Food ration protest grounds Poland city of Kutno
Hundreds of protesters marched through Kutno calling for end to food shortages as Solidarity threatened strikes to prevent meat ration cuts. Demonstrators toured empty shelves, urged economic reform, and read a resolution to Premier Jaruzelski while Solidarity warned of all accessible means including strikes if demands are unmet.
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Kutno
Poland
Independent Union
Solidarity
Warsaw
Freedom Plaza
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Communist Party
Baltic
Gdansk
Radom
Dublin march to aid hunger strikers draws 7000 in rain
More than 7000 supporters of Northern Ireland hunger strikers march peacefully through Dublin in driving rain watched by 3000 helmeted police. A 650-man armed unit stands by while authorities report no serious trouble. Protesters deliver a petition to Leinster House urging Garret Fitzgerald to press Britain to negotiate.
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Ireland
Northern Ireland
Leinster House
Garret Fitzgerald
Britain
O’connell
General Post Office
Eire
Ulster
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
National
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republic
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