Thatcher visits riot hit Liverpool area amid Scotland unrest
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher toured Liverpool after rioting spread from London to six English cities and to Dundee Scotland. Police reported injuries and dozens arrested as authorities considered swift courts, heavy penalties, riot act changes and parental liability to curb violence.
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Liverpool
England
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
London
Scotland
Dundee
Menzieshill
Southall
Brixton
Midlands
Leicester
Highfields
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Coventry
Derby
Notting Hill
High Wycombe
William Whitelaw
House of Commons
Whitelaw
Israelis raid Lebanon strikes El Nahme and Damour
Israeli forces mounted a major raid into southern Lebanon with air attacks aimed at Palestinian sites. At least 25 people were killed or wounded as missiles stored in the area were hit and a refrigerator factory burned near El Nahme while Damour and other targets were struck. Syrian jets reportedly did not intercept. The raid began at 4:45 PM and lasted about 100 minutes with fires and smoke rising over the region.
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Sidon
Lebanon
Reuter
Israel
Libya
Mediterranean
el Nahme
Beirut
Mobs Rock Ulster Amid Hunger Striker Death and Boyne Day March
In Belfast and Derry rioting followed the death of Martin Hurson, a hunger striker, as 100,000 Protestants marked the Boyne victory with 18 marches. Four soldiers and a civilian wounded. a policeman injured by a home made grenade. Parliament security mobilized amid clashes between rioters and police.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Martin Hurson
Irish Republican Army
Maze
IRA
William of Orange
James II
Cancer fund drive soars in Canada after Fox
Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society rise as Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope grows. Barbara Kilvert says more than $124,000 has been collected since Fox died June 28, bringing the marathon total to about $23.26 million and likely increasing after the mail strike ends. People donated via unit offices or bank branches that forwarded them to the society.
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Toronto
Terry Fox
Canadian Cancer Society
Barbara Kilvert
Society
Fox
Kilvert
Postal tug of war over Warren in Ottawa strikes
The government and the 23 000 member Canadian Union of Postal Workers remain at impasse after 14 days of strike. Warren is kept from negotiations by treasury board amid talks on a 55 million dollar minimum settlement and wage rise.
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Ottawa
Michael Warren
Warren
Postal Crown Corporation
Canada Post
Treasury Board
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Postal Union
New Democratic Party
Jean-Claude Parrot
Parrot
House of Commons
Joe Clark
CUPW
Johnston
Woodworkers Begin Picket Lines as Talks Break Down
Vancouver CN The first wave of International Woodworkers of America members set up midnight pickets as a 14 hour negotiation session adjourned. Union leaders warned a broader strike could follow for 60 000 forestry workers across B C with potential daily wage losses exceeding 5 million.
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Vancouver
International Woodworkers of America
IWA
Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada
Canadian Paperworkers Union
PPWC
CPU
Kutno Bus Strike Tests Poland Democratic Reform Readiness
Kutno bus workers joined a two hour walkout protesting poor food supplies as Solidarity warns of further strike actions ahead of the Communist party congress. diplomats report Baltic naval maneuvers while Warsaw braces for leadership changes and reforms. The party report cites mass defections and rising anti government sentiment.
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Warsaw
Kutno
Communist Party Congress
Independent
Solidarity Union
Baltic Sea
Solidarity
Poland
ADN
Plock
Vistula
Solidarity Federation
Baltic
Moscow
Tass
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Communist Party Central Committee
Weather and local news briefs from Medicine Hat
As of 11 30 this morning the weather forecast calls for mainly cloudy and wet conditions in the Medicine Hat area easing by Thursday to sunny skies. Officials oppose an Alberta social services plan to decentralize reporting from city agencies to Coaldale. The Medicine Hat Blue Jays beat the Lethbridge Dodgers 6 5 in a Pioneer League game at Athletic Park.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta Social Services
Coaldale
Jays
Dodgers
Blue Jays
Lethbridge Dodgers
Athletic Park
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Frank Webber
Mobs Rock
Ulster
Don Johnston
Pierre Jasmin
Jasmin
Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau
Jack Munro
Forest Industrial Relations
Keith Bennett
B.C
Richard McAlary
McAlary
B.C. Central Credit Union
Edward Shreyer
Canadian Labor Congress
Confederation of Canadian Unions
Montreal
TOR
Christopher Young
Peer
Renee
Ce Entertainment
Pew
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