Puppeteer Burkett's Cinderabbit Nominated for Rocky Mountain Emmy
DAN TRAFFORD reports from The NEWS that Medicine Hat puppeteer Ronnie Burkett has a Cinderabbit Emmy nomination in the Rocky Mountain region. The PBS friendly piece, produced with Mimi Evendon at BYU, could reach national PBS distribution. Burkett has also earned two recent awards for puppet designs.
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Ronnie Burkett
United States
Dan Trafford
Medicine Hat
Public Broadcasting Service
PBS
Rocky Mountain
KBYU
Provo
Utah
Salt Lake City
Val Kendell
Burkett
Mimi Evendon
Brigham Young University
Evendon
Channel 10
Media Productions
Don Knotts
Pig
Canada
National Association of Educational Broadcasters
Bomb attack on Rome CDP HQ by Italian terrorists
In Rome, leftist militants attacked the Christian Democratic party headquarters before a national election, triggering a siege that left at least one police officer dead and two critically wounded. Firefighters found three bodies in rubble, though police reported only officer casualties. The Red Brigades marked walls with their symbol as the gang fled by car and motorcycle.
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Rome
Christian Democratic Party
ANSA
Red Brigades
Italy
Britons vote in general election as Thatcher leads
Britons braved foul weather to vote in the general election with polls predicting a Conservative win and Britain's first woman prime minister after five Labour years. Thatcher expected to secure a solid majority, with bookmakers and markets moving in favor of the Tories as polls placed margins around six points. Liberal leader David Steel cast his ballot early.
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London
Europe
House of Commons
Margaret Thatcher
James Callaghan
Labor Party
Commons
Thatcher
Labor
Joe Carol
Stock Exchange
Financial Times
David Steel
Ettrick Bridge
Chelsea
Nicholas Scott
Callaghan
South Wales
Cardiff
Britain
Liberal Party
Steel
Calgary tragedy: mother drowns daughters in Bow River
Relatives of 32 year old Harjit Kaur Brar say no warning sign appeared before she killed her four daughters and then herself in Calgary. Police treat it as murder suicide with no note found. three toddlers aged 18 months to six years perished. The fourth child died after rescue attempts failed. Police and relatives describe no clear motive, with one theory citing postnatal low spirits. The incident occurred after a late night call to a relative and a failed attempt to reach Brar.
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Calgary
Hrajit
Harjit Kaur Bhuller Brar
Bow
Esler
Radiation exposure revised after Three Mile Island accident
Health Secretary Joseph Califano told a Senate subcommittee that residents near the Three Mile Island plant may have received higher radiation than first estimated. He revised earlier claims, citing models predicting 1 to 10 extra cancer deaths among about two million residents within 80 kilometers, with a population dose around 1800 to 3500 person rems during the worst days.
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Washington
Joseph Califano
US Congress
Enna Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
Califano
Senate
Harrisburg
Health Department
Verdun man arrested in Ottawa post office heist
A Verdun, Quebec man, Richard LaBelle, 26, was arrested at Dorval Airport after arriving from the United States in connection with a 3.5 million dollar Ottawa post office robbery. He had earlier been arrested in Florida on grand theft charges.
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Montreal
Verdun
Ottawa
Dorval
Richard LaBelle
United States
LaBelle
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Florida
Alta Vista
Belly-button bungling leads to big verdict against surgeon
A Manhattan jury awarded Virginia O'Hare 854000 in a medical malpractice suit against Dr. Howard Bellin over a 1974 belly button procedure. O'Hare claimed the operation moved her navel five centimetres off centre and left a visible scar. Bellin allegedly failed to follow up and mocked her recovery.
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New York
Reuter
Virginia O’hare
Howard Bellin
Manhattan
Tehran mourns Motahari death in massive funeral march
More than 200,000 mourners crowded downtown Tehran as Ayatullah Morteza Motahari was laid to rest. Khomeini denounced the killings and warned against further violence while a brief jail rebellion in the capital ended with prisoners moved to Qasr prison.
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Tehran
Ayatullah Morteza Motahari
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
Motahari
Mohammad Wali Gharani
Qasr
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U.S
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Tiber River
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Qom
Khomeini
Molahari
Islamic Revolutionary Council
Forghan
Gen. Gharani
Associated Press
Ferghan
Bazargan
Revolutionary Council
Iran
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