Fires at Las Vegas Hilton Kill Eight Injure Many
A large fire at the Las Vegas Hilton and two smaller blazes in a different wing left eight dead and at least 237 injured. Investigators questioned two men as the cause remained suspicious amid recalls of the MGM Grand fire earlier in the year.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Las Vegas Hilton
Clark County
Roy Parrish
Mgm Grand Hotel
U.S
Las Vegas Strip
Parrish
Hank Arkin
Merrick
N.Y
Otto Ravenholt
Ravenholt
Las Vegas Hilton Hotel
Railways warn Ottawa to ease safety rule pace after Mississauga crash
CP Rail and CN told the Canadian transport commission that implementing Grange report proposals too quickly could disrupt grain movement, freight and VIA Rail service, and raise costs. They cited potential 55 to 96 million dollar compliance bills and sharp freight rate hikes.
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Toronto
Canada
Ottawa
Mississauga
CP Rail
Canadian Transport Commission
Samuel Grange
VIA Rail
the Grange
Ontario Supreme Court
Arctic oil boom could bring Canada major economic gains
Dome Petroleum executive Gordon Harrison told the Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Association that Arctic exploration and development spending could top 40 billion dollars in the 1980s. He cited new Arctic oil discoveries, a potential giant Kopanoar field, and predicted Canada becomes a world-scale ship operator with vast steel and shipyard work to meet growing LNG and tanker needs.
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Montreal
Dome Petroleum Ltd
Canada
Gordon Harrison
Dome
Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Association
Arctic
Harrison
Kopanoar
Beaufort Sea
Canadian Steel and Shipbuilding Industries
Ottawa leak woes hit Trudeau on constitutional rift
The Ottawa government struggles to stem leaks that reveal its constitutional strategy. Telex messages from External Affairs circulate widely, with few culprits caught. Officials note personal motives drive disclosures as Parliament faces early recalls and unilateral action plans.
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Ottawa
Trudeau
Department of External Affairs
Xerox
Ted Finn
Cabinet
Winnipeg
Whelan vows action on farmers' long list of promises
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan pledged action on long-standing farmer promises including forming the Canadian Agriculture Export Development Corp and a Farm Credit Corp borrowing bill. He warned no new grants or subsidized rates and urged measures to curb high interest costs impacting cattle feed, seed, fuel, and fertilizer purchases.
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Ottawa
Eugene Whelan
Canadian Agriculture Export Development Corp
Commons
U.S
Canada
Farm Credit Corp
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Whelan
Agriculture Committee
John Black
U.S. Agriculture Secretary
British mum on wire tap in Ottawa moves to patriate act
Britain press officials declined comment on CBC reports that Ottawa would wire tap transatlantic calls linked to patriation of the British North America Act. Canadian envoy Jean Wadds avoided remark as MPs dismissed the charges as nonsense.
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London
Reuter
Britain
Foreign Office
Ottawa
Jean Wadds
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
CBC
Wadds
Commission
Soviet Press Attacks Polish Solidarity as Farmers Reject Union Move
Rural Solidarity withdraws its registration bid, arguing it rejects the Supreme Court ruling while avoiding a food distribution boycott. The Soviet Union accuses Solidarity leaders of political power plays as Poland faces labor turmoil and military leadership changes.
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Warsaw
Poland
Independent Farmers’ Movement
Supreme Court
Lech Walesa
Rural Solidarity
Soviet Union
Independent
Labor Movement
Literary Gazette
Solidarity
Walesa
Ministry of Agriculture
United Peasants’ Party
Jelenia Gora
Washington
U.S. State Department
Defence
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Jozef Pinkowski
Communist Party
Stanislaw Kania
Government slow to act on grocery price fairness in centres
Investigators warn that legal obstacles and political reluctance delay use of the Combines Investigation Act to curb restrictive practices by major food store chains. A 1979 study by Bruce Mallen and Ronald Savitt found supermarkets exert strong landlord influence, limiting direct competition, space allocation, and tenant mix in shopping centres.
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Gordon Jaremko
Southam News
Ottawa
Federal Bureau of Competition Policy
Bruce Mallen
Mon
A & P Stores
The
Bay
IGA
Zellers
Canada Safeway
Mallen
Savitt
Food Prices Review Board
Anti-Combines Bureau
Bureau
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Burns
Beaufort
Finn
Defence Department
RCMP
Andre Lemieux
Privy Council
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