Reagan outlines vague U S Canada gas pipeline plan
President Reagan returned to Washington after a 27 hour visit to Canada amid vague assurances on completing the Alaska natural gas line based on private financing and cross border pollution controls. External Affairs officials indicated some commitment while offering no guarantees on financing. Demonstrators followed the trip as Reagan and Nancy toured the U S Embassy near Parliament.
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Reagan
Washington
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U.s.-Canada
Alexander Haig
U.S
Alaska
Canada
New England Fisheries Council
Richard Nixon
Nancy
Parliament
Commons
Trudeau
Senate
Afghanistan
Garrison
USS
Joe Clark
NDP
Ed Broadbent
Mark MacGuigan
Carter
Opposition MPs Unimpressed With Reagan State Visit
Opposition MPs voiced skepticism after a 27 hour State visit by U S President Ronald Reagan. They said there was little hard evidence to back vague assurances of U S plans to address major disputes.
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Ottawa
U.S
Ronald Reagan
Leitch invites Lalonde to early April energy talks in Winnipeg
Alberta Energy Minister Merv Leitch sends a letter inviting federal Energy Minister Marc Lalonde to meet in the first two weeks of April, with Winnipeg as a proposed venue. Lalonde welcomes the invitation to resume face-to-face talks on oil pricing and related issues.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Merv Leitch
Leitch
Marc Lalonde
Lalonde
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Canadian Labor Congress suspends 12 U S building trades unions
The Canadian Labor Congress suspends 12 U S run international building trades unions citing autocratic practices and forms a new building trades department. The move, effective April, aims to co operate with provincial councils and may force locals to choose between U S HQ and the CLC.
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CLC
Ottawa
Canadian Labor Congress
International Building-Trades
Congress
Congress Building Trades Department
U.S
Internationals
Quebec Federation of Labor Building Trades Organization
Canada
Dennis McDermott
Building and Construction Trades Department
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
Plasterers’ International
International
Building Trades Unions
McDermott
Canadian Labor Movement
CLC Building Trades Department
Building Trades Councils
Provincial
Labor Federations
Quebec
Quebec Federation of Labor
Building Trades Council
Pakistan Bows to Hijackers Freeing 355 Prisoners
In Damascus the Syrian news agency reported Pakistan agreed to release 55 political prisoners as demanded by three hijackers who seized a Pakistani jetliner. The hijackers threatened to kill three American hostages and had previously killed a Pakistani diplomat.
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Afghanistan
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SANA
Frederick Hubbell
Des Moines
Iowa
Craig Richard Clymore
California
Lawrence Clifton Mangum
New York City
Spain
U.S
Anti-union clash deepens tensions in Radom Poland
Four high school students reported beaten by an anti union squad while posters for Solidarity were torn. A Radom Solidarity spokesman alleged a local policeman was among the attackers and said 300 parents pupils and teachers would meet near Radom. Washington voiced concern over Soviet bloc maneuvers around Poland amid ongoing labor unrest and strikes.
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Poland
Reagan
Washington
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Radom
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Independent Union
U.S. State Department
William Dyess
United States
Moscow
Dyess
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
Committee For Social Self-Defence
Yellow kiosks replace red in Britain telephone network
London report notes Britain’s Post Office era ending as British Telecom becomes independent in October and red telephone boxes will be painted yellow for visibility and vandalism resistance. Edgeware Road leads the change with four yellow booths prompting public confusion and debate over tradition and cost.
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Southam News
London
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British Telecom
Post Office Design Committee
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Telecom
Royal Fine Arts Commission
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Wojciech Jaruzelski
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