British miners and Libyans in talks over eight month strike
Arthur Scargill said union officials met Libyan government officials to discuss Britain’s eight month coal strike. Reports claimed the union sought secret Libyan financial support, drawing fire from Labour Leader Neil Kinnock and prompting scrutiny after Libya relations had been severed. Scargill and Windsor denied any money received, saying they were only answering invitations from Libyan trade unionists.
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Government sets to police bargain U S ticket fares
Britain will not fine passengers on discount trans Atlantic tickets voided by the government while airlines honoring them face sanctions. Civil Aviation Authority inspectors will check tickets at London airports starting Thursday as about 130 000 low fare tickets issued from November through March are declared invalid amid antitrust concerns.
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Polish divers fail to find body of priest Popieluszko
Polish divers failed to locate the body of priest Jerzy Popieluszko as three officers gave conflicting testimony about his fate. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa urged calm during Masses in Warsaw and Gdansk. Police increased patrols as Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski warned authorities would act against anti socialist forces amid the kidnapping crisis.
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Grenada opens unfinished airport with Pan Am jet
An American jetliner landed at Grenada's Point Salines airport to mark its ceremonial opening. The 9,500-foot runway was begun by Cuban workers and funded by the United States and Canada, with regular service not expected until December. The flight carried 80 passengers including Grenadian exiles and relatives of American service members.
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World News Briefs From The Weekend Violence And Protests
A Peace Corps volunteer Peter Harper Wolfe 27 was shot in the head while walking home from a party in Guatemala City becoming the fourth weekend fatality there. An embassy spokesman said the killing did not appear political and Wolfe, from Michigan, died four blocks from his home after staggering 50 yards. In Japan Nakasone secured a second term as Liberal Democratic Party president, signaling continued pro Western policy and US alliance. In Jerusalem terrorism claims warn of more attacks if Jews are harmed and a note blaming Israel’s killings was found near a rocket launcher. a Palestinian man faces charges. In Bolivia hunger striker President Siles Zuazo narrows official activities as police raid jungle hideouts in drug crackdown. Greenpeace anti whaling protesters aboard Sirius boarded a Soviet whale catcher near Tarifa, chaining to mast and tailings.
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