U S floods leave thousands homeless as Agnes lingers
Tropical storm Agnes continued dumping heavy rain across North Carolina Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and New York. Reports cited at least 14 deaths official counts varied with 11 flood related fatalities in Virginia and additional deaths in New York and North Carolina. Evacuations climbed into thousands as highways flooded dams threatened towns and utility service fell silent.
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Associated Press
Agnes
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
Civil Defence
Richmond
Prince William County
Washington, D.C
Joseph Belinski
Lykens
Harrisburg
New York State
Burnsville
Siloam
Winston-Salem
Yadkin River
Lebanese, Israeli Clash Report Sparks Dense War Claims
Lebanon denies Israeli artillery fire in two southern villages after a Wednesday air and artillery bombardment near Mount Hermon. Government says no new action. reporters barred from scene. Israeli patrols search cars while guerrillas retaliate. death toll disputed between 23 and about 150.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Israel
Mount Hermon
Hasbaya
Beirut
Alberta premier pitches energy riches to U S investors
Premier Peter Lougheed said U S financiers fear an energy gap and Canada’s anti American policies as he toured New York and Boston. He stressed Alberta’s investment climate, local job and environment rules, Syncrude board control, and a $500 million oil sands plant pact. He noted potential borrowing up to 200 million and possible U S funding for capital needs.
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Edmonton
United States
Canada
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Lougheed
New York
Boston
Ottawa
Middle East
Athabasca
Syncrude Canada Ltd
Syncrude
Six Die In Rampage At Newark Office Building
Police identify Edwin C. Grace as the 33 year old gunman who entered an office building with two sawed off rifles and fired at random. Six men killed, six wounded as witnesses describe a chaotic attack and massed panic inside the building.
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Cherry Hill
N.J
Edwin J. Grace
New York
Edwin C. Grace
James Ashen
Blackwood
Robert Bartone
Joseph A. DePalma
Charles Merkel
Theodore G. Hall
Stephen B. Robinson
Joseph Boyd
Grace
Greenpeace Three moves deeper into danger zone
Greenpeace Three, a 38 foot ketch, sails farther into the South Pacific as France plans an atmospheric nuclear test. Greenpeace founder Ben Metcalfe says the ship will not comply with a French order to heave about and that the French navy may have to board. Three Australians are aboard.
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Vancouver
Ben Metcalfe
Greenpeace Foundation
France
Metcalfe
North Vietnamese Foiled by U S Jets Near Hue
North Vietnamese armor and infantry breached the northern defence line above Hue at dawn but U S jets halted the main thrust. Military sources report 16 armored vehicles knocked out, including at least nine tanks, with fighting near My Chanh, 20 to 25 miles north of Hue.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hue
My Chanh
Conditional ceasefire announced by IRA
The Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army declared a conditional ceasefire in Northern Ireland starting Monday night if terms are reciprocated by Britain. Leaders in Dublin and London indicated willingness to suspend violence pending details, while a rival Provisional faction resisted. Catholic and Protestant mobs clashed in Belfast as British troops intervened with riot control measures amid renewed tension.
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Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
William Whitelaw
Ulster
London
Britain
House of Commons
Belfast
Republican Movement
Londonderry
Martin Mac
Andersonstown
Davis hails Canada role at Stockholm environmental talks
Ottawa Environment Minister Jack Davis praised Canada for the Stockholm world environmental conference and its anti-pollution proposals. Opponents accused Ottawa of lacking domestic action, highlighting Quebec's James Bay hydro project and Temiscamingue drinking water funding as examples of needed leadership and funding.
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Ottawa
Jack Davis
Canada
Davis
The
Commons
Maurice Strong
UN General Assembly
Ron Harding
Kootenay West
Quebec
James Bay
Social Credit
Real Caouette
Stockholm
Temiscamingue
Hope emerges for hydro settlement
Montreal report says a province wide strike by Hydro Quebecs 8500 employees entered its first day with no major disruptions. A potential mediator Yvon Dansereau could be appointed, seen as a step toward settlement. Ontario weather border note and Cuerrier CUPE local comments included.
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Montreal
Hydro-Quebec
Quebec Department of Labor
Yvon Dansereau
Dansereau
Quebec
Magdalen Islands
Hydro
Charles Cuerrier
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Cuerrier
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John Ide
Amy
State Department of Transportation
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Washington
Hesbay
Hermon
Syria
Jordan
Ramesh
Hog Producers
Holstrom
Bruce Jeffery
Greenpeace
Danger
Mururoa Atoll
Davie McTaggart
Grant Davidson
Nigel Stuart Ingram
Paris
N.Z
New Zealand
Trudeau
Mitchell Sharp
Greenpeace Three
Auckland
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