Reagan names Paul Robinson as next ambassador to Canada
President Reagan picks 50 year old Chicago businessman Paul Heron Robinson to be ambassador to Canada with a tentative Ottawa start date of June 25 and aim to begin work for the July 1981 economic summit. He expects Senate confirmation next week amid thorny Canada U S issues including pollution and acid rain. Robinson runs Robinson Inc with offices in Washington Boston and San Francisco and has international brokerage ties in Britain Australia and New Zealand. His ancestry links to Canada are noted.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
Chicago
Paul Heron Robinson
Canada
Robinson
Ottawa
United States
U.S. Senate
U.S
Reagan
Kenneth Curtis
Curtis
Robinson Inc
Boston
San Francisco
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Londonderry sniper attack wounds two British soldiers
Wounded soldiers, a man and a woman, were struck when their patrol came under fire on Lanemore Road in Londonderry. They were treated and released. Earlier, two IRA gunmen were killed by an undercover soldier. In Belfast, gunfire exchanged with troops caused no injuries. IRA supporters said nationalist prisoners at Maze prison would join a hunger strike to press for political status.
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Belfast
Londonderry
Lanemore Road
Faoad
IRA
Maze
Hunger strikes expand as Belfast group backs new actions
An international H block committee in Belfast says four IRA prisoners already fasting will be joined by additional hunger strikers over weeks. New strikers begin refusing meals Monday, with exact numbers undisclosed. Four hunger deaths have occurred as Britain under Thatcher resists listing jailed Irish nationalists as political prisoners. The statement, smuggled to supporters, accuses the British of using a relay strategy to delay deaths and urges escalation with no respite.
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H-block Committee
Belfast
Britain
Margaret Thatcher
Press Asssociation
Quebec safe says economists at conference
Economists and analysts at a Carnegie Endowment conference in New York said separatist sentiment in Quebec is waning and local entrepreneurship is booming. They noted foreign ownership remains high but investment is increasingly geared to U.S. ties, with PQ policies pushing American processing of resources in Quebec.
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New York
Quebec
Stephen Blank
Multinational Strategies
Blank
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
U.S
Canada
United States
Dominique Clift
Montreal
Bernard Bonin
National School of Public Administration
Test tube twins born in Melbourne hospital
A 31 year old Radmilla Mays gave birth Friday in Queen Victoria Hospital to the world’s first test tube twins, a boy and a girl, two weeks premature. The boy faces possible heart trouble requiring surgery while the girl is reported as doing well. The twins Stephen and Amanda weighed five pounds and five pounds four ounces respectively.
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Melbourne
Reuter
Queen Victoria Hospital
Carl Wood
Stephen
Amanda
Radmilla Mays
North Dandenong
Mays
Patrick Steptoe
Robert Edwards
Britain
Louise Brown
Oldham
England
Alberta Weather Report Across Cities
Edmonton and Red Deer report cloudy skies with frequent showers and gusty west winds this afternoon. Calgary and Lethbridge see some sun, scattered clouds, with northwest gusts up to 80 and highs near 18. Medicine Hat trends to increasing cloudiness with afternoon showers and highs near 23. Jasper and Banff forecast frequent showers with highs around 15 and lows near 8.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Red Deer
Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Jasper
Banff
Canadian weather across provinces shows mixed skies
The brief bulletin reports across Canada with varying conditions. British Columbia sees cloudy periods and coastal showers. Alberta and Saskatchewan note wind, showers, and milder highs. Ontario ranges from rain to sun with cool to mild highs. Quebec to Maritimes face clouds, showers, and thunderstorms with regional temperature differences.
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British Columbia
Yukon
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
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