Solidarity Threatens General Strike in Poland Cities
Solidarity leaders say a general strike may spread to Warsaw Wroclaw and Silesian coal mines after smaller protests failed to pressure the martial law government. They call for freedom for 2000 activists including Lech Walesa and staged an undetected plaque in Victory Square for miners killed in December.
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Solidarity
Wroclaw
Silesian
Poland
Lech Walesa
Victory Square
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Weekend storms kill 19 across plains and Midwest
A string of tornadoes and severe storms over the Memorial Day weekend killed 19 people, displaced thousands and caused extensive damage from Texas and Oklahoma to Illinois. Marion Illinois suffered the worst with 10 deaths, 100+ injuries, and 1,000 homeless after a tornado destroyed 161 homes and 47 businesses.
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United States
May
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Oklahoma
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Florida
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Illinois
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Reagan
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Thomas Redickas
Crawford County
Japanese protest delays by Canadian car checks
Japanese officials criticized Canadian customs delays in Vancouver as unfair and unbelievable. A senior official from Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry demanded a prompt response from Trade Minister Ed Lumley to a Japan proposed measure.
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Southam
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Vancouver
Canada
Japan
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Ed Lumley
Paris
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Lumley
Trudeau
Zenko Suzuki
Versailles
France
Belgium
Walesa Located in Poland Under Guard at Remote Lodge
Reports from travelers place Solidarity leader Lech Walesa in isolation at Arlamow hunting lodge near the Soviet border, after previously being kept at a government villa near Warsaw. The site, once hosting leaders like Gierek, underscores a secluded detention in southeast Poland.
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Lech Walesa
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Walesa
Otwock
Arlamow
Edward Gierek
Tito
Yugoslavia
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
France
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