Mohawk tolls on highway draw government concern
Mohawk Indians in Cornwall Ontario set toll barriers on an international highway to offset health funding cuts. Chief Lawrence Francis faced obstruction charges for a January 7 toll setup as authorities monitor tribal actions across the border into Massena New York.
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Cornwall, Ont
Cornwell
Massena
N.Y
Lawrence Francis
New York
U.S
Moscow
E. Wallace Lawrence
Russian Travel Bureau of
Britain faces emergency move over trucker strike
London reports a two week truckers strike threatening a food shortage as Labour government weighs invoking the Emergency Powers Act to requisition trucks and mobilize troops. Rail service halted amid fresh engineer action while water workers and public servants strike nationwide.
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Associated Press
London
James Callaghan
Southampton
Confederation of British Industry
Britain
England
Radioactive Uranium Spill on I-70 Near Lambert Airport
A truck floor collapse spilled twelve barrels of radioactive uranium on Interstate 70 near Lambert International Airport in St. Louis County. Minimal leakage occurred, and lanes were briefly closed. Officials say the danger to the public is low.
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Woodson Terrace
Interstate 70
Missouri Highway Patrol
Lambert International Airport
St. Louis County
Midwest Braces as Snow Storm Deepens Death Toll Rises
Chicago and the Midwest battle heavy snow with transit crews shoveling tracks and governors seeking disaster relief. The death toll climbs to 72 across Illinois Wisconsin Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Ohio Nebraska and others as rescue operations and equipment mobilize. Authorities report slain by exposure carbon monoxide and heart attacks among shovelers while airports and railways struggle under 20 inches of snow.
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Chicago
Midwest
National Weather Service
Southwest
Nebraska
Riley
Kan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ohio
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Buffalo
N.Y
New York
Massachusetts
Quebec
O'Hare International
Federal
Aviition Administration
James R. Thompson
Florida
West Palm Beach
Carter
John Wayne faces cancer battle after surgery
Oscar winning actor John Wayne has cancer cells detected in lymph nodes near a stomach cancer removed last week. Doctors assess risk of spread while Wayne undergoes unspecified treatment and his son Patrick expresses cautious optimism as medical officials consider further surgery.
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Associated Press
LOS Angeles
John Wayne
Wayne
Ucla Medical Center
Bernard Strohm
Medical Center
Strohm
Patrick Wayne
Michael
Hollywood
Richard O'Brien
University of Southern California Cancer Center
O’brien
End of Interstate 70 Closed by Blizzard Drift
An abandoned snow plow marked the end of westbound Interstate 70 about 25 miles west of Topeka Kansas after drifting snow from a blizzard closed a one and a half mile stretch. Kansas road crews worked around abandoned trucks and buses to cut through drifts, keeping more than 300 miles of highway closed across the state.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Midwest
Jerusalem blast injures 20 at Mahane Yehuda market
A bomb detonated in Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market injuring 20 as U S Mideast mediator Alfred Atherton began talks with Israeli leaders. Police reported light to medium injuries with no deaths. The blast followed prior attacks and regional violence escalating tensions.
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Larry Thorson
Associated Press
Jerusalem
U.S. Mideast
Alfred Atherton
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Mahane Yehuda
Loyalists Clash With Iran Protesters Amid Deadly Turmoil
Demonstrations persist as Shah loyalists fire on anti shah crowds in Dezful and Ahwaz with six to twenty reported dead. Kurdish fighters attack an army post near Gourish while Ayatollah Khomaini calls for continued strikes and a provisional government. Authorities fear further violence as Carter urges patience.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Dezful
Ahwaz
Ayatullah Khomaini
Gourish
Iraq
Carter
Khomaini
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Washington
Paris
Bakhtiar
Sadegh Ghotbzadegh
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Japan
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Aeroflot
Tass Reprets
Kelso
Wash
D.B. Cooper
Here
Northwest Airlines
Cooper
Don Schmit
Brian
Madison
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