Solidarity rallies clash with police in Poland on anniversary
Thousands of Solidarity supporters clashed with police in Gdansk Nowa Huta and Wroclaw on the union’s third anniversary. Violent confrontations left several injured as riot police used tear gas and water cannon. Smaller protests occurred in Warsaw Czestochowa Lublin Poznan Krakow Lesnica and Olsztyn.
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Warsaw
Solidarity
Gdansk
Nowa Huta
Wroclaw
Czestochowa
Lublin
Poznan
Krakow
Lesnica
Olsztyn
Lech Walesa
U S Seeks Explanation After Korean Air Jet Downing
Secretary Shultz demanded from the Soviet Union an explanation for the downing of a South Korean Boeing 747 near a Soviet island. The unarmed plane carried 269 people including four Canadians and Rep. Larry McDonald. The attack triggered revulsion in Washington as U.S. officials described eight fighters pursuing the jet prior to a missile strike.
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Washington
AP CP
U.S
George Shultz
Soviet Union
Shultz
Korean Airlines
Marie Jane Hendrie
Sault Ste Marie
Ont
Mary Lou Covey
Toronto
Larry Sayers
Stoney Creek
George Panagopoulos
Reagan
California
United States
Richard Burt
Oleg Sokolov
Sokolov
Anatoly Dobrynin
Moscow
Residents lose fight as group home approved in Medicine Hat
The Municipal Planning Commission voted unanimously to allow a group home for the mentally handicapped at 701 Seventh Avenue S W in Medicine Hat, despite a petition signed by 37 residents led by Fred Fauser opposing the project. Fauser refused to state his reasons, citing unrequested publicity in The Medicine Hat News.
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Fred Fauser
Seventh Street
S.W
Seventh Avenue
Fauser
Municipal Planning Commission
Medicine Hat and District Association For the
Medicine Hat News
Seventh Avenue S.W
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Eric Murray
MPC
Archel
Commission
Ajit Atwal
Mulroney fills inner circle with 13 staff picks
Prime Minister designate Brian Mulroney appointed 13 staffers including Elmer MacKay as senior adviser after MacKay quit his Nova Scotia seat. Fred Doucet becomes chief of staff, Calgarian Lee Richardson deputy, with Ian Anderson directing communications. Other aides include Finlay MacDonald Claudy Mailly Hubert Pichet and William Pristanski.
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Peter Cowan
Southam News
Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Elmer MacKay
Mulroney
Fred Doucet
East Coast Energy Limited
St Francis Xavier University
Doucet
MacKay
Nova Scotia
Central Nova
Joe Clark
Finlay MacDonald
MacDonald
the Silver Fox
Robert Stanfield
Clark
Ian Anderson
Anderson
Reuters News
Montreal Gazette
Maclean’s Magazine
Claudy Mailly
Montreal
Tory Women’s Caucus
Tanker sinks off Arctic coast near artificial island
A 38 metre tanker Arctic Ublureak carrying 200000 litres of diesel sank in 12 metres of water in the Beaufort Sea about 120 kilometres west of Tuktoyaktuk. The crew of about a dozen were evacuated safely and no major spill is seen yet though fuel escaped from some areas. Clean up crews, helicopters and divers head to the scene to assess and contain potential pollution. The vessel, owned by Arctic Transportation Ltd and on contract to Esso Resources Canada, had unclear cause.
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Yellowknife
N.W.T
Beaufort Sea
Doug Stendahl
Northern Affairs Department
Stendahl
Arctic
Esso Resources Canada Ltd
Calgary
RCMP
Brent Cameron
Tuktoyaktuk
Arctic Transporation Ltd
Hay River
Esso
Doctors lance federal bureaucratic bail
Health experts at a Financial Post conference in Saskatoon blame political leadership and mismanagement for Canada’s health care crisis. They argue the problem is bloated spending and unnecessary patient admissions, not extra billing or funding shortfalls. University of British Columbia economist Dr. Robert Evans urges better management of existing money and criticizes doctors who bill extra.
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Saskatoon
Financial Post
Toronto General Hospital
Vickery Stoughton
Alberta
Shirley Stinton
University of British Co
Lumbia
Robert Evans
Evans
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Poland
Larry McDonald
George Democart
John Birch Society
Sosiete
Solidarity Labor Movement
Free Trade Union
Walesa
Perdie School
Rif
Allan Fotheringham
Bill Sass
Ann Landers
Benner
Renee Emer Tras
Sebo Pease
Western Express
Bob Ardie
Gordon Moore
Hubert Pichet
William Pristanski
Margaret Munro
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