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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 15, 1980
Page
7
Vancouver CP reports the Pacific regional director of the atmospheric environment Service warned that decommissioning two Canadian ships will reduce West Coast weather reporting quality. He cited fewer floating buoys and an inadequate satellite system.
Environment Canada will retire the weatherships Vancouver and Quadra in June 1981 as a 1978 cost cutting measure. The ships will be sold after decommissioning to Crown Assets Disposal Corp. They will be replaced by enhanced buoys and satellite systems. the vessels employ 146 people and cost 24 million each to build with a 12 million annual budget. A secondary role at Ocean Station Papa supports international search and rescue.
A Des Moines special panel of state officials ruled that Aqua Sleep Man cannot appear on the November ballot as an independent U S Senate candidate. The hearing saw the figure dressed in a top hat tights and cape refuse to identify himself, with officials stating the oath of candidacy was falsely executed.
Winnipeg based country singer Ronnie Prophet criticizes RPM magazine's new voting system for the Big Country Awards saying it ties winners to chart performance and leaves out non hit artists. He notes disagreements between RPM and the Academy of Country Music Entertainers and expects a meeting to resolve tensions, though voting results stand.
The readable text lists varied items including entertainment, terms like impostor and prevaricator, and scattered phrases such as raised is platform and finished in like manner. It also mentions a paid notice, coastlines, drawers and tools, and scattered geographic references including a river in Scotland and a Brazilian rubber point.
A cluttered TV guide listing daytime and evening programs from Monday through Tuesday October 21st, detailing cartoon blocks, talk shows, dramas, movies like Frankenstein true story, news hours, game shows, and late night features with multiple time slots and partial episode notes.
Channel lineups reveal a dense week featuring Five Minutes to Live By across several dayparts plus News broadcasts such as First Report News and Last Report News. The schedule includes classic series like Gilligan's Island Flintstones Bugs Bunny & Friends Scooby Doo My Three Sons Good Times Welcome Back Kotter and Barney Miller with late night Nightbeat and Zane Grey Westerns.
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