PWA Maintains Service Despite CALEA Rotating Strikes
Pacific Western Airlines reports adequate air and ground operations amid rotating CALEA strikes at six British Columbia airports. Rhys Eyton states two of three contract issues settled, while CALEA seeks varied pay increases and job security protections.
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Association
PWA
Calgary
British Columbia
Vancouver International
Kelowna
Castlegar
Smithers
Comox
Port Hardy
Ruth Cowan
Vancouver
Kamloops
Prince George
Victoria
Teamster
Teamsters
Eyton
Ransom drop foiled in Paris area as Baron Empain’s captors flee
Police halted an $8.6 million Swiss-franc ransom plan for Baron Jean Edouard Empain after a highway shootout south of Paris. One gunman died, another was wounded and two officers were injured. Three accomplices fled. Empain’s whereabouts remain unclear as police pursue leads.
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Paris
Jean-Edouard Empain
Empain
Val de Marne
Europe
Empain-Schneider Group
Arcueil
France
Daniel Duchateau
Alain Cayol
Cayol
UN Troops Reinforce Buffer Zone Along Litani River
In southern Lebanon French Swedish and Iranian peacekeepers bolster a UN buffer zone along the Litani River as a four day old ceasefire largely holds. State radio reports UN forces control bridges on a 50 kilometre stretch and civilian returns begin though only a few have yet to come back from displacement.
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Beirut
Litani
Lebanon
48 die in Rangoon airliner crash
An official report says all 48 aboard a Burma Airways Fokker Friendship flight 845 were killed when the plane exploded and crashed in a rice paddy near Rangoon after takeoff, with 22 foreigners among the victims and Japanese identified among them.
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Rangoon
Burma Airways
Mandalay
Israeli Leaders weigh call for Begin resignation
In Jerusalem the Labor party chiefs plan to meet to review Prime Minister Menachem Begin's handling of peace talks after his Washington talks with President Carter. The Democratic Movement for Change may reassess its 15 votes backing Begin while two Likud factions voiced support. Begin returned to Israel denying a crisis and defended his government saying a peace government already exists.
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Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Jerusalem Post
Labor Party
Begin
Carter
Washington
Movement For Change
Likud
Knesset
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Israel
Middle East
Miners return to work after nationwide strike ends
About 160000 United States miners plan to resume work Monday under a new contract ratified Friday on the 109th day of a walkout. The accord raises wages by 2.40 per hour over three years and adds drug cost payments, while ending a provision to fire leaders of wildcat strikes and enhancing pensions.
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Washington
Appalachia
Rockies
Midwest
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
UMW
Miller
Joseph Brennan
UMW and
Association of Bituminous Contractors
James Russell
Ohio
John Samuels
Illinois
Vigil at Jesus tomb as Easter rites unfold in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem Christians and Franciscan friars keep vigil at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre amid tight security after a guerrilla raid last week. Pilgrims retrace Jesus' Via Dolorosa on Good Friday, ending at Calvary and the tomb. Pope Paul watched from home due to illness.
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Jerusalem
Jesus
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Giuseppe Beltritti
Israel
Lebanon
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
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Ezer Weizman
United States
Weizman
Government of Peace
Unction
Italy
Paul
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