Readers' Voice hotline on Cabbage Patch craze
Readers respond to the 24 hour weekend hotline 328 2585 about buying the Cabbage Patch Kid doll and related experiences. Calls received by 7 am Monday will appear in Monday's Herald.
03 Dec 1983
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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 03, 1983
Page
1
Readers respond to the 24 hour weekend hotline 328 2585 about buying the Cabbage Patch Kid doll and related experiences. Calls received by 7 am Monday will appear in Monday's Herald.
Albert Kolk defends rug shampooing amid 25th anniversary plans saying it won t be the last until 50th. Coalhurst High principal Herman Gom warns Herald sports editor Garry Allison of news affecting him as school kitchen suffers a fire. Lethbridge city hall receptionist Betty Gal vows to stay out of the Seen and Heard column in 1984 as a New Year s resolution.
The Bay cites flat sales and surplus retail space in Lethbridge as delaying expansion, with Calgary regional head Hal Spelliscy noting no Alberta centre plans and no near term store openings. City officials counter with a study predicting opportunities for a major retailer in the Centre Site area before 1988 amid an otherwise strong Canadian retail year.
Municipal consultant Norm Duce releases a 27 page technical evaluation of the Oct 17 Lethbridge municipal election. He urges tighter procedures and indicates a possible path to new polls if flaws are not addressed. The report cites comments by Justice Peter Power on long poll hours and counting errors and is sent to Municipal Affairs, MPs and MLAs.
Gordon Dowding a former B C house speaker and NDP MLA was arrested by the RCMP and charged with 11 counts including fabricating evidence and conspiring to subvert justice. He was released on 25000 bail and remanded to December 27. Police offered few details about the arrest or events leading to charges.
Suzanne Liska and Marlene Nagy star in The Nutcracker at the University of Lethbridge Theatre. Alberta Ballet Company stage a traditional performance with help from Jolliffe Academy and Studio One of Lethbridge this weekend.
Norm Duce proposes a 1986 bylaw plan to reform the October municipal election. The package includes returning officer duties, voter identification, sworn oaths for those without ID, computer cross checks, training controls, and a review of 1983 and potential 1986 voting systems.
Archaeologists digging beneath a downtown El Paso parking lot have uncovered what may be the largest turn‑of‑the‑century Chinese artifacts collection found in the United States. David Batcho of New Mexico State University noted many pieces were made in China and brought by Chinese railroad workers to El Paso in the late 1800s, including medicine vials, ceramic bowls, soup spoons, wine jars, and pottery found under the paving near the Cortez Hotel.
UN Security Council debates PLO request to evacuate about 3 000 armed elements and 1 000 militiamen from Tripoli under a UN flag with Tunisia and Yemen as possible destinations. Officials note unknown ceasefire terms and Lebanese government views. precedent for UN flag use cited from Suez and Jordan convoys.
The 25000 inflow lifted the total to 232000 with the objective at 3311 328. UW executive director Stan Martens notes the residential blitz raised 41636 so far and expects to easily surpass the revised 42000 goal. Five agencies contribute including the Navy League of Canada and the Salvation Army.
US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger voiced optimism that the Soviet Union will return to arms talks on limiting medium range missiles in Western Europe within months. He urged that blocking Pershing 2 and cruise missiles backfired, and stressed strength over blandishments in pressuring renewed negotiations. He noted NATO deployments advance and cautioned that space based defence must outpace Soviet progress to avoid destabilization and nuclear blackmail.
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