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...will face the country, observed noted panelist Barbara McDougall, Secretary of State for External Affairs, concerns the claims and rights of Canada's 1.5 million indigenous people. They have made important gains in recent years, including the agreement a year ago to transfer 772,000 sq. mi. from the Northwest Territories to 17,500 native Inuit (Eskimo) people in the self-governing region of Nunavut. The latest rejection of constitutional reform cost indigenous people recognition of the "inherent right to self-government" that would have been theirs under the deal. Nonetheless, McDougall noted, they retain rights to land and autonomy...
...Northwest, for example, barely averted a Chapter 11 crash landing by securing $2.2 billion in new financing and cancellation or delay of a whopping $6.2 billion in orders for new aircraft. And just a week after industry leader American Airlines was forced to let go 576 of its managers, Delta chairman Ronald Allen conceded that layoffs and pay cuts may be necessary at his carrier too. Perhaps the most dramatic evidence of the industry's deepening distress is TWA's decision in effect to call in the cavalry. Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca, who will retire at the end of this...
...says, he launched a probe of Teamsters links to the Mob in the movie industry. Carey also instituted budgets for the union, a previously unheard-of practice. He personally negotiated a contract for car haulers, one of the union's biggest accords, and he stopped a revolt by Northwest Airlines flight attendants who nearly quit the union to join another...
...began leaking from at least two of its nine tanks. As a series of explosions tore through the ship, sinking its bow and adding to the sludgy deluge, rescuers evacuated all of the 29-member crew by helicopter. The accident occurred at almost the exact spot along the northwest shore, nicknamed the "Coast of Death" for its toll on sea traffic over the years, where the tanker Urquiola ran aground and lost nearly 30 million gallons of oil in 1976. Last week's mishap could cause serious damage to the seafood farms and tourist beaches that provide the region...
...start worrying too. Five studies published in Science describe a previously undiscovered fault there, along with evidence that the area was rocked by one or more major earthquakes within the past two millenniums. Alas, it's too soon to predict when the next biggie will hit the Pacific Northwest...