British seize ridges west of Stanley as Argentine retreat
Defence Secretary John Nott announced that British troops captured three key ridges about four kilometres west of Stanley. Argentine forces retreated toward the town as a large British force moved in.
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London
Falklands
Stanley
John Nott
Buenos Aires
Mount Tumbledown
Wireless Ridge
Nott
Mount William
Port Stanley
Argentina
Britain
Red Cross
Susan Whitley
Mount Harriet
Harriet
Joint Chiefs
Defence Ministry
Dollar slide and Falklands fighting escalate in week
The Canadian dollar hits a record low of 78.78 U S cents as U S interest rates rise and Bank of Canada intervention rises. In the Falklands, British and Argentine forces clash around Port Stanley with Ridge wins and a proposed Red Cross civilian protection zone.
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Montreal
U.S
United States
Bank of Canada
Taxi cabs protest city hall bylaw parking ruling
Allan Coyle reports Deluxe Central Taxi staged a park-in with up to 18 cabs on the 500 block of Second Street S E to oppose the bylaw interpretation on taxi parking and waiting for fares in Medicine Hat. City officials and police said enforcement would follow the bylaw while cab drivers insist streets should serve the public.
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City Hall
Second Street
S.E
Deluxe Central Taxi
Medicine Hat
Deluxe
Lloyd Harty
Harry
Harold Maser
Care Cabs Ltd
Maser
Police Department
Frank O'Connell
Harty
Norman McLeod
McLeod
Deluxe Central
Nick Mudrack
Progress Clothing Ltd
Mudrack
George Davison
Davison
Crown Prince Fahd Crowned King After Khaled’s Death
A news blurb reports Crown Prince Fahd proclaimed king of Saudi Arabia after the death of King Khaled. Elsewhere brief notes include weather with a sunny day and temperatures, plus a Canada Grand Prix fatal accident involving Italian driver Ricardo Paletti at Montreal’s Ile Notre Dame.
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Fahd
Saudi Arabia
Khaled
Ricardo Paletti
Italy
Montreal
Ile Notre- Dame
Eighth hole aced by eleven year old golf prodigy
Eleven year old Jody Warsimaga scored a hole in one on the 133 yard eighth hole at Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club during her first round ever. She finished the front nine in 45 and said she plans to keep playing golf.
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Jody Warsimaga
Jody
Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club
Kathy Szakacs
Marla Sundholm
Medicine Hat News
Marla
Israelis Reach Beirut Suburbs as Lebanon Crisis Deepens
Israeli tanks surround the Beirut suburb Baabda near the presidential palace where President Elias Sarkis forms a six member salvation committee with Christian and Muslim leaders to manage the grave crisis. Soviet warns Israel to withdraw and end genocide as PLO leaders face encirclement.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Elias Sarkis
Lebanon
Israel
Soviet Union
Tass
Sarkis
Hundreds arrested at UN mission civil disobedience in New York
More than 1,000 people were arrested during a massive protest blocking UN missions of Britain France China the Soviet Union and the United States. Demonstrators sat sang and carried banners as police carried them to buses for booking. Two Canadians among the arrestees were Lorne Fox of Toronto and Helen Durie of Ottawa who had joined the peace march.
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New York
Britain
France
China
Soviet Union
United States
Central Park
United Nations
U.S
Lorne Fox
Toronto
Helen Durie
Ottawa
San Francisco
Buffalo
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Christopher Young City News
Mike Royko
Scoo
Wren
Oa Inc
Baabda
Damascus
Palestine Liberation Organization
Ariel Sharon
An Nahar
Sharon
PLO
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