WCC convention tests party unity and leadership
Western Canada Concept opens a three day Calgary convention with about 600 delegates as clashes over board decisions and member status threaten to dominate the session. ban on Elmer Knutson and debates over Marshall and Maggard membership highlight deep splits ahead of the next provincial election.
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Red Deer
Alberta
Lougheed
Andy Blum
Sion
Elmer Knutson
Knutson
WCC Board of Directors
Harold Squire
Gordon Kesler
WCC
Olds-Didsbury
Ann Marshall
WCC Cypress Constituency Association
Marshall
al Maggard
Blum
Maggard
Medicine Hat
Kesler
Medicine Hat Wcc
John Patterson
Frank Cottingham
Patterson
Cottingham
Iraq says repulsed Iranian invasion near Basra
Iraq claims its forces drove back Iranian troops across the border after a counterattack aimed at Basra. Iran denies the claim and says Iraq retreated after unequal fighting. Both sides report air and ground strikes including bombings of Basra and Kharg Island with casualties and losses.
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Ap-Reuters-Afp
Iraq
Basra
Iran
Tehran
Islamabad
Joint Staff
Armed Forces
Reuters
London
Shatt-al-Arab
Tannumah
Nategh Nouri
Jamhuri Islami
Kharg Island
Persian Gulf
Invasion of Nicaragua Reported by Interior Official
Nicaragua says rightist forces from Honduras have begun an invasion with many frontier posts along the northern border attacked in recent days. Interior vice-minister Commander Luis Carrion calls the attackers counter revolutionary military units, not mere guerrilla bands.
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Managua
Reuter
Nicaragua
Honduras
Luis Carrion
South Ridge plan clears MPC with few changes
Municipal Planning Commission approves the South Ridge plan with minor modifications after Wednesday hearings. The report notes limited adjustments and directs further review on page 3. A separate item covers the Gilson report on Crowsnest Pass freight rates, amid allegations of cabinet document influence.
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Municipal Planning Commission
Jays edge Copper Kings on Griffins late homer
The Medicine Hat Blue Jays defended a 5 4 lead by holding off the Butte Copper Kings in the ninth. Greg Griffin delivered a two run homer to spark the rally and secure the win.
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Jays
Blue Jays
Pesky Butte Copper Kings
Greg Griffin
Dofasco Plans Large-Scale Indefinite Layoffs
Dofasco Inc. will indefinitely lay off up to 2100 office and plant staff beginning this fall. The measure targets employees with under three years of service as the company faces its worst downturn since the 1930s. If no improvement occurs, plants may operate at lower levels through year end and into early 1983.
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Hamilton
Dofasco Inc
Ross Craig
Steel Company
Craig
Dofasco
Canada
Beirut ceasefire shatters as fighting erupts near airport
Lebanese state radio reports renewed Israeli and Palestinian gunfire around Beirut's airport area amid U S backed ceasefire violations. U S and Lebanese mediators plan talks in West Beirut and Baabda to push evacuation of 8000 PLO guerrillas, with Israel ringed by 35 000 troops and 300 tanks.
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Beirut
U.S
West Beirut
Lebanon
PLO
Bour] el-Barajneh
Tel Aviv
Philip Habib
Beirut-Damascus
Arafat
United States
France
Elias Sarkis
Shafik Wazzan
Israel
Habib
Wazzan
Saeb Salam
Salam
Washington
Reagan
George Shultz
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Hafez Assad
CBS News
Pepin reports progress on Crow rate talks with NFU still absent
Transport Minister Jean-Luc Pepin says progress is being made on changing the Crowsnest Pass grain rate while the NFU refuses to participate. He notes agreement on basic principles but denies a cabinet decision has been taken and outlines plans to consult groups and prepare legislation for Parliament by year end.
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David Halliday
Edmonton
Jean-Luc Pepin
National Farmers’ Union
Pepin
Saskatoon
NFU
Ted Strain
University of Manitoba
Clay Gilson
Strain
Alberta
Gilson
Transport Department
Hazen
Argue
Public Service Alliance warns strike alert for Oct 1
The Public Service Alliance of Canada announces a strike alert for October 1 amid wage cap protests. Union members across Canada endorse strike readiness and a work-to-rule campaign while criticizing Bill C-124 and government bargaining limits.
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Public Service Alliance of Canada
Civil Service Union
Alliance
Joe Power
Toronto
Kingston
Ont
Neil Fraser
Moncton
Vancouver
Pierrette Vaillant-Pierre
Quebec
Montreal
Thunder Bay
Richard LePage
Power
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