05 Dec 1983
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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1983
Page
1
Readers share views on the Cabbage Patch Kid craze and a local seller named Craig Martens seeking 150 for his doll. The Wednesday question asks how Lethbridge can improve its business industrial and cultural image. Call 328 2585 any time. comments received by 7 am Wednesday appear in the Herald.
The report catalogs varied moments from local gatherings. Morgan Heninger impressed Ed Shimbashi by eating potatoes for dessert at a Barons Eureka Warner FS volunteer dinner while Steve Slemko and Bob Kingston entertained. Lethbridge politicians and seniors shared anecdotes at Halmrast Manor and various civic events. The Oldman River planning group hosted a Christmas banquet with aging quips, and other items note a quiet Christmas request, a theatre manager urging parking proximity, parade marshalling choices, and fire department activity including a kitchen fire at Coalhurst High School and a false alarm during a basketball tournament.
Kremlin officials said the Soviet Union will not rejoin medium range arms talks while NATO missiles deploy. They blamed the United States for breaking negotiations and warned U S arms superiority will not be allowed. Andropov, recovering from illness, was cited as active in state and defense affairs.
Damascus demands U S forces leave Lebanon before returning Lieut Robert Goodman captured when his A 6 was shot down over central Lebanon. Lang is dead, body in Damascus awaiting arrangements. Goodman is healthy, treated as POW. A-7 crew member parachuted to safety. Marines and allied units operate in Beirut with multinational force.
The Reagan administration told the United Nations Security Council that U S air strikes in Lebanon were a discreet measure taken in self-defence and sought the return of an American airman captured by Syria. White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the Damascus embassy made additional diplomatic representations. Two U S planes were downed over Lebanon with two pilots in Syrian held territory. one reportedly died and the other was said to be held by Syria.
Bonnie Goehring and Anne Schutte both 13 at Wilson Junior High School prepare vegetable snacks for Dimensions for Living to show how easy and cheap it is to make healthy snacks at home for about 50 cents rather than candy. Air strikes followed attacks on U S reconnaissance planes with officials stating self defense and a request for the return of Lieut Robert Goodman.
Toronto report says Prime Minister Trudeau will lead the Liberal party into a general election next June, as Erik Nielsen of the Progressive Conservative Party urges readiness. Nielsen claims Trudeau's peace talks are part of a Liberal blueprint for an election and notes policy is being developed but not unveiled until an election is called.
A powerful car bomb exploded in a Beirut apartment building garage, killing at least 10 people and injuring 84. Rescue workers pulled blood soaked bodies from rubble as Western powers sought the source of earlier shelling that killed eight Marines. US jets and warships pressed efforts to locate the attackers while Marines kept high alert.
Prime Minister Trudeau returns from a 19 day Asian and Persian Gulf tour and hints he may visit Moscow or Washington if requested while keeping his political future undecided. He says disarmament aims center on political will and an East West conference in Stockholm and Vienna talks, with NATO allies pushing the US to back the plan. He voiced frustration in Peking over a nuclear summit idea, citing caution about broad limits on arsenals.
During Canada's first Crime Prevention Week, Toronto saw a surge in assaults bank holdups burglaries and auto thefts rising 22 percent from the prior week as Vancouver and Atlantic provinces also report higher crime. Officials note timing and public behavior amid Grey Cup fever and Christmas shopping.
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