Hyatt Regency collapse in Kansas City claims 111 dead
Rescue teams freed 10 people trapped under two sky bridges that collapsed onto a crowded dance floor at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The disaster killed 111 and injured more than 140 as crews pulled bodies from rubble through the night in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Jim Treece
Midtown
Jerry Jette
Richard Berkley
Berkley
Norman Caron
Caron
PLO vows swift retaliation after Beirut air massacre
The PLO says it fired rockets into northern Israel as payback for Beirut air raids. Israeli jets hit a bridge near Sidon and scouted Beirut while deadly exchanges continued in Lebanon. Wafa reports Hamra bridge bombing as part of raids to disrupt Palestinian lines.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Sidon
Palestine
Wafa
Hamra
Nabatiyeh
U.S
Parliament adjourns amid inflation and pay raises row
Ottawa reports the spring sitting ended with government arguing inflation at a 12.8 percent annual rate while opposing immediate action for the unemployed and pensioners. MPs and senators voted themselves a 23 percent raise plus lump sum and enhanced pension. opposition cites closures and strikes as signs of governance failures. Flora MacDonald accuses Liberals of fighting inflation on the poor.
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Ottawa
Justice
Jean Chretien
The
Commons
Chretien
Pierre Bussieres
Allan MacEachen
James McGrath
St. John’s East
Postal talks show promise as strike mediation continues
OTTAWA CP reports talks to end the national mail strike resumed Friday with Judge Alan Gold mediating. The Quebec provincial court chief judge said both government and the union appear serious and bargaining in good faith after the first meeting in three weeks.
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Ottawa
National Mail
Alan Gold
Quebec
Gold
Vermont
Union of Postal Workers
Parliament
Treasury Board
Pierre Jasmin
Montreal
Riot squad under fire as Quebec inquiry rebukes Montreal police
A provincial inquiry’s 86 page report finds Montreal riot police acted illegally on referendum night injuring reporters and demonstrators in Mount Royal park. It calls for Captain Wilfred Bouchard and 56 officers reassigned and urges comprehensive leadership reforms.
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Montreal
Quebec Police Commission
Wilfred Bouchard
Quebec Justice Department
Mount Royal Park
Striking tradesmen demand $1 an hour hike in forest dispute
Jim Howe of the Forest Industry Trades Association says most of province's forest operations could stay shut if demands are unmet. About 53,000 forest workers are on strike, with 7,000 more to join July 20. Tradesmen seek a $1 hourly adjustment on top of a 26 percent two year raise, up from $12.88 to $15.14 in year one.
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Port Alberni
B.C
Jim Howe
Forest Industry Trades Association
Howe
Nanaimo
Duncan
Harmac
Bob Clayton
Tradesmen’s Association
Dick Lester
Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau
NDP leader barred from Montebello summit meeting
Ed Broadbent was barred from the Montebello summit site to meet France's Francois Mitterrand, as Canadian officials cited security and precedent concerns. The proposed 5 p.m. Monday meeting was canceled after officials said Broadbent, not a government leader or official delegation, could not enter the top security area.
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Montebello
Que
NDP
Ed Broadbent
France
Francois Mitterrand
Broadbent
Mitterrand
John Robinson
Stampede Queen contests heat up with public speeches
Seven contestants faced tough crowd energy as they delivered speeches Friday night and awaited tonight's crowning moment. The page notes the tense build up and public judging for the Stampede Queen title.
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UN Security Council
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Canadian Federation of Independent Business
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B.C. Supreme Court
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