robertson
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
Space shuttle mounted on pad for final tests at Cape
The debut shuttle Columbia was bolted nose-up on its mobile launcher at launch pad 39A after a long road crawl. Spectators watched as NASA officials and astronauts including John Young and Robert Crippen prepared for a March 14 maiden flight, with engines firing planned for February and a late March to early April launch target.
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Fla
America
Space
Space Program
Columbia
John Young
Kennedy Space Centre
Dick Smith
George Page
Shuttle
Earth
Young
Robert Crippen
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Edmonton man found guilty in fatal Medicine Hat crash
Eresman 18 sentenced to six months in jail after conviction on criminal negligence and failing to remain at scene in the death of 54 year old John Haas. Trial established he drove the truck that struck Haas near Medicine Hat District Hospital on Oct 3. Judge Philip Wambolt noted doubts about other passenger Debra Maser and ordered five months for negligence and 30 days for leaving the scene to be served consecutively.
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Rickey John Eresman
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Eresman
21St Avenue S.E
John Haas
Medicine Hat and District Hospital
Haas
Debra May Maser
Upland Dr
Wambolt
Arms Control Agency finds world spends less of wealth on health but still allocates more to arms
The Arms Control Agency reports global military spending around 500 billion annually, with poorer nations allocating a higher share of wealth to arms than rich nations spend on health and education. Per head, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Egypt top spending, while Somalia devotes the largest share of its wealth to military budgets.
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U.S. Arms Control Agency
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Soviet Union
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Europe
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Australia
New Zealand
Canada
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Israel
Egypt
Somalia
Ethiopia
Cuba
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