Tariff cuts to stiffen competition
Canada will cut or eliminate many trade barriers under a wide-ranging GATT agreement concluded in Geneva. Tariffs are to fall about 40 percent on average with eight years to implement starting Jan 1, 1980, easing non-tariff barriers to help exporters while increasing competition for domestic industries. Textile and clothing sectors are excluded from major cuts.
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Ottawa
Canada
Geneva
Robert de Cotret
de Corret
Patrick Lavelle
Automotive Parts Manufacturers of Canada
U.S
EEC
Japan
Alberta
Sweden
Senator Claude Wagner Dies at 54 in Montreal
Claude Wagner, Quebec political figure and former minister and senator, died at 7 p.m. in Montreal at age 54 after a long illness. He had been in hospital since June 4 and was known for his national unity stance and law and order reputation. Wagner's death ends a career that saw attempts at premier and prime minister bids and a return to the Senate under Prime Minister Trudeau.
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Montreal
Claude Wagner
Quebec
Canada
Wagner
Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Martial Asselin
Canadian International Development Agency
Senate
Asselin
Bourassa
Law and Order
Robert Stanfield
St. Hyacinthe
Clark
Roc LaSalle
Joliette
LaSalle
Pierre Trudeau
Switch amiss at Bank of Montreal Second Street branch
Police surrounded the Bank of Montreal on Second Street after staff left a meeting to find the building blocked by four cruisers. An untripped electrical switch triggered a false alarm, with no one inside and a quick police entry through the front door. Rockley Fardoe calls the incident embarrassing but praises the rapid response.
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Second Street
Bank of Montreal
Rockley Fardoe
Bank
Fardee
Cylindrical Skylab Debris Found Near Perth Australia
A two metre by one metre cylinder believed to be Skylab docking hardware was found near Rawlinna about 1 000 kilometres east of Perth. U S officials said debris from Skylab was scattered over southwest Australia with no reported casualties or damage.
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Perth
Australia
Skylab
Rawlinna
Bill Norton
U.S. Space Station
Norton
Kalgoorlie
Western Australia
U.S
Chuck McGingley
Earth
Refugees to enter Canada directly by summer
Ottawa reports a small first group of Vietnamese will come directly from Vietnam to Canada this summer to join relatives. A team of interviewers will screen applicants in Vietnam as Canada seeks a long term family reunification pact, but no family has yet come under the program and Vietnam lacks a Canadian embassy.
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Ottawa
Canada
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Ron Atkey
Immigration Department
United Nations
Atkey
United Nations High Commissioner For
American Airlines cites no proof of DC-10 crash fault
American Airlines on Wednesday rejected blame for the Chicago DC-10 disaster claiming no conclusive evidence maintenance caused the May 25 crash. Officials cited unresolved FAA issues before resuming DC-10 flights and noted a 273 death toll, urging cautious grounding decisions pending technical verifications.
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Washington
American Airlines
Chicago
Federal Aviation Administration
Traffic court gets its man
Laurence Dawson was fined 6 280 in 1978 for ignoring 314 parking tickets. He parked in a congested near north side area while visiting a chess shop, saying he sometimes found no ticket. He pleaded guilty after bail and a judge warned of higher fines. he will pay 100 monthly. Sheila Wright and Gerald Cooper also faced large fines for hundreds of parking tickets.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago
Laurence Dawson
Dawson
North Side
Michael McNulty
Scofflaw
Sheila Wright
Gerald Cooper
Quiet Bathurst ends strike as police return to work
Bathurst New Brunswick police end a week long strike leaving 16 000 residents at ease. Chief Jack Howell vows renewed service as Downtown merchants denounce political games. Estimated store damages reach 100000 amid the walkout. CUPE locals sign memorandums of agreement.
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Chris Morris
Bathurst
N.B
Jack Howell
Howell
Gary Tower
Downtown Businessmen's Association
City Hall
Canadian Union of Public Employees
CUPE
Blair Boucher
Madame ran Bonn vice house for Soviet spies says ministry
West Germany says a slim redhead known as Marta H. ran a Bonn vice location used to blackmail high level clients for the Soviet KGB. She was arrested last May and awaits trial after revelations of extensive intelligence material and a planned network in Cologne and Bonn.
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Daily Telegraph
London
Bonn
Interior Ministry
Marta H
KGB
Secret Police
Moscow
Allan David
Cologne
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Jim Niven
Toronto
Reuter
Juliet O'Neill
Donald J. Lloyd-Jones
American
McDonnell Douglas Corp
United States
Lloyd-Jones
By Peggy Constantine
West Berlin
Koblenzerstrasse
Bad Godesberg
Bild Zeitung
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