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03 Apr 1981
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 03, 1981
Page
1
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A Senate committee presented energy recommendations after Ottawa hearings and Alberta field inspections. It urges abolishing the production tax on gas used in enhanced oil recovery and considers higher prices for heavy oil, with enhanced recovery potentially boosting domestic oil by about 50 percent.
Lt Gov Lynch Staunton opened Alberta's 19th legislature with housing health care and social services as the year’s main agenda. The speech pledges expanded housing programs and continued support for native and senior housing, plus hospital construction and a broad social services push including foster care, day care, and emergency shelters. It also signals ongoing negotiations with Ottawa on energy and constitutional issues without changing Alberta’s stance.
Energy Minister Marc Lalonde said there will be no comprehensive energy pricing proposal on the table when he meets Alberta counterpart Merv Leitch in Winnipeg on April 13.
The Bank of Canada raised its key rate to 16.74 per cent from 16.69 per cent amid inflation at 12.2 per cent in February. Officials say rates will not fall substantially until inflation is controlled, while talks on oil pricing and two tier plans surface in Ottawa and Alberta discussions.
Poland's ruling Politburo members led by First Secretary Stanislaw Kanin began a pre congress campaign after delegates at the central committee meeting criticized party leaders as out of touch. Hardliners Stefan Olszowski and Roman Ney were among early supporters of the consultative approach. In Gdansk Solidarity set another negotiation meeting with the government after calling off a threatened general strike, and leadership shake up occurred with Karol Modzelewski's resignation. The PAP noted a grim first quarter with industrial output down about 10 percent, rising imports and falling exports while Soviet aid was to be increased.
Secret Service reports a substantial rise in threats and unusual interest toward President Reagan since the shooting. FBI and White House updates describe Reagan's fever and steady recovery, while James Brady shows improvement despite brain injury. Hinckley faces psychiatric tests to assess sanity for the Reagan shooting case.
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