Jet probe may last six months
An Air Canada DC-9 fire that killed 23 moved from the runway to the lab as the NTSB said four to six months may pass before the cause is known. Investigators consider a lavatory start near the tail from a cigarette, with the blaze moving toward the cockpit.
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Cincinnati
Air Canada
U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
Donald Engen
Flight 797
Dallas
Toronto
Greater Cincinnati
Engen
James Schrand
Curtis Mathes Jr
Thornhill, Ont
Folk
U.S. seeks Canadian nod to test LANTIRN system
The United States filed its first weapon testing proposal under the Canada U S pact seeking to test the LANTIRN infrared navigation and targeting system aboard a single seat fighter aircraft. Ottawa and Brussels officials weigh timing and location.
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Don Sellar
Southam News
Washington
U.S
DND
Canada
Defence
Gilles Lamontagne
NATO
Brussels
U.S Air Force
Maj. Brownlee
PLO factions clash in Bekaa Valley fight in Lebanon
In Rayak Lebanon mutineers aligned against PLO leader Yasser Arafat fought with machine guns and artillery in eastern Lebanon. Police report eight dead and 17 wounded. Arafat was in Romania as the clash marked the first internal armed confrontation in Bekaa since the May 7 mutiny began.
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Rayak
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Romania
Bekaa
Soviet Expels U S Diplomat Louis Thomas for Spying
The Soviet Union declares U S diplomat Louis Thomas persona non grata after Tass reported he was caught spying Thursday. Tass cited direct evidence of intelligence activity incompatible with his official status. The expulsion recalls the 1956 case of First Secretary Richard Osborne.
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Moscow
Reuter
Soviet Union
U.S
Tass
KGB
Louis Thomas
L. Thomas
Richard Osborne
Clark calls for change in regime in Swift Current
In Swift Current Maple Creek, Joe Clark urged a regime change as he addressed 1,500 supporters at a Progressive Conservative nomination meeting. He argued Liberal policies threaten free enterprise and federalism and pressed for reforms to Parliament and greater MPs independence.
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Clark
Swift Current
Federal Liberal Party
Joe Clark
NDP Nearing the End Says Joe Clark in Swift Current
Joe Clark tells a Swift Current audience the New Democratic Party is ripe for extinction. He claims the NDP caused political trouble by helping bring down his government in 1979 and betrayed provinces over the Constitution. He urges winning Western seats to secure a national Conservative majority.
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Pierre Trudeau
Liberals
Canada
Clark
Trudeau
Swift Current
Joe Clark
New Democratic Party
NDP
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Chretien Targets Oil Paying Provinces and Pricing Reform
Ottawa Energy Minister Jean Chretien blamed Ontario and Quebec for undermining the energy price truce with Alberta and warned domestic oil prices may move toward world levels. He discussed Dome Petroleum bailout chances and said a new pricing framework for natural gas could be devised as the 4 per barrel price rise nears.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Jean Chretien
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
Chretien
John Zaozhny
Canada
United States
U.S
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Denton
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Andrew Snaddon
Ann Landers
Charles Lynch City News Neunee
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