Polish archbishop denounces martial law in Warsaw sermon
Archbishop Jozef Glemp, leader of Poland's 32 million Catholics, condemned coercive declarations and urged no bloodshed as martial law nears conditions worsen for detainees and internment centres. Solidarity denounces government talks as a sham amid mounting deadlock. The regime touts talks with union leaders, while Western journalists report censorship.
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Solidarity
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U.S
West
Liberty
Ministry of Trade Union Affairs
Warsaw
Jozef Glemp
Solidarity Labor Union
St. John’s Cathedral
Przetakiewicz
Union
Solidarity to map international strategy
Poland's Solidarity leaders meet in Brussels to plan a new international strategy amid martial law in Poland. Canadian spokesman Zygmund Przetakiewicz says the session will shape ties with Western allies and may address possible underground activity if the government gains leverage.
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Southam News
Toronto
Poland
Solidarity Labor Movement
Belgium
Solidarity
Zygmund Przetakiewicz
Brussels
Europe
North America
Canada
U.S
Canadian Solidarity
Weather, bills, and politics mixed in midweek notices
A sequence of brief items notes light snow and frigid highs and lows, commentary on paying bills without stamps, Poland Poland martial law concerns over food as leverage, and Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney seeking to ease grain producer doubts during Regina talks. Also reports Clark Gillies’ Islanders win over Philadelphia with Trottier’s three goals and an unemployment surge to 987,000 in December.
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Saskatchewan
Allan Blakeney
Regina
Clark Gillies
New York Islanders
Philadelphia Flyers
Bryan Trottier
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Thatcher Calvo Sotelo announce Gibraltar blockade end date
The British and Spanish leaders said the 12 year Gibraltar blockade will end on April 20 with negotiations to follow on the colony s future. The talks at 10 Downing Street covered NATO EC and East West relations as Spain seeks broader ties.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo
Gibraltar
Downing Street
Thatcher
Calvo Sotelo
Spain
Iberian Peninsula
NATO
European Economic Community
Francisco Franco
Calgary mayor blasts transients as unskilled workers unwelcome
Mayor Ralph Klein told a Calgary Newcomers Club dinner that bums and unskilled people from Eastern Canada are not welcome. He blamed recent arrivals for crime, pledged tough action, and warned he may use strong measures to curb anti social behavior. He praised skilled immigrants and criticized welfare, hostels, and cross jurisdiction warrants driving eastern criminals to Calgary.
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Calgary (Cp
Ralph Klein
Calgary
Klein
Canada
Alberta
Alberta, Ipac announce 500000 study on large gas storage feasibility
Calgary report states the Alberta government and the Independent Petroleum Association of Canada launch a 500000 study evaluating a vast gas storage facility. It would reinject gas into depleted southern Alberta reservoirs for later sale to industrial, commercial buyers, pipelines, and the province.
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Steve Merts
Calgary
Alberta
Independent Petroleum Association of Canada
Jim Gray
Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd
United States
Ontario
Vic Kloepfer
Billing fight strains Alberta medicare image in Edmonton
Alberta doctors are directing billing and balancing charges which critics say threatens medicare as Premier Lougheed faces opposition from Rod Sykes and Grant Notley. The dispute centers on extra and direct billing, with AMA seeking a big fee hike and government initial inaction.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Social Credit
Rod Sykes
Sacred House
Ray Speaker
Lougheed
Ottawa
Grant Notley
New Democratic Party
Notley
Dave Russell
Quebec
British Columbia
Alberta Medical Association
AMA
Tors
Russell
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