Forgetful father George Bush at daughter Dorothy's Camp David wedding
Newsweek reports President Bush faced a last minute wardrobe scramble 30 minutes before escorting Dorothy Bush LeBlond down the aisle on June 27 at Camp David. Barbara Bush relayed that he left his planned blue suit and improvised with white pants pin striped shirt a navy blazer and a groom’s tie.
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New York
U.S
George Bush
Dorothy Bush LeBlond
Camp David
Bush
Newsweek
Barbara Bush
White House
Bobby Koch
Newfoundland Fishermen Press Higher Aid Before Cod Ban
Fishermen led by Richard Cashin demand a larger compensation package before complying with the cod fishing ban off Newfoundland. They criticize the $225 weekly aid as insufficient and set July 15 as a deadline if Parliament reopens to address constitutional proposals. They require guarantees for small-boat fishermen and dignity in the deal.
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ST. John's
Nfld
Newfoundland
Richard Cashin
Fishermen, Food and Allied Workers Union
John Crosbie
Cashin
Clyde Wells
Brian
Mulroney
Bomb attack endangers French leaders in Iraqi Kurdistan
UN official reports a car bomb near Havana checkpoint in Iraqi Kurdistan killing at least four and wounding nineteen. Danielle Mitterrand and Health Minister Bernard Kouchner escaped injury as they had just passed the checkpoint. The blast occurred at 8 45 a m on the Sulaymaniyah Hawana road.
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Geneva
Francois Mitterrand
Iraqi Kurdistan
United Nations
Iraq
Havana
Danielle Mitterrand
Bernard Kouchner
Paris
Foreign Ministry
Daniel Bernard
Baghdad
Mitterrand
Sulaymaniyah
Hawana
Mulroney urges G7 action over Bosnian bloodshed in Munich summit
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney pressed leaders of the seven wealthiest democracies to end the bloodshed in Bosnia-Herzegovina and protect UN peacekeepers’ lives. He urged decisive action at the G7 while noting relief flights to Sarajevo and discussions on opening a land corridor.
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Munich
Germany
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Brian Mulroney
Yugoslavia
Europe
Cable
Mulroney
Sarajevo
G-7
Boris Yeltsin
International Monetary Fund
Yeltsin
Russia
IMF
Canada
Helmut Kohl
United States
France
Italy
Britain
Japan
Wittelsbach
London
John Major
Kiichi Miyazawa
Aboriginal self government on constitutional talks again in Ottawa
Aboriginal leader Ovide Mercredi warned that without agreement on aboriginal issues a complete deal including Senate reform is impossible. He noted some provinces show cold feet as negotiations resume, while Ontario's Bob Rae defended the negotiated package and urged steady reform for indigenous rights.
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Ottawa
Ovide Mercredi
Mercredi
Assembly of First Nations
Senate
Canada
Jim Horsman
Alberta
Ontario
Bob Rae
Grain subsidy debate at Halifax meeting on prairie shipments
Ottawa reports ministers in Halifax examine a 720 million subsidy for prairie grain by rail to the west coast and Thunder Bay. Alberta backs paying producers to diversify farming while Saskatchewan and grain pools push continued pay to railways. The outcome will shape rail rates and western processing.
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Ottawa
West Coast
Thunder Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Halifax
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ernie Isley
Benny Wiens
Bill McKnight
UN airlift feeds 50 thousand in Sarajevo amid bombardment
The United Nations began feeding 50 000 people daily in Sarajevo as heavy aircraft land near the fighting zones. Russia joined the effort with two Antonov 124 planes delivering firefighting gear. Nine planes landed Sunday with a Canadian contribution and about 800 Canadian peacekeepers securing the airport. three Canadians were wounded by snipers. France Ukraine and Egypt troops to replace them in three weeks, though a UN officer expects six weeks more.
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Sarajevo
United Nations
Russia
Fred Eckhard
France
Ukraine
Egypt
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David Muir
Tsawwassen
Leatherbarrow
British Columbia
Huenemann
Lord
Muir
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