Bahamian PM denounces Cuba sinking as a cover up
Cuba offers a cautious apology for the Flamingo gunboat sinking claiming pilots mistook the Bahamian ship for a pirate vessel. Bahamian Prime Minister Lyndon Pindling calls it a cover up but accepts the statement as an apology while U.S. and Bahamian forces search for missing sailors and Cuba disputes reparations.
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Cuba
Lyndon Pindling
Pindling
Bahamas
London
Washington
United States State Department
U.S. Coast Guard
Cay San Domingo
Bahamian National Security Council
Communist Party
Granma
Radio
Havana
Miami
Iran's ruling council stalls on prime minister choice
Tehran report says the Revolutionary Council failed to pick a prime minister over the weekend and left the decision to Ayatollah Khomeini. President Bani Sadr sought an own pick with Khomeini's blessing to secure a confidence vote in the Majlis. The IRP and hardline factions won a parliamentary majority as hostages situation looms.
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Tehran
Revolutionary Council
Abolhassan Bani- Sadr
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Bani-Sadr
Khomeini
Majlis
Islamic Republican Party
U.S
IRP
Radio Tehran
White House
London Sunday Times
Sean MacBride
Hamilton Jordan
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Middle East
Iran
Soviet Union
Europe
Japan
European Common Market
Quebec Leaders Predict Tight Referendum Victory Near May 20
Montreal reports eight days before the referendum Rene Levesque and Claude Ryan push for victory as polls show federalists slightly ahead. DimancheMatin and CBC surveys differ on no yes margins with undecided voters. Ryan warns against a narrow win while Levesque vows to win and keep campaigning until the last minute.
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Montreal
Quebec
Rene Levesque
Claude Ryan
Ryan
Levesque
Montmagny
Quebec City
Yes
Dimanche-Matin
CBC
Sovereignty Association
Institut Snehecgia d'Opinion Publique
Centre de Recherche Sur l’Opinion Publique
Western welcome for frog sparks Calgary vandalism
David Allen, an anglophone Quebec native who recently moved to Calgary, found four tires slashed and the words Go Home Frog painted on his car. He keeps his Quebec licence plate, which he believes provoked the act, and he plans to stay in Calgary despite the incident.
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Calgary
David Allen
Quebec
Allen
Ontario
Crane aids in search for bridge victims
A huge floating crane aided the grim search for Sunshine Skyway Bridge victims in Tampa Bay as divers pulled seven more bodies from the wreckage, raising to 25 the total recovered since the freighter strike. Officials said 30 may be the best current estimate of deaths.
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Tampa Bay
Sunshine Skyway
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Sunshine Skyway Bridge
U.S. Coast Guard
St. John’s, Mld
Myrtle Brown
Aubrey Hudson
Phyllis Hudson
Balloon crosses continent in first North American balloon crossing
Maxie and Kris Anderson landed the Kitty Hawk near Matane Quebec completing the first North American continent balloon crossing. The father son crew, exhausted but in good health, said winds pushed them off course from a planned Kitty Hawk landing as Canadian Forces helicopters freed them from tree branches.
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Matane
Maxie
Kris Anderson
Quebec
Bangor
Maine
Reno St. Onge
Andersons
San Francisco
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Maxie Anderson
Anderson
Atlantic
Rebels claim control of Uganda amid coup rumors
Rebels led by Uganda National Liberation Front chief Brig. David Oyite Ojok said their military commission is in charge of national security while President Godfrey Binaisa remains at his Entebbe residence under Tanzanian protection. Binaisa still exercises presidential powers as officials confer. Rumors link Ojok to Obote, who seeks return to power from exile.
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Kampala
Uganda
Godfrey Binaisa
Binaisa
Entebbe
Lake Victoria
David Oyite Ojok
Uganda National Liberation Front
Ojok
Milton Obote
Tanzania
Idi Amin
Obote
Plumbers in Southern Alberta Eyes Picket Decisions
Negotiations continue as more than 1,200 plumbers in Medicine Hat and Calgary consider picketing today in Calgary to press for a contract. Local 496 and ACLRA met amid a four day strike that began Friday, with Edmonton agreeing to a similar settlement last week.
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Calgary
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Alberta Construction Labor Relations Association
ACLRA
Redcliff
ALCRA
Edmonton
Lorie Cook
Chrysler rescue sparks cautious optimism in Windsor
Labor, business and political leaders react to the federal loan guarantee for Chrysler Canada Ltd. with guarded hope for long term survival. UAW officials praise Herb Gray while urging immediate aid for laid off workers. Windsor figures see job prospects slow but a chance to pull the region from economic slump.
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Windsor
Ont
Chrysler Canada Ltd
Bob White
United Auto Workers
Herb Gray
Chrysler
White
Canada
Frank LaSorda
UAW
LaSorda
Ontario
Larry Grossman
Ray Gignac
Douglas Lawson
Windsor Chamber of Commerce
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Dave Cooke
NDP
Windsor Riverside
Cooke
Grossman
Gray
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