Freed Americans head home from Wiesbaden after captivity
Fifty two former hostages and two women left Tehran after 444 days in captivity and spent a third day in Wiesbaden in therapy with no drugs. They plan a Sunday flight to the United States and reunions at West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Miller
Wiesbaden
West Germany
West Point
U.S
Donald Hohman
Frankfurt
State Department
Anita Stockman
Hohman
U.S. Military Academy
Tehran
Clair Barnes
Falls Church
Iran
Bruce German
Rockville
U.S. Air Force Hospital
Barnes
Jerome
Korcak
U.S. State Department
Agent Orange tests spark in New Brunswick controversy
Canada faced political and environmental pushback after a U.S. Army report aired in Parliament stating Agent Orange and other defoliants were sprayed at CFB Gagetown in 1966 and 1967. The tests covered a seven kilometre forest strip near Saint John and Fredericton with nine compounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericton
Canada
U.S
New Brunswick
Defence Department
Ottawa
Terry Sargeant
NDP
U.S. Army
Canadian Forces Base
Gagetown
Vietnam
Bay of Fundy
Jean Foster
Concerned Parents Group
Dana Silk
the Conservation Council of
Southeast Asia
CFB
Saint John
St. John River
British Commonwealth
Solidarity Defies Poland Government Over Work Free Saturdays
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa urged a nationwide work boycott as millions of workers stayed home to protest mandatory Saturdays off. The finance ministry ordered wage deductions for nonattendance, while the clash centered on a demand for a public TV debate and the government’s stance on Solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Reuter
Solidarity Union
Poland
Lech Walesa
Solidarity
Finance Ministry
Walesa
Teen-ager Found Dead in Atlanta Area Serial Slayings
An electrician spotted a black boy, about 13 or 14, dead along a suburban highway east of Atlanta. The discovery marks the 14th potential victim in a series of child killings investigated by a task force with FBI and state police, amid notes of possible unrelated cases and warnings to parents.
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Conyers
Atlanta
FBI
Rockdale County
Lubie
Chuck) Geter
New procedures eyed for Medicine Hat group homes
Alberta social services minister Bob Bogle announced a report recommending two new group homes for the mentally handicapped in Medicine Hat. The plan includes open neighbor notification in existing neighborhoods and signposted proposals in undeveloped areas to prevent repeat disputes like the Crestwood case.
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Medicine Hat
Bob Bogle
Alberta Social Services
Alberta
Bogle
Brost
Crestwood
Municipal Planning Commission
MPC
Development Appeal Board
Crescent Heights
Brest
Public Works
Arthur Zeller
Settlement possible in brewery dispute in Alberta
Edmonton CP report says a settlement in the seven month brewery dispute between Labatt's Alberta Brewery Ltd and the union could come soon if ongoing negotiations succeed. Alberta Labor Minister Les Young notes Labatt's unions may lead two other locals toward resolution.
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Edmonton
Labatt
Alberta Brewery Ltd
Alberta
Les Young
Labatt’s
Young
Carling O’keefe Ltd
Calgary
Alberta Brewers’ Agents
Bill Flookes
Carling O'Keefe
Jim Scott
Brewers
Court ruling will dictate RCMP accountability
The Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether the Alberta Police Act board can hear citizen complaints against RCMP conduct. The case involves Peter Edwards who alleged an unlawful strip frisk by two Mounties near Edmonton in 1976. Provinces seek accountability clauses directing RCMP reporting to provincial attorneys general and application of provincial Police Acts to the force.
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Ottawa (Cp
Peter Edwards
Edmonton
Edwards
Peter Wright
RCMP
Alberta
Wright
Alberta Law Enforcement Appeal Board
Supreme Court of Canada
Ottawa
Supreme Court
Alberta Board
Quebec
Ontario
Kim McGee
British Columbia
Allan Williams
Robert Kaplan
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United States
Sargeant
Selkirk-Interlake
House of Commons
Rockdale
Saskatchewan
13Th Avenue
S.E
Medicine Hat Hospital
Ian Scott
Rick Pedersen
Zeller
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