Reagan resumes duties as president after shooting
President Reagan, in good condition and spirits, resumed duties from a hospital bed after surgery to remove a bullet from his chest. Doctors said he could be up and about within days and may ride horses again in months. Brady, shot in the forehead, is recovering with extensive brain damage but expected to live. Hinckley Jr. is charged with attempted assassination and assault with intent to kill.
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Washington
Reagan
United States
George Washington University Hospital
White House
Larry Speakes
Dennis O’leary
O'Leary
James Brady
Brady
O’leary
Secret Service
John W. Hinckley Jr
Evergreen
Colo
Newfoundland Court Upholds Provinces in Constitution Dispute
Newfoundland Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously supports provincial positions in the constitutional clash with Ottawa. Justices affirm that provinces protect rights and require consultation and agreement before any amendment affecting federal provincial relations. The ruling follows a 1965 white paper urging prior provincial consultation.
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ST. John’s
Mfld
Newfoundland Supreme Court of Appeal
Arthur S. Mifflin
Herbert B. Morgan
James R. Gushue
Trudeau
Canada
Westminster
Newfoundland
Manitoba
Ottawa
Great Britain
Britain
Thai troops storm hijacked Garuda DC-9 freeing 55 hostages
Indonesian hijackers in Komando Jihad seized the Garuda Airlines DC-9 in Bangkok. Commandos killed four of the five hijackers and captured the fifth after a three minute assault. One Indonesian hostage and a pilot were wounded, while an American, Karl Schneider, was critically injured escaping earlier.
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Bangkok
Garuda Airlines
Karl Schneider
Indonesia
Schneider
Komando Jihad
Holy War Command
Jakarta
Johnston hails Newfoundland ruling on constitutional amending package
Edmonton Alberta Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dick Johnston says the Newfoundland Court of Appeals ruling backs provincial claims the federal constitutional package is illegal. He notes five of six judges oppose unilateral patriation and urges delaying Parliament until legal opinions are finalized.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dick Johnston
Newfoundland Court of Appeals
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Quebec
B.C
P.E.I
Supreme Court of Canada
Johnston
Canada
London
Polish government vows punishment after union leaders beatings
The Warsaw government pledges to punish those responsible for the March 19 beating of 23 union leaders in Bydgoszcz as Solidarity calls off a general strike. Lech Walesa and Mieczyslaw Rakowski voiced cautious optimism after negotiating an agreement, saying moderation won and workers would return to work tomorrow. The crisis averted a potential Soviet intervention and followed a sit in by farmers seeking union rights.
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Warsaw
Solidarity Labor Alliance
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Walesa
Andrzej Gwiazda
U.S
Bydgoszcz
Calgary photographer plans 1100 mile walk for blind fund
Photographer Dave Dandell, 24, from Drayton Valley, Alberta, will walk 1100 miles from Medicine Hat to Victoria to raise up to 1 million dollars for the blind. He aims 20 miles daily over 20 months starting around June 1. Dandell damaged his eyesight five years ago and recently received an artificial lens and glasses to regain near normal sight.
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Calgary
Dave Dandell
Medicine Hat
Victoria
Dandell
Drayton Valley
Alta
Planche defends Celanese plan amid private deal claims
Alberta minister Hugh Planche stated Celanese Canada acted at its own risk as cabinet approved the Clover Bar methanol plant. Grant Notley pressed for evidence of private commitments, citing $50 million spent before approval and questions over market forecasts and U.S. dumping orders.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Hugh Planche
Celanese Canada
Clover Bar
NDP
Grant Notley
Planche
Notley
Celanese
Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd
Medicine Hat
Energy Resources Conservation Board
ERCB
AGCL
Washington
U.S
Cabinet
B.C
New Zealand
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Thomas Delahante
Henk Siesen
Siesen
Kerrist Reznechenko
Robin Schlaht
Poland
Communist Party
Independent Labor Movement
Iran
Alberta Engineer’s Association
Lougheed
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