Three Mile Island Nuclear Incident Threat Grows
In Harrisburg area the Three Mile Island reactor faces a dangerous gas bubble and potential melt down as engineers struggle to cool and depressurize the core. Harold Denton of the NRC warns radiation risks could reach far via air and water routes, including the Susquehanna River system.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Three Mile Island Atomic Power Plant
Harold Denton
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Denton
Susquehanna River
Three Mile Island
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Five investigations launched into Quebecair F-27 crash
An F-27 crashed near Quebec City killing 17 of 24 on board. Transport Canada police airline insurer and aircraft maker probe the wreckage. Cyrille Delage appointed ad hoc coroner to lead inquiry with date pending.
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Quebec
Quebecair
Quebec City
Transport Canada
Marc-Andre Bedard
Cyrille Delage
Delage
Fairchild
Yves Dupre
Jean-Marie Pelletier
Montreal
Baie Comeau
Six Die in Alberta Highway Crash Near Edson
Six people were killed and eight injured in a multi-vehicle crash eight kilometres east of Edson on Highway 16 near a bridge over the McLeod River. Police said two tractor-trailers two cars and two vans were involved in the collision.
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Edson, Alta
Edmonton
McLeod River
Trudeau pledges fight on Western and Quebec separatism
Prime Minister Trudeau, on a Western campaign swing, vows to combat Western and Quebec separatism with equal vigor while defending federal policies. He attacks Joe Clark's Conservatives and cites a gas price rise May 1 to 2.30 per 1000 cubic feet. Trudeau frames a united Canada as essential for fair treatment of all provinces.
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Doug Small
Camrose
Alta
Trudeau
Quebec
Alberta
Edmonton
Canada
Jack Horner
Joe Clark
U.S
Clark
Peter Lougheed
William Davis
Ontario
Arndt Attacks Alberta Public Cutbacks At Convention
Herbert Arndt of Medicine Hat, addressing over 200 delegates at the CUPE Alberta division convention, denounces public austerity and argues cuts favor business interests. He blasts a six percent cap on public sector wage rises as below inflation and below real economic growth, accusing policy of cheating workers.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Herbert Arndt
Medicine Hat
Arndt
Libyan forces push toward Kampala amid Uganda Tanzania clash
Libyan troops backing Idi Amin push against Tanzanian and exile forces, driving clashes out of artillery range of Kampala. Diplomats report quiet in the capital as Amin’s defenders claim a counteroffensive and retreating invaders. Libyan air drops and reports of looting and disarray among Ugandan troops persist.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Kampala
Radio
Uganda
Radio Uganda
Amin
Libya
New IRA bomb used against MP Airey Neave near Parliament
A fiendish new time bomb killed Conservative MP Airey Neave as he drove from Parliament. Scotland Yard experts say the bomb was likely taped under his blue sedan earlier, detonating on leaving the underground garage near Big Ben during Britain’s general election campaign kickoff.
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London
Airey Neave
Irish Republican Army
Scotland Yard
Britain
Netherlands
Neave
Parliament
Clock Tower
Masham Street
Parliament Buildings
Teenager admits to arson at two Boston hotels
An 18 year old Boston man admitted setting fires at two plush hotels after one refused to rehire him as a busboy. The Thursday blazes evacuated 1900 guests, injured 64, and caused at least 750000 dollars in damage. Rodrigues faces two arson counts and was held on 200000 bail with a hearing set for April 17.
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Boston
Julio Valentin Rodrigues
Francis Morrissey
Rodrigues
John Doris
Copley Plaza
Arabs Reach Agreement on Complete Economic Boycott
Arab League members and the PLO agree to halt all aid to Egypt, withdraw ambassadors, and sever diplomatic ties with Egypt over Sadat's peace treaty with Israel. Saudi Arabia signals relations will end when the Israeli flag unveils in Cairo during Begin's visit.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Saudi Arabia
Sadat
Israel
Arab League
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Cairo
Jordan
Syria
Libya
Algeria
South Yemen
Khaled
Menachem Begin
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By Stan Benjamin
Natete
Dar Es Salaam
Mwanza
Lake Victoria
IRA
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