14 Feb 1983
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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Feb 14, 1983
Page
1
Time Air has canceled the 12 20 p.m. Lethbridge Calgary flight due to low passenger loads. Four flights weekly remain with no staff changes. This is the second Lethbridge Calgary cancellation this year after reducing the schedule on Jan 15 and issuing six layoffs on Feb 1.
Authorities seek how John Hinckley obtained a life threatening overdose at St Elizabeths Hospital following his insanity acquittal for the Reagan shooting. Hinckley, 27, is in stable but serious condition on a respirator after being found semi conscious on his room floor. The report notes a forecast of low tonight near zero and high Tuesday 8 to 10 with partly cloudy skies.
Tom Crawford jokes about knowing when the west wind arrives as Agnes and Ed Bolen travel from Salmon Arm to attend Don and Alice Duhamel’s 25th wedding anniversary in Iron Springs. Sid Bennett sports a red beard at the event. John Deak markets Fradhe's Flowers with a playful Valentine’s Day spring claim. Russell Brayne leaves St Michael's Hospital on crutches after celebrating his 25th anniversary. his wife Trish is fine. Jack Burt arrives at a basketball game in makeup imitating a Harlem Globetrotter. Virginia Judd visits Coutts with Cindy Dye, sampling a cake batter she mistakes for German cake dough.
The government named Moshe Arens, an ally of Prime Minister Sharon, to become defense minister in a cabinet reshuffle. Arens must win approval from both the cabinet and Knesset, with factions in Likud showing mixed views on his appointment. If confirmed, Sharon could influence Lebanon withdrawal negotiations and ongoing military decisions.
City officials, facing 1983 budget talks, were urged by the aldermen to shop for bargains in replacing the mobile equipment fleet. The finance committee, during the third day of budget deliberations, approved a recommendation to seek cost savings in procurement.
KEY BISCAYNE FL AP A newly married Jerry Lewis and dancer SanDee Pitnick wed in a private ceremony. Both 32, the pair tied the knot on February 13 as Lewis recovers from heart surgery. Spokesman Craig Wood called the wedding very small and private with no famous guests present.
Richard Cendali and a Boulder, Colorado team of Skip'its toured Lethbridge on Saturday to demonstrate a new skipping program for heart health. The Alberta Heart Foundation reports sixty schools already use Jump Rope for Heart, with Lethbridge schools likely to join soon.
A WWII era merchant ship Marine Electric sank 30 nautical miles off the Virginia coast in six metre seas. Thirty three aboard were dead or missing. three survived. Coast Guard suspended search as survivors recounted the rapid capsize and a life ring ordeal.
In Turin a cinema blaze killed 64 as exits were found unlocked when firefighters arrived. Manager Raimondo Capella was arrested for manslaughter.Cause suspected to be a short circuit. Almost 500 spectators fled while many on the balcony were trapped at closed doors.
Scotland Yard said no evidence Canadian Kenneth Ockenden, missing since December 1979, is among bodies found in a mass murder case. Police suspect up to 17 suspected victims, mostly young male vagrants, but only one body has been identified so far. Dennis Nilson, 37, has been charged with murder.
The Associated Press reports lovers show measurable brain and body changes. Endorphins rise lactic acid drops and heart rate increases as romance alters consciousness, potentially lowering appetite and improving mood according to researchers Liebowitz Delaney Bawin Baumeister.
London reports restaurant owner Anton Valentine placed a rock inscribed Tons of Love outside his home for his wife Rosalind. In Great Yarmouth, 50 couples aimed to break the world record for the longest undersea kiss, two minutes 18 seconds, as part of St. Valentine’s Day frolics. A flood of love notes filled newspapers with quirky signatures and odd wishes.
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